May 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

• Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine (337), and Empress Helena, his mother (327)
• Martyrs Polyeuctus, Victorinus, and Donatus, at Caesarea in Cappadocia.
• Hieromartyr Secundus and those with him, in Alexandria (356)
• Saint Adelphios, Bishop of Onouphis, in Byzantine Egypt (c. 362, or c. 431){{#tag:ref|Onouphis: also Onouphitai, Mehallet Menuf, Mahallat Minuf. The date for this Saint corresponds to either c. 362 (Adelphios I); or c. 431 (Adelphios II). See: :* K. A. Worp. "A Checklist of Bishops in Byzantine Egypt (A.D. 325 - c. 750)". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Bd. 100 (1994), pp.283-318. Page 303.|group=note}}
• Saint Boros, monk.
• Saint Christopher I, Patriarch of Antioch (967)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Hieromartyrs Timothy, Polius and Eutychius, deacons, in Mauretania Caesariensis (Morocco).
• Hieromartyr Valens and Companions, Bishop who was martyred in Auxerre in France along with three children.
• Martyr Secundinus, in Cordoba in Spain under Diocletian (c. 306)
• Saint Hospitius the Hermit of Nice, Wonderworker (581)
• Saint Barrfoin (Bairrfhionn, Barrindus) of Killbarron (6th century)
• Saint Gollen (Collen, Colan) of Denbighshire, a saint who has given his name to Llangollen in Wales (7th century)
• Saint Isberga (Itisberga) of Aire, reputed sister of Charlemagne, nun at Aire (Aria) in the Artois, of which she is the patroness (c. 800)
• Saint Ageranus (Ayran, Ayrman) of Beze, a monk at Bèze in France, martyred by the Vikings (888)
• Saint Theobald (Thibaud), Archbishop of Vienne (970-1001)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Blessed Constantine (Yaroslav), prince, and his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom (1129)
• Saint Cyril II (Kirill), Bishop of Rostov (1262)
• Saint Basil of Ryazan, Bishop (1295)
• Saint Helen of Decani, Serbia, Princess (c. 1350)
• Venerable Cassian the Greek, monk of Uglich, Wonderworker (1504)
• Saint Agapitus of Markushev (Vologda) the Hieromartyr, Abbot (1584)
• Saint Constantine the Fool-for-Christ, of Novotorzanin, Russia (c. 16th century)
• New Martyrs King Constantine Brancoveanu of Wallachia and his four sons Constantine, Stephen, Radu, and Matthew, and his counsellor Ianache (1714)
• Martyr Pachomios of Patmos (1730)

New martyrs and confessors

• Synaxis of Hieromartyrs of Karelia.
• Synaxis of Hieromartyrs of Ufa.

Other commemorations

• Uncovering of the relics (1998) of St. Andrew Ogorodnikov, fool-for-Christ of Simbirsk (1841)
• Repose of Elena Pavlova of Chepel, Kharkiv (1885)
• Repose of Elder Isaac of Dionysiou Monastery of Mount Athos (1932)
• The Anastenaria fire-walking ritual is performed from May 21–23 in some villages in Northern Greece and Southern Bulgaria, coinciding with the feast of Constantine and Helen.
• Synaxis of all saints of Karelia,

Icons

• Synaxis of the "Vladimir" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1521)
• Synaxis of the "Virgin of Tenderness" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos from Pskov-Pechersk (1524)

Icon gallery

File:St Const&Helen 03.jpg|Sts Constantine and Helena, Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles. File:Constantine and Helena. Mosaic in Saint Isaac's Cathedral.jpg|Sts Constantine and Helena, Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles (Mosaic in Saint Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia). File:St.Collen - Fenster St.Collen.jpg|Stained glass window ( 1986 ) showing St Collen (Llangollen, Wales - St.Collen parish church) File:Icon of Murom Saints.jpg|Icon of the Saints of Murom. File:C-tin Brancoveanu.jpg|King Constantin Brâncoveanu of Wallachia, and his sons (Church mural in Hurezi Monastery). File:Икона Божией Матери (Владимирская).JPG|“Vladimir” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. File:Virgin of tenderness 2.jpg| Mosaic icon of the Virgin of Tenderness, with the eponym "Episkepisis"("The Visitation"). From Triglia in Asia Minor, Church of Saint Basil (late 13th century)

Notes

References

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