20 May
24 commemorations of 20 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 2 June of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Saint Lydia of Thyatira (Lydia of Philippi), mentioned in Acts 16:14-15 (1st century)Ἡ Ἁγία Λυδία ἡ Φιλιππησίαsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · drevo-info.ru
- Martyrs Thalelaeus the Unmercenary, and his companions Alexander and Asterius, at Aegae in Cilicia (284)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θαλλέλαιος ὁ ἰατρός καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες Ἀλέξανδρος καί Ἀστέριοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · Roman Martyrology · breviary.net · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Asclas of the Thebaid, Egypt (287)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀσκλᾶς ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Zabulon and Susanna, of Cappadocia and Jerusalem, parents of St. Nina (Nino), enlightener of Georgia (4th century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ζαβουλών καὶ Σωσσάνηsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Mark the Hermit (Marcus Eremita) (5th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάρκος ὁ Ἐρημίτηςsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru
- Holy Martyrs of Mamilla, Jerusalem (614)Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἐν Μεμέλᾳ Ἱερουσαλήμ οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Thalassius the Myrrh-gusher, of Libya (648)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θαλάσσιος ὁ Μυροβλύτηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Nicetas, John and Joseph, founders of the Monastery of Nea Moni on Chios (c. 1050)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἰωάννης, Ἰωσὴφ καὶ Νικήταςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- St. Daumantas of Pskov (Dovmont-Timothy), Prince of Pskov (1299)Ὁ Ἅγιος Τιμόθεος τοῦ Πσκώφsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Stephen, Abbot of Piperi Monastery in Serbia (1697)Ὁ Ὅσιος Στέφανοςsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Pavel Lazarev, martyred on the feast of Pentecost (1919)orthochristian.com · drevo-info.ru · foma.ru
- New Martyr Olympiada Verbetskaya, Abbess of Kozelshchinsk Convent , Poltava (1938)pravoslavie.poltava.ua · 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 Plautilla the Roman, martyr (67)Ἡ Ἁγία Πλατίλλα ἡ Ρωμαίαsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Hieromartyr Baudelius, missionary in France and northern Spain, martyred in Nîmes (2nd or 3rd century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βαυδέλιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Virgin-martyr Basilla (304)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Hilary (Hilarius, Hilaire), Bishop of Toulouse in France (360)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱλάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Τουλούζηςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Anastasius, Bishop of Brescia in Lombardy, in Italy (610)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος Ἐπίσκοπος Βρεσκίαςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Austregisilus (Aoustrille, Outrille), Bishop of Bourges and Confessor (624)Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐλτρίλλος Ἐπίσκοπος Μπουργκέςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theodore of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia (778)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος Ἐπίσκοπος Παβίαςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Martyr Ethelbert (Albert, Albright), King of East Anglia in England (794)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Alcuin of York, monk (804)
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Translation of the holy relics (1087) of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker (343)Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νικολάου τοῦ Θαυματουργοῦsynaxarion.gr
- Uncovering of the relics (1431) of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus', Wonderworker (1378)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἀλεξίου τοῦ θαυματουργοῦsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Schema-monk Cyriacus of Valaam (1798)pravoslavie.ru
The list is May 20 (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.