4 May
31 commemorations of 4 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 17 May of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor (287)Ἡ Ἁγία Πελαγία ἡ Μάρτυςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Albian (Olbian), Bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor, and his disciples (284-303)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Aphrodisius, Leontius, Anthony, Valerian, Macrobius, others, at Scythopolis of Palestine (4th c.)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀντωνίνος, Ἀφροδίσιος, Βαλεριανός, Λεόντιος, Μακρόβιος καὶ Μίδας οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντεςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza, bishop, and with him 40 martyrs (311)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Hilary of the desert, the WonderworkerὉ Ὅσιος Ἱλάριος ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nicephorus of Medikion, abbot and founder of Medikion Monastery (813)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικηφόρος ἡγούμενος τῆς μονῆς Μηδικίουsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Athanasios of Corinth, bishop (10th-11th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος Ἐπίσκοπος Κορίνθουsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Theodosia (Fedosia, in monasticism Euphrosyne), princess of Vladimir, wife of Jaroslav Vsevolodovich, mother of St. Alexander Nevsky (1244)Ἡ Ὁσία Θεοδοσία πριγκίπισσα τοῦ Βλαδιμίρsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Nicephorus (the Hesychast) of Mount Athos, teacher of St. Gregory Palamas (1340)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικηφόρος ὁ ἐν Ἄθῳ ἀσκήσαςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Maura of Mount Ceahlău, Schemanun, a great hesychast hermit (18th c.)orthochristian.com
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyrs of Reskovac , Republika Srpska, who suffered at the hands of the Turks (1688)spc.rs · uoj.news
- 4,000–5,000 New Martyrs of Batak, Bulgaria, by the Ottoman Turks (1876)imoph.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Dimitry (Lyubimov), Archbishop of Gdov (1935)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr John Vasiliev, priest (1942)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Tochtuev, deacon (1943)
- New Hieromartyr Vasily Martysz, Archpriest (1945)ocafs.oca.org
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Hieromartyr Porphyrius (250)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Curcodomus, a deacon in Rome sent to help St Peregrinus (2nd century)
- Hieromartyr Erasmus of Formiae, bishop in Campania, and 20,000 martyrs with him (303)pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Florian and 40 companions, at Lorsch, Austria (304)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φλωριανὸς ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Monica of Tagaste, the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo (387)Ἡ Ἁγία Μόνικα μητέρα τοῦ Ἁγίου Αὐγουστίνουsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nepotianus, nephew of St Heliodorus, Bishop of Altino near Venice in Italy (395)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νεποτιανὸς ὁ πρεσβύτεροςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Venerius of Milan, second bishop of Milan, a loyal supporter of St John Chrysostom (409)
- Saint Conleth, first Bishop of Kildare (c. 519)catholicireland.net · celticsaints.org · drevo-info.ru · katolsk.no
- Saint Anthony du Rocher, a disciple of St Benedict and companion of St Maurus in his mission to France, founder of the monastery of Saint Julian in Tours (6th century)
- Saint Æthelred (Ethelred, Ailred), king of Mercia and monk (716)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Sacerdos of Limoges, Bishop of Limoges (720)
- Saint Gotthard of Hildesheim, became Bishop of Hildesheim in 1022 and did much to spread the Faith (1038)
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Translation of the relics of the Righteous Lazarus and Saint Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles, to ConstantinopleἈνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου καὶ Δικαίου Λαζάρου καὶ τῆς Μαρίας τῆς Μαγδαληνῆς τῆς Μυροφόρουsynaxarion.gr
- Translation of the relics (1775) of the Alfanov brothers of Novgorod, founders of the Sokolnitzki Monastery (14th-15th c.)
- Saints: Nicetas, Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, and Isaac
- Icon of the Mother of God "Staro Rus" (Staraya Russa, Old Russian) (1570)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς «Παλαιᾶς» ἐν Ρωσίᾳsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
The list is May 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.