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May 20 2024:

Saint Lydia of Thyatira
Saint Daumantas of Pskov

Saint Lydia of Thyatira (Lydia of Philippi), Equal-to-the-Apostles (mentioned in Acts 16:14-15), (1st c.); Martyrs Thalelaeus the Unmercenary (Thallelaios), at Anazarbus in Cilicia, and his companions martyrs Alexander and Asterius (284); Martyr Asclas of the Thebaid, Egypt (287); Sts. Zabulon and Susanna, of Cappadocia and Jerusalem (parents of St. Nina (Nino), enlightener of Georgia), (4th c.); Saint Mark the Hermit (Marcus Eremita) (5th c.); Saint Dodo, disciple of Saint David of Georgia (David Gareja monastery complex) (609) (see also May 17); Holy Martyrs of Mamilla, Jerusalem (614); Saint Thalassius the Myrrh-gusher, of Libya (648); Saints John, Joseph and Nicetas, monks of Nea Moni on Chios (ca.1050); Saint Plautilla the Roman, martyr, (67); Hieromartyr Baudelius, missionary in France and northern Spain, martyred in Nîmes (2nd or 3rd c.); Virgin-martyr Basilla (304); Saint Hilary (Hilarius, Hilaire), Bishop of Toulouse in France (360); Saint Anastasius, Bishop of Brescia in Lombardy, in Italy (610); Saint Austregisilus (Aoustrille, Outrille), Bishop of Bourges and Confessor (624); Saint Theodore of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia (778); Saint Ethelbert (Albert, Albright), King of East Anglia in England, martyr (794) (see also May 29); Saint Daumantas of Pskov (Timothy, Dovmont-Timothy), prince of Pskov (1299)]; Saint Stephen, Abbot of Piperi in Serbia (1697); New Martyrs of Moscow (1922): Hieromartyr Macarius - priest-monk, Hieromartyrs Alexander (Zaozersky) and Basil (Sokolov) - Protopresbyters, Hieromartyr Christopher (Nadezhdin) - priest, Martyr Sergius (Tikhomirov); Venerable New Martyr Olympiada (Verbetska), Igumenia of Kozelschansk women's monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God (1938); Other Commemorations: Translation of the holy relics (1087) of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker (343); Uncovering of the relics (1431) of Saint Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow, Wonderworker of All Russia (1378); Repose of Schema-monk Cyriacus of Valaam (1798).



( May 7 2024: Julian Calendar )

St. Nilus of Sora
St. Alexis Toth

Feasts: Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem in 351 A.D., along with the commemoration of Saint Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem; Saints: Martyrs Quadratus (Codratos) of Nicomedia and his companions (251–259)[1] (see also March 10); Martyrs Rufinus and Saturninus; Martyr Maximus; Hieromartyr Flavius, and Martyrs Augustus and Augustinus (from Asia Minor) (ca.284-305); Martyr Acacius the centurion at Byzantium (303); The Venerable Fathers of Georgia - Saint John of Zedazeni Monastery in Georgia, and his 12 disciples (6th c.): Shio of Mgvime; David of Gareji, Anthony of Martqopi, Thaddeus of Urbnisi or Stepantsminda, Stephen of Khirsa, Isidore of Samtavisi, Michael of Ulumbo, Pyrrhus of Breta, Zeno of Iqalto, Jesse (Ise) of Tsilkani, Joseph of Alaverdi, Abibus of Nekressi; Saint Tarasius the Wonderworker of Lycaonia (see also May 8); Saint John the Confessor, of Psychaita, on the Bosphorus (ca. 825); Martyr Juvenal of Benevento (132 AD); Saint Domitianus of Maastricht, Bishop (560); Saints Serenicus and Serenus, two brothers, became monks and settled as hermits near the River Sarthe in France (ca.669); Saint Placid (Placidus, Plait), Benedictine Abbot of the basilica monastery of St Symphorian in Autun, France (675); Venerable John of Beverley, Bishop of York (721); Saint Peter of Pavia (735); Saint Nilus, Abbot and Wonderworker of Sora (1508); New Monkmartyr Pachomius of Mount Athos, of Usaki near Philadelphia (1730); Saint Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America (1909); Other Commemorations: Uncovering of the relics of St. Euthymius the Great (473); Icon of the Mother of God of Liubech (11th c.); "Zhirovits" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (found on a pear tree) (1470); Uncovering of the relics (1815) of Saint Nilus the Myrrh-gusher of the Great Lavra on Mount Athos (1651); Repose of Schema Elder Boris (monk Nicholas) of Valaam and Pskov (1967); Repose of Hieromonk Eulogius of Valaam (1969);



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