May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

May 8 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – May 10

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 22 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 9th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 26.

Saints

• Prophet Isaiah (8th century BC)^{[1] [2]}
• Great-martyr Christopher of Lycia (c. 249–251),^{[3] [4]} and with him:

• Martyrs Callinica (Callinike of Lycia),^[5] and Aquilina (Aquilina of Lycia)^[6] (c. 249 – 251)^[7]
• Saint Maximus III of Jerusalem, Patriarch (350)^[8] (see also: August 26)
• Saint Shio of Mgvime, monk, of Georgia (6th century)^{[9] [10] [11]}
• Monk-martyr Nicholas of Vouneni, in Thessaly (901)^[12]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Beatus, Apostle of Switzerland (2nd century)^[13]
• Martyrs Epimachus and Gordianus of Rome, in the persecution of Decius (c. 249 – 251)^[14]
• Saint John of Châlon, third Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône in France (c. 475)^[13]
• Saint Gerontius, bishop of Cervia near Ravenna in Italy, martyr (c. 501)^{[13] [15]}
• Saint Sanctan, Bishop of Kill-da-Les and Kill-na-Sanctan near Dublin in Ireland (6th century)^[13]
• Blessed Adalgar, third archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen (909)^{[16] [17]}
• Saint Vincent, Abbot of St Peter de Montes in Spain, a disciple and successor of St. Gennadius of Astorga (c. 950)^[13]
• Saint Gregory, Bishop of Ostia (c. 1044)^[13]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Dmitry Donskoy, Prince of Moscow (1389)^[18]
• New Hieromartyr Methodius of Amaria, Crete (1793)^[19]
• Saint Joseph (Litovkin) of Optina, Hiero-schema-monk of Optina Monastery (1911)^{[20] [21]}
• Venerable Elder Ieronymos of Simonopetra (1957)^[22] (see also: April 26 - OS)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Demetrius Voskresensky, Priest (1938)^{[11] [23]}
• New Hieromartyr Basil Kolosov, Priest (1939)^{[11] [23]}
• New Martyrs of Slobozhanschyna (Slobodskaya Ukraine).^{[24] [25]}

Other commemorations

• Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari in 1087.^[11] (see also: May 20 – Greek)
• Zaraysk Icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (1225)^[23]
• Translation of the relics (1775) of Child-martyr Gabriel of Slutsk (1690)^{[23] [26]}

Sources

• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• May 9, OCA – The Lives of the Saints.
• May 9/22, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 22 / May 9, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
• New Martyrs and Confessors of the Soviet Yoke, Saints of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy – Українське Православ'я).
• May 9. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 9. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 9 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 9 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 22 мая (9 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia – Pravenc.ru).
• 9 мая (ст.ст.) 22 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3076/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Προφήτης Ἡσαΐας
2. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101331 Prophet Isaiah
3. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3077/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Χριστοφόρος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας
4. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101334 Martyr Christopher of Lycia
5. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101335 Martyr Callinike of Lycia
6. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=107789 Martyr Aquilina of Lycia
7. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3078/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἁγίες Ἀκυλίνα καὶ Καλλινίκη οἱ Μάρτυρες
8. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3080/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων
9. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3081/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Σίος
10. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101332 Repose of the Venerable Shio the Anchorite of Georgia
11. 9 мая (ст.ст.) 22 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
12. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3083/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Νέος ὁ ἐν Βουνένοις
13. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmay.htm May 9
14. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3079/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐπίμαχος καὶ Γορδιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες
15. http://www.breviary.net/martyrology/mart05/mart0509.htm May 9
16. http://www.heiligen.net/heiligen/05/09/05-09-0909-adalgar.php Adalgar van Hamburg. De heiligen
17. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.35.
18. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3084/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ μεγάλος πρίγκιπας τῆς Μόσχας
19. Rev. Oeconomos Christopher Klitou. FEASTS AND SAINTS – 9th MAY. The Orthodox Pages.
20. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3085/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωσὴφ τῆς Ὄπτινα
21. http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=148995 Venerable Joseph of Optina
22. Άγιος Ιερώνυμος Σιμωνοπετρίτης: Η πρώτη τιμή του ως Αγίου στη Μονή του. Ορθοδοξία News Agency (ORTHODOXIA). 29 Νοεμβρίου, 2019 - 22:35. Retrieved: 22 May, 2020.
23. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2011&today=22&month=5&trp=0&tzo=-4 May 22 / May 9
24. http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3086/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νεομάρτυρες τῆς Σλομπόντσκαγια Οὐκρανίας
25. http://www.ukrainian-orthodoxy.org/saints/saints_new/list.htm New Martyrs and Confessors of the Soviet Yoke
26. http://www.pomog.org/index.html?http://www.pomog.org/saintlist.shtml Complete List of Saints