13 May
33 commemorations of 13 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 26 May of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Virgin-martyr Glyceria at Heraclea, Propontis (c. 138-161)Ἡ Ἁγία Γλυκερία ἡ Μάρτυςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Laodicius, jailer of Saint Glyceria (c. 138-161)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λαοδίκιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ δεσμοφύλακαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theoctistus, monk from Tekoa, PalestineὉ Ὅσιος Θεόκτιστοςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Pausicacus, Bishop of Synnada (606)Ὁ Ἅγιος Παυσίκακος Ἐπίσκοπος Συνάδωνsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nicephoros, Presbyter of the monastery of EphapsiosὉ Ὅσιος Νικηφόρος ὁ Πρεσβύτεροςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Sergius (George) the Confessor of Constantinople, with his wife Irene and children (c. 829-842)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σέργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητήςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Euthymius the New (the Illuminator) (1028), founder of Iveron Monastery, and his fellow Georgian saints of Mount Athos
- His father monk-martyr John of Iveron (998); his cousin monk-martyr George of Iveron (1065); and monk-martyr Gabriel of Iveron (10th century)
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Euthymius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1084)pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable monk-martyrs of Iveron Monastery, martyred by the Latins (c. 1259-1280)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰβηρίτες Ὁσιομάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Macarius, Abbot of Glushitsa Monastery, Vologda (1480)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος τῆς Γλουσίτσαsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Righteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod (1522)Ἡ Ἁγία Γλυκερία ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed Ana, mother of St. Basil of Ostrog (17th c.)spc.rs · uoj.news
- Saint Euphrosynus of Iveron (18th century)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- Hieromartyrs Basil Sokolov, Alexander Zaozersky, and Christopher Nadezhdin, Archpriests (1922)holytrinityorthodox.com · mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Macarius Telegin, Hieromonk (1922)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Sergius Tikhomirov, of Moscow (1922)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the 103 New Hieromartyrs of Cherkasy (20th century)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · 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.
- Saint Abbán of Ireland, baptized in 165 AD, missionary in Abingdon, Oxfordshire (2nd century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀββανόςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Alexander of Rome (284-305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ ἀπὸ Τιβεριανῶνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Valerian of Auxerre, third Bishop of Auxerre in France, and defender of Orthodoxy against Arianism (350)Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐαλεριανὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Ὠξέρρηςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Onesimus of Gaul, fifth Bishop of Soissons in France (361)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὀνήσιμος ἐκ Γαλλίαςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Servatius, Bishop of Tongres, defender against Arianism in the Netherlands (384)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σαρβάτος Ἐπίσκοπος Τονγκρὲ Βελγίουsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Agnes of Poitiers, chosen by St. Radegund to be Abbess of Holy Cross at Poitiers in France (588)
- Saint Mael (Mahel), Ascetic on the Isle of Bardsey (6th century)
- Saint Natalis (Natale), Bishop of Milan in Italy (751)
- Saint Anno (Hanno, Annon), Bishop of Verona in Italy (780)
- Saint Merwenna of Rumsey (Merwinna, Merewenna), first Abbess of Rumsey convent, in Hampshire (c. 970)celticsaints.org
- Blessed Fortis Gabrielli, Ascetic (1040)
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 Monastery of Panagia Pantanassa (Most-Holy Queen of All), on the small island of Hagia Glykeria (Incirli Adasi, in the Bay of Tuzla) (12th century)Ἐγκαίνια ναοῦ τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου Παντανάσσης στὴ νῆσο τῆς Ἁγίας Γλυκερίαςsynaxarion.gr
- Translation of the relics (1688) of Hieromartyr Saint Macarius, Archimandrite of Ovruch and Pinsk, from Kaniv to Pereyaslavl (1678)Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Μακαρίου τοῦ Ἱερομάρτυροςsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Birth of righteous Priest Alexis of Bortsurmany, disciple of St. Seraphim of Sarov (1762; †1848)pravenc.ru
- Repose of Rassophore Monk John, of St. Nilus of Sora Monastery (1863)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Eldress Sepfora of Klykovo (1997)pravoslavie.ru
The list is May 13 (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.