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May 9 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective May9 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Prophet Isaiah (8th century BC)May 9/22. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Ὁ Προφήτης Ἡσαΐας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Prophet Isaiah. OCA – Feasts and Saints. Great-martyr Christopher of Lycia (c. 250)Ὁ Ἅγιος Χριστοφόρος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Christopher of Lycia. OCA – Feasts and Saints. and with him: Martyrs Callinica (Callinike of Lycia),Martyr Callinike of Lycia. OCA – Feasts and Saints. Aquilina (Aquilina of Lycia)Martyr Aquilina of Lycia. OCA – Feasts and Saints. and 200 soldiers (c. 250)Οἱ Ἁγίες Ἀκυλίνα καὶ Καλλινίκη οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Maximus III of Jerusalem, Patriarch (350)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: August 26) Saint Shio of Mgvime, monk, of Georgia (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σίος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Repose of the Venerable Shio the Anchorite of Georgia. OCA – Feasts and Saints. 9 мая (ст.ст.) 22 мая 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). Monk-martyr Nicholas of Vouneni, in Thessaly (901)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Νέος ὁ ἐν Βουνένοις. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. НИКОЛАЙ ВУНЕНСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: February 24, 2026.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Beatus, Apostle of Switzerland (2nd century)May 9. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium, at Alexandria (250)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐπίμαχος καὶ Γορδιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Gordion, at Rome (362) Saint John of Châlon, third Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône in France (c. 475) Saint Gerontius, bishop of Cervia near Ravenna in Italy, martyr (c. 501)May 9 . The Roman Martyrology. Saint Sanctan, Bishop of Kill-da-Les and Kill-na-Sanctan near Dublin in Ireland (6th century)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—.ST. SANCTAN, BISHOP OF CILL-DA-LES, AND OF KIL-NA-SANTAN, COUNTY OF DUBLIN. [SIXTH CENTURY.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. V. Dublin, 1875. pp. 137-144. Blessed Adalgar, third archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen (909)Adalgar van Hamburg. De heiligenThe Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.35. Saint Vincent, Abbot of St Peter de Montes in Spain (es), a disciple and successor of St. Gennadius of Astorga (c. 950) Saint Gregory, Bishop of Ostia (c. 1044)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Dmitry Donskoy, Prince of Moscow (1389)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ μεγάλος πρίγκιπας τῆς Μόσχας, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: May 19) Saint Joseph (Litovkin) of Optina, Hiero-schema-monk of Optina Monastery (1911)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωσὴφ τῆς Ὄπτινα. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Joseph of Optina. OCA – Feasts and Saints. Venerable Elder Ieronymos of Simonopetra (1957) Άγιος Ιερώνυμος Σιμωνοπετρίτης: Η πρώτη τιμή του ως Αγίου στη Μονή του. Ορθοδοξία News Agency (ORTHODOXIA). 29 Νοεμβρίου, 2019 - 22:35. Retrieved: 22 May, 2020. (see also: April 26 - OS)

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Dimitry Voskresensky, Archpriest, of Anastasovo, Chuvashia (1938)May 22 / May 9, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow) New Hieromartyr Basil Kolosov, Priest (1939) КОЛОСОВ ВАСИЛИЙ АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: February 24, 2026. Hieromartyr Elijah Rodić (Ilija Rodić), martyred during World War II in Trubar (1942)Serbian Patriarchate Announces New Canonizations. Union of Orthodox Journalists. 20 May 2025 03:59. Retrieved: February 13, 2026. Саопштење за јавност Светог Архијерејског Сабора Српске Православне Цркве. СРПСКА ПРАВОСЛАВНА ЦРКВА. Објављено 18.05.2025. Retrieved: February 13, 2026.

Other commemorations

Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari (1087) (see also: May 20) Zaraysk Icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (1225) НИКОЛА ЗАРАЙСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: February 24, 2026. Translation of the relics (1775) of Child-martyr Gabriel of Slutsk (1690)

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References

Sources May 9/22. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). May 22 / May 9, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow) May 9. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. May 9. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. May 9. The Roman Martyrology. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 9 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 9 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 22 мая (9 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia – Pravenc.ru). 9 мая (ст.ст.) 22 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).