Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of May 21
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on May 21 — on the Old Calendar, civil June 3.
Commemorated on May 21
- Sts. Constantine and Helen, Equal-to-the-Apostles
Sts. Constantine and Helen
The emperor who ended the persecutions (†337) and his mother, who sought and found the Precious Cross in Jerusalem. Equal-to-the-Apostles.
When it falls
- New Calendar: May 21 every year
- Old Calendar: civil June 3
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.