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May 5 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective May5 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Virgin-martyr Sandukht [Sagdukht] (c. 50) Great Virgin-martyr Irene of Thessalonica (also Irene of Lecce) (1st-2nd century)May 4/17. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Ἡ Ἁγία Εἰρήνη ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Herman Calendar 2023. Copyright 2023 by the St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, P. O. Box 70, Platina, California 96076, p. 42. Martyrs Irenaeus, Pellegrinus and Irene, at Thessaloniki (284–305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εἰρηναῖος, Περεγρίνος καὶ Εἰρήνη οἱ Μάρτυρες ἐκ Θεσσαλονίκης, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.. The Roman Martyrology. Martyrs Neophytus, Gaius, and Gaianus.Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γαϊανός, Γάιος καὶ Νεόφυτος οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Eulogius the Confessor, Bishop of Edessa (c. 386) Saints Martin and Heraclius, of Illyria (4th century)SAINT MARTIN AND SAINT HERACLIUS (From the Prologue). St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, McKinney (Dallas area) Texas. Saint Hierax of Egypt (5th century) Saint Euthymius the Wonderworker, bishop of Madytos on the Hellespont (c. 990)Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Μυροβλύτης Ἐπίσκοπος Μαδύτου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Nun-martyr Martha, Abbess of Monemvasia, with three companions (990)Saint Martha of Monemvasia, Abbess of the Most Holy Theotokos Monastery. ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY THEN AND NOW. May 5, 2018. Retrieved: April 26, 2026.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Martyr Jovinian, the lector of St. Peregrine of Auxerre (c. 304)May 5. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Brito (Britonius) (386) Saint Nectarius of Vienne, Bishop of Vienne (c. 445) Saint Nicetus of Vienne, fifteenth bishop of Vienne (c. 449) Saint Hilary (Hilarion), Archbishop of Arles (449)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱλάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀρελάτης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. HILARY, B. OF ARLES. (A.D. 449.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fifth: May. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 75-78. Saint Gerontius of Milan (470)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γερόντιος Ἐπίσκοπος Μιλάνου, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Crescentiana of Rome (5th century) Saint Hydrock (Hydroc) of Cornwall (5th century) Saint Gibrian, hermit in Ireland (509) Saint Sacerdos of Saguntum (c. 560) Saint Waldrada, first abbess of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains in Metz in France (c. 620) Saint Diuma, first Bishop of Mercia (c. 650) Saint Maurontius of Douai (Maurontus, Mauront), founded monastery at Breuil-sur-lys near Douai, of which he is the patron-saint (701)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MAURONTIUS, AB. (A.D. 701.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fifth: May. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 78-80. Saint Echa of Crayke, (Etha), Anglo-Saxon priest and monk-hermit at Crayke, near York, England (767)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saints Barlaam of Serpukhov, and Gideon of Serpukhov (1377)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βαρλαὰμ καὶ Γεδεών, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Monk-martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri (1426)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐφραὶμ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ ἐν Νέᾳ Μάκρῃ Ἀττικῆς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Hieromartyr Ephraim of Damascus, prophet (15th century) Saint Adrian, Abbot of Monza Monastery, Galich (1610)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀδριανὸς ἐκ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Matrona Ciupelea, Abbess of Hurezi Monastery (1935)Romanian Church proclaims canonization of 16 holy women (+VIDEO). Orthodox Christianity. February 7, 2026. Retrieved: February 12, 2026.

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Nicholas, priest (1919)May 18, 2011 / May 5, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow) New Hieromartyr Platon of Banja Luka (Platon Jovanovic) (1941)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλάτων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀχρίδος, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: April 22)

Other commemorations

Translation of the relics (980)Blair, John (2002). "A Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints". In Thacker, Aland and Sharpe, Richard. Local Saints and Local Churches in the Early Medieval West. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p.512. of Saint Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne (709) Dedication of the Church of Mother of God of Kirou at Constantinople and commemoration of the solar eclipse (1369) Uncovering of the relics (1613) of Saint James of Zheleznoborov, Abbot of Zhelezny Borok Monastery, Kostroma (1422)May 5, OCA - The Lives of the Saints. Uncovering of the relics (1675) of Saint Pachomius of Nerekhta, Abbot of Zhelezny Bor (1384) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Inexhaustible Cup" (1878)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Σιέρπουχωφ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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References

Sources May 5/18. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). May 18, 2011 / May 5, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow) May 5, OCA - The Lives of the Saints. May 5. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. May 5. The Roman Martyrology. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 5 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 5 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 18 мая (5 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 5 мая (ст.ст.) 18 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).