May 18 (Orthodox Liturgics)
May 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 19SaintsMartyr Theodotus of Ancyra, and with him 7 virgin-martyrs: Alexandra, Tecusa, Claudia, Phaine, Euphraisa, Matrona, and JuliaMartyrs Peter and Dionysius under Decius; also those who were not martyred but suffered under Decius: Andrew, Paul, Christina, Heraclius, Paulinus, and BenedimusMartyrs Symeon, Isaac, and Bachtisius of PersiaMartyr Euphrasia of NIcaeaMartyr Theodota at AncyraMartyrs David and Tarechan of GeorgiaMartyr JulianPatriarch Stephen the New of ConstantinopleHieromartyr Pope Theodore I of RomeSaint Anastaso of LukadaSaint Martinian of Areovinchus, monkOther commemorationsRepose of Archimandrite Macarius, missionary to the Altai in Siberia (1847)Blessed Philip, founder of the Gethsemane Caves Skete of St. Sergius' Lavra (1869)
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