Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of May 5
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on May 5 — on the Old Calendar, civil May 18.
Commemorated on May 5
- Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica
- St. Ephraim of Nea Makri
When it falls
- New Calendar: May 5 every year
- Old Calendar: civil May 18
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.