May 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
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May 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 29
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 10 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For May 28th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 15.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Eutychius of Melitene, Bishop of Melitene (1st century)[1][2][3]
- Woman martyr Heliconis of Thessalonica (244)[1][4][5][6][note 2]
- Saint Alexander, Bishop of Thessalonica (4th century)[1][8][note 3]
- Hieromartyr Helladius of the East, bishop (4th century)[1][9][note 4] (see also May 27)
- Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, Archbishop of Chalcedon, with his kinsmen Sts. Nicetas and Ignatius (8th century)[1][10][11][12][note 5]
- Blessed Andrew of Constantinople, Fool-for-Christ of Constantinople (911)[1][13]
- Venerable Virgin-Martyr Philothea (Philothea of Pamphylia), Wonderworker[14][note 6]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Martyrs Crescens, Paul, Dioscorides and Helladius, of Rome (244)[1][15][16]
- Martyrs Aemilius, Felix, Priamus, and Lucian, in Sardinia.[7][16][note 7]
- Saint Senator of Milan, Bishop of Milan, (480)[16][17]
- Hieromartyr Caraunus (Ceraunus, Cheron), Deacon, near Chartres (5th century)[16][18][19]
- Saint Justus of Urgell, first recorded Bishop of Urgell, in Catalonia in Spain (527)[16][20][note 8]
- Saint Germain of Paris (Germanus), Bishop of Paris (576)[1][16][21][22][23][24][25][note 9]
- Saint William of Gellone, built a monastery at Gellone in Gaul, later named Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (812)[1][16]
- Saint Podius, Bishop of Florence from 990, and Confessor (1002)[7][16]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Ignatius of Rostov, Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov (1288)[1][26][27][note 10]
- Saint Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow (1489)[1][28]
- Venerable Sophronius of Bulgaria, Monk (1510)[1][29][30][31]
- Saint Elena (Manturova), Nun of Diveyevo (1832)[1][32][note 11]
- Blessed Domnica (Likvinenko), Ascetic of Cherson (1967)[1][33]
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr Demetrius (Mitros) of Tripolitsa (1794)[1][32]
- New Hieromartyr Zachariah, Priest of Prusa (1802)[1][32]
- New Hieromartyr Macarius (Morzhov), Hieromonk of Zosima Hermitage, Smolensk (1931)[1][32][34][35]
- New Hieromartyr Dionisius (Petushkov), Hiero-Schemamonk of the St. Nilus of Stolobny Hermitage, Tver (1931)[1][32][35][36]
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Aristov, Deacon (1931)[32][35][37]
- Martyrs Iganatius Markov[38] and Peter Yudin[39] (1931)[32][35][note 12]
- New Hiero-confessor Rodion (Fyodorov), Archimandrite, of the Holy Trinity–St. Sergius Lavra (1933)[1][40]
- New Confessor Heraclius (Motyakh), Schemamonk, of Turkistan (1937)[1][32][35][41][note 13]
- New Virgin-Martyr Hermogenas Kadomtseva (1942)[32][35][42]
Other commemorations
Icon gallery
St. Nicetas the Confessor, Archbishop of Chalcedon (Menologion of Basil II).
St. Senator of Milan.
St. Justus of Urgell.
St. Germain of Paris (from a Book of Hours illuminated by Jean le Tavernier, c. 1450-1460).
Romanesque apse of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, in Hérault, France - the monastery William of Gellone founded in 804 and entered in 806.
St. Ignatius of Rostov.
St. Elena (Manturova), Nun of Diveyevo.
Galich "Umilenie-Tenderness" Icon of the Mother of God.
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Notes
- The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar"). - "At Corinth, St. Helconides, martyr, who was first subjected to torments in the reign of Emperor Gordian, under the governor Perennius, and then again tortured under his successor Justin, but was delivered by an angel. Her breasts were cut away, she was exposed to wild beasts and to fire, and finally her martyrdom was fulfilled by beheading."[7]
- Archbishop Alexander took part in the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in 325 AD.
- The Hieromartyr Helladius the Bishop was thrown into fire because of his faith in Christ, but he remained unharmed. He died as a martyr from the terrible beating inflicted upon him. In the Service to St Helladius it is said that the Lord Jesus Christ visited him in prison and healed him of his wounds. According to certain sources, St Helladius suffered under the Persians during their invasion into the Eastern part of the Roman Empire in the fourth century.
- His memory, along with a service in his honour, is recorded in the Codex Athous Lavrensis. It states that he was the Bishop of Chalcedon between 726AD - 775 AD, and courageously opposed the iconoclastic heresy. He reposed in peace.
- According to her hagiography in the Great Synaxaristes, Virgin-Martyr Philothea was born in Molyvoto in Pamphylia in Asia Minor. Her parents, the Patrician John and his wife Irene, gave her a Christian upbringing, but they died when Philothea was still young. From her youth she was interested in the ascetic life. When she was 14 years old she was obliged to marry a 17-year-old named Constantine, however she was able to convince him that they should preserve their virginity, and not know each other, following the example of Venerable Ammon of Egypt (mid-4th century, October 4). Her husband became a priest but died six years later. Philothea then sold all the family wealth, giving the proceeds to the poor, to churches, and monasteries, and withdrew to an island in the middle of a lake, near Molyvoto. She practiced fasting, prayer, and all-night vigils, and her asceticism became well-known in the region, and God blessed her as a Wonderworker. She reposed in peace, and her holy relics were enshrined in the church of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Later her holy relics were transferred from Eastern Thrace to Tarnovo, capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, by decree of Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria (1197-1207). In Tarnovo, her sacred relics were credited with many miracles and curing the sick. In 1395 AD, after Tarnovo was captured by the Ottoman Turks, her holy relics were transferred in a grand procession to Vidin. However in 1396 the Ottoman Turks captured Vidin as well, and the Virgin-Martyr's holy relics were lost in the ensuing chaos. They were discovered again in the second half of the 16th century in Argesh in Wallachia, Romania. - He wrote a commentary on the Song of Songs.[16]
- See: (in Russian) Игнатий I (епископ Ростовский). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Russian) Елена Дивеевская. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Russian) Марков, Игнатий Артемьевич. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Russian) Свято-Троицкий Иссык-Кульский монастырь. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Russian) Галичская икона Божией Матери. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).