May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 8 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – May 10
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 22 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For May 9th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 26.
Saints
Prophet Isaiah Great-martyr Christopher of Lycia, and with him:- Saint Maximus III of Jerusalem, Patriarch
- Saint Shio of Mgvime, monk, of Georgia
- Monk-martyr Nicholas of Vouneni, in Thessaly
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Beatus, Apostle of Switzerland
- Martyrs Epimachus and Gordianus of Rome, in the persecution of Decius
- Saint John of Châlon, third Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône in France
- Saint Gerontius, bishop of Cervia near Ravenna in Italy, martyr
- Saint Sanctan, Bishop of Kill-da-Les and Kill-na-Sanctan near Dublin in Ireland
- Blessed Adalgar, third archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
- Saint Vincent, Abbot of St Peter de Montes in Spain, a disciple and successor of St. Gennadius of Astorga
- Saint Gregory, Bishop of Ostia
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Dmitry Donskoy, Prince of Moscow
- New Hieromartyr Methodius of Amaria, Crete
- Saint Joseph (Litovkin) of Optina, Hiero-schema-monk of Optina Monastery
- Venerable Elder Ieronymos of Simonopetra
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Demetrius Voskresensky, Priest
- New Hieromartyr Basil Kolosov, Priest
- New Martyrs of Slobozhanschyna.
Other commemorations
Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari in 1087.- Zaraysk Icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
- Translation of the relics of Child-martyr Gabriel of Slutsk