Orthodox saints and name days on May 19

Name days on May 19

Patrick, Patrikios, Memnon, Theotimi, Theotime

Saints and feasts of May 19

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  Patrick, Bishop of Prusa

  Hierarch, Πατρίκιος

  The Holy Hieromartyr Patrick was Bishop of Prusa in Bithynia in the early centuries of the Church. Brought before the pagan governor with priests of his church, he confessed Christ as the Creator of all, refusing to ascribe the works of God to the idols, and for his boldness he was put to death by the sword together with his companions.

  Name days: Patrick, Patrikios

• Memnon the Wonderworker

  Venerable, Μέμνων ο Θαυματουργός

  Memnon was an abbot of a monastery in Egypt, remembered for his gift of working wonders; tradition relates that he brought forth water in the desert and delivered the district from locusts through his prayer.

  Name days: Memnon

• Theotime the Martyr

  Holy Woman, Θεοτίμη

  The synaxarion honors the holy martyr Theotime on May 19, recording that she gave her life for Christ. The circumstances of her martyrdom are not preserved.

  Name days: Theotimi, Theotime

• Kyriaki the Martyr

  Holy Woman, Κυριακή η Μάρτυς

  The synaxarion records the martyrdom of a holy woman named Kyriaki on May 19, distinct from the Great Martyr Kyriaki of July 7. The details of her life and suffering are not preserved.

• Thirteen Monastic Martyrs of Kantara

  Martyr, Ιωάννης, Κόνων και οι συν αυτοίς Οσιομάρτυρες της Καντάρας

  John, Konon and eleven fellow monks of the Monastery of the Theotokos at Kantara in Cyprus refused to accept the Latin teaching on unleavened bread when the island was under Frankish rule. After three years of imprisonment and beatings they were dragged through the streets of Nicosia and burned.

• John Arnaoutogiannis

  Martyr, Ιωάννης ο Δραγάτης

  John, nicknamed Arnaoutogiannis, was a Greek field-guard (dragatis) who, tradition relates, was falsely accused before the Turkish authorities and pressed to change his faith. Refusing, he was put to death for Christ.