9 May
23 commemorations of 9 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 22 May of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Prophet Isaiah (8th century BC)Ὁ Προφήτης Ἡσαΐαςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Great-martyr Christopher of Lycia (c. 250)
- Martyrs Callinica (Callinike of Lycia), Aquilina (Aquilina of Lycia) and 200 soldiers (c. 250)
- Saint Maximus III of Jerusalem, Patriarch (350)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμωνsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Shio of Mgvime, monk, of Georgia (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σίοςsynaxarion.gr · mospat.ru · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Monk-martyr Nicholas of Vouneni, in Thessaly (901)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Νέος ὁ ἐν Βουνένοιςsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Dmitry Donskoy, Prince of Moscow (1389)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ μεγάλος πρίγκιπας τῆς Μόσχαςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Joseph (Litovkin) of Optina, Hiero-schema-monk of Optina Monastery (1911)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωσὴφ τῆς Ὄπτιναsynaxarion.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Elder Ieronymos of Simonopetra (1957)orthodoxianewsagency.gr
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Dimitry Voskresensky, Archpriest, of Anastasovo, Chuvashia (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Basil Kolosov, Priest (1939)drevo-info.ru
- Hieromartyr Elijah Rodić (Ilija Rodić), martyred during World War II in Trubar (1942)spc.rs · uoj.news
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.
- Saint Beatus, Apostle of Switzerland (2nd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium, at Alexandria (250)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐπίμαχος καὶ Γορδιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Gordion, at Rome (362)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint John of Châlon, third Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône in France (c. 475)
- Saint Gerontius, bishop of Cervia near Ravenna in Italy, martyr (c. 501)Roman Martyrology · breviary.net
- Saint Sanctan, Bishop of Kill-da-Les and Kill-na-Sanctan near Dublin in Ireland (6th century)
- Blessed Adalgar, third archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen (909)heiligen.net
- Saint Vincent, Abbot of St Peter de Montes in Spain , a disciple and successor of St. Gennadius of Astorga (c. 950)
- Saint Gregory, Bishop of Ostia (c. 1044)
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 Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari (1087)pravoslavie.ru
- Zaraysk Icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (1225)drevo-info.ru
- Translation of the relics (1775) of Child-martyr Gabriel of Slutsk (1690)pravoslavie.ru
The list is May 9 (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.