May 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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For May 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 6.
Saints
- Hieromartyrs Patricius (Patrick), Bishop of Prusa, and with him the Presbyters Acacius, Menander, and Polyenos (c. 100 or c. 362)
- Martyrs Calocerus and Parthenius, brothers (250)
- Martyr Philoterus of Nicomedia (303)
- Martyr Acoluthus of the Thebaid (303)
- Martyr Cyriaca (Kyriake) and the six holy virgin-martyrs in Nicomedia (307)
- Martyr Theotima of Nicomedia (c. 311)
- Saint John, Bishop of the Goths in Crimea (787)
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Pre-Schism Western saints
- Martyr Pudens, the senator (c. 160)
- Virgin-Martyr Pudentiana (Potentiana), daughter of Saint Pudens the senator (160)
- Saint Cyril of Trier, Bishop of Trier, (5th century)
- Saint Adolphus (Hadulf), ascetic of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Vaast, in Arras, and later Bishop of Arras Cambrai in the north of France (728)
- Saint Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (988)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Monk-martyrs and Confessors of the Monastery of Panagia of Kantara, on Cyprus, who suffered under the Latins (1231):
- Barnabas, Gennadius, Gerasimus, Germanus (Herman), Theognostus, Theoctistus, Jeremiah, John, Joseph, Conon, Cyril, Maximus and Mark.
- Right-Believing Great Prince Dmitry Donskoy, Great Prince of Moscow (1389)
- Venerable Eudoxia of Moscow (in monasticism Euphrosyne), Grand-Duchess of Moscow (1407)
- Venerable Sinaites of Serbia (from Ravanica) (14th century):
- Romulus, Romanus, Nestor, Sisoes, Zosimas, Gregory, Nicodemus, and Cyril, the Sinaites. - disciples of Gregory of Sinai (Mount Athos).
- Saint Cornelius of Paleostrov, Abbot (1420)
- Saint John (Ignatius), Prince of Uglich, tonsured as Ignatius in Vologda (1522)
- Venerable Cornelius of Komel (Vologda), Abbot and Wonderworker (1537)
- Saint Sergius of Shukhtov (Shukhtom), monk (1609)
New martyrs and confessors
- Hieromartyr Matthew Voznesensky (1919)
- Hieromartyr Innocent (Letayev), Archbishop of Kharkiv (1937)
- Hieromartyr Victor Karakulin (1937)
- Hieromartyr Onuphrius (Gagaliuk), Archbishop of Kursk and Oboyansk (1938), (see also June 1) and:
- Hieromartyr: Anthony, Bishop of Belgorod;
- Hieromartyrs: Mitrophanes Vilgelmsky, Alexander Yeroshov, Michael Deineka, Hippolytus Krasnovsky, Nicholas Kulakov, Basil Ivanov, Nicholas Sadovsky, Maximus Bogdanov, Alexander Saulsky, Paul Bryantsev, and Paul Popov - Priests;
- Martyrs: Michael (Voznesensky) and Gregory (Bogoyavlensky) (1938)
- New Hieromartyr Valentine Lukyanov (1940)
- All New Hieromartyrs of Slobozhanschyna (Slobodskaya) Ukraine (1937,1938,1940,1941)
Other commemorations
- Entrance into Georgia (323) of Saint Nina (Nino), Equal-to-the-Apostles (335)
- Translation of the sacred relics of Saints Julius the Presbyter (401) and Julianus (Giuliano) the Deacon (391)
- Repose of Schemamonk Cyriacus of Valaam (1798)
- Repose of Righteous Nicholas Rynin of Vologda (1837)
- Commemoration of the ascetics of St. Anthony of Syadem Monastery: Elias (also of Valaam), Theophanes, and Dionysius.
- Synaxis of Hieromartyrs of Kharkiv.
- Slaying of Priest John Karastamatis of Santa Cruz (1985) (see also: May 6)
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