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14 May

27 commemorations of 14 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 27 May of the civil calendar.

Saints

  • Martyr Maximus of Rome, under Decius (250)orthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyr Isidore of Chios (251)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐν Χίῳsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saints Alexander, Barbaras, and Acolythus (Acolouthus), martyred at the Church of St Irene (Holy Peace), near the sea in ConstantinopleΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀλέξανδρος, Βάρβαρος καὶ Ἀκόλουθος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyrs Aristotle and LeandrosΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀριστοτέλης καὶ Λέανδρος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
  • Saint Boniface of Tarsus, martyr (307)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology · breviary.net
  • Venerable Serapion the Sindonite, monk of Egypt (5th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Hieromartyr Therapontus, Bishop of Cyprus (632)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεράποντας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Saint Nicetas, Bishop of Novgorod and recluse of the Kiev Caves (1108)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ Ἔγκλειστοςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Leontius II of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1190)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λεόντιος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμωνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Isidore of Rostov, Fool-for-Christ and Wonderworker (1474)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν σαλόςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Martyr Mark of Crete, at Smyrna (1643)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μᾶρκος ὁ Νεομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Martyr John of Bulgaria (Raiko-John of Shumena), the goldsmith (1802)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Βούλγαρος, ὁ χρυσοχόοςsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Andrew, Abbot of the Holy Trinity–St. Raphael Monastery, Tyumen (1820)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Synaxis of the Saints of Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast (2014)drevo-info.ru

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Peter Rozhdestvin, Archpriest, of Lanino, Ryazan (1939)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • New Hiero-confessor Matthew, Hieromonk, of Yaransk (1927)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.

  • Martyrs Justa, Justina and Henedina, in Sardinia (c. 130)Roman Martyrology
  • Saint Pontius of Cimiez (Pons de Cimiez), martyred in Cimella (Cimiez) near Nice, whose relics gave his name to the town of Saint-Pons (c. 258)Roman Martyrology
  • Saint Aprunculus (Apruncule), first bishop of Langres, later of Clermont, Gaul (c. 488)pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Boniface, Bishop of Ferentino in Tuscany (6th century)
  • Saint Carthage (Carthach Mochuda) the Younger, founder and first abbot of Lismore (637)Ὁ Ἅγιος Καρτέγιος Ἐπίσκοπος Λίσμορsynaxarion.gr
  • Saint Erembert, Bishop of Toulouse (657)
  • Saint Tuto (Totto), monk and Abbot of St Emmeram in Regensburg in Germany, where he later became bishop (930)
  • Saint Hallvard, of the royal family of Norway, patron saint of Oslo, martyr (1043)

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 martyrdom by the Poles (1609), of
    • Abbot Anthony with 40 monks and 1,000 laymen of the St. Paisius of Uglich Monastery; and
    • Abbot Daniel with 30 monks and 200 laymen of the St. Nicholas Monastery, Kostroma
    pravoslavie.ru
  • Synaxis of the Yaroslavsk-Pechersk Icon of the Mother of God (1823)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Ἰαροσλάβλsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • First uncovering of the relics (1846) of Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru

The list is May 14 (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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