Orthodox Calendar for мај 2026

мај 2026
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					1 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Our Holy Father John, Disciple of St Gregory of Decapolis (820) The Holy Martyr John the New of Ioannina (1526)	2 St John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine (8th c.) Our Holy Father Agathangelos (1819)
3 4th Sunday of Pascha Paralytic St Theodore Trichinas (the Hair-shirt wearer), hermit near Constantinople (400) Holy Apostle Zaccheus	4 Hieromartyr Januarius and those with him (305)	5 Our Holy Father Theodore of Sykeon (613) Holy Martyr Leonidas (202) Our Holy Father, the monk Vitalis	6 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Midfeast of Pentecost Holy Greatmartyr, Victorybearer and Wonderworker George Holy Glorious Great-martyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George (303)	7 Martyr Sabbas Strateletes ("the General") of Rome, and 70 soldiers with him (272)	8 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark (68?) Saint Ananias, Second Bishop of Alexandria (1st c.)	9 Hieromartyr Basil, bishop of Amasia and Righteous Virgin Glaphyra (322) St Stephen,Bishop of Perm (1396)
10 5th Sunday of Pascha Samaritan Woman Hieromartyr Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord (107) 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 The Nine Martyrs at Cyzicus (3rd c.)	12 Apostles Jason and Sosipater St Basil, bishop of Ostrog in Montenegro (Serbia) (1671)	13 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost Holy Apostle James, Brother of St John Holy Apostle James, the brother of St John the Theologian (45) St Ignatius (Brianchaninov), Bishop of Stavropol and Kavkaz (1867)	14 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)	15 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed 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	16 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).
17 6th Sunday of Pascha Blind Man Our Holy Father Nikephoros the Hesychast (14th c.) Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor (287) St Monica, mother of Blessed Augustine (388)	18 Great-martyr Irene of Thessalonica (4th c.)	19 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)	20 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Pascha / Forefeast of Ascension 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.)	21 Ascension of the Lord 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	22 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed 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.)	23 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.)
24 7th Sunday of Pascha Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council 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?)	25 Our Fathers among the Saints Epiphanios, bishop of Cyprus (403) and Germanos, Archbishop of Constantinople (740)	26 Holy Virgin-martyr Glykeria at Heraclea (141). Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome (298)	27 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Martyr Isidore of Chios (251) Our Holy Father Serapion the Sindonite (5th c.) Blessed Isidore the Fool for Christ (1484)	28 St Pachomius the Great, founder of cenobitic monasticism (346) Our Father among the Saints Achillius, Bishop of Larissa (330)	29 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Ascension 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 Memorial Saturday Apostles Andronicus of the Seventy and his fellow-laborer Junia Holy Martyr Solochon (298)
31 8th Sunday of Pascha: Feast of the Holy Trinity Holy Pentecost Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra and seven virgin-martyrs with him (303) Holy Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Benedimus, Paulinus, and Heraclius (250)