17 Мая 1970 - Orthodox Calendar / Orthodox Menologion Online

Sunday, May 17, 1970 (May 4, 1970 by the Julian calendar)
4-th Sunday of Pascha, The Paralyzed Man, Tone three

Translation of the relics of Martyr Abramius of Bulgaria (1230) (movable holiday on the 4th Sunday of Pascha). Righteous Tabitha (1st c.) (movable holiday on the 4th Sunday of Pascha). Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor (287). The Alfanov brothers: Sts. Nicetas, Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, and Isaac of Novgorod, founders of the Sokolnitzki Monastery (1389). Hieromartyr Erasmus, bishop of Formia in Campania (303). Hieromartyr Albian (Olbian), bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor (304). Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza (311). Martyrs Aphrodisius, Leontius, Anthony, Valerian, Macrobius, and others, monks of Palestine. Translation of the relics of the Righteous Lazarus and Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles. St. Nicephorus, abbot of Medikion. Icon of the Mother of God "Staro Rus" Old Russian (1570). St. Ethelred, king of Mercia and monk in England (716) (Celtic & British). St. Nicephorus the Solitary of Mt. Athos, the spiritual father of St. Gregory Palamas (1340) (Greek). St. Athanasius, bishop of Corinth (10th - 11th c.) (Greek). Hilary the Wonderworker of the desert (Greek). St. Monica of Tagaste (mother of Blessed Augustine) (387).