Martyr
Martyr Acacius the Centurion at Byzantium († 303)
In Russian: Мч. Акакия сотника (303)
In Church Slavonic: Ст҃а́гѡ мч҃ника а҆ка́кїа со́тника (303)
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
- (7 May on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
- , repose
2027
Old calendar
- (7 May on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
- , repose
Also commemorated on 20 May 2026
- Wednesday of the 6th week after Pascha. Apodosis of Pascha
- Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross Over Jerusalem in 351 AD
- Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora († 1508)
- Saint John Zedazeni and his Twelve Disciples: Abibus, Bishop of Nekressi, Anthony of Martkob, David of Gareji, Zeno of Ikalto, Thaddeus of Stepantsmind, Jesse of Tsilkani, Joseph, bishop of Alaverdi, Isidore of Samtavno, Michael of Ulompo, Pyrrhus of Breta, Stephen of Khirsa, and Shio Mgvime, in Georgia (6th C)
- Uncovering of the relics (1815) of Venerable Nilus the Myrrh-gusher of Mt. Athos
- Icons of the Mother of God: “Zhirovitskaya” and “Liubechskaya”