8 May
27 commemorations of 8 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 21 May of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. John the Theologian (the Evangelist)St. Arsenios the Great
Saints
- Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, the "beloved disciple" of the LordὉ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Θεολόγος ἡ Ἀπόστολος καὶ Εὐαγγελιστήςorthochristian.com · oca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- The holy group of Soldier MartyrsἩ Ἁγία σπείρα Στρατιωτῶν οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Augustina the Martyr, in ByzantiumἩ Ἁγία Αὐγουστίνη ἡ Μάρτυς ἡ ἐν Βυζαντίῳsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Agathius of Byzantium (Acacius) (303)breviary.net
- Saint Emilia (375), mother of saints Macrina, Basil the Great, Naucratius, Peter of Sebaste, and Gregory of Nyssapravoslavie.ru
- Saint Arsenius the Great, of Scetis (448)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ Μέγαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Hierax (Ierakos) of Egypt (5th century)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Milles the Melodist (hymnographer), monkὉ Ὅσιος Μῆλος (ἢ Μαλλός) ὁ Ὑμνωδόςsynaxarion.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Pimen the Faster, of the Far Caves in Kievpravoslavie.ru
- Venarable Cassian, recluse and faster of the Kiev Caves (13th-14th centuries)Ὁ Ὅσιος Κασσιανὸς ὁ Ἔγκλειστοςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Arsenius the Lover of Labor, of the Kiev Caves (14th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ ἐν τῇ Λαύρᾳ τοῦ Κιέβου ἀσκήσαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Zosima and Adrian of Volokolamsk, founders of the Sestrinsk monastery on the banks of the River Sestra (15th-16th centuries)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ζωσιμᾶς καὶ Ἀνδριανόςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Holy Georgian Martyrs of Persia (17th-18th centuries)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- Martyr Nicephorus Zaitsev (1942)drevo-info.ru · mospat.ru
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 Dionysius of Vienne (193)Ὁ Ἅγιος Διονύσιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Victor of Milan (Victor the Moor, Victor Maurus)
- Saint Helladius of Auxerre (387)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἑλλάδιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ὡξέρρηςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Gybrian (Gobrian) of Ireland, Priest (509)
- Saint Desideratus, successor of St Arcadius as Bishop of Bourges, in France (550)
- Saint Iduberga (Itta), foundress of Nivelles Abbey, Belgium (652)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Benedict II, Pope of Rome (685)
- Hieromartyr Indract of Glastonbury, and his companions at Shapwick (c. 7th or 8th century)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saints Wiro, Bishop of Utrecht (710), and Plechelm (730), missionary bishops, and Hierodeacon Otger (8th century), in the Maas Valley at Limburgpravoslavie.ru
- Saint Macarius of Ghent, Archbishop (1012)drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
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 miraculous healing of blinded Stephen by the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Cassiopia, Corfu (1530)Μνήμη Θαύματος τῆς σεβασμίας εἰκόνος τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκουsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the relics (1785) of St. Arsenius of Novgorod, Fool-for-Christ (1570)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλόςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Hiero-schemamonk Michael of Valaam, Confessor for the Orthodox Calendar (1934)pravoslavie.ru
The list is May 8 (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.