May 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

• The Seven Apostolic Men, Martyr Bishops, ordained in Rome by Saints Peter and Paul and sent to evangelize Spain (1st century): :* Saints Torquatus, Ctesiphon, Secundus, Indaletius, Caecilius, Hesychius, and Euphrasius
• Saint Achillius (Achillios), Bishop of Larissa (330)
• Saint Pachomius the Great, founder of cenobitic monasticism (348)
• Saint Silvanus of Tabennisi, disciple of Saint Pachomius the Great (in the Thebaid) (4th century)
• Saint Pyrrhus of Breti, one of Thirteen Assyrian Fathers (6th century)
• Saint Barbarus the Myrrh-gusher of Greece (c. 820– 829)
• Saint Panegyrios of Cyprus (Panigerios, Panegyrius), Wonderworker of Malounta

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Peter, Andrew, Paul, and Denise (150)
• Martyrs Cassius, Victorinus, Maximus, and their companions, in the Auvergne (Clermont) in France (c. 264)
• Saint Eutychius of Ferento, bishop, martyr (270)
• Martyr Simplicius of Olbia, Bishop, in Sardinia (c. 284–305)
• Saint Sophia of Rome (303)
• Virgin recluse Caesarea of Otranto
• , bishop, martyr (305 ?)
• Saint Reticius, bishop of Autun (4th century)
• Saint Kaleb of Axum, king (542)
• Saint Severin of Sanseverino, Bishop of Settempeda (545)
• Saint Hilary of Galeata (Hilary of Tuscany), founder of the monastery called Galeata, later known as Sant'Ilaro (Sant'Ellero di Galeata) (558)
• Saint Colmán of Oughaval (Colman mac Ua Laoighse, Colman Mc O'Laoighse), a disciple of St Columba and St Fintan of Clonenagh (6th century)
• Virgin-martyr Dymphna of Geel, Flanders (c. 650)
• Saint Gerebern (Gerebarn), presbyter, martyr (c. 650)
• Saint Waldalenus, founder of monastery of Bèze in France (7th century)
• Saint Bercthun (Bertin), a disciple of St John of Beverley and first Abbot of Beverley in England (733)
• Saint Bertha of Bingen (c. 757), and her son Saint Rupert of Bingen (732)
• Saint Witesind of Córdoba, martyr (855)
• Saint Hallvard Vebjørnsson of Husaby (1043)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Anastasia of Latra
• Saint Panigirius of Cyprus, Wonderworker
• Saint Isaiah of Rostov, Bishop and Wonderworker (1090)
• Saint Isaiah of the Kiev Caves, wonderworker (1115)
• Saint Andrew the Hermit, of Mt. Kalana, Epirus, wonderworker (c. 1237–1271)
• of Nerekhta, abbot (1384), and Saint Silvanus of Nerekhta (1384)
• Saint Cali of Anatolia (14th century)
• Saint Euphrosynus of Pskov (Eleazar), abbot and wonderworker (1481)
• Saint Serapion of Pskov, disciple of St Euphrosynus of Pskov (1481)
• Saint Ignatius, Charalampius and Pamphilus, brothers and disciples of Euphrosynus of Pskov (15th century)
• Saint Pachomius of Keno Lake Monastery (1525)
• Saint Demetrius of Moscow the Wonderworker, Slain Crown Prince (1591)
• Saint James of Putna, Metropolitan of Moldavia (1778)
• Saint Elias (Chebotariov) of Verkhoturye, schemamonk (1900)
• Saint Arethas (Katargin) of Valaam and Verkhoturye, archimandrite (1903)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyrs: :* Archbishop Pachomius (Kedrov) of Chernigov (1938), :* his brother, Archbishop Abercius (Kedrov) of Zhitomir (1937), :* their father, Priest Nicholas Kedrov (1936), :* their brother-in-law, Priest Vladimir Zagarsky (1937)

Other commemorations

• Discovery of the revered icon of Kamoulianos "Acheiropoieta" ("made without human hands").
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Kazan-Vysha (1812)
• Uncovering of the relics (1991) of Saint Arsenius of Konevits
• Uncovering of the relics (2012) of Saint Elias (Ganzha) of Makeevka
• Translation of the sacred relics of the Holy Apostle Titus of Crete, from Venice (which had taken the relics in 1669), back to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Crete (1966)
• Uncovering of the relics (1846) of Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783)

Icon gallery

File:Achillius.jpg|Sts. Achillius of Larissa and Pachomius the Great. File:Bucharest - Biserica Sf. Anton 06.jpg|St. Pachomius the Great. File:Cl-Fd Saint-Eutrope Cassius.jpg|Stained glass of St. Cassius of Clermont. File:Galeata Sant Ellero Scranno Cripta.JPG|Chair of Saint Hilary of Galeata, in the cell in which the saint used to pray. File:Bertha von Bingen.jpg|St. Bertha of Bingen. File:Evfrosin of Pskov.jpg|St. Euphrosynus of Pskov. File:Dimitry of Uglich.jpg|St. Dmitry of Uglich. File:Saint Dmitriy icon.jpg|St. Dmitry of Uglich.

Notes

References

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