Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of May 8
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on May 8 — on the Old Calendar, civil May 21.
Commemorated on May 8
- Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
- St. Arsenius the Great
Apostle John the Theologian
The beloved disciple, who leaned on the Lord's breast at the Supper and stood at the Cross. Evangelist, elder of Ephesus; in extreme old age he repeated one sermon: 'Little children, love one another.'
When it falls
- New Calendar: May 8 every year
- Old Calendar: civil May 21
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.