15 May
39 commemorations of 15 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 28 May of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Pachomius the Great
Saints
- The Seven Apostolic Men, Martyr Bishops, ordained in Rome by Saints Peter and Paul, and sent to evangelize Spain (1st century)
- Saints Torquatus, Ctesiphon, Secundus, Indaletius, Caecilius, Hesychius, and Euphrasius
- Saint Achillius (Achillios), Bishop of Larissa (330)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀχίλλιος Ἐπίσκοπος Λαρίσηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Pachomius the Great, founder of cenobitic monasticism (348)Ὁ Ὅσιος Παχώμιος ὁ Μέγαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Silvanus of Tabennisi, disciple of Saint Pachomius the Great (in the Thebaid) (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σιλβανὸς ὁ Ταβεννησιώτηςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Pyrrhus of Breti, one of Thirteen Assyrian Fathers (6th century)drevo-info.ru
- Saint Barbarus the Myrrh-gusher of Greece (c. 820– 829)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βάρβαρος ὁ Μυροβλύτηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Panegyrios of Cyprus (Panigerios, Panegyrius), Wonderworker of MalountaὉ Ὅσιος Πανηγύριος ὁ ἐκ Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru
- Saint Anastasia of Latradrevo-info.ru
- Saint Isaiah of Rostov, Bishop and Wonderworker (1090)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἡσαΐας ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Ροστώβsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Isaiah of the Kiev Caves, Wonderworker (1115)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἡσαΐας ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Andrew the Hermit, of Mt. Kalana, Epirus, Wonderworker (c. 1237–1271)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνδρέας ὁ Ἐρημίτης ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Pachomius of Nerekhta, Abbot (1384), and Saint Silvanus of Nerekhta (14th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Παχώμιος ὁ Ἀναχωρητήςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Cali of Anatolia (14th century)
- Saint Euphrosynus of Pskov (Eleazar), Abbot and Wonderworker (1481)Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐφρόσυνος ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Pachomius of Keno Lake Monastery (1525)Ὁ Ὅσιος Παχώμιος τοῦ Κένοsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Demetrius of Moscow the Wonderworker, Slain Crown Prince (1591)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ πρίγκιπαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint James of Putna, Metropolitan of Moldavia (1778)drevo-info.ru
- Saint Elias (Chebotarev) of Verkhoturye, Schemamonk (1900)drevo-info.ru
- Saint Arethas (Katargin) of Valaam and Verkhoturye, Archimandrite (1903)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs
- Archbishop Pachomius (Kedrov) of Chernigov (1938)
- his brother, Archbishop Abercius (Kedrov) of Zhitomir (1937)
- their father, Priest Nicholas Kedrov (1936)
- their brother-in-law, Priest Vladimir Zagarsky (1937)
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 Cassius, Victorinus, Maximus, and their companions, in the Auvergne, Clermont in France (c. 264)Roman Martyrology
- Saint Eutychius of Ferento, Bishop, Martyr (270)ortodossia.it
- Martyr Simplicius of Olbia, Bishop, in Sardinia (c. 284–305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σιμπλίκιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Virgin recluse Caesarea of Otranto
- Saint Liberator, Bishop, Martyrforum-orthodoxe.com
- Saint Reticius, bishop of Autun (4th century)
- Saint Hilary of Galeata (Hilary of Tuscany), founder of the monastery called Galeata, later known as Sant'Ilaro (Sant'Ellero di Galeata) (558)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἱλάριοςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Colmán of Oughaval (Colman mac Ua Laoighse, Colman Mc O'Laoighse), a disciple of St Columba and St Fintan of Clonenagh (6th century)
- Virgin-martyr Dymphna of Geel, Flanders, and Hieromartyr Gerebern, Presbyter (c. 650)drevo-info.ru · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Waldalenus, founder of Bèze Abbey in France (7th century)
- Saint Bercthun (Bertin), a disciple of St John of Beverley and first Abbot of Beverley in England (733)
- Saint Bertha of Bingen (c. 757), and her son Saint Rupert of Bingen (732)
- Saint Witesind of Córdoba, martyr (855)orthodoxspain.com
- Saint Hallvard Vebjørnsson of Husaby, Norway (1043)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Discovery of the revered icon of Kamoulianos "Acheiropoieta" ("made without human hands")Μνήμη ἐν τῷ περιτειχίσματι καὶ ἡ ἀνάδειξις τῆς ἀχειροποιήτου εἰκόνος ἐν Καμουλιανοῖςsynaxarion.gr
- Translation of the sacred relics of the Holy Apostle Titus of Crete, from Venice (which had taken the relics in 1669), back to the Greek Orthodox... (1966)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ἀποστόλου Τίτουsynaxarion.gr
- Uncovering of the relics (1846) of Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Τύχωνος Ἐπισκόπου Ζαντόνκsynaxarion.gr
- Uncovering of the relics (1991) of Saint Arsenius of Konevits (1447)drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Uncovering of the relics (2012) of Saint Elias (Ganzha) of Makeevka (1946)drevo-info.ru
The list is May 15 (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.