May 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 23 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

The Eastern Orthodox cross

May 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 11

For May 10th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 27.

Saints

• Saint Simon the Zealot, Apostle (1st century)[1]
• Martyr Hesychius the Palatine of Antioch (c. 304)[2]
• Saint Isidora the Fool-for-Christ, of Tabennisi, Egypt (c. 365)[3]
• Saint Isidore of Alexandria (Isidore The Simple-Minded) (319-404), Hieromonk and Hospitaller (hospital administrator) (404)[4][note 2]
• Venerable Passarion the Presbyter (Passarion of Palestine), Agapius and Philemon (mid-5th century)[7][note 3]
• Blessed Thais (Taisia) of Egypt (5th century)[3]
• Saint Laurence of Egypt, monk (6th century)[3]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Calepodius, Palmatius, Simplicius, Felix, Blanda and Companions (c. 222-232)[11][12]
• Martyrs Alphius, Philadelphus, Cyprian, at Lentini in Sicily (251)[11][12][13]
• Martyrs Erasmus, Onesimus, and 14 other martyrs, in Sicily (251)[14]
• Saint Aurelian of Limoges, Disciple of St Martial of Limoges in France (3rd century)[12]
• Martyrs Quartus and Quintus, two citizens of Capua who were condemned and executed in Rome.[11][12]
• Saint Comgall, founder and abbot of Bangor (602)[12][15]
• Saint Cataldus, born in Munster in Ireland, became a monk at Lismore, then Bishop of Taranto; renowned for miracles (7th century)[11][12]
• Virgin-martyr Solangia (Solange) (880)[12]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Simon of Vladimir and Suzdal (Kiev Caves), Bishop (1226)[16]
• Venerable Laurence, monastic founder at Mt. Pelion in Volos (late 14th century)[17]
• Blessed Simon of Yurievets and Zharki, Fool-for-Christ (1584)[3]
• Saint Eustathios of Crimea (1745-1759), martyred in Theodosia, Crimea (1759)[18]
• Saint Synesius of Irkutsk (1787)[3][note 4]

Other commemorations

• The passage of the relics (1087) of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker through the island of Zakynthos, while on their way to Bari.[20]
• Translation of the relics (1670) of the blessed martyr Basil of Mangazea in Siberia (1602)[3][21]
• "Kiev-Bratskaya" Icon of the Mother of God (1654)[22][note 5]
• Repose of Eldress Taisia (Thaisia) of Voronezh (1840)[3]
• Repose of Hieromonk Andrew (Abramius in Schema) of Whitehoof Convent (1902)[3]
• Slaying of Soldier Eugene Rodionov in Chechnya (May 23, 1996)[24]

Icon gallery

• 
  Icon of St. Simon the Zealot.
• 
  Chapel of St. Aurelian, Limoges.
• 
  St. Comgall's parish church, Bangor.
• 
  St. Cataldus.
• 
  Church of St. Solange, Sainte-Solange, Cher, France.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. While the "Great Synaxaristes" of the Orthodox Church lists St. Isidore of Alexandria for May 10, note that Western sources list his feast day for January 15.[5][6]
3. Passarion was a famous acetic of Palestine, a contemporary of Patriarch Juvenal of Jerusalem (420-458), and served as the teacher of Saint Euthymius the Great. Cyril of Scythopolis (525-558) tells that Passarion died seven months after the dedication of the church of the Lavra of St. Euthymius. This dedication was on March 7, 428. The death of Passarion was at the end of October, 428. The Palestinian-Georgian calendar has the feast of Passarion on June 7.[8] There is also a "Passarion (Ascetic)" listed on August 11.[9][10]
4. Associate and close friend of St Sophronius, Bishop of Irkutsk (March 30).[19]
5. The "Kiev-Bratskaya" Icon of the Mother of God miraculously appeared in the Church of Sts. Boris and Gleb in 1654 in the town of Vishgorod (Kiev Province). In 1662, during Russia's war with Poland (1659 - 1667), the town suffered greatly at the hands of Crimean Tatars allied with the Poles. The Church of the Holy Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb was brought to ruin, and was desecrated. However, by God's Providence the miraculous Icon of the Mother of God and the relics of Sts. Boris and Gleb were spared; the Icon had been timely removed from the church and sent down the Dniepr River, and the relics of the saints had been hidden. The Icon was carried by the river current to the banks of Podol in Kiev, where it was joyously received by the Orthodox and with due honor was taken to the Bratsk Monastery. There it remained over the course of many years. A survey of the Kiev-Bratsk Monastery church property compiled in 1807 included a description of the Icon. There was a "Song of the Miraculous Kiev-Bratskaya Icon of the Mother of God," composed shortly after 1692. The Kiev-Bratskaya Icon of the Mother of God is celebrated on three days each year: September 6, May 10, and June 2. They are all dedicated to the miraculous appearance of the Holy Icon in 1654. The original Icon is no longer extant. A copy exists in the Kiev Monastery of the Protection of the Mother of God.[23]

References

1. Ὁ Ἅγιος Σίμων ὁ Ἀπόστολος ὁ Ζηλωτής. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἡσύχιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. May 10/23. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
4. Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰσίδωρος ὁ μωρός. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). January 15 - St. Isidore of Alexandria, Priest and Hospitaller. The Lives of the Saints. 1866. (Bartleby.com).
6. Vincent J. O'Malley. 15. St. Isidore of Alexandria. In: Saints of Africa. Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2001. pp.24-25.
7. Οἱ Ὅσιοι Πασσαρίων, Ἀγάπιος καὶ Φιλήμων. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. A. Mertens. Pasarion. Who was a Christian in the Holy Land? (Encyclopedia). 1977.
9. Ὁ Ὅσιος Πασσαρίων. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. August 24 / August 11. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
11. May 10. The Roman Martyrology.
12. May 10. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
13. Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀλφειός, Κυπρίνος καὶ Φιλάδελφος οἱ Μάρτυρες οἱ Αὐτάδελφοι. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἔρασμος καὶ Ὀνήσιμος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς δεκατέσσερις μαρτυρήσαντες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. Ὁ Ὅσιος Κομγάλλιος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Ὁ Ἅγιος Σίμων Ἐπίσκοπος Βλαδιμὶρ καὶ Σουζδαλίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. Ὁ Ὅσιος Λαυρέντιος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐστάθιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ ἐκ Κριμαίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
20. Ἡ πάροδος τοῦ ἱεροῦ λειψάνου τοῦ Ἁγίου Νικολάου τοῦ Θαυματουργοῦ ἐκ τῆς νήσου Ζακύνθου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Βασιλείου τοῦ Ἱερομάρτυρος τοῦ Θαυματουργοῦ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου «τῶν ἀδελφῶν του Κιέβου» ἐν Ρωσίᾳ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
23. "Kiev-Bratskaya" Icon - 10/23 May. Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Washington. D.C.
24. May 10/23. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

Sources

• May 10/23. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• May 23 / May 10. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• May 10. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 10. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 10 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 10 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 23 мая (10 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 10 мая (ст.ст.) 23 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).