May 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

May 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 18

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 30 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 17th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 4.

Saints

• Apostles Andronicus of Pannonia and his fellow labourer Junia, of the Seventy Apostles (1st century)^[1]
• Martyrs Solochon, Pamphamer, and Pamphalon, soldiers, at Chalcedon (c. 286-305)^{[2] [3]}
• Martyrs Adrion, Victor and Basilla, in Alexandria.^{[3] [4]}
• Saint Theodoret of Antioch, Hieromartyr, (361–363)^[5]
• Venerable Dodo of the St David-Gareji Monastery, Georgia (6th century)^[6] (see also: May 25, June 2)
• Saint Stephen the New, Patriarch of Constantinople (893)^{[7] [8]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Restituta the martyr, in Carthage (255 or 304)^{[3] [9]}
• Martyrs Heradius, Paul, and Aquilinus, near Lake Geneva (284-305)^{[3] [10] [11]}
• Saint Maden (Madern, Madron, Madrona) (c. 545)^{[11] [12]}
• Saint Cathán (Catan, Chattan, Cadan), Bishop in the Isle of Bute in Scotland (6th century)^[11]
• Saint Mailduf (Maidulph, Maelduib), founder of Malmesbury Abbey (673)^{[11] [13]}
• Saint Gerebernus (Gerebern, Gerebrand), Hieromartyr, priest from Ireland who accompanied St Dymphna to Belgium and shared in her martyrdom (7th century)^[11]
• Saint Rasso (Ratho), ascetic, founder of a Benedictine abbey at Wörth, later named Grafrath after him (953)^[11]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Andronik the Grave-Digger, of the Kyivan Zverynetsky Monastery (1096)^[14]
• Venerable Eudoxia of Moscow^[15] (in monasticism Euphrosyne),^[16] Grand-Duchess of Moscow (1407)^{[17] [18]}
• Saints Nectarius (1550) and Theophanes (1544) the gate-keepers, brothers, of Meteora^[19]
• Great-martyr Nicholas of Sofia (1555)^[20]
• Saint Nicolas (Basdanis) the New Martyr (St Nicolas the Vlach) (1617)^{[21] [22]}
• Saint Athanasius the New, Bishop and Wonderworker of Christianoupolis (1707 or 1735)^{[7] [23]}

• Saint Jonah Atamansky, Archpriest of Odessa, Wonderworker (1924)^{[7] [24]}

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the Fall of Jerusalem in 614 AD to the Persians, with the loss of the True Cross to Persia, damage to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by fire, and the martyrdom of over 65,000 Christians (614)^{[25] [26]}
• Translation of the relics (1551) of Saint Adrian of Ondrusov (Valaam), Abbot (1549)^{[7] [27]}

Sources

• May 17/30. Orthodox Calendar (ORTHOCHRISTIAN.COM).
• May 30 / May 17. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 17. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• May 17. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 17. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 17 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 17 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 30 мая (17 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 17 мая (ст.ст.) 30 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3218/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνδρόνικος καὶ Ἰουνία οἱ Ἀπόστολοι
2. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3219/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παμφαμήρ, Παμφυλῶν καὶ Σολόχων οἱ Μάρτυρες
3. http://www.breviary.net/martyrology/mart05/mart0517.htm May 17
4. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3223/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄνδριος, Βίκτωρ καὶ Βασίλλα οἱ Μάρτυρες
5. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3225/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοδώρητος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
6. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101412 Venerable Dodo of the St David-Gareji Monastery, Georgia
7. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20200517.html May 17/30. Orthodox Calendar (ORTHOCHRISTIAN.COM)
8. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101411 St Stephen the Archbishop of Constantinople
9. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3222/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἡ Ἁγία Ρεστιτούτα ἡ Μάρτυς
10. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3224/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐράδιος, Παῦλος καὶ Ἀκυλίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντες
11. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmay.htm May 17
12. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3226/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Ματρῶνος
13. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3227/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαϊδοῦλφος
14. Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
15. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3221/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐδοκία
16. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3234/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐφροσύνη ἡ ἐν Μόσχᾳ
17. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/May/17-03.htm The Nun Evphrosynia
18. 17 мая (ст.ст.) 30 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
19. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3228/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ὅσιοι Νεκτάριος καὶ Θεοφάνης οἱ Ἀψαράδες
20. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3229/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας
21. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3230/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Νέος
22. David Melling and Dimitri Brady. St. Nicolas Basdanis the New Martyr. Society Farsharotu.
23. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3231/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Χριστιανουπόλεως
24. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3233/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωνᾶς τῆς Ὀδησσοῦ
25. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3220/sxsaintinfo.aspx Μνήμη ἁλώσεως τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ
26. Prof. F.C. Conybeare. Antiochus Strategos, The Capture of Jerusalem by the Persians in 614 AD. English Historical Review 25 (1910). pp. 502-517.
27. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3235/sxsaintinfo.aspx Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἀδριανοῦ