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May 12 2024:

The Holy Trinity

Saint Domitilla the martyr (ca.81-96); Saints Nereus and Achilleus the martyrs (100); Saint Dracontius, Bishop of Nicaea (ca.1st-3rd. c.); Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis and Metropolitan of Cyprus (403); Saint Calliope (Callitropos), nun, sister of St. Epiphanius of Cyprus; Saint Sabinus, Archbishop of Cyprus (successor of St. Epiphanius to the Cypriot cathedra) (5th c.); Saint Polybius, Bishop of Cyprus, Wonderworker (5th c.); Saint Theophanes, Archbishop of Cyprus (7th c.); Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople (740); Venerable Theodore the Righteous of Kythera, ascetic (922); Saint Philip of Agira the Hieromartyr (103); Martyr Pancratius of Rome (304); Martyr Dionysius (Denis), uncle of St. Pancratius (304); Saint Díoma, teacher of St Declan of Ardmore, patron-saint of Kildimo in Co. Limerick, Ireland (5th c.); Saint Modoald, Archbishop of Trier (640); Saint Rictrudis, Abbess of Marchiennes Abbey in Flanders (688); Saint Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury (805); Saint Euthemius (Euthymius), Patriarch of Jerusalem (ca.1084) (see also November 7); Saint Nikitas the Sinaite (see also May 6, Venerable Sinaites of Serbia (Ravenica)); New Martyr John of Serres (15th c.); Saint Theophanes, Bishop of Solea (Solia), Cyprus, later a hermit in the Troodos Mountains, the Outpourer of Myrrh (1550); Monk Dorotheus, disciple of St. Dionysius of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra (1622); Venerable Dionysius of Radonezh, Archimandrite of the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra (1633); New Martyr John of Wallachia, at Constantinople (1662); Saint Anthony (Medvedev) of Radonezh, Archimandrite of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra (1877); Saint Nectarius (Tikhonov) of Optina (1928) (see also April 29, and October 11); Holy Elders of the Sofronievo-Molchensk (Molchansk) Hermitage (glorified in 2009): Archimandrite Theodosy (Maslov), Hieromonk Serapion, Monk Sophronius (Batovrin), Novice Sergius (Tikhonov), fool-for-Christ; New Martyr Abbess Athanasia (Lepeshkin), of the Smolensk Hodigitria Convent near Moscow (1931); New Hieromartyr Peter (Popov), priest of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1937); Other Commemorations: Consecration of the Cathedral of the Theotokos at Kiev (in 996); Glorification (1913) of Hieromartyr Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1612); Discovery of the holy relics (1961) of Saint Irene of Lesvos the Virgin-martyr (1463); Second Uncovering of the relics (1992) of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye (1642).



( April 29 2024: Julian Calendar )

Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy
Saint Basil of Ostrog

Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy, and their companions: Martyrs Saturninus, Jakischolus (Inischolus), Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, Mammius - the holy seven former theives, and Virgin-Martyr Cercyra, Martyr Zenon, Martyr Neon, Martyrs Vitalius and his wife Valeria (62), and Christodolus the Ethiopian, at Corfu (see also April 28 Slavonic); Saint Memnon the Wonderworker of Corfu (2nd c.) (see also April 28 Greek); Nine martyrs at Cyzicus (ca.286-299): Theognes, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Artemas, Magnus, Theodorus, Thaumasius, and Philemon (see also April 28 Greek); Martyrs Diodorus and Rhodoplanus, Deacons at Aphrodisia in Anatolia (285-305); Saint Atticus and Cyntianus (Cyntion), martyrs; Saint John Tolaius, Patriarch of Alexandria (482); Saint Nicetas, abbot of Synnada (9th c.); Saint Nicephorus of Sebaze (9th c.); Martyr Torpes (Tropez), under Nero (65); Hieromartyrs Apapius and Secundinus, Bishops in Numidia (259); Saint Severus of Naples, Wonderworker (409); Saint Dictinus, the first convert of St. Patrick in Ulster, Ireland (5th c.); Saint Paulinus of Brescia, Bishop (ca.545); Saint Secundellus the Deacon, in Gaul (6th c.); Saint Endelienta, nun and recluse of Cornwall (6th c.); Saint Senan of North Wales, hermit (7th c.); Saint Fiachan of Lismore (Fiachina, Fianchne, Fianchine), a monk at Lismore and a disciple of St Carthage the Younger (7th c.); Saint Wilfrid II, Bishop of York (744); Saint Ava of Dinant, a niece of King Pepin, Abbess of a convent at Denain in Hainault (ca.845); Martyr Daniel of Gerona, born in Asia Minor, became a hermit and was martyred in Spain (9th c.); Metropolitan John of Thebes (John of Kaloktenos, John the New), Metropolitan of Thebes, the Merciful One (12th c.); Saint Arsenius, Archbishop of Suzdal (1627); Saint Basil of Ostrog, Wonderworker of Ostrog in Montenegro, myrhh-streamer, Metropolitan of Zahumlje (1671); Holy Martyrs of Lazeti (Georgia) (17th-18th c.); New Martyr Stanko the Shepherd, of Montenegro (1712); Saint Nectarius of Optina (1928); Saint Amphilochius of Pochaev, Schema-Abbot of Pochaev (1970); Other commemorations: Synaxis of Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos "Palaiokastritsa", Corfu (ca.1228).



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