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7 May

25 commemorations of 7 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 20 May of the civil calendar.

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Saints

  • Martyrs Quadratus (Codratos) of Nicomedia and his companions (251–259)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοδράτος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἀθλήσαντες ἐν Νικομηδείᾳsynaxarion.gr
  • Martyrs Rufinus and SaturninusΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ρουφίνος καὶ Σατορνίνος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
  • Martyr MaximusὉ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
  • Hieromartyr Flavius, and Martyrs Augustus and Augustinus, from Asia Minor (c. 284-305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φλάβιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Ἅγιοι Μάρτυρες Αὔγουστος καὶ Αὐγουστίνος οἱ αὐτάδελφοιsynaxarion.gr
  • Martyr Acacius the centurion at Byzantium (303)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀκάκιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ κεντυρίωνorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • The Venerable Fathers of Georgia: Saint John of Zedazeni in Georgia, and his 12 disciples (6th century)
    • Shio of Mgvime; David of Gareji; Anthony of Martqopi; Thaddeus of Urbnisi (or Stepantsminda); Stephen of Khirsa; Isidore of Samtavisi; Michael of Ulumbo; Pyrrhus of Breta; Zeno of Iqalto; Jesse (Ise) of Tsilkani; Joseph of Alaverdi; Abibus of Nekressi
    Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ἐκ Γεωργίας καὶ οἱ μαθητὲς αὐτοῦsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Righteous Tarasius the Hermit and Wonderworker of LycaoniaὉ Ὅσιος Ταράσιος ὁ Ἐρημίτης ὁ Θαυματουργὸςsynaxarion.gr
  • Saint John the Confessor, of Psychaita, on the Bosphorus (c. 825)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ψυχαΐτηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • King Bagrat III of Georgia (1014)pravoslavie.ru

Orthodox saints after the Schism

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 Juvenal of Benevento (132 AD)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουβενάλιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
  • Saint Domitianus of Maastricht, Bishop of Maastricht (560)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saints Serenicus and Serenus, two brothers who became monks and later settled as hermits near the River Sarthe in France (c. 669)
  • Saint Placid (Placidus, Plait), Benedictine Abbot of the Basilica Monastery of St Symphorian in Autun, France (675)
  • Saint John of Beverley, Bishop of York (721)pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Peter of Pavia (735)

Other commemorations

Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.

  • Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem in 351 A.DΜνήμη τοῦ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ φανέντος σημείου τοῦ Τιμίου Σταυροῦ ἐπὶ Κωνσταντίουsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Synaxis of the Saints of St. Panteleimon Monastery, Mount Athosdrevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
  • Uncovering of the relics of St. Euthymius the Great (473)Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Εὐθυμίου τοῦ Μεγάλουsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Uncovering of the relics (1815) of Saint Nilus the Myrrh-gusher of Mount Athos (1651)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεῖλος ὁ ἐν τῇ μονῇ Μεγίστης Λαύρας ἀσκήσαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Repose of Monk Nicholas (Boris in Schema) of Valaam and Pskov (1969)pravoslavie.ru
  • Icon of the Mother of God of Liubech (11th century)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Λιοῦμπεχ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • "Zhirovits" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (found on a pear tree) (1470)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Ζίροβιτς Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru

The list is May 7 (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.

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