Finding of the relics of Venerable Nilus the Myrrhstreamer of Mount Athos.
Nilus was born in the Peloponnese in the sixteenth century and became a monk on Mount Athos, where he lived as a hermit in a cave near the Great Lavra. After his repose in 1651 myrrh flowed from his relics in such abundance that it ran down the cliff to the sea.
His relics were found in 1815, and this day commemorates that finding; his main feast is November 12.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Nilus the Myrrhstreamer is commemorated on May 7. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 20 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on May 7
Sign of the Cross over Jerusalem
Saint, Σημείο του Τιμίου Σταυρού
Commemoration of the luminous Cross that appeared in the sky over Jerusalem in the reign of Constantius.
Kodratos and Companions
Martyr, Κοδράτος
Holy Martyr Kodratos (Quadratus) and those with him, who suffered at Nicomedia under Decius.
Nilus of Sora
Venerable, Νείλος της Σόρα
Venerable Nilus of Sora, founder of skete life in Russia and teacher of non-possession.
John Psychaites
Venerable, Ιωάννης ο Ψυχαΐτης
Venerable John the Confessor, abbot of the Psycha Monastery in Constantinople during the Iconoclast persecution.
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