May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

• Hieromartyr Alexander of Jerusalem, Archbishop (251)
• Saint Papylinus the Martyr
• Martyrs Bachtisius, Isaac and Symeon of Persia (339)
• Saint Theodore the Sanctified of Tabennisi, disciple of Saint Pachomios the Great (367)
• Martyrs Abda (Audas) and Abdjesus (Audiesus) the Bishops, Benjamin, and 38 other martyrs at Beth-Kashkar in the Persian Empire, under Ardashir II (375), including: :* 16 priests, 9 deacons, 6 monks, and 7 unnamed virgins.
• Saint Neadius (Neadios), Bishop and Wonderworker.
• Saint Bardas, founder of the monastery of the Forerunner in Petra, Constantinople (5th-6th century)
• Martyrdom of the 44 Holy Sabaite fathers, monk-martyrs of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified, massacred by the Saracens (610 or 614)
• Martyr Peter of Blachernae (761)
• Saint Thomas I, Patriarch of Jerusalem (820)
• Saint George of Mitylene, Bishop (821 or 842)
• Saint Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (925)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Fort (Fort de Bordeaux), first Bishop of Bordeaux in France, venerated as a martyr (c. 1st century?)
• Saint Peregrinus, Bishop of Terni (138)
• Saint Peregrine of Auxerre, martyr, the first bishop of Auxerre and the builder of its first cathedral (261 or 304)
• Martyrs Felix and Gennadius, at Uzalis in Africa
• Martyrs Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia at Lucania (c. 303)
• Saint Hilary, Bishop of Pavia, one of the bishops in the north of Italy who fought against Arianism (376)
• Saint Possidius, Bishop of Calama in Numidia in North Africa, a friend of Saint Augustine of Hippo (c. 370 - c. 440)
• Saint Primael, ascetic, from Britain, he went to Brittany and became a hermit near Quimper (c. 450)
• Blessed child-saint Musa of Rome (5th century)
• Saint Carannog (Carantog, Caimach, Carnath), Welsh prince who aided St Patrick in the enlightenment of Ireland (5th century)
• Saint Fidolus (Phal), Abbot at Isle-Aumont, south of Troyes (c. 540 - 549)
• Saint Germerius, Bishop of Toulouse in France for fifty years (560)
• Saint Brendan the Navigator, abbot of Clonfert (c. 577)
• Saint Domnolus, Bishop of Le Mans (581)
• Saint Carantoc, an abbot who founded the church of Llangrannog in Wales (6th century)
• Saint Honoratus of Amiens, the seventh bishop of Amiens (c. 600)
• Saint Annobert (Alnobert), a monk at Almenêches, consecrated Bishop of Séez in France (c. 689)
• Saint Franchy (Francovæcus), a monk at St Martin de la Bretonnière in France, later a hermit in the Nivernais (Diocese of Nevers) (7th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saints Cassian (1537) and Laurence (1548), disciples of Venerable Cornelius of Komel, Abbots of Komel ("Korneliev" Monastery), Vologda.
• New Hieromartyr Teodor (Nestorović) of Vršac, Bishop of Vršac in Banat, Serbia (1595)
• New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovo, at Trikala, whose relics are at Meteora (1617)

New martyrs and confessors

• Venerable Hieromonk Matthew of Yaransk the Wonderworker (* 'Mitrophan Kuzmich Zvetsov' *) (1927)
• New Martyr Vukasin of Serbia, under the Ustashi terrorists (1941)

Other commemorations

• Foundation of the church of Saint Euphemia, near the Neorion (port facilities), by the Dolmabahçe Palace of Constantinople.
• Translation of the relics (1545) of Saint Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop, Wonderworker of Novgorod (1492)
• Commemoration of Saint Macarius (Notaras) of Corinth (1805) in the village of Myloi, Samos island.

Icon gallery

Alexander of Jerusalem.jpg|St. Alexander of Jerusalem. Abdias (Abidas or Obadiah) of Persia (Menologion of Basil II).jpg|St. Abdias (Abidas or Obadiah) of Persia (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century). Nicholas Mystikos.jpg|Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos. Vitusmodestuscrescentia.jpg|The martyrdom of Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia. Martyrdom of saint Vitus.PNG|Martyrdom of Saint Vitus. Eglise Notre-Dame de la Dalbade - Saint Germier.jpg|Bishop St. Germerius of Toulouse, represented in a sculpture on the Church of Our Lady of Dalbade, Toulouse. Saint brendan german manuscript.jpg|St. Brendan of Clonfert. Paris Saint-Laurent Glasfenster490.JPG|St. Domnolus, Bishop of Le Mans, stained glass. St Carantoc's Church, Crantock.jpg|St. Carantoc's Church, Crantock. Amiens cathédrale5.JPG|Tympanum of the southern door of the Cathedral of Amiens, showing the life of Saint Honoratus of Amiens, including his appointment as bishop, and translation of his relics. HonoratusAmiens.jpg|St. Honoratus of Amiens. Matfei of Yaransk.jpg|Venerable Hieromonk Matthew of Yaransk, the Wonderworker.

Notes

References

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