May 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

• Prophet Jeremiah (6th-7th c. b.c.)
• Martyr Andeolus of Smyrna, a subdeacon from Smyrna sent to France by St Polycarp, martyred near Viviers on the Rhône (208)
• Martyrs Orentius and Patientia, husband and wife who lived at Loret near Huesca in Spain, parents of St. Laurence the Martyr (240)
• Saint Philosophos at Alexandria (252)
• Martyrs Acius (Ache) and Aceolus (Acheul), the former a deacon, the latter a subdeacon, martyred near Amiens in France under Diocletian (303)
• Saint Grata of Bergamo, a holy woman from Bergamo in Italy, zealous in securing Christian burial for the bodies of the martyrs (ca.307)
• Martyr Batas of Nisibis (Bata the Persian) (ca. 364). OCA - Feasts and......
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