May 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

May 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 21

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 2 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 20th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 7.

Saints

• Saint Lydia of Thyatira (Lydia of Philippi), mentioned in Acts 16:14-15 (1st century)^[1]
• Martyrs Thalelaeus the Unmercenary, at Anazarbus in Cilicia, and his companions Alexander and Asterius (284)^{[2] [3]}
• Martyr Asclas of the Thebaid, Egypt (287)^[4]
• Sts. Zabulon and Susanna, of Cappadocia and Jerusalem (parents of St. Nina (Nino), enlightener of Georgia), (4th century)^[5]
• Saint Mark the Hermit (Marcus Eremita) (5th century)^[6]
• Holy Martyrs of Mamilla, Jerusalem (614)^[7]
• Saint Thalassius the Myrrh-gusher, of Libya (648)^[8]
• Saints John, Joseph and Nicetas, monks of Nea Moni on Chios (c. 1050)^[9]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Plautilla the Roman, martyr, (67)^{[3] [10]}
• Hieromartyr Baudelius, missionary in France and northern Spain, martyred in Nîmes (2nd or 3rd century)^{[3] [11]}
• Virgin-martyr Basilla (304)^{[3] [12]}
• Saint Hilary (Hilarius, Hilaire), Bishop of Toulouse in France (360)^{[12] [13]}
• Saint Anastasius, Bishop of Brescia in Lombardy, in Italy (610)^{[3] [12] [14]}
• Saint Austregisilus (Aoustrille, Outrille), Bishop of Bourges and Confessor (624)^{[3] [12] [15]}
• Saint Theodore of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia (778)^{[3] [12] [16]}
• Saint Ethelbert (Albert, Albright), King of East Anglia in England, martyr (794)^{[12] [17]} (see also May 29)
• Saint Alcuin of York, monk (804)^[18]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• St. Daumantas (Timothy, Dovmont-Timothy), prince of Pskov (1299)^{[19] [20]}
• Saint Stephen, Abbot of Piperi in Serbia (1697)^[21]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Pavel Lazarev, martyred on the feast of Pentecost (1919)^{[22] [23]}
• Venerable Olympiada Verbetska, Igumenia of Kozelschansk women's monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God (1938)^{[20] [24]}

Other commemorations

• Translation of the holy relics (1087) of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker (343)^[25] (see also: May 9 - Slavonic)
• Uncovering of the relics (1431) of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow, Wonderworker (1378)^[26]
• Repose of Schema-monk Cyriacus of Valaam (1798)^[27]

Sources

• May 20/June 2. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG)
• May 20. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• May 20. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 20. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 20 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 20 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 2 июня (20 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 20 мая (ст.ст.) 2 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3277/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἡ Ἁγία Λυδία ἡ Φιλιππησία
2. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3278/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Θαλλέλαιος ὁ ἰατρός καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες Ἀλέξανδρος καί Ἀστέριος
3. http://www.breviary.net/martyrology/mart05/mart0520.htm May 20
4. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3280/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀσκλᾶς ὁ Μάρτυρας
5. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3282/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ζαβουλών καὶ Σωσσάνη
6. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3288/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάρκος ὁ Ἐρημίτης
7. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3285/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἐν Μεμέλᾳ Ἱερουσαλήμ οἱ Μάρτυρες
8. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3287/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Θαλάσσιος ὁ Μυροβλύτης
9. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3290/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἰωάννης, Ἰωσὴφ καὶ Νικήτας
10. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3279/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἡ Ἁγία Πλατίλλα ἡ Ρωμαία
11. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3281/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Βαυδέλιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
12. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmay.htm May 20
13. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3283/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱλάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Τουλούζης
14. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3284/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος Ἐπίσκοπος Βρεσκίας
15. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3286/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐλτρίλλος Ἐπίσκοπος Μπουργκές
16. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3289/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος Ἐπίσκοπος Παβίας
17. http://days.pravoslavie.ru/en/Days/20110520.htm May 20/June 2
18. Book: Православный молитвослов святителя Тихона, патриарха Всероссийского . 978-5-6044665-4-4.
19. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3292/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Τιμόθεος τοῦ Πσκώφ
20. Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
21. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3294/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Στέφανος
22. Russian Synod canonizes New Martyr Pavel Lazarev. Orthodox Christianity. Moscow, December 27, 2019.
23. Священника Павла Лазарева, убитого за отказ снять крест и рясу, прославили как новомученика. Журнал Фома. 27 декабря 2019.
24. Український Православний календар 2015. - Київ, Українська Православна Церква, 2014. - С. 61, 162.
25. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3291/sxsaintinfo.aspx Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νικολάου τοῦ Θαυματουργοῦ
26. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3293/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἀλεξίου τοῦ θαυματουργοῦ
27. https://archive.today/20120629050507/http://www.pomog.org/index.html?http://www.pomog.org/saintlist.shtml Complete List of Saints