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May 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)


May 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 9

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 21 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 8th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 25.

St. John the Theologian, the "beloved disciple" of the Lord.

St. Agathius (Acacius of Byzantium).

St. Arsenius the Great.

St. Victor of Milan (Victor the Moor, Victor Maurus).

St. Benedict II, Pope of Rome.

Basilica of Sts. Wiro, Plechelmus and Otgerus, at Sint Odiliënberg.

St. Pimen the Faster, of the Far Caves in Kiev.

The Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo sul Gargano.

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