May 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

May 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 8

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 20 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 7th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 24.

Saints

• Martyrs Quadratus (Codratos) of Nicomedia and his companions (251–259)^[1] (see also March 7)
• Martyrs Rufinus and Saturninus^[2]
• Martyr Maximus^[3]
• Hieromartyr Flavius, and Martyrs Augustus and Augustinus (from Asia Minor) (c. 284 - 305)^{[4] [5]}
• Martyr Acacius the centurion at Byzantium (303)^[6]
• The Venerable Fathers of Georgia: Saint John of Zedazeni (Zedazeni Monastery) in Georgia, and his 12 disciples (6th century):^[7]

• Shio of Mgvime; David of Gareji, (see also: David Gareja monastery complex); Anthony of Martqopi; Thaddeus of Urbnisi or Stepantsminda; Stephen of Khirsa; Isidore of Samtavisi; Michael of Ulumbo; Pyrrhus of Breta; Zeno of Iqalto; Jesse (Ise) of Tsilkani; Joseph of Alaverdi; Abibus of Nekressi
• Righteous Tarasius the Wonderworker of Lycaonia^[8] (see also March 8 and March 9)
• Saint John the Confessor, of Psychaita, on the Bosphorus (c. 825)^[9] (see also May 26)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Juvenal of Benevento (132 AD)^{[5] [10]}
• Saint Domitianus of Maastricht, bishop (560)^[11]
• Saints Serenicus and Serenus, two brothers who became monks and later settled as hermits near the River Sarthe in France (c. 669)^[11]
• Saint Placid (Placidus, Plait), Benedictine Abbot of the basilica monastery of St Symphorian in Autun, France (675)^[11]
• Saint John of Beverley, Bishop of York (721)^{[5] [11]} (see also: March 7)
• Saint Peter of Pavia (735)^{[5] [11]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Nilus of Sora, abbot and wonderworker (1508)^{[12] [13]}
• New Monkmartyr Pachomius of Mount Athos, of Usaki near Philadelphia (1730) (see also: May 21)^{[12] [14]}
• Saint Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America (1909)^[15]

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.^{[16] [17]}
• Uncovering of the relics of St. Euthymius the Great (473)^[18]
• Uncovering of the relics (1815) of Saint Nilus the Myrrh-gusher of Mount Athos (1651)^[19]
• Repose of Schema-Elder Boris of Valaam and Pskov (1967)^[20]
• Repose of Hieromonk Eulogius of Valaam (1969) ^[20]

Icons

• Icon of the Mother of God of Liubech (11th century)^{[21] [22]}
• "Zhirovits" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (found on a pear tree) (1470)^{[12] [23] [24]}

Sources

• May 7, 2011, OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• May 7/20, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
• VALAAM PATERICON.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• May 7. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 7, The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 7 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 7 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 20 мая (7 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 7 мая (ст.ст.) 20 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3049/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοδράτος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἀθλήσαντες ἐν Νικομηδείᾳ
2. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3050/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ρουφίνος καὶ Σατορνίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες
3. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3051/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος ὁ Μάρτυρας
4. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3054/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Φλάβιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Ἅγιοι Μάρτυρες Αὔγουστος καὶ Αὐγουστίνος οἱ αὐτάδελφοι
5. http://www.breviary.net/martyrology/mart05/mart0507.htm May 7
6. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3053/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀκάκιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ κεντυρίων
7. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3055/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ἐκ Γεωργίας καὶ οἱ μαθητὲς αὐτοῦ
8. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3057/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Ταράσιος ὁ Ἐρημίτης ὁ Θαυματουργὸς
9. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3056/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ψυχαΐτης
10. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3052/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουβενάλιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
11. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmay.htm May 7
12. http://days.pravoslavie.ru/en/Days/20110507.htm May 7/20
13. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3059/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεῖλος ἐκ Ρωσίας
14. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101324 Monkmartyr Pachomius of Mt Athos
15. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3061/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξιος ὁ Ὑπερασπιστὴς τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Πίστεως
16. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3048/sxsaintinfo.aspx Μνήμη τοῦ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ φανέντος σημείου τοῦ Τιμίου Σταυροῦ ἐπὶ Κωνσταντίου
17. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=107787 Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross Over Jerusalem, in 351 AD
18. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3058/sxsaintinfo.aspx Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Εὐθυμίου τοῦ Μεγάλου
19. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3060/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεῖλος ὁ ἐν τῇ μονῇ Μεγίστης Λαύρας ἀσκήσας
20. http://korolev.msk.ru/books/dc/PATERIK28558.txt VALAAM PATERICON
21. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101326 Icon of the Mother of God of Lubech
22. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3062/sxsaintinfo.aspx Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Λιοῦμπεχ Ρωσίας
23. Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
24. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3063/sxsaintinfo.aspx Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Ζίροβιτς Ρωσίας