May 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 16

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 28 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For May 15th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 2.

• The Seven Apostolic Men, Martyr Bishops, ordained in Rome by Saints Peter and Paul, and sent to evangelize Spain (1st century):^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

• Saints Torquatus, Ctesiphon, Secundus, Indaletius, Caecilius, Hesychius, and Euphrasius.

• Saint Achillius (Achillios), Bishop of Larissa (330)^[1][6][7]
• Saint Pachomius the Great, founder of cenobitic monasticism (348)^[1][8][9]
• Saint Silvanus of Tabennisi, disciple of Saint Pachomius the Great (in the Thebaid) (4th century)^[10]
• Saint Pyrrhus of Breti, one of Thirteen Assyrian Fathers (6th century)^[11]
• Saint Barbarus the Myrrh-gusher of Greece (c. 820– 829)^[1][12]

• Martyrs Cassius, Victorinus, Maximus, and their companions, in the Auvergne, Clermont in France (c. 264)^{[3][4][note 2]}
• Saint Eutychius of Ferento, Bishop, Martyr (270)^[13]
• Martyr Simplicius of Olbia, Bishop, in Sardinia (c. 284–305)^[3][4][14]
• Virgin recluse Caesarea of Otranto.^[4][15]
• Saint Liberator, Bishop, Martyr.^{[16][note 3][note 4]}
• Saint Reticius, bishop of Autun (4th century)^[16]
• Saint Hilary of Galeata (Hilary of Tuscany), founder of the monastery called Galeata, later known as Sant'Ilaro (Sant'Ellero di Galeata) (558)^[4][17]
• Saint Colmán of Oughaval (Colman mac Ua Laoighse, Colman Mc O'Laoighse), a disciple of St Columba and St Fintan of Clonenagh (6th century)^{[4][note 5]}
• Virgin-martyr Dymphna of Geel, Flanders, and Hieromartyr Gerebern,^[18] Presbyter (c. 650)^{[1][3][4][19][20]}
• Saint Waldalenus, founder of Bèze Abbey in France (7th century)^[4]
• Saint Bercthun (Bertin), a disciple of St John of Beverley and first Abbot of Beverley in England (733)^[4][21]
• Saint Bertha of Bingen (c. 757), and her son Saint Rupert of Bingen (732)^[4]
• Saint Witesind of Córdoba, martyr (855)^[22]
• Saint Hallvard Vebjørnsson of Husaby, Norway (1043)^[1][23] (see also: May 14 - West)

• Saint Panegyrios of Cyprus (Panigerios, Panegyrius), Wonderworker of Malounta.^{[24][25][26][note 6]}
• Saint Anastasia of Latra.^[27]
• Saint Isaiah of Rostov, Bishop and Wonderworker (1090)^[1][28][29]
• Saint Isaiah of the Kiev Caves, Wonderworker (1115)^[1][30][31]
• Saint Andrew the Hermit, of Mt. Kalana, Epirus, Wonderworker (c. 1237–1271)^[1][32]
• Saint Pachomius of Nerekhta, Abbot (1384),^{[1][33][34][note 7]} and Saint Silvanus of Nerekhta (14th century)^[1][23]
• Saint Cali of Anatolia (14th century)^[27]
• Saint Euphrosynus of Pskov (Eleazar), Abbot and Wonderworker (1481)^[1][35][36]

• Saint Serapion of Pskov, disciple of St Euphrosynus of Pskov (1481)^{[1][23][37][38][note 8]}
• Saint Ignatius, Charalampius and Pamphilus, brothers and disciples of Euphrosynus of Pskov (15th century)^[39]

• Saint Pachomius of Keno Lake Monastery (1525)^{[40][note 9]}
• Saint Demetrius of Moscow the Wonderworker, Slain Crown Prince (1591)^[1][41][42]
• Saint James of Putna, Metropolitan of Moldavia (1778)^[43]
• Saint Elias (Chebotarev) of Verkhoturye, Schemamonk (1900)^[44]
• Saint Arethas (Katargin) of Valaam and Verkhoturye, Archimandrite (1903)^[1][23][45]

• New Hieromartyrs:

• Archbishop Pachomius (Kedrov) of Chernigov (1938),^{[1][46][note 10]}
• his brother, Archbishop Abercius (Kedrov) of Zhitomir (1937),^[1][47]
• their father, Priest Nicholas Kedrov (1936),^[1][48]
• their brother-in-law, Priest Vladimir Zagarsky (1937)^[1]

• Discovery of the revered icon of Kamoulianos "Acheiropoieta" ("made without human hands").^{[49][note 11]}
• Translation of the sacred relics of the Holy Apostle Titus of Crete, from Venice (which had taken the relics in 1669), back to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Crete (1966)^[50]
• Uncovering of the relics (1846) of Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783)^{[51][note 12]}
• Uncovering of the relics (1991) of Saint Arsenius of Konevits (1447)^{[1][52][note 13]}
• Uncovering of the relics (2012) of Saint Elias (Ganzha) of Makeevka (1946)^[53]

• St. Achillius (Achillios), Bishop of Larissa.
• St. Pachomius the Great.
• Sts. Achillius of Larissa and Pachomius the Great.
• St. Cassius of Clermont.
• Tomb of Saint Hilary of Galeata.
• Virgin-martyr Dymphna of Geel, Flanders.
• St. Bertha of Bingen.
• Saint Hallvard Vebjørnsson of Husaby, Norway.
• St. Isaiah of Rostov.
• St. Pachomius of Nerekhta.
• St. Euphrosynus of Pskov.
• St. Dmitry of Uglich.

• May 15/28. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 28 / May 15. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 15. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 15. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 15. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 15 ΜΑΪΟΥ . ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 15 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 28 мая (15 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 15 мая (ст.ст.) 28 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).