May 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

May 10 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – May 12

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 24 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 11th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 28.

Saints

• Martyr Evellius, under Nero (66)^{[1] [2]}
• Martyrs Maximus, Bassus, and Fabius (284–305)^{[2] [3]}
• Hieromartyr Mocius (Mucius), presbyter of Amphipolis in Macedonia, beheaded in Byzantium (288)^[4]
• Martyr Armodius^[5]
• Martyr Acacius of Lower Moesia^[6]
• Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Enlighteners of the Slavs (869, 885)^{[7] [8]} (see also: July 17 )
• Saints Clement of Ohrid (916), Sabbas (10th century), Angelarius (Angelyar) (ca. 886), Gorazd (896), and Naum of Preslav (910) — Disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius and missionaries of the Slavs, Wonderworkers and Equal-to-the-Apostles^[9]
• Saint Rostislav the Prince of Great Moravia, Confessor of the Faith (870)^{[6] [8]} (see also: October 29)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Hieromartyr Anthimus of Rome, and martyrs Sisinius the deacon with Diocletius and Florentius (disciples of St. Anthimus), (284–305)^{[2] [10] [11]}
• Saint Principia of Rome, a holy virgin in Rome and disciple of St Marcella (420)^[11]
• Saint Mammertus, Archbishop of Vienne (475)^{[11] [12]}
• Saint Possessor of Verdun, Bishop of Verdun, he and his flock were greatly troubled by the barbarian invasions of Franks, Vandals and Goths (c. 486)^[11]
• Saint Tudy (Tudinus, Tegwin, Thetgo), a disciple of St Brioc in Brittany (5th century)^[11]
• Saint Credan of Cornwall, hogherd.^[13]
• Saint Gangulphus (760)^[11]
• Saint Fremund of Dunstable, Anglo-Saxon hermit, killed by his kinsman Oswy with the help of Danish invaders who had also murdered King Edmund (866)^[11]
• Saint Odo of Cluny, the second Abbot of Cluny (942)^[11]
• Saint Mayeul (Majolus, Maieul), Abbot of Cluny (994)^{[6] [11]}
• Saint Odilo of Cluny (1049)^[11]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Martyrs Olympia, abbess of Mytilene, and nun Euphrosyne (1235)^{[6] [14]}
• Saint Sophronius of the Kiev Caves, recluse (13th century)^{[6] [15] [16]}
• Saint Nicodemus of Pec, Archbishop of Serbia (1324)^{[6] [17]}
• Hieromartyr Joseph, first Metropolitan of Astrakhan (1672)^{[6] [18] [19]}
• Blessed Christopher of Georgia (Christesias), monk at the Monastery of St. John the Baptist, at the David Gareja monastery complex, "The Thebaid of Georgia" (1771/1871)^{[20] [21]}
• New Martyr Dioscorus (Dioscorides) the New, of Smyrna^{[6] [22] [23]}
• New Martyr Argyrus (Argyrus, Argyres) of Thessalonica (1806/1808)^{[6] [23] [24]}
• Saint Theophylact, bishop of Stavropol and Ekaterinodar (1872)^[25]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Michael Belorossov, priest (1920)^{[8] [23]}
• New Hieromartyr Alexander (Petrovsky), Archbishop of Kharkov (1940)^{[8] [26] [27]}

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the Founding of Constantinople (330) as Capital of the Roman Empire^{[28] [29]}
• Consecration of the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev (960).^[30]

Sources

• May 11/24. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 24 / May 11. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• The Lives of the Saints – May 11 OCA
• May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
• May 11. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 11. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 11 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ
• Συναξαριστής. 11 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian sources

• 24 мая (11 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia – Pravenc.ru).
• 11 мая (ст.ст.) 24 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3102/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐβέλλιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
2. http://www.breviary.net/martyrology/mart05/mart0511.htm May 11
3. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3104/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μάξιμος, Βάσσος καὶ Φάβιος οἱ Μάρτυρες
4. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3101/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Μώκιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
5. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3105/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἁρμόδιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
6. http://days.pravoslavie.ru/en/Days/20110511.htm May 11/24
7. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3107/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κύριλλος καὶ Μεθόδιος οἱ Ἰσαπόστολοι καὶ Φωτιστὲς τῶν Σλάβων
8. 11 мая (ст.ст.) 24 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
9. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3108/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κλήμης, Σάββας, Ἀγγελάριος, Γοράσδος καὶ Ναοὺμ οἱ Θαυματουργοὶ Ἰσαπόστολοι
10. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3103/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄνθιμος καὶ Σισίνιος οἱ Ἱερομάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς Διόκλητος καὶ Φλωρέντιος
11. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmay.htm May 11
12. Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). St. Mammertus, Archbishop of Vienne, Confessor. The Lives of the Saints. Volume V: May. 1866.
13. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.35.
14. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3109/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἁγίες Ὀλυμπία καὶ Εὐφροσύνη οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρες
15. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3110/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Σωφρόνιος ὁ Ἔγκλειστος
16. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101352 Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves
17. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3111/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόδημος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σερβίας
18. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3112/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
19. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101353 St Joseph the Metropolitan of Astrakhan
20. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3114/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Χριστόφορος ἐκ Γεωργίας
21. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=205459 Blessed Christopher, called Christesia
22. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3106/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Διόσκορος ὁ Νέος
23. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2012&today=24&month=5&trp=0&tzo=-4 May 24 / May 11
24. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3113/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀργύριος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Ἐπανομίτης
25. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3115/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοφύλακτος Ἐπίσκοπος Σταυρουπόλεως
26. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3116/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Χάρκωβ
27. Hiero-Martyr Alexander (Petrovsky), Archbishop of Kharkov. Transl. from the Russian by Maria Ashot. Holy Trinity Orthodox Mission. 2001.
28. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3100/sxsaintinfo.aspx Μνήμη ἐγκαινίων τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
29. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=107791 Commemoration of the Founding of Constantinople
30. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, Texas). p.35.