May 7, 2018

Saints and Feasts of May 7


On the seventh the seal of the cross spread out in the heavens.

Commemoration of the Sign of the Honorable Cross 
That Appeared in the Heavens

The Cross That Appeared in the Sky Over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.

What Will Be the Sign of the Son of Man in the Heavens Before His Coming?


Holy Martyr Akakios the Centurion of Cappadocia

Holy Martyr Akakios the Centurion of Cappadocia


Holy Martyr Kodratos and Those With Him

Synaxarion of the Holy Martyr Kodratos and Those With Him


Holy Martyrs Rufinus and Saturninus

Synaxarion of the Holy Martyr Kodratos and Those With Him


Venerable Confessor John of Psychaita

Holy Confessor John of Psychaita (+ c. 825)


Holy Martyr Maximos

Holy Martyr Maximos (+ 251)


Venerable Tarasios the Wonderworker of Lycaonia

Saint Tarasios the Wonderworker of Lycaonia


Venerable John of Zedazeni
and his Twelve Disciples of Georgia

Saint John of Zedazeni and his Twelve Disciples of Georgia


Venerable Nilus of Sora

Saint Nilus of Sora (+ 1508)

St. Nilus of Sora: Life at the Sora River

"A Tradition For My Disciples" and "The Monastic Rule" (St. Nilus of Sora)


Venerable New Martyr Pachomios the Hagiorite

Holy New Martyr Pachomios of Usaki (+ 1730)


Saint Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender 
of Orthodoxy in America

Saint Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre

Saint Alexis Feast Day In Wilkes-Barre


Translation of the Sacred Relic of the 
Venerable Euthymios the Great

Translation of the Sacred Relic of Saint Euthymios the Great in 473 A.D.

Saint Euthymios the Great Resource Page


Finding of the Sacred Relic of the 
Venerable Nilus the Myrrhgusher

Saint Nilus the Myrrhgusher Resource Page


Synaxis of the Zhirovits Icon of the Mother of God

The Zhirovits Icon of the Mother of God