May 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 29

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 10 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 28th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 15.

Saints

 * Hieromartyr Eutychius of Melitene, Bishop of Melitene (1st century)
 * Woman martyr Heliconis of Thessalonica (244)
 * Saint Alexander, Bishop of Thessalonica (4th century)
 * Hieromartyr Helladius of the East, bishop (4th century) (see also May 27)
 * Venerable Nicetas the Confessor, Archbishop of Chalcedon (early 9th century)
 * Blessed Andrew of Constantinople, Fool-for-Christ of Constantinople (911)
 * Venerable Virgin-Martyr Philothea (Philothea of Pamphylia), Wonderworker

Pre-Schism Western saints

 * Martyrs Crescens, Paul, Dioscorides and Helladius, of Rome (244)
 * Martyrs Aemilius, Felix, Priamus, and Lucian, in Sardinia.
 * Saint Senator of Milan, Bishop of Milan, (480)
 * Hieromartyr Caraunus (Ceraunus, Cheron), Deacon, near Chartres (5th century)
 * Saint Justus of Urgell, first recorded Bishop of Urgell, in Catalonia in Spain (527)
 * Saint Germain of Paris (Germanus), Bishop (576)
 * Saint William of Gellone, built a monastery at Gellone in France, later named Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (812)
 * Saint Podius, Bishop of Florence from 990, and Confessor (1002)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

 * Saint Ignatius of Rostov, Bishop and Wonderworker (1288)
 * Saint Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow (1489)
 * Venerable Sophronius of Bulgaria, Monk (1510)
 * New Martyr Demetrius (Mitros) of Tripolitsa (1794)
 * New Hieromartyr Zachariah, Priest of Prusa (1802)
 * Saint Helen Manturova, Nun of Diveyevo (1832)
 * Blessed Domnica (Likvinenko), Ascetic of Cherson (1967)

New martyrs and confessors

 * Hieromartyrs Macarius Morzhov, and Nicholas Aristov (Deacon) (1931)
 * Martyrs Dionisius Petushkov, Ignatius Markov and Peter Yudin (1931)
 * Hieromartyr Heraclius Motyah, Confessor (1936)
 * Hieromartyr Basil Preobrazhensky, Priest (1940)
 * Hieromartyr Hermogenes Kadomtsev (1942)

Other commemorations

 * Icon of the Mother of God of Nicea (304)
 * Icon of the Mother of God "the Unbreakable Wall".
 * Icon of the Mother of God the "Softener of Evil Hearts".
 * Synaxis of the Galich "Umilenie-Tenderness" Icon of the Mother of God (1350)   (see also: July 20, August 15)