May 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 5
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 17 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For May 4th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 21.
Saints
Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor- Hieromartyr Albian, Bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor, and his disciples
- Martyrs Aphrodisius, Leontius, Anthony, Valerian, Macrobius, and 60 others, monks at Scythopolis of Palestine
- Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza, bishop, and with him 40 martyrs
- Saint Hilary of the desert, the Wonderworker.Saint Nicephorus of Medikion, abbot and founder of Medikion Monastery
- Saint Athanasios of Corinth, bishop
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Hieromartyr Porphyrius
- Saint Curcodomus, a deacon in Rome sent to help St Peregrinus
- Hieromartyr Erasmus of Formiae, bishop in Campania, and 20,000 martyrs with him
- Martyrs Florian and 40 companions, at Lorsch, Austria
- Saint Monica of Tagaste, the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo
- Saint Nepotianus, nephew of St Heliodorus, Bishop of Altino near Venice in Italy
- Saint Venerius of Milan, second bishop of Milan, a loyal supporter of St John Chrysostom
- Saint Conleth, first Bishop of Kildare
- Saint Anthony du Rocher, a disciple of St Benedict and companion of St Maurus in his mission to France, founder of the monastery of Saint Julian in Tours
- Saint Æthelred, king of Mercia and monk
- Saint Sacerdos of Limoges, Bishop of Limoges
- Saint Gotthard of Hildesheim, became Bishop of Hildesheim in 1022 and did much to spread the Faith
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Theodosia, princess of Vladimir,
- Venerable Nicephorus (the Solitary, the Hesychast) of Mount Athos, teacher of St. Gregory Palamas
- The Alfanov brothers of Novgorod:
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr John Vasiliev, priest,
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Tochtuev, deacon,
- New Hieromartyr Vasily Martysz, Archpriest
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relics of the Righteous Lazarus and Saint Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles, to Constantinople
- Icon of the Mother of God "Staro Rus" Old Russian