May 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

• Virgin-martyr Sandukht [Sagdukht] (c. 50)
• Great Virgin-martyr Irene of Magedon also Irene of Lecce (1st-2nd century)
• Martyrs Irenaeus, Pellegrinus and Irene, at Thessaloniki (284–305)
• Martyrs Neophytus, Gaius, and Gaianus
• Saint Eulogius the Confessor, bishop of Edessa (c. 386)
• Saints Martin and Heraclius, of Illyria (4th century)
• Saint Hierax of Egypt (5th century)
• Saint Euthymius the Wonderworker, bishop of Madytos on the Hellespont (c. 990)
• Nun-martyr Martha, abbess of Monemvasia with three companions (990)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Jovinian, the lector of St. Peregrine of Auxerre (c. 304)
• Saint Brito (Britonius) (386)
• Saint Nectarius of Vienne, bishop of Vienne (c. 445)
• Saint Nicetus of Vienne, fifteenth bishop of Vienne (c. 449)
• Saint Hilary (Hilarion), Archbishop of Arles (449)
• Saint Gerontius of Milan (470)
• Martyr Crescentiana of Rome (5th century)
• Saint Hydrock (Hydroc) of Cornwall (5th century)
• Saint Gibrian, hermit in Ireland (509)
• Saint Sacerdos of Saguntum (c. 560)
• Saint Waldrada, first abbess of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains in Metz in France (c. 620)
• Saint Diuma, first Bishop of Mercia (c. 650)
• Saint Maurontius of Douai (Maurontus, Mauront), founded monastery at Breuil-sur-lys near Douai, of which he is the patron-saint (701)
• Saint Echa of Crayke, (Etha), Anglo-Saxon priest and monk-hermit at Crayke, near York, England (767)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saints Barlaam of Serpukhov, and Gideon of Serpukhov (1377)
• New Monk-martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri (1426)
• New Hieromartyr Ephraim of Damascus, prophet (15th century)
• Saint Adrian, abbot of Monza Monastery (1619)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Nicholas, priest (1919)
• New Hieromartyr Platon of Banja Luka (Platon Jovanovic) (1941) (see also: April 22)

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics (980) of Saint Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne (709)
• Dedication of the Church of Mother of God of Kirou at Constantinople and commemoration of commemoration of the solar eclipse (1369)
• Uncovering of the relics (1613) of Saint James of Zheleznoborov, Abbot of Zhelezny Bor (1442)
• Uncovering of the relics (1675) of Saint Pachomius of Nerekhta, Abbot of Zhelezny Bor (1384)
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Inexhaustible Cup" (1878)

Icon gallery

File:Irene (Great Martyr).jpg|Great-martyr Irene of Thessaloniki. File:St Hyderoc's Church, Lanhydrock - geograph.org.uk - 660176.jpg|St. Hydrock's Church, in Lanhydrock, Cornwall. File:Platon Banjalucki.jpg|St. Platon of Banja Luka. File:Neupivaemaya Chasha.jpg|Icon of the Theotokos the Inexhaustible Chalice.

Notes

References

Sources

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• May 5. The Roman Martyrology. Greek Sources
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• Συναξαριστής. 5 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources
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