Orthodox saints and name days on May 9

Name days on May 9

Esaias, Isaiah, Christophoros, Christoforos, Christopher, Christoph, Christofer, Kristofer, Ieronymos, Hieronymus, Jerome, Akylina, Aquilina, Kalliniki, Callinice, Epimachos, Gordianos, Gordian

Saints and feasts of May 9

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  Isaiah the Prophet

  Prophet, Ησαΐας

  The Holy Prophet Isaiah prophesied in Jerusalem in the eighth century before Christ. Beholding the Lord upon His throne, with the seraphim crying Holy, Holy, Holy, he was cleansed by a burning coal and sent to call the people to repentance. His book is filled with prophecies of the Messiah, of the virgin who would conceive, and of the suffering servant wounded for our transgressions.

  Name days: Esaias, Isaiah

• Christopher the Great Martyr

  Martyr, Χριστόφορος

  Christopher was a man of great stature from the region of Lycia who came to faith and was baptized with the name Christopher, the Christ-bearer. Tradition relates that his appearance was so fearsome that pagans fled from him, yet he brought many to Christ by his gentleness and the wonders worked through his prayers.

  Name days: Christophoros, Christoforos, Christopher, Christoph, Christofer, Kristofer

• Nicholas of Vounena

  Martyr, Νικόλαος ο εν Βουνένοις

  Nicholas was an officer of the Byzantine army stationed in Thessaly in the tenth century. Withdrawing to the forests of Vounena near Larisa, he lived as an ascetic with a small band of companions.

• Hieronymos of Simonopetra

  Venerable, Ιερώνυμος ο Σιμωνοπετρίτης

  Hieronymos was born in Cappadocia in 1871 and became a monk at the Monastery of Simonos Petra on Mount Athos. Sent to serve at the monastery's dependency of the Ascension in Athens, he spent decades there as confessor and spiritual father to countless people.

  Name days: Ieronymos, Hieronymus, Jerome

• Aquilina and Kallinike

  Holy Woman, Ακυλίνα και Καλλινίκη

  The synaxarion honors the holy women Aquilina and Kallinike on May 9, recording that they suffered for Christ. The details of their martyrdom are not preserved.

  Name days: Akylina, Aquilina, Kalliniki, Callinice

• Epimachos and Gordianos

  Martyr, Επίμαχος και Γορδιανός

  Epimachos and Gordianos were Christians of Rome who confessed the faith during the persecutions of the fourth century and were beheaded. Their relics were buried together on the Via Latina.

  Name days: Epimachos, Gordianos, Gordian

• Maximos of Jerusalem

  Hierarch, Μάξιμος Ιεροσολύμων

  Maximos confessed Christ during the persecution of Maximian and, according to tradition, lost an eye and the use of a leg under torture. Surviving the persecution, he became Bishop of Jerusalem in the fourth century and took part in the Council of Nicaea.