May 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

• Prophet Jeremiah (c. 655 – 586 BC)
• Martyr Philosophos at Alexandria (252)
• Martyr Sabbas
• Venerable Hieromartyr Batas of Nisibis (Bata the Persian) (c. 364)
• Venerable Isidora the Fool-for-Christ, of Tabennisi, Egypt (c. 365)
• New Monk-martyr Romanus of Raqqa (780)
• St. Michael, ascetic of Chalcedon (8th-9th century)
• Saint Symeon of Syracuse (or of Mount Sinai or Trier) (1035){{#tag:ref|His feast day in the West is given as June 1st according to the Roman Martyrology: :"At Treves, St. Simeon, monk, who was added to the number of the Saints by Pope Benedict IX."|group=note}}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Andeolus of Smyrna, a subdeacon from Smyrna sent to France by St Polycarp, martyred near Viviers on the Rhône (208)
• Martyrs Orentius and Patientia, husband and wife who lived at Loret near Huesca in Spain, parents of St. Laurence the Martyr (240)
• Martyrs Acius (Ache) and Aceolus (Acheul), the former a deacon, the latter a subdeacon, martyred near Amiens in France under Diocletian (303)
• Saint Grata of Bergamo, a holy woman from Bergamo in Italy, zealous in securing Christian burial for the bodies of the martyrs (c. 307)
• Saint Agapetos (Amator), Bishop of Auxerre and Confessor (418)
• Saint Orentius of Auch (or Orientius), a hermit in the Lavendan valley near Tarbes in France, Bishop of Auch (Augusta Ausciorum) for over 40 years (c. 439)
• Saint Corentin, Bishop of Quimper (460)
• Saint Brioc, Abbot of St. Brieuc (c. 502)
• Martyr Sigismund, king of Burgundy (524)
• Saint Marcul, Hieromonk of Corbeny, founder of a monastery of hermits on the Egyptian model in Nanteuil in France (c. 558)
• Saint Ceallach (Kellach), a disciple of St Kieran of Clonmacnoise, became Bishop of Killala in Ireland, ended his life as a hermit and may have been martyred (6th century)
• Saint Asaph, Bishop in North Wales (c. 600)
• Saint Aredius of Gap (Arigius, Arey), Bishop of Gap in France for twenty years (604)
• Saint Bertha of Val d'Or, martyr, founder and abbess of Avenay in the diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne (680)
• Martyr Evermarus of Tongres, pilgrim murdered by robbers at Rousson, near Tongres, Belgium (c. 700)
• Saint Théodard, Archbishop of Narbonne (893)
• Saint Benedict of Szkalka, a hermit on Mount Zobor in Hungary, disciple of St. Andrew Zorard, renowned for his asceticism, murdered by robbers (1012)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Tamar of Georgia, Queen (1213)
• Saint Paphnutius of Borovsk, Abbot (1477)
• Hieromartyr Macarius of Kiev, Metropolitan of Kiev (1497)
• St. Zosimas, bishop of Kumurdo (15th century)
• Saint Gerasimus of Boldinsk, abbot (1554)
• Saint Panaretus of Cyprus, archbishop (1791)
• New Martyrs Euthymius, Ignatius (1814), and Acacius (1815) of Mount Athos
• Saint Nicephorus of Chios, monk (1821)
• New Martyr Mary of Crete (Mary of Mirambelos) (1826)
• Schemamonk Luke of Glinsk Hermitage (1898)

New martyrs and confessors

• Virgin-martyr Nina (Kuznyetsova), new martyr of Vologda (1938)

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy" (“Neochikuvana Radist”) from Andronikov Monastery.
• "Myrrh-Bearing" Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarevokokshaisk (in the province of Kazan) (1647)
• Translation of the relics (870) of Saint Walburga, Abbess of Heidenheim, to Eichstätt

Icon gallery

File:St Corentin Banner.jpg|Labarum of St. Corentin of Quimper (Parish church of Locronan, Brittany). File:Saint Brieuc.jpg|St. Brioc. File:KN DFK Fresko N Sigismund.JPG|Fresco of St. Sigismund of Burgundy, (c. 1417-1437). File:Betania Monastery, Tamar.jpg|Fresco of St. Tamar of Georgia, Queen of Georgia. (Betania Monastery c. 1184–1186). File:Pafnutius.jpg|Saint Paphnutius of Borovsk, Abbot. File:Our Lady the Unexpected Joy.jpeg|Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy"

Notes

References

Sources

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