May 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 9

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 21 by Old Calendarists

Saints

• Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, the "beloved disciple" of the Lord (ca. 101)^[1][2]
• Hieromartyr Dionysius of Vienne (193)^[3][4][5]
• The holy group of Soldier Martyrs^[6]
• Saint Augustina the Martyr, in Byzantium^[7]
• Martyr Victor of Milan (Victor the Moor, Victor Maurus) (ca. 303)^[4][5]
• Saint Agathius (Acacius of Byzantium) (303)^[4]
• Saint Emilia, mother of saints Macrina, Basil the Great, Naucratius, Peter of Sebaste, and Gregory of Nyssa (375)^[8][9]
• Saint Helladius of Auxerre (387)^[4][5][10]
• Saint Arsenius the Great, of Scetis (448)^[11]
• Saint Hierax (Ierakos) of Egypt (5th c.)^[8]
• Saint Gybrian (Gobrian) of Ireland, Priest (509)^[5]
• Saint Desideratus, successor of St Arcadius as Bishop of Bourges, in France (550)^[5]
• Saint Iduberga, foundress of Nivelles (Nijvel), (Neth.) (652)^[5][8]
• Saint Benedict II, Pope of Rome (685)^[5]
• Hieromartyr Indract of Glastonbury, and his companions at Shapwick (ca.7th-8th c.)^[12]
• Saints Wiro (Bishop of Utrecht) (710),^[4][12] Plechelm (730), and Hierodeacon Otger (Odger) (8th c.),^[12] Missionary bishops in the Maas Valley at Limburg^[5][8]
• Saint Milles the Melode (hymnographer), monk^[13]
• Saint Macarius of Ghent, archbishop (1012)^[8]
• Saint Pimen the Faster, of the Far Caves in Kiev (ca. 1141)^[8]
• Venarable Cassian, recluse and faster of the Kiev Caves (13-14th c.)^[12][14]
• Saint Arsenius the Lover of Labor, of the Kiev Caves (14th c.)^[8][15]
• The Monks Zosima and Adrian of Volokolamsk, founders of the Sestrinsk monastery on the banks of the River Sestra (15-16th c.)^[12][16]
• Blessed Basiliscus of Uglich (1863)^[8]
• Schemahieromonk Michael of Valaam, confessor for the Orthodox Calendar (1934) (Elder Michael I The Confessor, 1871-1934)^[8][17]

Other commemorations

• Apparition of the Archangel Michael on Mount Gargano near Manfredonia in southern Italy, to Bishop Laurence of Siponto (commemorated February 7),^[18] in memory of which the famous Monastery of the Archangel was founded (ca.490)^{[19][note 1]}
• Commemoration of the miraculous healing of blinded Stephen by the Most Holy Theotokos of Cassiopia (1530)^[20]
• Translation of the relics (1785) of St. Arsenius of Novgorod, Fool-for-Christ (1570)^[8][21]

Notes

1. ^ The Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo is the oldest shrine in Western Europe dedicated to the archangel Michael and has been an important pilgrimage site since the middle ages. The historic site and its environs are protected by the Parco Nazionale del Gargano. In 2011, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of a group of seven, inscribed as Longobards in Italy. Places of the power (568-774 A.D.).

References

1. ^ Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
2. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Θεολόγος ἡ Ἀπόστολος καὶ Εὐαγγελιστής. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Διονύσιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. ^ ^{a b c d e} May 8, The Roman Martyrology.
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} May 8. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
6. ^ Ἡ Ἁγία σπείρα Στρατιωτῶν οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. ^ Ἡ Ἁγία Αὐγουστίνη ἡ Μάρτυς ἡ ἐν Βυζαντίῳ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} May 8/21, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
9. ^ Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović. The Prologue from Ohrid - May 8.
10. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἑλλάδιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ὡξέρρης, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ Μέγας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. ^ ^{a b c d e} May 21 / May 8, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
13. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Μῆλος (ἢ Μαλλός) ὁ Ὑμνωδός, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Κασσιανὸς ὁ Ἔγκλειστος, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ ἐν τῇ Λαύρᾳ τοῦ Κιέβου ἀσκήσας, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. ^ Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ζωσιμᾶς καὶ Ἀνδριανός, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. ^ VALAAM PATERICON.
18. ^ Laurence of Siponto Feb 7. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
19. ^ Katherine I. Rabenstein. May 8. Saint of the Day - St. Patrick Catholic Church, Washington, D.C.
20. ^ Μνήμη Θαύματος τῆς σεβασμίας εἰκόνος τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Sources

• Complete List of Saints, Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG)
• May 8, OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 8/21, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
• May 21 / May 8, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
• VALAAM PATERICON.
• May 8. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 8, The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• 8 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.