May 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 19 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 23.

Saints

• Righteous Job the Long-suffering.^[1]
• Martyrs Danax, Mesirus (Mesiurs), and Therin^[2]
• Martyrs Demetrius,^[3] and Donatus^[4]
• Saints Mamas, Pachomius, and Hilarion, monks^[5]
• Martyrs Barbarus the Soldier (Barbaruldier), Bacchus, Callimachus, and Dionysius, in Morea (362)^[6]
• Martyr Barbarus in Thessaly, the former robber (9th century)^{[6] [7]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Heliodorus and Venustus and seventy-five others in Africa (284–305)^{[8] [9]}
• St. Benedicta, virgin, mystic and nun, lived in a convent founded by St. Galla in Rome (6th century)^{[8] [10]}
• Saint Edbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne (698)^{[8] [11]}
• Saint Petronax of Monte Cassino (c. 747)^[12]

Post-Schism Orthodox Saint

• Saint Vladimir II Monomakh (Volodymyr Monomakh), Sovereign of Kievan Rus' (1125)^[13]
• Venerable Micah (Micheas), the disciple of the Saint Sergius of Radonezh (1385)^[14]
• Venerable Sinaites of Serbia (from Ravanica) (14th century):^{[6] [14]}

• Romilus of Ravanica; Romanus of Djunisa; Sisoes of Sinai and Sisojevac; Martyrius of Rukumije; Gregory of Gornjak; Zosimas of Tuman; and Gregory of Sinai (Mt. Athos)
• Saint Seraphim of Mt. Domvu (Seraphim of Livadeia) (1602)^[15]
• Venerable Job of Pochaev, abbot and wonderworker (1651)^{[14] [16] [17]}
• Blessed Sophia of Kleisoura (Myrtidiotissa in Schema), the ascetic of Kleisoura, Fool-for-Christ (1974)^{[18] [19] [20]} (see also: April 23.)

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics (1238) of Saint Sava, first archbishop of Serbia (1235)^[6]
• Translation of the relics (1675) of Saint Pachomius of Nerekhta (1384)^[6]
• Commemoration of Theophylact Lopatinsky, Archbishop of Tver, Defender of Orthodoxy (1741)^[13]
• Birthday of Royal Martyr Tsar Nicholas II^[21]

Sources

• Protection of the Mother of God Church, List of Saints (POMOG)
• May 6/19, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 19 / May 6 , HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• May 6. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 6, The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 6 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 6 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 19 мая (6 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 6 мая (ст.ст.) 19 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3036/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰὼβ ὁ Προφήτης ὁ Δίκαιος
2. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3038/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δάναξ, Μέσιρος καὶ Θερίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες
3. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3039/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημητρίων ὁ Μάρτυρας
4. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3040/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Δονάτος ὁ Μάρτυρας
5. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3044/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἱλαρίων, Μάμας καὶ Παχώμιος
6. http://days.pravoslavie.ru/en/Days/20110506.htm May 6/19
7. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3037/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Βάρβαρος ὁ Μάρτυρας
8. http://www.breviary.net/martyrology/mart05/mart0506.htm May 6
9. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3041/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἡλιόδωρος καὶ Βενοῦστος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντες
10. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3042/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἡ Ὁσία Βενεδίκτη ἡ Ρωμαία
11. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3043/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐαντβέρτος ἐκ Σκωτίας
12. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmay.htm May 6
13. Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
14. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2011&today=19&month=5&trp=0&tzo=-4 May 19 / May 6
15. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3046/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Σεραφείμ
16. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3047/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰὼβ ἐκ Ρωσίας
17. 6 мая (ст.ст.) 19 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
18. Very Rev. Dr. Edward Pehanich. St. Sophia the Righteous. American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A. Retrieved: 21 December 2013.
19. Οσία Σοφία η εν Κλεισούρα ασκήσασα. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. 06/05/2013.
20. Η οσία Σοφία της Κλεισούρας και η δια Χριστόν σαλότητα στην Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία. AHDONI (blogspot). Σάββατο, 7 Σεπτεμβρίου 2013. Retrieved: 21 December 2013.
21. https://archive.today/20120629050507/http://www.pomog.org/index.html?http://www.pomog.org/saintlist.shtml Protection of the Mother of God Church, List of Saints