Orthodox Calendar for May 2023

May 2023
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1 Ven. John, Disciple of Gregory Decapolites The Holy Martyr John the New of Ioannina (1526)	2 Ven. John of Ancient Caves in Palestine Our Holy Father Agathangelos (1819)	3 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Ven. Theodore Trichinas Holy Apostle Zaccheus	4 Hieromartyr Januarius and Companions	5 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed St Theodore the Sykeote Holy Martyr Leonidas (202) Our Holy Father, the monk Vitalis	6 Holy Greatmartyr, Victorybearer and Wonderworker George
7 4th Sunday of Pascha Paralytic Martyr Sabbas Stratelates	8 Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark Saint Ananias, Second Bishop of Alexandria (1st c.)	9 St Stephen, Bishop of Perm Hieromartyr Basil, bishop of Amasia and Righteous Virgin Glaphyra (322)	10 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Midfeast of Pentecost 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 Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy The Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus (3rd c.)	12 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed 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 5th Sunday of Pascha Samaritan Woman 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 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 Ven. Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Caves Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoe in Egypt (286)	17 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus Our Holy Father Nikephoros the Hesychast (14th c.) St Monica, mother of Blessed Augustine (388)	18 Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica	19 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed 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 6th Sunday of Pascha Blind Man 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 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 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Pascha / Forefeast of Ascension SS Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs Holy Hieromartyr Mocius (288? 295?)	25 Ascension of the Lord St Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus Our Fathers among the Saints Epiphanios, bishop of Cyprus (403) and Germanos, Archbishop of Constantinople (740)	26 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Virgin Martyr Glyceria Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome (298)	27 Ven. Isidore, Fool-for-Christ of Rostov Martyr Isidore of Chios (251) Our Holy Father Serapion the Sindonite (5th c.)
28 7th Sunday of Pascha Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council 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 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra Holy Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Benedimus, Paulinus, and Heraclius (250)