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May 11, 2018

Saints and Feasts of May 11


On the eleventh the head of gentle-minded Mokios was cut off.

Holy Hieromartyr Mokios
 
 
 
 
Commemoration of the Birthday, namely the 
Dedication of the God-Protected and God-Magnified Constantinople, 
which is especially dedicated to the Protection 
of our All-Immaculate Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, 
and which has been Preserved by Her

Synaxarion for the Dedication of Constantinople

The Founding of Constantinople (May 11, 330)

Constantine and the Founding of Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the Birthday of Constantinople

"I am a Wall, and My Breasts Like Towers": The Theotokos as Protectress of Constantinople

The Different Names of Constantinople (Istanbul)

A Hymn to the City of Constantinople (St. Nikolai Velimirovich)


Holy Martyr Dioskoros the New

Holy Martyr Dioskoros the New


Saints Cyril and Methodios, Enlighteners of the Slavs

Saints Cyril and Methodios Resource Page


Saint Rastislav, Prince of Great Moravia

Saint Rastislav, Prince of Great Moravia (+ 870)


Holy Martyr Armodios

Holy Martyr Armodios


Venerable Sophrony the Recluse of the Kiev Caves

Saint Sophrony the Recluse of the Kiev Caves


Saint Nikodim, Archbishop of Serbia

Saint Nikodim, Archbishop of Serbia (+ 1325)


Holy Venerable Martyrs Olympia and 
Euphrosyne of Karyes in Mytilene
 

The Glorious Martyrdom and Extraordinary Revelation of Saints Olympia and Euphrosyne of Karyes in Mytilene


Holy Hieromartyr Joseph, Metropolitan of Astrakhan

Holy Hieromartyr Joseph, Metropolitan of Astrakhan (+ 1672)


Venerable Christopher of Georgia, 
also called Christesia

Saint Christopher of Georgia, also called Christesia (+ 1771)


Holy New Martyr Argyrios of Thessaloniki
 
 
 
Venerable Dionysios of Kolitsou 
 
 
 

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