Orthodox Calendar for May 2028

May 2028
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1 Holy Prophet Jeremiah (583 BC) 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 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) Translation of the Relics of St Athanasius the Great, patriarch of Alexandria	3 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) St Theodosius, abbot of the Kiev Caves Monastery and founder of cenobitic monasticism in Russia (1074).	4 Our Holy Father Nikephoros the Hesychast (14th c.) Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor (287) St Monica, mother of Blessed Augustine (388)	5 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Great-martyr Irene of Thessalonica (4th c.)	6 Righteous Job the Long-suffering 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 4th Sunday of Pascha Paralytic 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 Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1909) (April 24 OC) St Lydia of Philippi (1st c.)	8 Holy Apostle John the Theologian Holy Apostle and Evangelist 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 Translation of the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari (1087) Holy Prophet Isaiah (7th c. BC) Holy Martyr Christopher (3rd c.)	10 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Midfeast of Pentecost Apostle Simon the Zealot Apostle Simon Zelotes 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 Equals-to-the-Apostles Methodius (885) and Cyril (869), first teachers of the Slavs Holy Hieromartyr Mocius (288? 295?)	12 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Our Fathers among the Saints Epiphanios, bishop of Cyprus (403) and Germanos, Archbishop of Constantinople (740)	13 Holy Virgin-martyr Glykeria at Heraclea (141). Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome (298)
14 5th Sunday of Pascha Samaritan Woman Martyr Isidore of Chios (251) Our Holy Father Serapion the Sindonite (5th c.) Blessed Isidore the Fool for Christ (1484)	15 St Pachomius the Great, founder of cenobitic monasticism (346) Our Father among the Saints Achillius, Bishop of Larissa (330)	16 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 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost Apostles Andronicus of the Seventy and his fellow-laborer Junia Holy Martyr Solochon (298)	18 Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra and seven virgin-martyrs with him (303) Holy Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Benedimus, Paulinus, and Heraclius (250)	19 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Hieromartyr Patrick, bishop of Prusa, and three priests with him (3rd c?)	20 Martyr Thalelaeus at Aegae in Cilicia and those with him (327) Our Father among the Saints Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow (1378)
21 6th Sunday of Pascha Blind Man SS Constantine and Helen, Equals-to-the-Apostles Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine (337) and Helen, his mother (327) Holy New Martyr Pachomius (1730)	22 Hieromartyr Basiliscus of Comana (308) Righteous Melchizedek, king of Salem. Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council (381).	23 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 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Pascha / Forefeast of Ascension St Symeon Stylites (the Younger) of the Wonderful Mountain (595) Our Holy Father Nikita Stylites (1186) St Vincent of Lerins (445)	25 Ascension of the Lord 3rd Finding of the Head of St John the Baptist Third Finding of the Precious Head of St John the Baptist (ca. 850) Holy Hieromartyr Therapon, Bishop of Cyprus (4th c.) Holy Martyrs Pasicrates, Valentian, Julius and those with them (302)	26 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Holy Apostle Carpus of the Seventy Saint Augustine of Canterbury, evangelizer of England (ca. 605) Holy New Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica (1794)	27 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 7th Sunday of Pascha Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council St Nicetas the Confessor, bishop of Chalcedon (9th c.)	29 Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre (308) 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 St Isaac, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople (383) St Macrina, grandmother of St Basil the Great (4th c.)	31 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Apostle Hermas of the Seventy