New martyr
New Martyr Nicephorus († 1942)
In Russian: Мч. Никифора (1942)
In Church Slavonic: Ст҃а́гѡ мч҃ника нїки́фора (1942)
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
- (8 May on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
- , repose
2027
Old calendar
- (8 May on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
- , repose
Also commemorated on 21 May 2026
- ✠Ascension of our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ
- New Martyrs who suffered from the Persians in the Fereydan valley (17th C) (Georg.) [movable feast on Ascension]
- ✚Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian († 98-117)
- Venerable Arsenius the Great († 449-450)
- Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor(14th C) and Pimen the Ascetic (12th C) of the Kiev Far Caves