May 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 6
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 18 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For May 5th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 22.
Saints
- Virgin-martyr Sandukht Great Virgin-martyr Irene of Magedon also Irene of Lecce
- Martyrs Irenaeus, Pellegrinus and Irene, at Thessaloniki
- Martyrs Neophytus, Gaius, and Gaianus
- Saint Eulogius the Confessor, bishop of Edessa
- Saints Martin and Heraclius, of Illyria
- Saint Hierax of Egypt
- Saint Euthymius the Wonderworker, bishop of Madytos on the Hellespont
- Nun-martyr Martha, abbess of Monemvasia with three companions
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Martyr Jovinian, the lector of St. Peregrine of Auxerre
- Saint Brito
- Saint Nectarius of Vienne, bishop of Vienne
- Saint Nicetus of Vienne, fifteenth bishop of Vienne
- Saint Hilary, Archbishop of Arles
- Saint Gerontius of Milan
- Martyr Crescentiana of Rome
- Saint Hydrock of Cornwall
- Saint Gibrian, hermit in Ireland
- Saint Sacerdos of Saguntum
- Saint Waldrada, first abbess of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains in Metz in France
- Saint Diuma, first Bishop of Mercia
- Saint Maurontius of Douai, founded monastery at Breuil-sur-lys near Douai, of which he is the patron-saint
- Saint Echa of Crayke,, Anglo-Saxon priest and monk-hermit at Crayke, near York, England
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saints Barlaam of Serpukhov, and Gideon of Serpukhov New Monk-martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri
- New Hieromartyr Ephraim of Damascus, prophet
- Saint Adrian, abbot of Monza Monastery
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas, priest
- ''New Hieromartyr Platon of Banja Luka ''
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relics of Saint Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne
- Dedication of the Church of Mother of God of Kirou at Constantinople and commemoration of commemoration of the solar eclipse
- Uncovering of the relics of Saint James of Zheleznoborov, Abbot of Zhelezny Bor
- Uncovering of the relics of Saint Pachomius of Nerekhta, Abbot of Zhelezny Bor
- ''Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Inexhaustible Cup"''