Orthodox Calendar for May 2052

May 2052
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)	2 Ven. John of Ancient Caves in Palestine Our Holy Father Agathangelos (1819) Saint Matrona (the Blind) of Moscow (1952)	3 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Ven. Theodore Trichinas Holy Apostle Zaccheus	4 Hieromartyr Januarius and Companions
5 3rd Sunday of Pascha Myrrhbearing Women St Theodore the Sykeote Holy Martyr Leonidas (202) Our Holy Father, the monk Vitalis	6 Holy Greatmartyr, Victorybearer and Wonderworker George	7 Martyr Sabbas Stratelates St Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1909) (April 24 OC)	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	10 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed 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 4th Sunday of Pascha Paralytic 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 Prophet Jeremiah Ven. Paphnutius of Borovsk Saint Tamara (Tamar), Queen of Georgia (1212)	15 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Midfeast of Pentecost Trans. Rel. Boris and Gleb St Athanasius the Great, Patr. of Alexandria Holy Martyrs Hesperus, his wife Zoë, and their sons Cyriac and Theodulus (2nd c.) Holy Tsar Boris-Michael of Bulgaria (907)	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 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 5th Sunday of Pascha Samaritan Woman Righteous Job the Longsuffering St Job, abbot and wonderworker of Pochaev (1651) Holy Martyr Barbarus the Soldier, with Bacchus, Callimachus and Dionysius (362)	20 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)	21 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 Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost 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 SS Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs Holy Hieromartyr Mocius (288? 295?)	25 St Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus
26 6th Sunday of Pascha Blind Man Virgin Martyr Glyceria Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome (298)	27 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—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Pascha / Forefeast of Ascension Ven. Theodore the Sanctified Trans. Rel. Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop St Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (930)	30 Ascension of the Lord 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)