17 May
23 commemorations of 17 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 30 May of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Apostles Andronicus of Pannonia and his fellow labourer Junia, of the Seventy Apostles (1st century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνδρόνικος καὶ Ἰουνία οἱ Ἀπόστολοιorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Solochon, Pamphamer, and Pamphalon, soldiers, at Chalcedon (c. 286-305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παμφαμήρ, Παμφυλῶν καὶ Σολόχων οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · Roman Martyrology · breviary.net · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Adrion, Victor and Basilla, in AlexandriaΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄνδριος, Βίκτωρ καὶ Βασίλλα οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Theodoret of Antioch, Hieromartyr (361–363)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοδώρητος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Dodo of the St David-Gareji Monastery, Georgia (6th century)oca.org
- Saint Stephen the New, Patriarch of Constantinople (893)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- St. Andronicus the Gravedigger, monk of the Zverinets Monastery, Kiev (1096)pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Eudoxia of Moscow, in monasticism Euphrosyne, Grand-Duchess of Moscow (1407)Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐφροσύνη ἡ ἐν Μόσχᾳsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Nectarius (1550) and Theophanes (1544) the gate-keepers, brothers, of MeteoraΟἱ Ὅσιοι Νεκτάριος καὶ Θεοφάνης οἱ Ἀψαράδεςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Great-martyr Nicholas of Sofia, Bulgaria (1555)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nicolas (Basdanis) the New Martyr of Metsovo (St Nicolas the Vlach) (1617)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Νέοςsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru · crestinortodox.ro · farsharotu.org
- Saint Athanasius the New, Bishop and Wonderworker of Christianoupolis (1707-1708)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Χριστιανουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Jonah Atamansky, Archpriest of Odessa, Wonderworker (1924)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωνᾶς τῆς Ὀδησσοῦsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru · 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 Restituta the martyr, in Carthage (255 or 304)Ἡ Ἁγία Ρεστιτούτα ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Martyrs Heradius, Paul, and Aquilinus, near Lake Geneva (284-305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐράδιος, Παῦλος καὶ Ἀκυλίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντεςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Maden (Madern, Madron, Madrona) (c. 545)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ματρῶνοςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Cathán (Catan, Chattan, Cadan), Bishop in the Isle of Bute in Scotland (6th century)drevo-info.ru
- Saint Mailduf (Maidulph, Maelduib), founder of Malmesbury Abbey (673)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαϊδοῦλφοςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Gerebernus (Gerebern, Gerebrand), Hieromartyr, priest from Ireland who accompanied St Dymphna to Belgium and shared in her martyrdom (7th century)
- Saint Rasso (Ratho), ascetic, founder of a Benedictine abbey at Wörth, later named Grafrath after him (953)
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 Fall of Jerusalem in 614 AD to the Persians, with the loss of the True Cross to Persia, damage to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by...Μνήμη ἁλώσεως τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμsynaxarion.gr · tertullian.org
- Translation of the relics (1551) of Saint Adrian of Ondrusov, founder of Ondrusov Monastery, Karelia (1549)Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἀδριανοῦsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Five Holy Hierarchs of Cytheria on Cyprus (2018)
- Saint Pappos (368) –
- Saint Athanasios (4th century) –
- Saint Fotinos (5th century) –
- Saint Spyridon (8th century) –
- Saint Demetrianus (c. 915) –
The list is May 17 (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.