Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of May 11
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on May 11 — on the Old Calendar, civil May 24.
Commemorated on May 11
- Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Teachers of the Slavs
Sts. Cyril and Methodius
Brothers of Thessalonica (9th c.), Equal-to-the-Apostles, who gave the Slavs letters, Scriptures, and Liturgy in their own tongue. Fathers of every Slavonic-praying church.
When it falls
- New Calendar: May 11 every year
- Old Calendar: civil May 24
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.