May 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
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May 31 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective May 31 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.[a]
| May 30 | May 31 | June 1 |
| May 31 O.S. ≍ June 13 N.S. May 31 N.S ≍ May 18 O.S. | ||
Saints
- Apostle Hermes of Philippopolis (Hermas), of the Seventy Apostles (1st century)[1][2]
- Martyr Hermias of Comana (160)[1][3][4][5][6][7][b]
- Martyr Philosophus at Alexandria (252)[1][9]
- Martyrs Eusebios and Charalampos, in Nicomedia, by fire.[10] (see also May 30)
- Five Martyrs of Ashkelon, by being dragged to death.[11]
- Saint Apollonios (Apollo) of the Egyptian Thebaid (395)[12]
- Saint Eustathius, Patriarch of Constantinople (1025)[1][13][d]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Virgin-martyr Petronilla, at Rome (1st or 3rd century)[5][14][15][16][e]
- Martyr Crescentian, in Sassari in Sardinia (c. 130)[5][15][17]
- Martyrs Cantius, Cantian, Cantianilla and Protus, in Aquileia (304)[5][15][18][19][f]
- Saint Sylvius of Toulouse, Bishop of Lyon (c. 400)[20]
- Saint Lupicinus of Verona, Bishop of Verona, described as 'the most holy, the best of bishops' (5th century)[5][15][21]
- Saint Paschasius, Deacon and Confessor in Rome, who is mentioned by Pope Gregory I (512)[5][15][22]
- Saint Winnow, Mancus and Myrbad, Irish saints who lived in Cornwall where churches are dedicated to them (6th century)[15][g]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
Other commemorations
- First translation of the relics (1591) of Hieromartyr Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (1569), to Solovki.[1][34]
- Repose of Archimandrite Macarius (Briushkov) of Peshnosha Monastery,[l] disciple of Blessed Theodore of Sanaxar (1811)[1]
- Finding of the relics (1960) of New Martyr Nicholas the Deacon, of Mytilene (1463)[1]
Icon gallery
St. Hermes of Philippopolis, of the Seventy Apostles.
St. Petronilla (Aurelia Petronilla), virgin martyr.
St. Petronilla (Aurelia Petronilla), by Sano di Pietro.
Saint Philotheus (Leshchinsky) of Tobolsk, Metropolitan of Tobolsk and the "Apostle of Siberia" .
Hieromartyr Archpriest Philosophus (Ornatsky) (†1918).
New Hieromartyr Hierotheus (Afonin), Bishop of Nikolsk.
New Martyr Nicholas the Deacon (right).
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Notes
- Despite the dates being the same, the days to which they refer typically differ by 13 days. The notation Old Style or O.S. is sometimes used to indicate a date in the traditional Julian Calendar (the "Old Calendar"). The notation New Style or N.S. indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (the "New Calendar").
- We do not know what his name was.
- His name is absent in the Synaxaristes and the Menaia, but it is recorded in the Byzantine Calendar.
- "At Rome, St. Petronilla, virgin, disciple of the blessed apostle Peter. She refused to marry Flaccus, a nobleman, and was granted three days for deliberation. She spent these days in fasting and in prayer, and on the third day, after having received the Sacrament of the Body of Christ, she yielded up her soul.[5]
- "At Aquileia, the holy martyrs Cantius, Cantian, and Cantianilla, members of one family, which belonged to the illustrious line of the Anicii. For their attachment to the Christian faith, they were condemned to capital punishment with their tutor, Protus, in the time of Emperors Diocletian and Maximian."[5]
- On June 18th, 1700, Tsar Peter the Great published an Ukase (imperial edict) that made a resounding appeal for the propagation of the Orthodox faith in Siberia and China. In response to the Ukase of 1700, Philothei (Leschinsky) of Kiev was chosen as the Metropolitan of Tobolsk and All Siberia (1702-1711), long since a center of missionary operations, in order to "lead the natives in China and Siberia to the service of the true and living God." He built 37 churches and personally accounted for the baptism of 40,000 Siberian tribesmen by 1721.
- See: (in Russian) Филофей (Лещинский). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Russian) Орнатский, Философ Николаевич. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Russian) Иерофей (Афонин). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- See: (in Russian) Николо-Пешношский монастырь. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).