11 May
32 commemorations of 11 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 24 May of the civil calendar.
In the map: Ss. Cyril & Methodius (9th c.)
Saints
- Martyr Evellius, under Nero (66)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐβέλλιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · breviary.net
- Martyrs Maximus, Bassus, and Fabius (284–305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μάξιμος, Βάσσος καὶ Φάβιος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Hieromartyr Mocius (Mucius), presbyter of Amphipolis in Macedonia, beheaded in Byzantium (288)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μώκιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr ArmodiusὉ Ἅγιος Ἁρμόδιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Enlighteners of the Slavs (869, 885)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κύριλλος καὶ Μεθόδιος οἱ Ἰσαπόστολοι καὶ Φωτιστὲς τῶν Σλάβωνsynaxarion.gr · mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Clement of Ohrid (916), Sabbas (10th century), Angelarius (Angelyar) (c. 886), Gorazd (896), and Naum of Preslav (910) — Disciples of Saints Cyril...Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κλήμης, Σάββας, Ἀγγελάριος, Γοράσδος καὶ Ναοὺμ οἱ Θαυματουργοὶ Ἰσαπόστολοιsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Rostislav the Prince of Greater Moravia, Confessor of the Faith and Equal-to-the-Apostles (870)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Martyrs Olympia, Abbess of Mytilene, and nun Euphrosyne (1235)Οἱ Ἁγίες Ὀλυμπία καὶ Εὐφροσύνη οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Sophronius of the Kiev Caves, recluse (13th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σωφρόνιος ὁ Ἔγκλειστοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nicodemus of Pec, Archbishop of Serbia (1324)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόδημος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σερβίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Joseph, first Metropolitan of Astrakhan (1672)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed Christopher of Georgia (Christesias), monk at the Monastery of St. John the Baptist, at the David Gareja monastery complex, "The Thebaid of Georgia" (1771)Ὁ Ὅσιος Χριστόφορος ἐκ Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Dioscorus (Dioscorides) the New, of Smyrna, by beheadingὉ Ἅγιος Διόσκορος ὁ Νέοςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Argyrus (Argyrus, Argyres) of Thessalonica (1806)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀργύριος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Ἐπανομίτηςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theophylact, Bishop of Stavropol and Ekaterinodar (1872)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοφύλακτος Ἐπίσκοπος Σταυρουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Saint Dionisie (Ignat) of Mount Athos, who lived at the Holy Cell of St. George at Kolitsou, under Vatopedi Monastery (2004)orthochristian.com · ec-patr.org
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Michael Belorossov, priest (1920)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Alexander (Petrovsky), Archbishop of Kharkov (1940)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Χάρκωβsynaxarion.gr · fatheralexander.org · pravoslavie.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 Anthimus of Rome, and martyrs Sisinius the deacon with Diocletius and Florentius (disciples of St. Anthimus) (284–305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄνθιμος καὶ Σισίνιος οἱ Ἱερομάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς Διόκλητος καὶ Φλωρέντιοςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Principia of Rome, a holy virgin in Rome and disciple of St Marcella (420)
- Saint Mammertus, Archbishop of Vienne (475)bartleby.com
- Saint Possessor of Verdun, Bishop of Verdun, he and his flock were greatly troubled by the barbarian invasions of Franks, Vandals and Goths (c. 486)
- Saint Tudy (Tudinus, Tegwin, Thetgo), a disciple of St Brioc in Brittany (5th century)
- Saint Credan of Cornwall, hogherd
- Saint Gangulphus (760)
- Saint Fremund of Dunstable, Anglo-Saxon hermit, killed by his kinsman Oswy with the help of Danish invaders who had also murdered King Edmund (866)
- Saint Odo of Cluny, the second Abbot of Cluny (942)
- Saint Mayeul (Majolus, Maieul), Abbot of Cluny (994)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Odilo of Cluny (1049)
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 Founding of Constantinople as Capital of the Roman Empire (330)Μνήμη ἐγκαινίων τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Consecration of the first Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, erected by Princess Olga (960)drevo-info.ru
- "Chelnsk" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokospravoslavie.ru
The list is May 11 (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.