Orthodox Calendar for May 1980

May 1980
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 Ven. John, Disciple of Gregory Decapolites The Holy Martyr John the New of Ioannina (1526)	2 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Ven. John of Ancient Caves in Palestine Our Holy Father Agathangelos (1819)	3 Ven. Theodore Trichinas Holy Apostle Zaccheus
4 5th Sunday of Pascha Samaritan Woman Hieromartyr Januarius and Companions	5 St Theodore the Sykeote Holy Martyr Leonidas (202) Our Holy Father, the monk Vitalis	6 Holy Greatmartyr, Victorybearer and Wonderworker George	7 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost Martyr Sabbas Stratelates	8 Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark Saint Ananias, Second Bishop of Alexandria (1st c.)	9 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed St Stephen, Bishop of Perm Hieromartyr Basil, bishop of Amasia and Righteous Virgin Glaphyra (322)	10 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 6th Sunday of Pascha Blind Man Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy The Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus (3rd c.)	12 Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus St Basil, bishop of Ostrog in Montenegro (Serbia) (1671)	13 Holy Apostle James, Brother of St John St Ignatius (Brianchaninov), Bishop of Stavropol and Kavkaz (1867)	14 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Pascha / Forefeast of Ascension 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)	15 Ascension of the Lord 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)	16 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Ven. Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Caves Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoe in Egypt (286)	17 Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus Our Holy Father Nikephoros the Hesychast (14th c.) St Monica, mother of Blessed Augustine (388)
18 7th Sunday of Pascha Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica	19 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)	20 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.)	21 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	22 Prophet Isaiah Trans. Rel. St Nicholas the Wonderworker Holy Martyr Christopher (3rd c.)	23 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Ascension 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 Memorial Saturday SS Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs Holy Hieromartyr Mocius (288? 295?)
25 8th Sunday of Pascha: Feast of the Holy Trinity Holy Pentecost St Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus Our Fathers among the Saints Epiphanios, bishop of Cyprus (403) and Germanos, Archbishop of Constantinople (740)	26 Day of the Holy Spirit Virgin Martyr Glyceria Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome (298)	27 Third Day of the Trinity Ven. Isidore, Fool-for-Christ of Rostov Martyr Isidore of Chios (251) 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 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)	30 Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy Holy Martyr Solochon (298)	31 Leavetaking of Pentecost Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra Holy Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Benedimus, Paulinus, and Heraclius (250)