May 4 (old calendar) / May 17 (new)

May 4 (old calendar) / May 17 (new) Fast Virgin Martyr Pelagía of Tarsus in Asia Minor (ca. 290). The Alfanov (Sokol’nitsky) brethren: Ss. Nikita, Kirill, Nikifor, Clement, and Isaac, of Novgorod (14th-15th c.). Hieromartyr Erasmus, Bishop of Formia in Campania (303). Hieromartyr Silvanus, Bishop of Gaza, and with him 40 Martyrs (311). Ven. Nicephorus of Mt. Athos (ca. 130). Saint Pelagia Saint Pelagia of Tarsus in Cilicia (southeastern Asia