May 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

May 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 13

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 25 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 12th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 29.

Saints

• Saint Domitilla the martyr (c. 81-96)^{[1] [2]}
• Saints Nereus and Achilleus the martyrs (100)^{[2] [3]}
• Saint Dracontius, Bishop of Nicaea (c. 1st to 3rd centuries)^[4]
• Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis and Metropolitan of Cyprus (403)^{[2] [5]}
• Saint Calliope (Callitropos), nun, sister of St. Epiphanius of Cyprus.^[6]
• Saint Sabinus, Archbishop of Cyprus (successor of St. Epiphanius to the Cypriot cathedra) (5th century)^{[7] [8]}
• Saint Polybius, Bishop of Cyprus, Wonderworker (5th century)^{[7] [9]}
• Saint Theophanes, Archbishop of Cyprus (7th century)^{[10] [11]}
• Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople (740)^{[2] [12]}
• Venerable Theodore of Kythera, ascetic (922)^{[13] [14]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Philip of Agira the Hieromartyr (103)^{[2] [15]}
• Martyr Pancratius of Rome (304)^{[2] [16] [17]}
• Martyr Dionysius (Denis), uncle of St. Pancratius (304)^{[2] [18]}
• Saint Díoma, teacher of St Declan of Ardmore, patron-saint of Kildimo in Co. Limerick in Ireland (5th century)^[18]
• Saint Modoald, Archbishop of Trier, related by blood and united by friendship with most of the saints of the Merovingian period (640)^{[2] [18]}
• Saint Rictrudis, Abbess of Marchiennes Abbey in Flanders (688)^[18]
• Saint Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury (805)^[18]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Euthemius (Euthymius), Patriarch of Jerusalem (c. 1084? c. 1224?)^[19])^[20]
• Saint Nikitas the Sinaite^[21]
• New Martyr John of Serres (15th century)^{[7] [22]}
• Saint Theophanes, Bishop of Solea (Solia), Cyprus, later a hermit in the Troodos Mountains; the Outpourer of Myrrh (1550)^[23]
• Monk Dorotheus, (disciple of St. Dionysius of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra) (1622)^[7]
• Venerable Dionysius of Radonezh, Archimandrite of the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra(1633)^{[7] [24] [25]}
• New Martyr John of Wallachia, at Constantinople (1662)^{[7] [26] [27]}
• Saint Anthony (Medvedev) of Radonezh, Archimandrite of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra (1877)^{[7] [28]}
• Repose of Saint Nectarius (Tikhonov) of Optina (1928)^[29]
• Holy Elders of the Sofronievo-Molchensk (Molchansk) Hermitage (glorification in 2009):^{[30] [31]}

• Archimandrite Theodosy (Maslov);

• Hieromonk Serapion;

• Monk Sophronius (Batovrin);

• Novice Sergius (Tikhonov), fool-for-Christ.

New martyrs and confessors

• New Martyr Abbess Athanasia (Lepeshkina), of the Smolensk Hodigitria Convent near Moscow (1931)^{[7] [32]}
• New Hieromartyr Peter Popov, priest of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1937)^{[32] [33]}
• Martyr Evdokia Martishkina (1938)^[33]

Other commemorations

• Consecration of the Cathedral of the Theotokos at Kiev (in 996)^[34]
• Glorification (1913) of Hieromartyr Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1612)^{[7] [35] [36]}
• Discovery of the holy relics (1961) of Saint Irene of Lesvos the Virgin-martyr (1463)^[37]
• Second Uncovering of the relics (1992) of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye (1642)^[32]

Sources

• May 12/25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 25 / May 12. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
• May 12. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• May 12. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 12. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 12 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 12 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 25 мая (12 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 12 мая (ст.ст.) 25 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3119/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἡ Ἁγία Δομιτίλλα ἡ Μάρτυς
2. http://www.breviary.net/martyrology/mart05/mart0512.htm May 12
3. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3120/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀχιλλέας καὶ Νερέος οἱ Μάρτυρες
4. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3122/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Δρακόντιος Ἐπίσκοπος Νικαίας
5. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3117/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐπιφάνιος Ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντίας καὶ Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κύπρου
6. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3118/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἡ Ὁσία Καλλίτροπος
7. http://days.pravoslavie.ru/en/Days/20110512.htm May 12/25
8. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101360 St Sabinus the Archbishop of Cyprus
9. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101361 St Polybius the Bishop in Cyprus
10. [:el:Κατάλογος Αρχιεπισκόπων Κύπρου|Κατάλογος Αρχιεπισκόπων Κύπρου]
11. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3126/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοφάνης Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κύπρου
12. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3124/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Γερμανὸς Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
13. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3125/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος ὁ ἐν Κυθήροις ἀσκήσας
14. http://www.antiochian.org/1102802723 May
15. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3123/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίλιππος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Ἀργύριος
16. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3121/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Παγκράτιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
17. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=108487 Martyr Pancratius
18. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmay.htm May 12
19. [:el:Κατάλογος Πατριαρχών Ιεροσολύμων|Κατάλογος Πατριαρχών Ιεροσολύμων]
20. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3129/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων
21. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3130/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ Σιναΐτης
22. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3127/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Σερρῶν
23. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3128/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοφάνης Ἐπίσκοπος Σολέα Κύπρου
24. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3133/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Διονύσιος τοῦ Ραντονέζ
25. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101359 Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius' Monastery
26. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3134/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Βλαχίας
27. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101362 Martyr John the Wallachian of Romania
28. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3135/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος τοῦ Ραντονέζ
29. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3136/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεκτάριος τῆς Ὄπτινα
30. Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
31. [Volodymyr Sabodan|Vladimir (Sabodan) of Kiev]
32. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2011&today=25&month=5&trp=0&tzo=-4 May 25 / May 12
33. 12 мая (ст.ст.) 25 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
34. 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.
35. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3132/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἑρμογένης ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πατριάρχης Μόσχας
36. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101358 Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
37. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3138/sxsaintinfo.aspx Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίας Εἰρήνης τῆς Παρθενομάρτυρος