May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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May 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 15

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 27 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For May 14th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 1.

• Martyr Maximus, under Decius (250)^[1][2]
• Martyr Isidore of Chios (251)^[3]
• Saints Alexander, Barbaras, and Acolythus (Acolouthus), martyred at the Church of St Irene (Holy Peace), near the sea in Constantinople^[4]
• Martyrs Aristotle and Leandros^[5]
• Hieromartyr Therapont, Bishop of Cyprus (3rd century)^{[6][7][note 2]}
• Saint Boniface of Tarsus, martyr (307)^[8][9]
• Venerable Serapion the Sindonite, monk of Egypt (5th century)^{[1][10][note 3]}

• Martyrs Justa, Justina and Henedina, in Sardinia (c. 130)^[8][9]
• Saint Pontius of Cimiez (Pons de Cimiez), martyred in Cimella (Cimiez) near Nice, whose relics gave his name to the town of Saint-Pons. (c. 258)^{[8][9][note 4]}
• Saint Aprunculus (Apruncule), first bishop of Langres, later of Clermont, Gaul (c. 488)^[1]
• Saint Boniface, Bishop of Ferentino in Tuscany (6th century)^[8]
• Saint Carthage (Carthach Mochuda) the Younger, founder and first abbot of Lismore (637)^[8][14]
• Saint Erembert, Bishop of Toulouse (657)^[8]
• Saint Tuto (Totto), monk and Abbot of St Emmeram in Regensburg in Germany, where he later became bishop (930)^[8]
• Saint Hallvard, Of the royal family of Norway, Patron-saint of Oslo, martyr (1043)^[8]

• Saint Nicetas, Bishop of Novgorod and recluse of the Kiev Caves (1108)^{[15][note 5]}
• Patriarch Leontius II of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (1190)^[18][19][20]
• Saint Isidore of Rostov, Fool-for-Christ and Wonderworker (1474)^[7][21]
• New Martyr Mark of Crete, at Smyrna (1643)^[7][22]
• New Martyr John of Bulgaria (Raiko-John of Shumena), the goldsmith (1802)^[1][7][23]
• Saint Andrew, abbot of Raphael (Tobolsk) (1820)^[1][24]

• New Hieromartyr Peter Rozhdestvin, Priest (1939)^[20][24]

• Commemoration of the martyrdom by the Poles (1609),^[1] of:

• Abbot Anthony with 40 monks and 1,000 laymen of the St. Paisius of Uglich Monastery,^[25]
• Abbot Daniel with 30 monks and 200 laymen of the St. Nicholas Monastery (Kostroma)^[26]

• Commemoration of Victor Chornayiv, Archimandrite of the Annunciation Monastery at Nizhyn (1761)^[27]
• Synaxis of the Yaroslavsk (Pechersk) Icon of the Mother of God (1823)^[28][29][30]
• First uncovering of the relics (1846) of Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783)^{[1][24][note 6]}

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  Byzantine Pilgrim Stamp of Saint Isidore (6th century).
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  Mosaic in the St. Isidore chapel, in the Basilica of San Marco - Translation of the relics of St. Isidore, Chios.
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  St. Boniface of Tarsus (Bonifatius).
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  St. Boniface of Tarsus (Bonifatius).
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  St. Erembert, Bishop of Toulouse, stained glass.

• May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
• May 14/27. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 27 / May 14. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• May 14. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• May 14. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 14. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 14 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 14 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 27 мая (14 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 14 мая (ст.ст.) 27 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).