Orthodox Calendar for May 2026

May 2026
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Prophet Jeremiah Ven. Paphnutius of Borovsk Saint Tamara (Tamar), Queen of Georgia (1212) Synaxis of the Three New Righteous Martyrs of the Holy Mountain, Euthymius, Ignatius, and Acacius (1814-1815)	2 Trans. Rel. Boris and Gleb St Athanasius the Great, Patr. of Alexandria Saint Matrona (the Blind) of Moscow (1952) Holy Martyrs Hesperus, his wife Zoë, and their sons Cyriac and Theodulus (2nd c.) Holy Tsar Boris-Michael of Bulgaria (907) Translation of the Relics (1072 and 1115) of the Holy Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb, princes of Russia (1015)
3 4th Sunday of Pascha Paralytic Ven. Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Caves Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoe in Egypt (286)	4 Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus Our Holy Father Nikephoros the Hesychast (14th c.) St Monica, mother of Blessed Augustine (388)	5 Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica	6 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Midfeast of Pentecost Righteous Job the Longsuffering St Job, abbot and wonderworker of Pochaev (1651) Holy Martyr Barbarus the Soldier, with Bacchus, Callimachus and Dionysius (362) St. Sophia the Righteous (1974)	7 St Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem in 351 AD Our Holy Fathers of Georgia (6th c.) Martyr Acacius the Centurion at Byzantium (303) St Lydia of Philippi (1st c.)	8 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed 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	9 Prophet Isaiah Trans. Rel. St Nicholas the Wonderworker Holy Martyr Christopher (3rd c.)
10 5th Sunday of Pascha Samaritan Woman 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.)	11 SS Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs Holy Hieromartyr Mocius (288? 295?)	12 St Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus Our Fathers among the Saints Epiphanios, bishop of Cyprus (403) and Germanos, Archbishop of Constantinople (740)	13 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost Virgin Martyr Glyceria Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome (298)	14 Ven. Isidore, Fool-for-Christ of Rostov Martyr Isidore of Chios (251) Our Holy Father Serapion the Sindonite (5th c.)	15 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Ven. Pachomius the Great Slain Crown Prince Dimitry of Moscow Our Father among the Saints Achillius, Bishop of Larissa (330)	16 Ven. Theodore the Sanctified Trans. Rel. Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop Our Holy Father Theodore the Sanctified (368), disciple of St Pachomius the Great St Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (930) Blessed Musa the Maiden (5th c.) St Brendan the Voyager, abbot of Clonfert (ca. 577)
17 6th Sunday of Pascha Blind Man Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy Holy Martyr Solochon (298)	18 Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra Holy Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Benedimus, Paulinus, and Heraclius (250)	19 Hieromartyr Patrick, Bishop of Prussa	20 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Pascha / Forefeast of Ascension Unc. Rel. St Aleksy, Metropolitan of Kiev Martyr Thalelaeus at Aegae in Cilicia and those with him (327)	21 Ascension of the Lord SS Constantine and Helen, Equals-to-the-Apostles Holy New Martyr Pachomius (1730)	22 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Martyr Basiliscus, Bishop of Comana Righteous Melchizedek, king of Salem. Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council (381).	23 St Michael the Confessor Unc. Rel. St Leonty, Bishop of Rostov St Michael the Confessor, bishop of Synnada (818) Holy Myrrh-bearer Mary, wife of Cleopas Holy Martyr Michael of St Sabbas' Monastery(9th c.) Holy Virgin Euphrosyne, Princess of Polotsk (1173)
24 7th Sunday of Pascha Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council Ven. Simeon the Stylite Ven. Nikita the Stylite St Vincent of Lerins (445)	25 3rd Finding of the Head of St John the Baptist Holy Hieromartyr Therapon, Bishop of Cyprus (4th c.) Holy Martyrs Pasicrates, Valentian, Julius and those with them (302)	26 Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus of the Seventy Greatmartyr George the New at Sofia Saint Augustine of Canterbury, evangelizer of England (ca. 605) Holy New Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica (1794)	27 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Hieromartyr Therapon Trans. Rel. Ven. Nilus of Stolbensk Hieromartyr Therapon, bishop of Sardis (259) Holy Martyrs Theodora and Didymus (304) Holy New Confessor John the Russian (1730) Saint David of Garesjei (6th c.) Venerable Bede (Baeda) (735)	28 St Nicetas, Bishop of Chalcedon St Ignaty, Bishop of Rostov St Nicetas the Confessor, bishop of Chalcedon (9th c.)	29 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Ascension Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Tyre Rep. Bl. John of Ustiug Commemoration of the First Ecumenical Council (325) The Fall of Constantinople (1453); "Blessed Constantine XII, last of the Byzantine emperors, martyred by the Turks (1453)"	30 Memorial Saturday Ven. Isaac, Founder of Dalmatian Monastery St Macrina, grandmother of St Basil the Great (4th c.)
31 8th Sunday of Pascha: Feast of the Holy Trinity Holy Pentecost Apostle Hermes of the Seventy