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May 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 15
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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 27 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For May 14th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 1.
- Martyr Maximus, under Decius (250)[1][2]
- Martyr Isidore of Chios (251)[3]
- Saints Alexander, Barbaras, and Acolythus (Acolouthus), martyred at the Church of St Irene (Holy Peace), near the sea in Constantinople[4]
- Martyrs Aristotle and Leandros[5]
- Hieromartyr Therapont, Bishop of Cyprus (3rd century)[6][7][note 2]
- Saint Boniface of Tarsus, martyr (307)[8][9]
- Venerable Serapion the Sindonite, monk of Egypt (5th century)[1][10][note 3]
- Martyrs Justa, Justina and Henedina, in Sardinia (c. 130)[8][9]
- Saint Pontius of Cimiez (Pons de Cimiez), martyred in Cimella (Cimiez) near Nice, whose relics gave his name to the town of Saint-Pons. (c. 258)[8][9][note 4]
- Saint Aprunculus (Apruncule), first bishop of Langres, later of Clermont, Gaul (c. 488)[1]
- Saint Boniface, Bishop of Ferentino in Tuscany (6th century)[8]
- Saint Carthage (Carthach Mochuda) the Younger, founder and first abbot of Lismore (637)[8][14]
- Saint Erembert, Bishop of Toulouse (657)[8]
- Saint Tuto (Totto), monk and Abbot of St Emmeram in Regensburg in Germany, where he later became bishop (930)[8]
- Saint Hallvard, of the royal family of Norway, patron saint of Oslo, martyr (1043)[8]
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- Saint Nicetas, Bishop of Novgorod and recluse of the Kiev Caves (1108)[15][note 5]
- Patriarch Leontius II of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (1190)[18][19][20]
- Saint Isidore of Rostov, Fool-for-Christ and Wonderworker (1474)[7][21]
- New Martyr Mark of Crete, at Smyrna (1643)[7][22]
- New Martyr John of Bulgaria (Raiko-John of Shumena), the goldsmith (1802)[1][7][23]
- Saint Andrew, abbot of Raphael (Tobolsk) (1820)[1][24]
New martyrs and confessors
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- Commemoration of the martyrdom by the Poles (1609),[1] of:
- Commemoration of Victor Chornayiv, Archimandrite of the Annunciation Monastery at Nizhyn (1761)[27]
- Synaxis of the Yaroslavsk (Pechersk) Icon of the Mother of God (1823)[28][29][30]
- First uncovering of the relics (1846) of Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783)[1][24][note 6]
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Byzantine Pilgrim Stamp of Saint Isidore (6th century).
Mosaic in the St. Isidore chapel, in the Basilica of San Marco - Translation of the relics of St. Isidore, Chios.
St. Boniface of Tarsus (Bonifatius).
St. Boniface of Tarsus (Bonifatius).
St. Erembert, Bishop of Toulouse, stained glass.
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- The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar"). - Not to be confused with Therapont of Sardis (+259); or Therapont of White Lake (+1426). Note however, that the Orthodox Calendar at Pravoslavie.ru gives St. Therapont's date as (+632).
- Not to be confused with the 4th-century Saint Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis, in Egypt, Confessor (4th century), which is commemorated on March 21st.[11][12][13]
- Not to be confused with Pontius of Carthage (c. 260), who is commemorated on March 8.
- See also: January 31,[16] the day of his repose, and April 30, the day of the Uncovering of his Relics (1558).[17]
- This is observed on May 15 in the Greek Synaxarion.
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