Orthocal

Saints

Sunday May 17, 2026 / May 4, 2026

  1. Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor (287). primary
  2. St. Ethelred, king of Mercia and monk in England (716) (Celtic & British). western
  3. The Alfanov brothers: Venerables Nicetas, Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, and Isaac of Novgorod, founders of the Sokolnitzki Monastery (1389).
  4. Hieromartyr Erasmus, bishop of Formia in Campania (303).
  5. Hieromartyr Albian (Olbian), bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor (304).
  6. Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza and with him 40 martyrs (311).
  7. Icon of the Mother of God "Staro Rus" Old Russian (1570).
  8. New Hieromartyr John priest (1942).
  9. New Hieromartyr Nicholas diacon (1943).
  10. Venerables Aphrodisius, Leontius, Anthony, Valerian, Macrobius, and others, monks of Palestine.
  11. Translation of the relics of the Righteous Lazarus and Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles.
  12. St. Nicephorus, abbot of Medikion.
  13. Venerable Nicephorus the Solitary of Mt. Athos, the spiritual father of St. Gregory Palamas (1340) (Greek).
  14. St. Athanasius, bishop of Corinth (10th - 11th c.) (Greek).
  15. Venerable Hilary the Wonderworker of the desert (Greek).
  16. St. Monica of Tagaste (mother of Blessed Augustine) (387).
  17. Martyr Florian and 40 companions, at Lorsch, Austria (304).