29 May
36 commemorations of 29 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 11 June of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Luke of Crimea (1877-1961)
Saints
- Martyr Cyril of Caesarea in Cappadocia (251)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος ἐκ Καισαρείαςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Child-martyr Carellus, with martyrs Primolus, Phinodus, Venustus, Gissinus, Alexander, Tredentius, and Jocunda, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (253-259)pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Olbian, Bishop of Anaea, and his disciples, in Asia Minor (284-303)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὀλβιανὸς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ μαθητὲς αὐτοῦsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre (308)Ἡ Ἁγία Θεοδοσία ἡ Παρθενομάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Andrew (Andras) and his spouseΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄνδρας καὶ ἡ Σύζυγος αὐτοῦ οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Alexander of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria (326)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος Πατριάρχης Ἀλεξανδρείαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Jeremiah of DamascusὉ Ὅσιος Ἱερεμίας ὁ Δαμασκηνόςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Constantinople (730)Ἡ Ἁγία Θεοδοσία ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυς ἡ Κωνσταντινουπολίτισσαsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Righteous John and Mary of Ustiug (Vologda) (13th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Helena Dragaš (Ypomone in monasticism; Ipomoni of Loutraki) (1450)Ἡ Ὁσία Ὑπομονήsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed Constantine XI Palaiologos, last Roman emperor, martyred by the Ottoman Turks (1453)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Andrew of Argentes, in Chios (1465)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνδρέας ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Ἀργέντηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed John of Ustiug, Fool-for-Christ (1494)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr John (or Nannus) of Smyrna (1802)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Νάννοςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Euthymios (Agritellis) of Zela, in Pontus, Bishop (1921)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ζήλωνsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hiero-confessor Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky), Archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea and Surgeon, Unmercenary Wonderworker (1961)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λουκᾶς Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κριμαίαςsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr John Preobrazhensky, Deacon (1938)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyr Andrew Trofimov (1938)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
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.
- Martyr Restitutus, at Rome, on the Via Aurelia (299)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρεστιτοῦτος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology · breviary.net
- Saint Maximinus of Trier, Bishop of Trier in Germany (352)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαξιμίνος Ἐπίσκοπος Τρεβήρωνsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Sisinius, Martyrius, and Alexander, near Trent, in the time of Emperor Honorius (397)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σισίννιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Maximus of Verona, Bishop of Verona in Italy (6th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος Ἐπίσκοπος Βερόναςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Votus, Felix and John, hermits in the Pyrenees (750)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βότος, Φήλικας καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ Ἐρημίτεςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint John de Atares (750)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ethelbert the King (Æthelberht II of East Anglia) (794)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐθελμπέρτος ὁ βασιλεύςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Gerald, a monk at Brou, became Bishop of Mâcon, returned to his monastery 40 years later and reposed there (927)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ulric of Einsiedeln (978)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eleutherius of Rocca d'Arce, Confessor, at Arcano in LazioRoman Martyrology · 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.
- Appearance of the Precious and LifeGiving Cross near Rostov (1423)drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Uncovering of the relics (2000) of St. Job (Joshua in schema), Schemamonk of Anzersk Island, at Solovki (1720)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Saints of Krasnoyarsk (2015)drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Schemamonk Michael of Valaam (1854)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Nun Dorothea of Sukhotin Monastery (1885)pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Surety of Sinners" in Moscow (1848)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου «ἡ Ἐγγύηση τῶν Ἁμαρτωλῶν»synaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Mother of God "Non-Slumbering Eye" (“Unsleeping Eye”)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Icon of the Mother of God "Imperial" (“Tsesarskaya-Borovskaya”)holytrinityorthodox.com
The list is May 29 (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.