May 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 28

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 9 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 14.

Saints

 * Hieromartyr Therapont of Sardis, Bishop, by beheading (259)
 * Martyr Julius the Veteran, at Dorostolum in Moesia (297)
 * Virgin-martyr Theodora, and Martyr Didymus the Soldier, of Alexandria (304)
 * Martyr Eusebiotus, by fire.
 * Martyr Alypius, by stoning.
 * Martyr Juliana.
 * Hieromartyr Helladios, Bishop (4th century)
 * Saint Michael of Parekhi, Georgia (8th-9th century)
 * Saint Basil of Khakhuli, son of King Bagrat III (11th century)

Pre-Schism Western saints

 * Saint Restituta and Companions (272)
 * Saint Eutropius of Orange (475)
 * Venerable Melangell of Wales, Abbess (590)
 * Martyr Ranulf (Ragnulf), in Thélus near Arras in France (700)
 * Venerable Bede the Confessor, Hieromonk of Wearmouth-Jarrow (735)
 * Saint Bruno of Würzburg, Bishop of Würzburg (1045)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

 * Venerable Therapont of White Lake, Abbot of Byelozersk (White Lake) and Mozhaisk (1426)
 * Saint Philip I, Metropolitan of Moscow (1473)
 * Venerable Therapont of Monza, Abbot of Monza (1597)
 * Venerable Hiero-schema-monk Lazarus of Pskov-Caves Monastery (1824)
 * Saint John the Russian the Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboea (1730)

Other commemorations

 * Translation of the relics (1472) of Sts. Cyprian (1406), Photius (1431), and Jonah (1461), Metropolitans of Kiev.
 * Translation of the relics (1667) of Venerable Nilus of Stolobny Island (1554)
 * Blessed Zina of Vetluga (1960)