May 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

• Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus (possibly Cleopas) of the Seventy Apostles (1st century)
• Martyrs Abercius and Helen, children of Apostle Alphaeus (1st century)
• Martyr Julius, Roman soldier, by beheading, at Dorostolum in Mysia (Asia Minor) (302)
• Saint Synesius, Bishop of Karpasia in Cyprus, Wonderworker (c. 5th century)
• Venerable John of Psichaita the Confessor, of Constantinople (c. 825) (see also May 7)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Hieromartyr Zacharias, Bishop of Vienne, suffered under Trajan (106)
• Hieromartyr Simitrius priest, and 22 other martyrs, who suffered under Antoninus Pius, at Rome (159)
• Saint Eleutherius, Pope of Rome (189)
• Saints Fugatius (Fagan) and Damian (Deruvian), sent by Pope Eleutherius to England to preach the Gospel (2nd century)
• Martyr Priscus, a Roman legionary officer, and a great multitude of other Christians of Besançon, near Auxerre (272)
• Martyrs Felicissimus, Heraclius, and Paulinus, at Todi in Umbria (303)
• Martyr Quadratus, a martyr in North Africa.
• Saint Bécán, a hermit near Cork in Ireland in the time of St Columba; founder of Kilbeggan, Westmeath, worked in a monastery there (6th century)
• Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Evangelizer of England (605)
• Saint Oduvald, a noble who became a monk and later Abbot of Melrose Abbey in Scotland (698)
• Saint Regintrudis, fourth Abbess of Nonnberg Abbey near Salzburg in Austria.
• Saint Guinizo, born in Spain, became a monk at Montecassino in Italy (c. 1050)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• New Martyr George of Sofia (George the New, George the Serbian) (1515)
• New Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica, the former Dervish, beheaded at Smyrna (1794)
• Saint Innocent, Bishop of Cherson (1857) (see also May 25)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyrs Milan Banjac and Milan Golubovic, of Drvar, Serbia (1941-1945)

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics of Saint Bertilla (692), Abbess of Chelles.
• Uncovering of the relics (1521) of Venerable Macarius, Abbot of Kolyazin (1483)
• Translation of the relics (1534) of New Martyr George of Kratovo and Sofia (1515)
• The Icon of the Mother of God of Seligersk-Vladimir (16th century)

Icon gallery

File:Eleutherius.jpg|St. Eleutherius, Pope of Rome. File:Augustinus von Canterbury.jpg|St. Augustine of Canterbury, Evangelizer of England. File:Gregoryoftours.jpg|St. Gregory the Dialogist, Pope of Rome, with St. Augustine of Canterbury, Evangelizer of England. File:Archbishop Innocenty Borisov.jpg|St. Innocent, Archbishop of Cherson and Taurica.

Notes

References

Sources

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• 26 мая (ст.ст.) 8 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

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19. Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang. el ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3399/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὐγουστίνος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Καντουαρίας].'' 26 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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