Church Calendar
Feasts, fasts and the saints of each day.
The Lenten fast runs to May 1.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| Saturday, May 1Great and Holy Saturday Saturday, May 1
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| Sunday, May 2, great feastHoly PaschaGreat feastThe Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Sunday, May 2
| Monday, May 3Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Caves Monday, May 3
| Tuesday, May 4Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus Tuesday, May 4
| Wednesday, May 5Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica Wednesday, May 5
| Thursday, May 6Righteous Job the Longsuffering Thursday, May 6
| Friday, May 7The Life-Giving Spring of the Most Holy Theotokos Friday, May 7
| Saturday, May 8Apostle John the Theologian Saturday, May 8
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| Sunday, May 9Antipascha: 2nd Sunday of PaschaThomas Sunday Sunday, May 9
| Monday, May 10Apostle Simon the Zealot Monday, May 10
| Tuesday, May 11Day of Rejoicing (Radonitsa) Tuesday, May 11
| Wednesday, May 12Epiphanius of CyprusFast · wine and oil | Thursday, May 13Virgin Martyr Glyceria | Friday, May 14Martyr Isidore of Chios Friday, May 14
| Saturday, May 15Pachomius the Great Saturday, May 15
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| Sunday, May 163rd Sunday of PaschaMyrrhbearing Women Sunday, May 16
| Monday, May 17Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy and Junia Monday, May 17
| Tuesday, May 18Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra Tuesday, May 18
| Wednesday, May 19Hieromartyr Patrick of PrusaFast · wine and oil | Thursday, May 20Martyr Thalelaeus of Cilicia Thursday, May 20
| Friday, May 21Constantine and HelenFast · wine and oil | Saturday, May 22Martyr Basiliscus of Comana Saturday, May 22
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| Sunday, May 234th Sunday of PaschaParalytic Sunday, May 23
| Monday, May 24Simeon the Stylite | Tuesday, May 25Third Finding of the Head of St. John the Baptist Tuesday, May 25
| Wednesday, May 26Midfeast of Pentecost Wednesday, May 26
| Thursday, May 27Hieromartyr Therapon Thursday, May 27
| Friday, May 28Nicetas of Chalcedon Friday, May 28
| Saturday, May 29Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Tyre Saturday, May 29
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| Sunday, May 305th Sunday of PaschaSamaritan Woman Sunday, May 30
| Monday, May 31Apostle Hermes of the Seventy |
- SatSaturday, May 1Great and Holy SaturdayFast · wine
Saturday, May 1
- Great and Holy Saturday
- Prophet Jeremiah
- Paphnutius of Borovsk
- Tamara (Tamar), Queen of Georgia
- Synaxis of the Three New Righteous Martyrs of the Holy Mountain, Euthymius, Ignatius, and Acacius
- Holy Pascha
- SunSunday, May 2, great feastGreat feastThe Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus ChristThe Pentecostarion begins
Sunday, May 2
- The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
- Translation of the Relics of Boris and Gleb
- Athanasius the Great, Patr. of Alexandria
- Matrona (the Blind) of Moscow
- Martyrs Hesperus, his wife Zoë, and their sons Cyriac and Theodulus
- Holy Tsar Boris-Michael of Bulgaria
- MonMonday, May 3Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Caves
Monday, May 3
- Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Caves
- Peter the Wonderworker
- Xenia of Kalamata the Great Martyr
- Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoe
- TueTuesday, May 4Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus
Tuesday, May 4
- Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus
- Nikephoros the Hesychast
- Monica, mother of Blessed Augustine
- WedWednesday, May 5Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica
Wednesday, May 5
- Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica
- The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger
- ThuThursday, May 6Righteous Job the Longsuffering
Thursday, May 6
- Righteous Job the Longsuffering
- Job, abbot and wonderworker of Pochaev
- Martyr Barbarus the Soldier, with Bacchus, Callimachus and Dionysius
- Sophia the Righteous
- FriFriday, May 7The Life-Giving Spring of the Most Holy Theotokos
Friday, May 7
- The Life-Giving Spring of the Most Holy Theotokos
- Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (April 24 OC)
- Nilus, abbot of Sora
- Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem in 351 AD
- Our Holy Fathers of Georgia
- Martyr Acacius the Centurion at Byzantium
- Lydia of Philippi
- SatSaturday, May 8Apostle John the Theologian
Saturday, May 8
- Apostle John the Theologian
- Our Righteous Father Arsenios the Great
- Emilia, mother of Sts Macrina, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Theosevia
- Antipascha: 2nd Sunday of Pascha
- SunSunday, May 9Thomas Sunday
Sunday, May 9
- Thomas Sunday
- Prophet Isaiah
- Translation of the Relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
- Martyr Christopher
- MonMonday, May 10Apostle Simon the Zealot
Monday, May 10
- Apostle Simon the Zealot
- Martyrs Alphaeus, Philadelphus and Cyprinus of Sicily
- Isidora the Fool of Tabenna (Egypt)
- Blessed Thaïs (Taïsia) of Egypt
- TueTuesday, May 11Day of Rejoicing (Radonitsa)
Tuesday, May 11
- Day of Rejoicing (Radonitsa)
- Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs
- Dioscoros the New Martyr
- Argyrios the New-Martyr of Epanomi
- Hieromartyr Mocius
- WedWednesday, May 12Epiphanius of CyprusFast · wine and oil
- ThuThursday, May 13Virgin Martyr Glyceria
- FriFriday, May 14Martyr Isidore of ChiosFast · wine and oil
Friday, May 14
- Martyr Isidore of Chios
- Isidore, Fool-for-Christ of Rostov
- Hieromartyr Therapontus
- Leontius of Jerusalem
- Serapion the Sindonite
- SatSaturday, May 15Pachomius the Great
Saturday, May 15
- Pachomius the Great
- Slain Crown Prince Dimitry of Moscow
- Our Father among the Saints Achillius of Larissa
- 3rd Sunday of Pascha
- SunSunday, May 16Myrrhbearing Women
Sunday, May 16
- Myrrhbearing Women
- Theodore the Sanctified
- Translation of the Relics of Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop
- Nicholas Mystikos of Constantinople
- Blessed Musa the Maiden
- Brendan the Voyager, abbot of Clonfert
- MonMonday, May 17Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy and Junia
Monday, May 17
- Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy and Junia
- Athanasios of Christianopolis
- Martyr Solochon
- TueTuesday, May 18Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra
Tuesday, May 18
- Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra
- Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Benedimus, Paulinus, and Heraclius
- WedWednesday, May 19Hieromartyr Patrick of PrusaFast · wine and oil
- ThuThursday, May 20Martyr Thalelaeus of Cilicia
Thursday, May 20
- Martyr Thalelaeus of Cilicia
- Uncovering of the Relics of St. Aleksy of Kiev
- FriFriday, May 21Constantine and HelenFast · wine and oil
- SatSaturday, May 22Martyr Basiliscus of Comana
Saturday, May 22
- Martyr Basiliscus of Comana
- John-Vladimir, Ruler of Serbia
- Righteous Melchizedek, king of Salem
- Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council
- 4th Sunday of Pascha
- SunSunday, May 23Paralytic
Sunday, May 23
- Paralytic
- Michael the Confessor
- Uncovering of the Relics of St. Leonty of Rostov
- Holy Myrrh-bearer Mary, wife of Cleopas
- Martyr Michael of St. Sabbas' Monastery
- Holy Virgin Euphrosyne, Princess of Polotsk
- MonMonday, May 24Simeon the Stylite
- TueTuesday, May 25Third Finding of the Head of St. John the Baptist
Tuesday, May 25
- Third Finding of the Head of St. John the Baptist
- Hieromartyr Therapon of Cyprus
- Martyrs Pasicrates, Valentian, Julius and those with them
- WedWednesday, May 26Midfeast of PentecostFast · fish, wine and oil
Wednesday, May 26
- Midfeast of Pentecost
- Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus of the Seventy
- Great Martyr George the New at Sofia
- Augustine of Canterbury, evangelizer of England
- Holy New Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica
- ThuThursday, May 27Hieromartyr Therapon
Thursday, May 27
- Hieromartyr Therapon
- Translation of the Relics of St. Nilus of Stolbensk
- Martyrs Theodora and Didymus
- Holy New Confessor John the Russian
- David of Garesjei
- Venerable Bede (Baeda)
- FriFriday, May 28Nicetas of ChalcedonFast · wine and oil
Friday, May 28
- Nicetas of Chalcedon
- Ignaty of Rostov
- Hieromartyr Eutychius of Melitene
- Helikonis the Martyr
- SatSaturday, May 29Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Tyre
Saturday, May 29
- Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Tyre
- Rep. Bl. John of Ustiug
- Commemoration of the First Ecumenical Council
- The Fall of Constantinople; "Blessed Constantine XII, last of the Byzantine emperors, martyred by the Turks"
- 5th Sunday of Pascha
- SunSunday, May 30Samaritan Woman
Sunday, May 30
- Samaritan Woman
- Isaac, Founder of Dalmatian Monastery
- Macrina, grandmother of St. Basil the Great
- MonMonday, May 31Apostle Hermes of the Seventy
Key
- Great feast, with its Old-calendar date
- Bar on the left: a fast day (see the label for what’s allowed)
- Strict fastno meat, dairy, fish, wine or oil
- Fast · wine and oilwine and oil allowed
- Fast · fish, wine and oilfish, wine and oil allowed
- Fast · winewine allowed
- No label: no fast
This calendar follows the New (Revised Julian) calendar as kept by the Orthodox Church in America. The Greek and Antiochian calendars may differ slightly on some saints and fasting details. On the Old calendar, fixed feasts fall 13 days later. Fasting practice varies; follow your priest’s guidance.Calendar data: Orthocal, New calendar.