On May 12, 3 Orthodox church holidays are celebrated. The list of events informs you about church holidays, fasts, and days of honoring the memory of saints. The list will help you find out the date of a significant religious event for Orthodox Christians.
Orthodox Church holidays 12 May 2024
Holiday | Description |
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The Nine Healers
The Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus
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Dedicated to 9 true Christian martyrs of the city of Kizik. They were sentenced to death by the governor of the city for confessing Christ. |
St. Memnon the Wonderworker, Abbot of Egypt |
The church honors the memory of the abbot of the Egyptian monastery of Memnon. He had the gift of insight. |
St. Basil of Ostrog, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia |
St. Basil's Feast Day. He was trained at the Zavala Monastery. Bishop of Zaholmya and Skenderia. He was called a miracle worker, he healed the blind, the sick. He was buried in Ostrog (Montenegro). |