27 May
25 commemorations of 27 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 9 June of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Therapont of Sardis, Bishop, by beheading (259)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεράπων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Julius the Veteran, at Dorostolum in Moesia (297)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰούλιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Στρατηλάτηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin-martyr Theodora, and Martyr Didymus the Soldier, of Alexandria (304)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Eusebiotus, by fireὉ Ἅγιος Εὐσεβιώτης ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Alypius, by stoningὉ Ἅγιος Ἀλύπιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr JulianaἩ Ἁγία Ἰουλιανὴ ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr
- Hieromartyr Helladios, Bishop (6th-7th centuries)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἑλλάδιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Michael of Parekhi, Georgia (8th-9th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μιχαὴλ ἐκ Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Basil of Khakhuli, son of King Bagrat III of Georgia (11th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βασίλειος ἐκ Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Therapont of White Lake, Abbot of Byelozersk (White Lake) and Mozhaisk (1426)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεράπων ἡγούμενος τῆς Λευκῆς Λίμνηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Philip I, Metropolitan of Moscow (1473)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίλιππος Α’ Μητροπολίτης Μόσχαςsynaxarion.gr
- New Hieromartyr Therapontus, Priest, of Sofia, Bulgaria (1555)pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Therapont of Monza, Abbot of Monza (1597)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεράπων ἡγούμενος τῆς Μόνζαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint John the Russian the Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboea (1730)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ρῶσοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Hiero-schema-monk Lazarus the Clarivoyant, of Pskov-Caves Monastery (1824)Ὁ Ὅσιος Λάζαρος τοῦ Πσκώφsynaxarion.gr · azbyka.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 and Companions (272)Ἡ Ἁγία Ρεστιτούτα ἡ Μάρτυς και ἡ συνοδεία αὐτῆςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology · breviary.net
- Saint Eutropius of Orange (475)Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐτρόπιοςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Melangell of Wales, Abbess (590)Ἡ Ὁσία Μελάνη ἡ ἐξ Οὐαλλίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Ranulf (Ragnulf), in Thélus near Arras in France (700)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρανοῦλφος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Bede the Confessor, Hieromonk and Chronicler, of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey (735)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βεδέας ὁ Ὁμολογητήςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Bruno of Würzburg (Bruno of Carinthia), Bishop of Würzburg (1045)orthodoxengland.org.uk
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 relics (1472) of Sts. Cyprian (1406), Photius (1431), and Jonah (1461), Metropolitans of KievἈνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίων Ἰωνᾶ, Φωτίου καὶ Κυπριανοῦ Μητροπολιτῶν Μόσχαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the relics (1667) of Venerable Nilus of Stolobny Island (1554)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Νείλου τοῦ ἐκ Σομπένσκsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Blessed Zina of Vetluga (1960)pravoslavie.ru
- Viliya Icon of the Most Holy Theotokospravoslavie.ru
The list is May 27 (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.