Orthodox Calendar for May 2026

May 2026
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Ven. John, Disciple of Gregory Decapolites The Holy Martyr John the New of Ioannina (1526) Euthemios the Enlightener of Karelia	2 Ven. John of Ancient Caves in Palestine Our Holy Father Agathangelos (1819) Saint Matrona (the Blind) of Moscow (1952)
3 4th Sunday of Pascha Paralytic Ven. Theodore Trichinas Holy Apostle Zaccheus Gregory & Anastasios, Patriarchs of Antioch	4 Hieromartyr Januarius and Companions Our Holy Father Maximian, Patriarch of Constantinople Theodore the Holy Martyr & his mother Philippa of Perge	5 St Theodore the Sykeote Holy Martyr Leonidas (202) Our Holy Father, the monk Vitalis	6 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Midfeast of Pentecost Holy Greatmartyr, Victorybearer and Wonderworker George	7 Martyr Sabbas Stratelates Elizabeth the Wonderworker Nicholas the New-Martyr of Magnesia	8 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark Saint Ananias, Second Bishop of Alexandria (1st c.)	9 Hieromartyr Basil of Amasea St Stephen, Bishop of Perm Justa the Nun
10 5th Sunday of Pascha Samaritan Woman Hieromartyr Simeon, Kinsman of the Lord Our Holy Father Stephen, Abbot of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Vladimir (1094) Burning of the relics of St Sava I of Serbia by the Turks (1594)	11 John the Martyr of Romania Memnon the Wonderworker The Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus	12 St Basil, bishop of Ostrog in Montenegro (Serbia) (1671) Jason and Sosipater the Apostles of the 70 and their Companions Holy Martyr Cercyra	13 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost Holy Apostle James, Brother of St John St Ignatius (Brianchaninov), Bishop of Stavropol and Kavkaz (1867) Argyra the New Martyr Clement the Hymnographer	14 Prophet Jeremiah Ven. Paphnutius of Borovsk Saint Tamara (Tamar), Queen of Georgia (1212)	15 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed St Athanasius the Great, Patr. of Alexandria Translation of the Relics (1072 and 1115) of the Holy Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb, princes of Russia (1015) Holy Martyrs Hesperus, his wife Zoë, and their sons Cyriac and Theodulus (2nd c.)	16 St Theodosius, abbot of the Kiev Caves Monastery and founder of cenobitic monasticism in Russia (1074). Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoe in Egypt (286) Peter the Wonderworker
17 6th Sunday of Pascha Blind Man Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus Our Holy Father Nikephoros the Hesychast (14th c.) Hilary the Wonderworker	18 Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica Neophytos, Gaius, & Caianus the Monk-martyrs The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger	19 Righteous Job the Longsuffering St Job, abbot and wonderworker of Pochaev (1651) Holy Martyr Barbarus the Soldier, with Bacchus, Callimachus and Dionysius (362)	20 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Pascha / Forefeast of Ascension Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem in 351 AD Martyr Acacius the Centurion at Byzantium (303) Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem	21 Ascension of the Lord Holy Apostle John the Theologian Our Righteous Father Arsenios the Great (449) St Emilia (375), mother of Sts Macrina, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Theosevia	22 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Prophet Isaiah Trans. Rel. St Nicholas the Wonderworker Holy Martyr Christopher (3rd c.)	23 Apostle Simon the Zealot Holy Martyrs Alphaeus, Philadelphus and Cyprinus of Sicily (251) St Isidora the Fool of Tabenna (Egypt) (4th c.) Blessed Thaïs (Taïsia) of Egypt (4th c.)
24 7th Sunday of Pascha Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Methodius (885) and Cyril (869), first teachers of the Slavs Holy Hieromartyr Mocius (288? 295?) Renewal of Constantinople	25 St Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus Removal of the Sacred Relics of Saint Joachim "Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera	26 Virgin Martyr Glyceria Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome (298) Sergios the Confessor	27 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Martyr Isidore of Chios Ven. Isidore, Fool-for-Christ of Rostov Our Holy Father Serapion the Sindonite (5th c.)	28 Ven. Pachomius the Great Slain Crown Prince Dimitry of Moscow Our Father among the Saints Achillius, Bishop of Larissa (330)	29 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Ascension Ven. Theodore the Sanctified Trans. Rel. Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop St Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (930)	30 Memorial Saturday Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy and Junia Holy Martyr Solochon (298) Theophanes and Nectarios, Builders of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam of Meteora
31 8th Sunday of Pascha: Feast of the Holy Trinity Holy Pentecost Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra Holy Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Benedimus, Paulinus, and Heraclius (250) Stephen I, Patriarch of Constantinople