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May 16, 2018

Saints and Feasts of May 16


On the sixteenth Theodore flew away from the earth.

Venerable Theodore the Sanctified
 
 
Holy Hieromartyr Alexander, Archbishop of Jerusalem

Holy Hieromartyr Alexander, Archbishop of Jerusalem


Holy Hieromartyr Abdas the Bishop 
and Those Martyred With Him in Persia

Holy Hieromartyr Abdas of Persia and Those Martyred With Him


Holy Martyrs Isaac, Symeon and Bachthisoes

Holy Martyrs Isaac, Symeon and Bachthisoes of Persia


Holy Fathers Slain at the Monastery of Saint Savvas

Holy Fathers Slain at the Monastery of Saint Savvas in 614 A.D.


Holy Martyr Papylinos

Holy Martyr Papylinos


Holy Martyr Peter the Kalyvite at Blachernae

Holy Martyr Peter the Kalyvite at Blachernae


Saint Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople

Saint Nicholas I Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (+ 925)


Saint Musa of Rome

Saint Musa of Rome


Venerable Baras,
who lived in asceticism in Constantinople  
 
 
 
Saint Brendan the Anchorite, 
also known as the Navigator or Voyager

Saint Brendan the Anchorite, also known as the Navigator or Voyager (+ c. 577)


Saint Makarios Notaras, 
the Wonderworker of Myloi in Samos

Saint Makarios Notaras, the Wonderworker of Myloi in Samos

Saint Makarios of Corinth Resource Page


Holy New Martyr Vukasin of Klepci

Holy New Martyr Vukasin of Klepci (+ 1943)


Commemoration of the Consecration of the 
Church of Saint Euphemia Near the Neorion Harbor
 
 
 
 
 
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