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All fixed commemorations
Synaxarium
Synaxarion, Synexarion, pl. Synaxaria —Latin: Synaxarium, Synexarium—the name given in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches to a compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.There are two kinds of synaxaria:*Simple...

 below celebrated on May 23 by Old Calendarists
Old Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...


Saints

  • Saint Simon the Zealot, Apostle (1st c.)
  • Martyrs Calepodius
    Calepodius
    Saint Calepodius was a priest who was killed during the persecutions of Christians by the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus. One of the catacombs of Rome, the cemetery of Calepodius on the Aurelian Way, was named after him.-Veneration:...

    , Palmatius, Simplicius, Felix, Blanda and Companions (ca.222-232)
  • Martyrs Alphius, Philadelphus, Cyprian, at Lentini
    Lentini
    Lentini , historically Leontini, Leontinoi , or Leontium, is a town and comune in the Province of Syracuse, southeast Sicily .-History:...

     in Sicily (251)
  • Martyrs Erasmus, Onesimus, and 14 other martyrs, in Sicily (251)
  • Saint Aurelian of Limoges
    Aurelian of Limoges
    Saint Aurelian of Limoges is venerated as a Christian saint. Christian tradition makes him the second bishop of Limoges, and the successor of St. Martial....

    , Disciple of St Martial
    Saint Martial
    Saint Martial was the first bishop of Limoges in today's France, according to a lost vita of Saturnin, first bishop of Toulouse, which Gregory of Tours quotes in his History of the Franks.-Life:...

     of Limoges in France (3rd c.)
  • Martyrs Quartus and Quintus, two citizens of Capua who were condemned and executed in Rome.
  • Martyr Hesychius the Palatine of Antioch (ca.304)
  • Saint Isidora
    Saint Isidora
    Saint Isidora or Isidore was a Christian nun and saint of the 4th century AD. She is considered among the earliest fools for Christ. The Feast day of Isidora is celebrated by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church on May 1.Isidora lived in the Egyptian convent of Tabennisi...

     the Fool-for-Christ, of Tabennisi, Egypt (ca. 365)
  • Saint Isidore of Alexandria (319-404), Hieromonk and Hospitaller (hospital administrator) (404)
  • Venerable Passarion the Presbyter (Passarion of Palestine), Agapius and Philemon (mid 5th c.)
  • Blessed Thais
    Thaïs (saint)
    St. Thaïs of Roman Alexandria and of the Egyptian desert was a repentant courtesan.-Accounts of her Life:St. Thaïs reportedly lived during the fourth century in Roman Egypt. She is included in literature on the lives of the saints in the Greek church...

     (Taisia) of Egypt (5th c.)
  • Saint Laurence of Egypt, monk (6th c.)
  • Saint Comgall, founder and abbot of Bangor
    Bangor, County Down
    Bangor is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a seaside resort on the southern side of Belfast Lough and within the Belfast Metropolitan Area. Bangor Marina is one of the largest in Ireland, and holds Blue Flag status...

     (602)
  • Saint Cataldus, born in Munster in Ireland, became a monk at Lismore
    Lismore, County Waterford
    Lismore is a town in County Waterford, Ireland. It is located where the N72 road crosses the River Blackwater.-History:It was founded by Saint Mochuda, also known as Saint Carthage. In the 7th century, Lismore was the site of the well-known Lismore Abbey. It is also home to Lismore Castle, the...

    , then Bishop of Taranto; renowned for miracles (7th c.)
  • Virgin-martyr Solangia
    Solange
    Solange was a Frankish shepherdess and a locally-venerated Christian saint, whose cult is restricted to Sainte Solange, Cher...

     (Solange) (880)
  • Saint Simon of Vladimir and Suzdal
    Suzdal
    Suzdal is a town in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, situated northeast of Moscow, from the city of Vladimir, on the Kamenka River. Population: -History:...

     (Kiev Caves), bishop (1226)
  • Saint Laurence, monastic founder at Mt. Pelion
    Pelion
    Pelion or Pelium is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in central Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea...

     in Volos
    Volos
    Volos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki...

     (late 14th c.)
  • Blessed Simon of Yurievits and Zharki, Fool-for-Christ (1584)
  • Saint Eustathios of Crimea
    Crimea
    Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...

     (1745-1759), martyred in Theodosia, Crimea (1759)
  • Saint Synesius of Irkutsk (1787)
  • Eldress Taisia (Thaisia) of Voronezh (1840)
  • Hieromonk Andrew (in schema Abramius) of Whitehoof Convent (1902)

Other commemorations

  • The passage of the relic
    Relic
    In religion, a relic is a part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial...

    s (1087) of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
    Saint Nicholas
    Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...

     through the island of Zakynthos
    Zakynthos
    Zakynthos , also Zante, the other form often used in English and in Italian , is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. It covers an area of ...

    , while on their way to Bari
    Bari
    Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...

    .
  • Translation of the relic
    Relic
    In religion, a relic is a part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial...

    s (1670) of the blessed martyr Basil of Mangazea in Siberia
    Siberia
    Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...

     (1602)
  • "Kiev-Bratskaya" Icon of the Mother of God (1654)

Sources

  • May 10/23. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  • May 23 / May 10. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  • Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
  • May 10. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  • May 10. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources
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