12 May

34 commemorations of 12 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 25 May of the civil calendar.

In the map: St. Epiphanius of Cyprus · St. Germanus of Constantinople

Saints

• Saint Domitilla the martyr (c. 81-96)Ἡ Ἁγία Δομιτίλλα ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · breviary.net
• Saints Nereus and Achilleus the martyrs (100)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀχιλλέας καὶ Νερέος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
• Saint Dracontius, Bishop of Nicaea (c. 1st to 3rd centuries)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δρακόντιος Ἐπίσκοπος Νικαίαςsynaxarion.gr
• Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis and Metropolitan of Cyprus (403)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐπιφάνιος Ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντίας καὶ Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κύπρουorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
• Saint Calliope (Callitropos), nun, sister of St. Epiphanius of CyprusἩ Ὁσία Καλλίτροποςsynaxarion.gr
• Saint Sabinus, Archbishop of Cyprus (successor of St. Epiphanius to the Cypriot cathedra) (5th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
• Saint Polybius of Cyprus, Bishop of Rinokyr in Egypt, Wonderworker (5th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
• Saint Theophanes, Archbishop of Cyprus (7th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοφάνης Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr
• Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople (740)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γερμανὸς Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
• Venerable Theodore of Kythera, ascetic (922)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος ὁ ἐν Κυθήροις ἀσκήσαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru

Orthodox saints after the Schism

• Saint Euthemius (Euthymius), Patriarch of Jerusalem (c. 1084 or c. 1224)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμωνsynaxarion.gr
• Saint Nikitas the SinaiteὉ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ Σιναΐτηςsynaxarion.gr
• New Martyr John of Serres (15th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Σερρῶνsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
• Saint Theophanes, Bishop of Solea (Solia), Cyprus, later a hermit in the Troodos Mountains, the Outpourer of Myrrh (1550)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοφάνης Ἐπίσκοπος Σολέα Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr
• Venerable Dionysius of Radonezh, Archimandrite of the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra (1633)Ὁ Ὅσιος Διονύσιος τοῦ Ραντονέζsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
• New Martyr John of Wallachia, at Constantinople (1662)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Βλαχίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
• Saint Anthony (Medvedev) of Radonezh, Archimandrite of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra (1877)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος τοῦ Ραντονέζsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
• Repose of Saint Nectarius (Tikhonov) of Optina (1928)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεκτάριος τῆς Ὄπτιναsynaxarion.gr
• Synaxis of the Holy Elders of the Sofronievo-Molchensk Hermitage (2009)
  • Archimandrite Theodosy (Maslov) (1802)
  • Hieromonk Serapion (Molchensky) (1718)
  • Monk Sophronius (Batovrin) (1692)
  • Novice Sergius (Tikhonov), Fool-for-Christ (1879)
  drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru

New martyrs and confessors

• New Martyr Abbess Athanasia (Lepeshkina), of the Smolensk Hodigitria Convent near Moscow (1932)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
• New Hieromartyr Peter Popov, priest of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1937)mospat.ru · drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
• Martyr Evdokia Martishkina (1938)drevo-info.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.

• Saint Philip of Agira in Sicily, the Hieromartyr (103)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίλιππος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Ἀργύριοςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
• Martyr Pancratius of Rome (304)Ὁ Ἅγιος Παγκράτιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
• Martyr Dionysius (Denis), uncle of St. Pancratius (304)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
• Saint Díoma, teacher of St Declan of Ardmore, patron-saint of Kildimo in Co. Limerick in Ireland (5th century)
• Saint Modoald, Archbishop of Trier, related by blood and united by friendship with most of the saints of the Merovingian period (640)Roman Martyrology
• Saint Rictrudis, Abbess of Marchiennes Abbey in Flanders (688)
• Saint Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury (805)

Other commemorations

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

• Consecration of the Cathedral of the Theotokos at Kiev (in 996)drevo-info.ru
• Glorification (1913) of Hieromartyr Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1612)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἑρμογένης ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πατριάρχης Μόσχαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
• Discovery of the holy relics (1961) of Saint Irene of Lesvos the Virgin-martyr (1463)Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίας Εἰρήνης τῆς Παρθενομάρτυροςsynaxarion.gr
• Second Uncovering of the relics (1992) of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye (1642)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
• Commemoration of Monk Dorotheus, Disciple of St. Dionysius of St. Sergius Lavra (1622)pravoslavie.ru

The list is May 12 (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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