Saints

• Virgin-martyr Glyceria
  Saint Glyceria
  Saint Glyceria — early Christian saint, Roman virgin.She was forced to pay tribute to a stone statue of Jupiter but it was destroyed while she stood before it. The virgin was imprisoned for this, then sentenced to be torn apart by wild animals. She, however, was not torn apart...
  
   at Heraclea, Propontis (ca.138-161)
• Martyr Laodicius, jailer of Saint Glyceria (ca.138-161)
• Saint Abban
  Abbán
  Abbán moccu Corbmaic , also Eibbán or Moabba, is a saint in Irish tradition. He was associated, first and foremost, with Mag Arnaide and with Cell Abbáin...
  
   of Ireland, baptized in 165 AD, missionary in Abingdon, Oxfordshire
  Abingdon, Oxfordshire
  Abingdon or archaically Abingdon-on-Thames is a market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. It is the seat of the Vale of White Horse district. Previously the county town of Berkshire, Abingdon is one of several places that claim to be Britain's oldest continuously occupied town, with...
  
   (2nd c.)
• Martyr Alexander of Rome (284-305)
• Saint Valerian of Auxerre, third Bishop of Auxerre
  Ancient Diocese of Auxerre
  The bishopric of Auxerre is a former French Roman Catholic diocese, now a titular see. Its historical episcopal see was in the city of Auxerre in Burgundy, eastern France.-Ecclesiastical history:...
  
   in France, and defender of Orthodoxy against Arianism. (350)
• Saint Onesimus of Gaul, fifth Bishop of Soissons in France (361)
• Saint Servatius
  Saint Servatius
  Saint Servatius was bishop of Tongeren—Roman Atuatuca Tungrorum the capital of the Tungri—one of the earliest dioceses in the Low Countries. Later in his life he fled to Maastricht, Roman Mosae Trajectum, where he became the first bishop of this city...
  
  , Bishop of Tongres, defender against Arianism
  Arianism
  Arianism is the theological teaching attributed to Arius , a Christian presbyter from Alexandria, Egypt, concerning the relationship of the entities of the Trinity and the precise nature of the Son of God as being a subordinate entity to God the Father...
  
   in the Netherlands (384)
• Saint Theoctistus, monk from Tekoa
  Tuqu'
  Tuquʿ is a Palestinian town in the Bethlehem Governorate, located 12 km southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Tuqu' had a population of 8,881 in 2007.The town is a part of the 'Arab al-Ta'amira cluster, along with Za'atara, Beit...
  
  , Palestine
• Saint Agnes of Poitiers, chosen by St. Radegund
  Radegund
  Radegund was a 6th century Frankish princess, who founded the monastery of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. Canonized in the 9th century, she is the patron saint of several English churches and of Jesus College, Cambridge.-Life history:Radegund was born about 520 to Bertachar, one of the three kings...
  
   to be Abbess of Holy Cross at Poitiers in France (588)
• Saint Mael
  Maël (saint)
  Maël was a fifth century Breton saint who lived as a hermit in Wales. He was a follower of Saint Cadfan and accompanied Cadfan from Brittany to Wales and then to the Isle of Bardsey. His feast day is May 13.-Notes:...
  
   (Mahel), Ascetic on the Isle of Bardsey (6th c.)
• Saint Pausicacius, Bishop of Synnada
  Synnada
  Synnada was an ancient town of Phrygia Salutaris in Asia Minor. Its site is now occupied by the modern Turkish town of Şuhut, in Afyonkarahisar Province...
  
   (606)
• Saint Nicephoros, Presbyter of the monastery of Ephapsios
• Saint Natalis (Natale), Bishop of Milan in Italy (751)
• Saint Anno (Hanno, Annon), Bishop of Verona in Italy (780)
• Saint Sergius the Confessor
  Confessor
  -Confessor of the Faith:Its oldest use is to indicate a saint who has suffered persecution and torture for the faith, but not to the point of death. The term is still used in this way in the East. In Latin Christianity it has come to signify any saint, as well as those who have been declared...
  
   of Constantinople, with his wife Irene and children (ca.829-842)
• Saint Euthymius the New
  Euthymius of Athos
  Euthymius the Athonite was a renowned Georgian philosopher and scholar, also known as Eufimius the Abasgian or St. Euthymius the Georgian...
  
   (the Illuminator) (1028), founder of Iveron Monastery, and his fellow Georgian saints of Mount Athos
  Mount Athos
  Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
  
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• His father monk-martyr John of Iveron
  John the Iberian
  John the Iberian was a Georgian monk, who is venerated as a saint. A member of the Georgian nobility, he was married and served as a military commander. However, he later became a monk in Bithynia and then traveled to Constantinople to rescue his son, Euthymius the Illuminator...
  
   (998); his cousin monk-martyr George of Iveron
  George the Hagiorite
  George the Hagiorite – Giorgi Mt'ats'mindeli or Giorgi At'oneli – , was a Georgian monk, religious writer, and translator, who spearheaded the activities of Georgian monastic communities in the Byzantine Empire...
  
   (1065); and monk-martyr Gabriel of Iveron (10th c.)
• Blessed Fortis Gabrielli, Ascetic (1040)
• Venerable monk-martyrs of Iveron Monastery, martyred by the Latins
  Latin Church
  The Latin Church is the largest particular church within the Catholic Church. It is a particular church not on the level of the local particular churches known as dioceses or eparchies, but on the level of autonomous ritual churches, of which there are 23, the remaining 22 of which are Eastern...
  
   (ca.1259-1280)
• Repose of Saint Macarius, Abbot of Glushitsa Monastery, Vologda
  Vologda
  Vologda is a city and the administrative, cultural, and scientific center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Vologda River. The city is a major transport knot of the Northwest of Russia. Vologda is among the Russian cities possessing an especially valuable historical heritage...
  
   (1480)
• Righteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod (1522)
• New Hieromartyrs Basil, Alexander and Christopher, Hieromartyr Macarius and Martyr Sergius (1922)
• 103 New Hieromartyrs of Cherkassk
  Cherkasy
  Cherkasy or Cherkassy , is a city in central Ukraine. It is the capital of the Cherkasy Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Cherkasky Raion within the oblast...
  
   (Cherkas' ) (20th c.)

Other commemorations

• Consecration of the Monastery of Panagia Pantanassa (Most-Holy Queen of All), on the small island of Hagia Glykeria (Incirli Adasi) in the Bay of Tuzla (12th c.)
• 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 (1688) of Hieromartyr Saint Macarius, Archimandrite
  Archimandrite
  The title Archimandrite , primarily used in the Eastern Orthodox and the Eastern Catholic churches, originally referred to a superior abbot whom a bishop appointed to supervise...
  
   of Obruch
  Ovruch
  Ovruch is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Ovruch Raion . The current estimated population is around 17,000 . It is home to Ovruch air base....
  
   and Pinsk
  Pinsk
  Pinsk , a town in Belarus, in the Polesia region, traversed by the river Pripyat, at the confluence of the Strumen and Pina rivers. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk. It is a fertile agricultural center. It lies south-west of Minsk. The population is about 130,000...
  
  , from Kanev to Pereyaslavl
  Pereslavl-Zalessky
  Pereslavl-Zalessky or Pereyaslavl-Zalessky , is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow on the main Moscow Yaroslavl road and on the shores of Pleschevo Lake. It was called Pereyaslavl until the 15th century. The town is located on the southeastern shore of the Lake...
  
   (1678)
• Repose of righteous Priest Alexis of Bortsurmany, disciple of St. Seraphim of Sarov
  Seraphim of Sarov
  Saint Seraphim of Sarov , born Prokhor Moshnin , is one of the most renowned Russian monks and mystics in the Orthodox Church. He is generally considered the greatest of the 19th century startsy and, arguably, the first...
  
   (1848)
• Repose of Rassophore Monk John, of St. Nilus
  Nil Sorsky
  Nil Sorsky was a leader of the Russian medieval movement opposing ecclesiastic landownership . Nil Sorsky is venerated as a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church. His feast day is on the anniversary of his repose on May 7.-Early life:Before becoming a monk, Nil Sorsky worked as a scribe and was...
  
  of Sora Monastery (1863)
• Repose of Eldress Sepfora of Klykovo (1997)

Sources

• May 13. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 13/26. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 26 / May 13. 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. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
• May 13. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 13. The Roman Martyrology.

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