May 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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May 19 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 May19 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Hieromartyrs Patricius (Patrick), Bishop of Prusa, and his companions: the Presbyters Acacius, Menander, and Polyenos (c. 100May 19/June 1. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). or c. 362June 1 / May 19. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πατρίκιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Ἀκάκιος, Μένανδρος καὶ Πολύαινος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Hieromonk Makarios of Simonos Petra (Ed.). THE SYNAXARION: The Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church: VOLUME FIVE - May, June. Transl. from the French by Mother Maria (Rule) and Mother Joanna (Burton). Holy Convent of the Annunciation of Our Lady, Ormylia (Chalkidike), 2005. pp. 203-204. Martyrs Parthenius and his brother Calogerius, at Rome (250)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Καλοκέριος καὶ Παρθένιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.May 19. The Roman Martyrology.May 19. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Martyr Philoterus of Nicomedia (303)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλότερος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Acoluthus of Hermopolis, Egypt (303)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀκόλουθος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Cyriaca (Kyriake) and the six holy virgin-martyrs in Nicomedia (307)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Κυριακὴ ἡ Μάρτυς καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῇ. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Theotima of Nicomedia (311)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Θεοτίμη ἡ Μάρτυς. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint John, Bishop of Gothia in the Crimea (787) ИОАНН ГОТСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Martyr Pudens, the senator (c. 160)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πούδης ὁ Μάρτυρας. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. PUDENS AND PUDENTIANA. (2ND CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fifth: May. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 262-263. Virgin-Martyr Pudentiana (Potentiana), daughter of Saint Pudens the senator (160)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Πουδενδιάνα ἡ Μάρτυς. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). St. Pudentiana, Virgin. The Lives of the Saints, Volume V: May. 1866. (Bartleby.com) Saint Cyril of Trier, Bishop of Trier, (5th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Ἐπίσκοπος Τρεβήρων. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Adolphus (Hadulf), ascetic of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Vaast, in Arras, and later Bishop of Arras Cambrai in the north of France (728)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀδοῦλφος. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (988)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δουνστάνος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Καντουαρίας. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). May 19 - St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor. The Lives of the Saints, Volume V: May. 1866. (Bartleby.com)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. DUNSTAN, ARCHB. OF CANTERBURY. (A.D. 968.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fifth: May. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 276-288.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Right-believing Prince Vladimir II (Basil) Monomakh of Kievan Rus (1125) (see also: July 15 - Synaxis of All Saints of Kiev) Monk-martyrs and Confessors of the Monastery of Panagia of Kantara, on Cyprus, who suffered under the Latins (1231):Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βαρνάβας, Γεννάδιος, Γεράσιμος, Γερμανός, Θεόγνωστος, Θεόκτιστος, Ἱερεμίας, Ἰωάννης, Ἰωσήφ, Κόνων, Κύριλλος, Μάξιμος καὶ Μάρκος οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρες. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Barnabas, Gennadius, Gerasimus, Germanus (Herman), Theognostus, Theoctistus, Jeremiah, John, Joseph, Conon, Cyril, Maximus and Mark. Right-Believing Great Prince Dmitry Donskoy, Great Prince of Moscow (1389) 19 мая (ст.ст.) 1 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ μεγάλος Πρίγκιπας. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: May 9th) Venerable Eudoxia of Moscow (in monasticism Euphrosyne), Grand-Duchess of Moscow (1407) ЕВФРОСИНИЯ МОСКОВСКАЯ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Venerable Sinaites of Serbia (from Ravanica) (14th century):Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ρωμύλος, Ρωμανός, Νέστωρ, Σισώης, Γρηγόριος, Νικόδημος καὶ Κύριλλος οἱ Σιναΐτες. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: May 6) Romulus, Romanus, Nestor, Sisoes, Zosimas, Gregory, Nicodemus, and Cyril, the Sinaites - disciples of Gregory of Sinai (Mount Athos). Saint Cornelius of Paleostrov, founder of Paleostrov Monastery, Karelia (1420) КОРНИЛИЙ ПАЛЕОСТРОВСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Κορνήλιος. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. and his disciple Abramius (15th century) Saint John (Ignatius), Prince of Uglich, tonsured as Ignatius in Vologda (1522)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰγνάτιος. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. ИОАНН УГЛИЧСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Venerable Cornelius of Komel (Vologda), Abbot and Wonderworker (1537)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Κορνήλιος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. КОРНИЛИЙ КОМЕЛЬСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Saint Sergius of Shukhtov (Shukhtom), monk (1609)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Σέργιος τῆς Σουχτόμα. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. СЕРГИЙ ШУХТОМСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Saint Nicholas Rynin of Vologda, Fool-for-Christ (1837)

New martyrs and confessors

Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Belgorod (2011): СОБОР НОВОМУЧЕНИКОВ И ИСПОВЕДНИКОВ БЕЛГОРОДСКИХ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Hieromartyr Matthew Voznesensky (1919) ВОЗНЕСЕНСКИЙ МАТВЕЙ МИХАЙЛОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Hieromartyr Victor Karakulin (1937) КАРАКУЛИН ВИКТОР КОНСТАНТИНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Hieromartyr Onuphrius (Gagaliuk), Archbishop of Kursk and Oboyansk (1938)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὀνούφριος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. ОНУФРИЙ (ГАГАЛЮК). Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. (see also June 1) New Hieromartyrs Anthony (Pankeyev), Bishop of Belgorod (1938), АНТОНИЙ (ПАНКЕЕВ). Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. and with him: Priests: Mitrophanes Vilgelmsky, ВИЛЬГЕЛЬМСКИЙ МИТРОФАН ГРИГОРЬЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Alexander Yeroshov, ЕРОШОВ АЛЕКСАНДР ЛУППОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Michael Deineka, ДЕЙНЕКА МИХАИЛ ФОМИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Hippolytus Krasnovsky, КРАСНОВСКИЙ ИППОЛИТ НИКОЛАЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Nicholas Kulakov, КУЛАКОВ НИКОЛАЙ КОНСТАНТИНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Basil Ivanov, ИВАНОВ ВАСИЛИЙ АНДРЕЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Nicholas Sadovsky, САДОВСКИЙ НИКОЛАЙ АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Maximus Bogdanov, БОГДАНОВ МАКСИМ ПЕТРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Alexander Saulsky, САУЛЬСКИЙ АЛЕКСАНДР ЕРОФЕЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Paul Bryantsev, БРЯНЦЕВ ПАВЕЛ АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Paul Popov, ПОПОВ ПАВЕЛ ИЛЬИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. and Gregory (Bogoyavlensky). БОГОЯВЛЕНСКИЙ ГЕОРГИЙ АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Martyr: Michael (Voznesensky) ВОЗНЕСЕНСКИЙ МИХАИЛ МАТВЕЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. New Hieromartyr Valentine Lukyanov, Hieromonk, of Romashkovo, Moscow (1940) ВАЛЕНТИН (ЛУКЬЯНОВ). Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026. Synaxis of the Hieromartyrs of Kharkov: Synaxis of the New Hieromartyrs of Sloboda, Ukraine (1993) СОБОР НОВОМУЧЕНИКОВ СЛОБОДСКОГО КРАЯ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: March 18, 2026.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νεομάρτυρες ἐν Σλομπόντσκαγια Οὐκρανίας. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Hiero-confessor Seraphim (Zagorovsky), Hieromonk, of Kharkov (1943) (see also: September 30)

Other commemorations

Entrance into Georgia (323) of Saint Nina (Nino), Equal-to-the-Apostles (335)Great Synaxaristes: Μνήμη Εἰσόδου τῆς Ἁγίας Νίνας τῆς Ἰσαποστόλου στὴν Γεωργία. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Translation of the sacred relics of Saints Julius the Presbyter (401) and Julianus (Giuliano) the Deacon (391)Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίων Ἰουλίου Πρεσβυτέρου καὶ Ἰουλιανοῦ Διακόνου. 19 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Commemoration of the ascetics of St. Athanasius of Syandem Monastery: Elias (also of Valaam), Theophanes, and Dionysius. Repose of Elder Cleopas of Valaam, disciple of St. Paisius (Velichkovsky) (1816) Slaying of Priest John Karastamatis of Santa Cruz (1985) (see also: May 6)

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