Angel days and name days in may

As with any month, in may, almost every day is celebrated the memory of certain saints according to the Orthodox tradition. Accordingly, almost every day this month someone celebrated a birthday. In may, as you know, 31 days, and the number of saints, whom the Church honors this time, is sufficiently large. Therefore, we list only those names which are most common and familiar.

Birthday in may on the Church calendar

1. Anton. Ivan.
2. George. Ivan. Matron.
3. Alexander. Athanasius. Gregory. Fedor.
4. Alexander. Denis. Fedor. Philip.
5. Vsevolod. Fedor.
6. Alexander. Anatoly. Athanasius.
7. Alex. Valentin. Elizabeth. Innocent. Leonty. Nicholas. Stanislav.
8. Mark.
9. Basil. Stepan.
10. George. Ivan. Simon. Stepan.
11. Vitaly.
12. Arseny. Artem. Vasily.
13. Basil. Ignat. Jacob. Maxim.
14. Ignatius. Tamara.
15. Athanasius. Boris. Gleb. David. Zoe. Michael. A novel.
16. Paul. Peter. Timothy.
17. Anton. Athanasius. Cyril. Leonty. Maria.
18. Irina. Jacob.
19. Denis. Ivan.
20. Ivan. Carolina.
21. Arseny. Ivan.
22. Nicholas.
23. Basil.
24. Joseph. Cyril.
25. Herman. Ivan. Fedor. Philip.
26. Alexander. George. Irina.
27. Alexander. Ivan. Leonty. Maxim. Nikita. Jacob.
28. Anastasia. Dmitry.
29. Alexander. Arkady. George. Nicholas. Peter. Fedor.
30. Athanasius. Evdokia. Stepan.
31. Alexander. Andrew. David. Denis. Claudia. Lion. Paul. Peter. Simon. Fedor. Christine. Julia.

Now let's discuss the Church's birthday in may on the most important and widely venerated saints.

On 2 may. Matrona of Moscow

In Russian Orthodoxy Matrona of Moscow is one of the most revered saints. She was born in 1885 in Tula province in the family of peasants. From birth Matrona was blind. It is believed that the gift of clairvoyance she received in childhood. Anyway, the fame of it spread, and to the matron began to flock to people from all over the country. She died in 1952. And glorified her as a Saint in 1998.

May 6th. Great Martyr George the victory-bearer

Birthday in may and celebrate those who are named in honor of this Saint, which, among other things, is a national symbol and patron Saint of Moscow. The description of his life, sometimes quite fantastic. For example, an episode of the battle with the dragon is hard to take on faith. However, such a person really existed and lived in the II-III centuries. During his life George was carrying military service and was one of the favorites of the Emperor Diocletian, taking with him a high position. However, when the ruler of the Empire found out about his Christianity, he ordered the torture of the Saint, and then to execute.

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