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Today's feasts May 14: Martyr Maximus, under Decius (250); Martyr Isidore of Chios (251); Saints Alexander, Barbaras, and Akolouthos (Acolouthus), martyred at the Church of St Irene (Holy Peace), near the sea in Constantinople; Martyrs Aristotle and Leandros; Hieromartyr Therapontus, Bishop of Cyprus (3rd c.); Saint Boniface of Tarsus, martyr (307); Venerable Serapion the Sindonite, monk of Egypt (5th c.); Martyrs Justa, Justina and Henedina, in Sardinia (c.130); Saint Pontius of Cimiez (Pons de Cimiez), martyred in Cimella (Cimiez) near Nice, whose relics gave his name to the town of Saint-Pons (ca.258); Saint Aprunculos (Apruncule), first bishop of Langres, later of Clermont, Gaul (ca. 488); Saint Boniface, Bishop of Ferentino in Tuscany (6th c.); Saint Carthage (Carthach Mochuda) the Younger, founder and first Abbot and Bishop of Lismore (637); Saint Erembert, Bishop of Toulouse (657); Saint Tuto (Totto), monk and Abbot of St Emmeram in Regensburg in Germany, where he later became bishop (930); Saint Hallvard of Norway, Of the royal family of Norway, Patron-saint of Oslo, martyr (1043); Saint Nicetas (Nikita), Bishop of Novgorod and recluse of the Kiev Caves (1108) (see also January 31 and April 30); Patriarch Leontius II of Jerusalem (1190); Saint Isidore of Rostov, Fool-for-Christ and Wonderworker (1474) New Martyr Mark of Crete, at Smyrna (1643); New Martyr John of Bulgaria (Raiko-John of Shumena), the goldsmith (1802); Saint Andrew, Abbot of Raphael (Tobolsk) (1820); New Hieromartyr Peter, priest (1939); Other Commemorations: Commemoration of the martyrdom by the Poles (1609) of: Abbot Anthony with 40 monks and 1,000 laymen of the St. Paisius of Uglich Monastery, and, Abbot Daniel with 30 monks and 200 laymen of the St. Nicholas Monastery (Kostroma); Commemoration of Victor Chornayiv, Archimandrite of the Annunciation Monastery at Nizhyn (1761); Synaxis of the Yaroslavsk (Pechersk) Icon of the Mother of God (1823); First uncovering of the relics (1846) of Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783). Featured article The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora." Recently featured: Raphael Morgan, Holy Week, Georges Florovsky, Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria, Paschal Homily, Pachomius the Great. View all featured articles.

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