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May 7 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective May7 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Martyrs Quadratus (Codratos) of Nicomedia and his companions (251–259)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοδράτος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἀθλήσαντες ἐν Νικομηδείᾳ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also March 7) Martyrs Rufinus and Saturninus.Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ρουφίνος καὶ Σατορνίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Maximus.Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος ὁ Μάρτυρας, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Hieromartyr Flavius, and Martyrs Augustus and Augustinus, from Asia Minor (c. 284-305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φλάβιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Ἅγιοι Μάρτυρες Αὔγουστος καὶ Αὐγουστίνος οἱ αὐτάδελφοι, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Acacius the centurion at Byzantium (303)May 7/20. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀκάκιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ κεντυρίων. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. The Venerable Fathers of Georgia: Saint John of Zedazeni in Georgia, and his 12 disciples (6th century):Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ἐκ Γεωργίας καὶ οἱ μαθητὲς αὐτοῦ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 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. Righteous Tarasius the Hermit and Wonderworker of Lycaonia.Ὁ Ὅσιος Ταράσιος ὁ Ἐρημίτης ὁ Θαυματουργὸς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also March 8 and March 9) Saint John the Confessor, of Psychaita, on the Bosphorus (c. 825)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ψυχαΐτης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also May 26) King Bagrat III of Georgia (1014)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Martyr Juvenal of Benevento (132 AD)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουβενάλιος ὁ Μάρτυρας, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Domitianus of Maastricht, Bishop of Maastricht (560)May 7. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. DOMITIAN, B. OF MAESTRICHT. (A.D. 560.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fifth: May. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 108. Saints Serenicus and Serenus, two brothers who became monks and later settled as hermits near the River Sarthe in France (c. 669) Saint Placid (Placidus, Plait), Benedictine Abbot of the Basilica Monastery of St Symphorian in Autun, France (675) Saint John of Beverley, Bishop of York (721)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. JOHN OF BEVERLEY, ABP. (A.D. 721.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fifth: May. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 109-110. (see also: March 7) Saint Peter of Pavia (735)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Nilus of Sora, Abbot and Wonderworker (1508)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεῖλος ἐκ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Monk-martyr Pachomius the Russian of Mount Athos, of Usaki near Philadelphia (1730) ПАХОМИЙ РУССКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: February 20, 2026. (see also: May 21) Saint Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America (1909)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξιος ὁ Ὑπερασπιστὴς τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Πίστεως. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Repose of Saint Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Other commemorations

Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.Μνήμη τοῦ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ φανέντος σημείου τοῦ Τιμίου Σταυροῦ ἐπὶ Κωνσταντίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross Over Jerusalem, in 351 AD. OCA - Feasts and Saints. Synaxis of the Saints of St. Panteleimon Monastery, Mount Athos. СОБОР ПРЕПОДОБНЫХ РУССКИХ СВЯТОГОРЦЕВ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: February 20, 2026. Uncovering of the relics of St. Euthymius the Great (473)Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Εὐθυμίου τοῦ Μεγάλου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Uncovering of the relics (1815) of Saint Nilus the Myrrh-gusher of Mount Athos (1651)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεῖλος ὁ ἐν τῇ μονῇ Μεγίστης Λαύρας ἀσκήσας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Repose of Monk Nicholas (Boris in Schema) of Valaam and Pskov (1969)

Icons

Icon of the Mother of God of Liubech (11th century)Icon of the Mother of God of Lubech. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Λιοῦμπεχ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. "Zhirovits" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (found on a pear tree) (1470)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Ζίροβιτς Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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References

Sources May 7/20. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). May 7. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. May 7. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. May 7, The Roman Martyrology. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 7 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 7 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 20 мая (7 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 7 мая (ст.ст.) 20 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).