May 1, 2018

Saints and Feasts of May 1


On the first of May Jeremiah was killed by stones.

Holy Prophet Jeremiah

Synaxarion of the Holy Prophet Jeremiah

Holy Prophet Jeremiah as a Model for our Lives

The Love of the Prophet Jeremiah After Death


Holy Hieromartyr Bata of Persia

Saint Bata the Persian as a Model for our Lives


Holy Martyr Philosophos

Holy Martyr Philosophos of Alexandria


Saint Panaretos, Archbishop of Paphos

Saint Panaretos of Paphos as a Model for our Lives


Venerable Isidora the Fool for Christ

Venerable Isidora the Fool for Christ of Tabennisi (+ 365)

Saint Isidora the Fool For Christ


Holy Martyr Savvas

Holy Martyr Savvas


Venerable Symeon the Five-Tongued of Sinai

Saint Symeon of Trier, known as the Five-Tongued (+ 1035)


Venerable Clement of Mount Sagmata

Saint Clement the Stylite of Mount Sagmata (+ 1111)


Saint Walpurga, Enlightener of Germany

Saint Walpurga and the Witches of Walpurgis Night


Saint Tamar, Queen of Georgia

Saint Tamar, Queen of Georgia (+ 1213)

Georgian Church Declares 2013 'the Year of Queen Tamar'


Saint Zosimas II, Bishop of Kumurdo

Saint Zosimas II, Bishop of Kumurdo


Venerable Paphnutius of Borov

Saint Paphnutius of Borov (+1477)


Venerable Gerasim of Boldino

Saint Gerasim of Boldino (+ 1554)


Venerable New Martyrs Akakios of Neochorion, 
Euthymios of Peloponnesos and Ignatios the New

Venerable New Martyrs Akakios of Neochorion, Euthymios of Peloponnesos and Ignatios the New


Venerable Nikephoros of Chios

Saint Nikephoros of Chios (+ 1821)


Holy New Martyr Maria Methymopoula

Holy New Martyr Maria Methymopoula (+ 1826)


Commemoration of the Consecration of the 
Nea Ekklesia

Commemoration of the Consecration of the Nea Ekklesia in Constantinople


Commemoration of the Dreadful Earthquake at Sinai

Commemoration of the Dreadful Earthquake at the Sinai Monastery on May 1, 1212