Saints

• Martyr Juvenal of Benevento
  Juvenal of Benevento
  Saint Juvenal of Benevento is a 2nd century saint honored in Narni, Italy. His shrine is in Benevento, Italy and his feast day is May 7.-References:...
  
   (132 AD)
• Martyrs Quadratus (Codratos) of Nicomedia and his companions (251–259) (see also March 10)
• Martyrs Rufinus and Saturninus
• Martyr Maximus
• Hieromartyr Flavius, and Martyrs Augustus and Augustinus (from Asia Minor) (ca.284-305)
• Martyr Acacius the centurion
  Centurion
  A centurion was a professional officer of the Roman army .Centurion may also refer to:-Military:* Centurion tank, British battle tank* HMS Centurion, name of several ships and a shore base of the British Royal Navy...
  
   at Byzantium
  Byzantium
  Byzantium was an ancient Greek city, founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas . The name Byzantium is a Latinization of the original name Byzantion...
  
   (303)
• The Venerable Fathers of Georgia: Saint John of Zedazeni (Zedazeni Monastery
  Zedazeni Monastery
  Zedazeni Monastery is a Georgian Orthodox monastery , located on the Zedazeni mountain the hills of Saguramo, northeast to Mtskheta and to the east side of the Aragvi River....
  
  ) in Georgia
  Georgia (country)
  Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
  
  , and his 12 disciples (6th c.):
• Shio of Mgvime; David of Gareji, (see also: David Gareja monastery complex); Anthony of Martqopi; Thaddeus of Urbnisi or Stepantsminda; Stephen of Khirsa; Isidore of Samtavisi; Michael of Ulumbo; Pyrrhus of Breta; Zeno of Iqalto; Jesse (Ise) of Tsilkani; Joseph of Alaverdi; Abibus of Nekressi
• Saint Domitianus of Maastricht, bishop (560)
• Saints Serenicus and Serenus, two brothers who became monks and later settled as hermits near the River Sarthe in France (ca.669)
• Saint Placid (Placidus, Plait), Benedictine Abbot of the basilica monastery of St Symphorian in Autun
  Autun
  Autun is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in Burgundy in eastern France. It was founded during the early Roman Empire as Augustodunum. Autun marks the easternmost extent of the Umayyad campaign in Europe.-Early history:...
  
  , France (675)
• Saint John of Beverley
  John of Beverley
  John of Beverley was an English bishop active in the kingdom of Northumbria. He was the Bishop of Hexham and then the Bishop of York which was the most important religious designation in the area. He went on to found the town of Beverley by building the first structure there, a monastery...
  
  , Bishop of York (721)
• Saint Peter of Pavia
  Peter (bishop)
  Peter of Pavia was a Lombard who was Bishop of Pavia, during the reign of the Lombard King Liutprand; it is believed that Peter was a relative of Liutprand.-References:...
  
   (735)
• Saint Tarasius the Wonderworker of Lycaonia
  Lycaonia
  In ancient geography, Lycaonia was a large region in the interior of Asia Minor, north of Mount Taurus. It was bounded on the east by Cappadocia, on the north by Galatia, on the west by Phrygia and Pisidia, while to the south it extended to the chain of Mount Taurus, where it bordered on the...
  
    (see also May 8)
• Saint John the Confessor, of Psychaita, on the Bosphorus (ca. 825)
• Saint Nilus of Sora, abbot
  Abbot
  The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
  
   and wonderworker
  Thaumaturgy
  Thaumaturgy is the capability of a saint or magician to work miracles. It is sometimes translated into English as wonderworking...
  
   (1508)
• New Monkmartyr Pachomius of Mount Athos, of Usaki near Philadelphia
  Alasehir
  Alaşehir, in Antiquity and the Middle Ages known as Philadelphia , i.e. " brotherly love" is a town and district of Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is situated in the valley of the Kuzuçay , at the foot of the Bozdağ...
  
   (1730)
• Saint Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America (1909)
• Repose of Schema Elder Boris (monk Nicholas) of Valaam
  Valaam Monastery
  The Valaam Monastery, or Valamo Monastery is a stauropegic Orthodox monastery in Russian Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe.-History:...
  
   and Pskov
  Pskov
  Pskov is an ancient city and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located in the northwest of Russia about east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population: -Early history:...
  
   (1967) (Elder Boris 1874-1967)
• Repose of Hieromonk
  Hieromonk
  Hieromonk , also called a Priestmonk, is a monk who is also a priest in the Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholicism....
  
   Eulogius of Valaam
  Valaam Monastery
  The Valaam Monastery, or Valamo Monastery is a stauropegic Orthodox monastery in Russian Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe.-History:...
  
   (1969) (Hieromonk Eulogius 1876-1969)

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross
  True Cross
  The True Cross is the name for physical remnants which, by a Christian tradition, are believed to be from the cross upon which Jesus was crucified.According to post-Nicene historians, Socrates Scholasticus and others, the Empress Helena The True Cross is the name for physical remnants which, by a...
  
   over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.
• Uncovering of the relics of St. Euthymius the Great
  Euthymius the Great
  Saint Euthymius , often styled the Great, was an Abbot in Palestine.Venerated in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.-Biography:He was born in Melitene in Lesser Armenia...
  
   (473)
• Icon of the Mother of God of Liubech
  Liubech
  Liubech or Lyubech is a small ancient town connected with many important events since the times of the Kievan Rus'. It is currently a small settlement located in Ripky Raion, in the Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine...
  
   (11th c.)
• "Zhirovits" Icon
  Icon
  An icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches...
  
   of the Most Holy Theotokos
  Theotokos
  Theotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God...
  
   (1470)
• Uncovering of the relic
  Relic
  In religion, a relic is a part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial...
  
  s (1815) of Saint Nilus the Myrrh-gusher of Mount Athos
  Mount Athos
  Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
  
  (1651)

Sources

• May 7, 2011, OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• May 7/20, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
• VALAAM PATERICON.
• May 7. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 7, The Roman Martyrology.

• 7 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.