May 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 20

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

For May 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 6.

• Hieromartyrs Patricius (Patrick), Bishop of Prusa, and his companions: the Presbyters Acacius, Menander, and Polyenos (c. 100^[1] or c. 362^[2])^{[3][4][note 2]}
• Martyrs Parthenius and his brother Calogerius, at Rome (250)^{[1][6][7][8][note 3]}
• Martyr Philoterus of Nicomedia (303)^[7][10]
• Martyr Acoluthus of Hermopolis, Egypt (303)^{[1][11][note 4]}
• Martyr Cyriaca (Kyriake) and the six holy virgin-martyrs in Nicomedia (307)^[7][12]
• Martyr Theotima of Nicomedia (311)^[1][13]
• Saint John, Bishop of Gothia in the Crimea (787)^[1][2][14]

• Martyr Pudens, the senator (c. 160)^{[7][8][15][16]}
• Virgin-Martyr Pudentiana (Potentiana), daughter of Saint Pudens the senator (160)^{[7][8][17][18]}
• Saint Cyril of Trier, Bishop of Trier, (5th century)^[8][19]
• Saint Adolphus (Hadulf), ascetic of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Vaast, in Arras, and later Bishop of Arras Cambrai in the north of France (728)^[8][20]
• Saint Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (988)^{[1][8][21][22][23]}

• Right-believing Prince Vladimir II (Basil) Monomakh of Kievan Rus (1125)^[1] (see also: July 15 - Synaxis of All Saints of Kiev)
• Monk-martyrs and Confessors of the Monastery of Panagia of Kantara, on Cyprus, who suffered under the Latins (1231):^[1][24]

• Barnabas, Gennadius, Gerasimus, Germanus (Herman), Theognostus, Theoctistus, Jeremiah, John, Joseph, Conon, Cyril, Maximus and Mark.

• Right-Believing Great Prince Dmitry Donskoy, Great Prince of Moscow (1389)^{[1][2][25][26]} (see also: May 9th)
• Venerable Eudoxia of Moscow (in monasticism Euphrosyne), Grand-Duchess of Moscow (1407)^[1][27]
• Venerable Sinaites of Serbia (from Ravanica) (14th century):^[28] (see also: May 6)

• Romulus, Romanus, Nestor, Sisoes, Zosimas, Gregory, Nicodemus, and Cyril, the Sinaites - disciples of Gregory of Sinai (Mount Athos).

• Saint Cornelius of Paleostrov, founder of Paleostrov Monastery, Karelia (1420)^[29][30] and his disciple Abramius (15th century)^{[1][note 5]}
• Saint John (Ignatius), Prince of Uglich, tonsured as Ignatius in Vologda (1522)^{[1][31][32][note 6]}
• Venerable Cornelius of Komel (Vologda), Abbot and Wonderworker (1537)^[1][33][34]
• Saint Sergius of Shukhtov (Shukhtom), monk (1609)^{[1][35][36][note 7]}
• Saint Nicholas Rynin of Vologda, Fool-for-Christ (1837)^[1]

• Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Belgorod (2011):^{[37][note 8]}

• Hieromartyr Matthew Voznesensky (1919)^[25][38]
• Hieromartyr Victor Karakulin (1937)^[2][25][39]
• Hieromartyr Onuphrius (Gagaliuk), Archbishop of Kursk and Oboyansk (1938)^{[1][25][40][41][note 9]} (see also June 1)
• New Hieromartyrs Anthony (Pankeyev), Bishop of Belgorod (1938),^{[42][note 10]} and with him:^[1][25]

• Priests: Mitrophanes Vilgelmsky,^[43] Alexander Yeroshov,^[44] Michael Deineka,^[45] Hippolytus Krasnovsky,^[46] Nicholas Kulakov,^[47] Basil Ivanov,^[48] Nicholas Sadovsky,^[49] Maximus Bogdanov,^[50] Alexander Saulsky,^[51] Paul Bryantsev,^[52] Paul Popov,^[53] and Gregory (Bogoyavlensky).^[54]
• Martyr: Michael (Voznesensky)^[55]

• New Hieromartyr Valentine Lukyanov, Hieromonk, of Romashkovo, Moscow (1940)^{[1][2][25][56]}
• Synaxis of the Hieromartyrs of Kharkov:^[1][2]

• Synaxis of the New Hieromartyrs of Sloboda, Ukraine (1993)^{[57][58][note 11][note 12]}

• New Hiero-confessor Seraphim (Zagorovsky), Hieromonk, of Kharkov (1943)^[1] (see also: September 30)

• Entrance into Georgia (323) of Saint Nina (Nino), Equal-to-the-Apostles (335)^[1][59]
• Translation of the sacred relics of Saints Julius the Presbyter (401) and Julianus (Giuliano) the Deacon (391)^[60]
• Commemoration of the ascetics of St. Athanasius of Syandem Monastery:^{[1][note 13]}

• Elias (also of Valaam), Theophanes, and Dionysius.

• Repose of Elder Cleopas of Valaam, disciple of St. Paisius (Velichkovsky) (1816)^[1]
• Slaying of Priest John Karastamatis of Santa Cruz (1985) (see also: May 6)

• Saint Parthenius.
• Memorial stone to John of Gothia, Ayu-Dag mountain, Partenit, Crimea.
• St. Pudens.
• St. Pudentiana.
• Apse mosaic from the Church of Santa Pudenziana, Rome.
• St. Dunstan.
• St. Dmitry Donskoy.
• St. Sergius of Shukhtov.
• St. Onuphrius (Gagaliuk), Archbishop of Kursk and Oboyansk.
• New Hieromartyr Anthony (Pankeyev), Bishop of Belgorod.
• Synaxis of the New Hieromartyrs of Sloboda, Ukraine.
• St. Nino, Equal-to-the-Apostles.
• St. Julius of Novara.

• May 19/June 1. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• June 1 / May 19. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 19. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 19. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 19 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 19 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 1 июня (19 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 19 мая (ст.ст.) 1 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).