6 May
20 commemorations of 6 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 19 May of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Righteous Job the Long-suffering (c. 2000-1500 B.C.)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰὼβ ὁ Προφήτης ὁ Δίκαιοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Danax, Mesirus (Mesiurs), and TherinΟἱ Ἅγιοι Δάναξ, Μέσιρος καὶ Θερίνος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyrs Demetrius, and DonatusὉ Ἅγιος Δημητρίων ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Saints Mamas, Pachomius, and Hilarion, monksΟἱ Ὅσιοι Ἱλαρίων, Μάμας καὶ Παχώμιοςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyrs Cyria, Caleria (Valeria), and Marcia, of Caesarea in Palestine (304)pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Barbarus the Soldier (Barbaruldier), Bacchus, Callimachus, and Dionysius, in Morea (362)pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Barbarus in Epirus, the former robber (9th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βάρβαρος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Micah (Micheas), the disciple of the Saint Sergius of Radonezh (1385)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Sinaites of Serbia (from Ravanica) (14th century)
- Romilus of Ravanica; Romanus of Djunisa; Sisoes of Sinai and Sisojevac; Martyrius of Rukumije; Gregory of Gornjak; Zosimas of Tuman; and Gregory of Sinai (Mt. Athos)
- Saint Seraphim of Mt. Dombos of Livadeia (1602)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σεραφείμsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Job of Pochaev, Abbot and Wonderworker (1651)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰὼβ ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed Sophia of Kleisoura (Myrtidiotissa in Schema), the ascetic of Kleisoura, Fool-for-Christ (1974)saint.gr · acrod.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.
- Martyrs Heliodorus and Venustus and seventy-five others in Africa (284–305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἡλιόδωρος καὶ Βενοῦστος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · breviary.net
- St. Benedicta, virgin, mystic and nun, lived in a convent founded by St. Galla in Rome (6th century)Ἡ Ὁσία Βενεδίκτη ἡ Ρωμαίαsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Edbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne (698)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐαντβέρτος ἐκ Σκωτίαςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Petronax of Monte Cassino (c. 747)orthodoxengland.org.uk
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 (1238) of Saint Sava, first archbishop of Serbia (1235)pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the relics (1675) of Saint Pachomius of Nerekhta (1384)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archbishop Theophylactus Lopatinsky of Tver and Kashin, theologian and defender of Orthodoxy (1741)pravoslavie.ru
- Slaying of Priest John Karastamatis of Santa Cruz (1985)pravoslavie.ru
The list is May 6 (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.