5 May
35 commemorations of 5 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 18 May of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Virgin-martyr Sandukht [Sagdukht] (c. 50)drevo-info.ru
- Great Virgin-martyr Irene of Thessalonica (also Irene of Lecce) (1st-2nd century)Ἡ Ἁγία Εἰρήνη ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Irenaeus, Pellegrinus and Irene, at Thessaloniki (284–305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εἰρηναῖος, Περεγρίνος καὶ Εἰρήνη οἱ Μάρτυρες ἐκ Θεσσαλονίκηςsynaxarion.gr · breviary.net
- Martyrs Neophytus, Gaius, and GaianusΟἱ Ἅγιοι Γαϊανός, Γάιος καὶ Νεόφυτος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Eulogius the Confessor, Bishop of Edessa (c. 386)pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Martin and Heraclius, of Illyria (4th century)orthodox.net · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Hierax of Egypt (5th century)drevo-info.ru
- Saint Euthymius the Wonderworker, bishop of Madytos on the Hellespont (c. 990)Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Μυροβλύτης Ἐπίσκοπος Μαδύτουsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Nun-martyr Martha, Abbess of Monemvasia, with three companions (990)drevo-info.ru · johnsanidopoulos.com
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saints Barlaam of Serpukhov, and Gideon of Serpukhov (1377)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βαρλαὰμ καὶ Γεδεώνsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Monk-martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri (1426)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐφραὶμ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ ἐν Νέᾳ Μάκρῃ Ἀττικῆςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Ephraim of Damascus, prophet (15th century)synaxarion.gr
- Saint Adrian, Abbot of Monza Monastery, Galich (1610)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀδριανὸς ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Matrona Ciupelea, Abbess of Hurezi Monastery (1935)orthochristian.com
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas, priest (1919)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Platon of Banja Luka (Platon Jovanovic) (1941)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλάτων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀχρίδοςsynaxarion.gr
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.
- Martyr Jovinian, the lector of St. Peregrine of Auxerre (c. 304)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- 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)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱλάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀρελάτηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Gerontius of Milan (470)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γερόντιος Ἐπίσκοπος Μιλάνουsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Crescentiana of Rome (5th century)
- Saint Hydrock (Hydroc) of Cornwall (5th century)
- Saint Gibrian, hermit in Ireland (509)celticsaints.org
- 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)celticsaints.org
- 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)
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 (980) of Saint Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne (709)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Dedication of the Church of Mother of God of Kirou at Constantinople and commemoration of the solar eclipse (1369)drevo-info.ru
- Uncovering of the relics (1613) of Saint James of Zheleznoborov, Abbot of Zhelezny Borok Monastery, Kostroma (1422)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Uncovering of the relics (1675) of Saint Pachomius of Nerekhta, Abbot of Zhelezny Bor (1384)drevo-info.ru
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Inexhaustible Cup" (1878)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Σιέρπουχωφ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
The list is May 5 (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.