May 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

• Prophet Jeremiah
• Martyr Philosophos at Alexandria
• Martyr Sabbas
• Venerable Hieromartyr Batas of Nisibis
• Venerable Isidora the Fool-for-Christ, of Tabennisi, Egypt
• New Monk-martyr Romanus of Raqqa
• St. Michael, ascetic of Chalcedon
• Saint Symeon of Syracuse

  Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Andeolus of Smyrna, a subdeacon from Smyrna sent to France by St Polycarp, martyred near Viviers on the Rhône
• Martyrs Orentius and Patientia, husband and wife who lived at Loret near Huesca in Spain, parents of St. Laurence the Martyr
• Martyrs Acius and Aceolus, the former a deacon, the latter a subdeacon, martyred near Amiens in France under Diocletian
• Saint Grata of Bergamo, a holy woman from Bergamo in Italy, zealous in securing Christian burial for the bodies of the martyrs
• Saint Agapetos, Bishop of Auxerre and Confessor
• Saint Orentius of Auch, a hermit in the Lavendan valley near Tarbes in France, Bishop of Auch for over 40 years
• Saint Corentin, Bishop of Quimper
• Saint Brioc, Abbot of St. Brieuc
• Martyr Sigismund, king of Burgundy
• Saint Marcul, Hieromonk of Corbeny, founder of a monastery of hermits on the Egyptian model in Nanteuil in France
• Saint Ceallach, a disciple of St Kieran of Clonmacnoise, became Bishop of Killala in Ireland, ended his life as a hermit and may have been martyred
• Saint Asaph, Bishop in North Wales
• Saint Aredius of Gap, Bishop of Gap in France for twenty years
• Saint Bertha of Val d'Or, martyr, founder and abbess of Avenay in the diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne
• Martyr Evermarus of Tongres, pilgrim murdered by robbers at Rousson, near Tongres, Belgium
• Saint Théodard, Archbishop of Narbonne
• Saint Benedict of Szkalka, a hermit on Mount Zobor in Hungary, disciple of St. Andrew Zorard, renowned for his asceticism, murdered by robbers

  Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Tamar of Georgia, Queen
• Saint Paphnutius of Borovsk, Abbot
• Hieromartyr Macarius of Kiev, Metropolitan of Kiev
• St. Zosimas, bishop of Kumurdo
• Saint Gerasimus of Boldinsk, abbot
• Saint Panaretus of Cyprus, archbishop
• New Martyrs Euthymius, Ignatius, and Acacius of Mount Athos
• Saint Nicephorus of Chios, monk
• New Martyr Mary of Crete
• Schemamonk Luke of Glinsk Hermitage

  New martyrs and confessors

• Virgin-martyr Nina, new martyr of Vologda

  Other commemorations

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos ":ru:Икона Божией Матери «Нечаянная Радость»|Unexpected Joy" from Andronikov Monastery.
• "Myrrh-Bearing" Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarevokokshaisk
• Translation of the relics of Saint Walburga, Abbess of Heidenheim

  Icon gallery