Saints

• Righteous Job
  Job (Biblical figure)
  Job is the central character of the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible. Job is listed as a prophet of God in the Qur'an.- Book of Job :The Book of Job begins with an introduction to Job's character — he is described as a blessed man who lives righteously...
  
   the Long-suffering
• Saint Lucius of Cyrene
  Lucius of Cyrene
  Lucius of Cyrene was, according to the Book of Acts, one of the founders of the Christian Church in Antioch, then part of Roman Syria. He is mentioned by name as a member of the church there, after King Herod's Death:...
  
   (1st c.)
• Martyrs Heliodorus and Venustus and seventy-five others in Africa (284–305)
• Martyrs Danax, Mesirus (Mesiurs), and Therin
• Martyrs Demetrius, and Donatus
• Saints Mamas, Pachomius, and Hilarion, monks
• Martyrs Barbarus the Soldier (Barbaruldier), Bacchus, Callimachus, and Dionysius, in Morea
  Morea
  The Morea was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It also referred to a Byzantine province in the region, known as the Despotate of Morea.-Origins of the name:...
  
   (362)
• St. Benedicta, virgin, mystic and nun, lived in a convent founded by St. Galla
  Galla of Rome
  -Life:Galla was the daughter of Roman patrician Symmachus the Younger, who was appointed consul in 485. Galla was also the sister-in-law of Boethius. Her father, Symmachus the Younger, was condemned to death, unjustly, by Theodoric in 525. Galla was then married but was soon widowed, just over a...
  
   in Rome (6th c.)
• Saint Edbert
  Eadberht of Lindisfarne
  Eadberht of Lindisfarne , also known as Saint Eadberht, was Bishop of Lindisfarne, England, from 688 until 698. He is notable as having founded the holy shrine to his predecessor Saint Cuthbert on the island of Lindisfarne, a place that was to become a centre of great pilgrimage in later years.It...
  
  , Bishop of Lindisfarne (698)
• Saint Petronax of Monte Cassino
  Petronax of Monte Cassino
  Saint Petronax of Monte Cassino , called "The Second Founder of Monte Cassino", was an Italian monk and abbot who rebuilt and repopulated the monastery of Monte Cassino, which had been destroyed by the invading Lombards in the late sixth century.A native of Brescia, Petronax had made a pilgrimage...
  
   (ca.747)
• Martyr Barbarus in Thessaly
  Thessaly
  Thessaly is a traditional geographical region and an administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey....
  
  , the former robber (9th c.)
• Venerable Micah, the disciple of the Saint Sergius of Radonezh
  Sergius of Radonezh
  Venerable Sergius of Radonezh , also transliterated as Sergey Radonezhsky or Serge of Radonezh, was a spiritual leader and monastic reformer of medieval Russia. Together with Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, he is one of the Russian Orthodox Church's most highly venerated saints.-Early life:The date of...
  
   (1385)
• Venerable Sinaites of Serbia (from Ravanica
  Ravanica
  Ravanica can refer to:* Ravanica Monastery, a monastery in Pomoravlje District, Serbia* Vrdnik-Ravanica Monastery, a monastery in Srem, Vojvodina, Serbia* Ravanica, a river in Serbia...
  
  ) (14th c.):
• Romilus of Ravanica; Romanus of Djunisa; Sisoes of Sinai and Sisojevac; Martyrius of Rukumije; Gregory of Gornjak; Zosimas of Tuman; and Gregory of Sinai
  Gregory of Sinai
  Saint Gregory of Sinai was instrumental in the emergence of "technical" Hesychasm on Athos in the early 14th century....
  
   (Mt. 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...
  
  )
• Saint Seraphim of Mt. Domvu (Seraphim of Livadeia) (1602)
• Saint Job of Pochaev, abbot and wonderworker (1651)

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics (1238) of Saint Sava
  Saint Sava
  Saint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...
  
  , first archbishop of Serbia (1235)
• 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 (1675) of Saint Pachomius of Nerekhta (1384)
• Birthday of Royal Martyr Tsar Nicholas II
  Nicholas II of Russia
  Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official short title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until...
  
  

Sources

• Protection of the Mother of God Church, List of Saints (POMOG)
• May 6/19, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 19 / May 6 , HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 6. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 6, The Roman Martyrology.

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