May 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 5

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 17 by Old Calendarists

Saints

• Hieromartyr Porphyrius (250)^[1][2]
• Saint Curcodomus, a deacon in Rome sent to help St Peregrinus (2nd c.)^[1][2]
• Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor (287)^[1][3]
• Hieromartyr Albian (Olbian), Bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor, and his disciples (284-303)^[4]
• Hieromartyr Erasmus of Formiae, bishop in Campania, and 20,000 martyrs with him (303)^[5]
• Martyrs Aphrodisius, Leontius, Anthony, Valerian, Macrobius, and others, monks at Scythopolis of Palestine (beg. of 4th c.)^[6]
• Martyrs Florian and 40 companions, at Lorsch, Austria (304)^[1][2][7]
• Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza, bishop, and with him 40 martyrs (311)^[1][5][8]
• Saint Monica of Tagaste, the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo (387)^[1][9]
• Saint Nepotianus, nephew of St Heliodorus, Bishop of Altino near Venice in Italy (395)^[2][10]
• Saint Venerius of Milan, second bishop of Milan, a loyal supporter of St John Chrysostom (409)^[1][2]
• Saint Hilary the Wonderworker of the desert^[11]
• Saint Conleth, first Bishop of Kildare (ca.519)^[2]
• Saint Anthony du Rocher, a disciple of St Benedict and companion of St Maurus in his mission to France, founder of the monastery of Saint Julian in Tours (6th c.)^[2]
• Saint Æthelred (Ethelred, Ailred), king of Mercia and monk (716)^[2][5]
• Saint Sacerdos of Limoges, Bishop of Limoges (720)^[2]
• Saint Nicephorus of Medikion, abbot and founder of Medikion Monastery (813)^[12]
• Saint Athanasios of Corinth, bishop (10th-11th c.)^[13]
• Saint Gotthard of Hildesheim, became Bishop of Hildesheim in 1022 and did much to spread the Faith (1038)^[2]
• Saint Theodosia (Fedosia), princess of Vladimir, (wife of Jaroslav Vsevolodovich; mother of St. Alexander Nevsky) (1244)^[14]
• Saint Nicephorus (the Solitary, the Hesychast) of Mount Athos, teacher of St. Gregory Palamas (before 1300)^[15][16]
• The Alfanov brothers of Novgorod:

• Saints Nicetas; Cyril; Nicephorus; Clement; and Isaac of Novgorod; founders of the Sokolnitzki Monastery in 1389^[17]

• New Hieromartyr John, priest, (1942)^[18]
• New Hieromartyr Nicholas, deacon, (1943)^[18]
• New Hieromartyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz (1945)^[19]

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics of the Righteous Lazarus and Saint Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles^[20]
• Icon of the Mother of God "Staro Rus" Old Russian (1570)^[18][21]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} May 4, The Roman Martyrology.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} May 4. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
3. ^ Ἡ Ἁγία Πελαγία ἡ Μάρτυς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. ^ Hieromartyr Albian the Bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
5. ^ ^{a b c} May 4/17, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
6. ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀντωνίνος, Ἀφροδίσιος, Βαλεριανός, Λεόντιος, Μακρόβιος καὶ Μίδας οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Φλωριανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. ^ Hieromartyr Silvanus the Bishop of Gaza, and with him 40 Martyrs. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
9. ^ Ἡ Ἁγία Μόνικα μητέρα τοῦ Ἁγίου Αὐγουστίνου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Νεποτιανὸς ὁ πρεσβύτερος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἱλάριος ὁ Θαυματουργός. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικηφόρος ἡγούμενος τῆς μονῆς Μηδικίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος Ἐπίσκοπος Κορίνθου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. ^ Ἡ Ὁσία Θεοδοσία πριγκίπισσα τοῦ Βλαδιμίρ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. ^ Venerable Nicephorus of Mt. Athos, Albania. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
16. ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικηφόρος ὁ ἐν Ἄθῳ ἀσκήσας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. ^ Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἰσαάκ, Κλήμης, Κύριλλος, Νικήτας καὶ Νικηφόρος ἐκ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. ^ ^{a b c} May 17, 2011 / May 4, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
19. ^ New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
20. ^ Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου καὶ Δικαίου Λαζάρου καὶ τῆς Μαρίας τῆς Μαγδαληνῆς τῆς Μυροφόρου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. ^ Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς «Παλαιᾶς» ἐν Ρωσίᾳ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Sources

• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• May 4/17, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
• May 17, 2011 / May 4, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
• May 4, 2011, OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 4. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 4, The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• 4 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.