4th of June

On the 4th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Holy Father METROPHANES, Archbishop of Constantinople; the Venerable SOPHIA; Saints MARTHA and MARY, the sisters of LAZARUS; our Venerable Father METHODIUS of PESHNOSHA

3rd of June

On the 3rd of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyrs LUCILLIAN and the four children: CLAUDIUS, HYPATIUS, PAUL and DIONYSIUS, and of the Holy Martyr PAULA; our Venerable Father ATHANASIUS of TRAIANNOS, the Wonderworker; the Holy New Hieromartyr JOSEPH, Metropolitan of THESSALONICA; Saint CLOTILDE, Queen of the Franks; the Venerable KEVIN of IRELAND

2nd of June

On the 2nd of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Holy Father NICEPHORUS the CONFESSOR, Patriarch of Constantinople; our Holy Father NICEPHORUS, Bishop of MILET; the Holy Hieromartyr ERASMUS of OCHRID, who died in peace, and of his TWENTY THOUSAND Companions, slain by the sword; the Holy New Martyr JOHN the NEW of SUCEAVA; the Holy New Martyr DEMETRIUS of PHILADELPHIA; the Holy New Martyr CONSTANTINE, the converted Muslim; the Holy Hieromartyr PHOTINUS (POTHINUS), Bishop of LYONS

St. Nicephorus the Confessor

1st Sunday of June

On the First Sunday in June, we celebrate the Synaxis of the Holy Martyrs of CHELM And PODLASIE: Archpriest BASIL Martysz, Archpriest PAUL Szajko and his wife JOANNA, the priests NICOLAS Holc, LEO Korobczuk, PETER Ocyryzko and SERGIUS Zakharczuk, the monk IGNATIUS and many other un-named martyrs

1st of June

On the 1st of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr JUSTIN the Philosopher and of his companions: CHARITON, CHARITA, EUELPISTUS, HIERAX, PEON and LIBERIAN; our Venerable Father AGAPITUS, the Unmercenary Physician of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES; our Venerable Father DIONYSIUS of GLUSHITSA; the Holy New Martyr ONUPHRIUS, Archbishop of KUSK and OBOYAN

31st of May

On the 31st of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr HERMIAS and of the MAGUS who, having been converted, perished by the sword; our Holy Father PHILOTHEUS, Bishop of TOBOLSK and Metropolitan of Siberia

St. Philotheus of Tobolsk

29th of May

On the 29th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Virgin and Martyr THEODOSIA; the Venerable Martyr THEODOSIA of CONSTANTINOPLE; our Holy Father ALEXANDER, Archbishop of ALEXANDRIA; the Holy Hieromartyr OLBIAN, Bishop of ANAIA, and his companions; the Holy New Martyr JOHN of THESSALONICA, named ‘NANNOS’; Blessed JOHN of USTIUG, the Fool for Christ and Wonderworker; Saint LUKE of SIMFEROPOL and the Crimea

St. Luke of Simferopol

28th of May

On the 28th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr EUTYCHIUS; the Holy Martyr HELICONIS; Saint ALEXANDER, Bishop of THESSALONICA; our Venerable Father ANDREW the FOOL for CHRIST; the Holy New Martyr ZACHARIAH of PRUSSA; our Holy Father IGNATIUS, Bishop of ROSTOV; our Holy Father GERMANUS, Bishop of Paris

St. Andrew the Fool for Christ

27th of May

On the 27th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr HELLADIUS; the Venerable Father JOHN the RUSSIAN, Confessor and Wonderworker; our Venerable Father THERAPONTUS of the WHITE LAKE

St. John the Russian

26th of May

On the 26th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy and Glorious Martyr CARPUS, one of the Seventy; the Holy New Martyr ALEXANDER of THESSALONICA; Saint INNOCENT, Bishop of CHERSON-NESUS; our Holy Father AUGUSTINE, Bishop of CANTERBURY

24th of May

On the 24th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Venerable Father SYMEON the YOUNGER, STYLITE of the WONDERFUL MOUNTAIN; the Holy Martyrs, MELETIUS STRATELATES and his companions: JOHN, STEPHEN, SERAPION the Egyptian, CALLINICUS the Magician and the twelve tribunes; the holy women MARCIANNE, PALLADIA and SUSANNAH, the who infants, CYRIACUS and CHRISTIAN and the eleven thousand two hundred and eight martyrs who suffered with them; the Venerable NICETAS the STYLITE of PEREYASLAVL; our Venerable Father VINCENT of LERINS

23rd of May

On the 23rd of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Venerable Father MICHAEL the CONFESSOR, Metropolitan of SYNNADA; the Finding of the Relics of our Holy Father LEONTIUS of ROSTOV; the Venerable EUPHROSYNE, Abbess of POLOTSK

22nd of May

On the 22nd of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr BASILISCUS; the Holy SECOND ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, assembled in CONSTANTINOPLE in 381; the Holy Hieromartyrs DONATUS the Bishop, MACARIUS the PRIEST and THEODORE the Deacon; the Holy New Martyr PAUL of PELOPONNESE; the Holy Martyr JOHN VLADIMIR, King of Serbia and Wonderworker

21st of May

On the 21st of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Emperor, Crowned by God and Equal to the Apostles, CONSTANTINE the GREAT and his mother Empress HELENA; the Holy Princes of MUROM: CONSTANTINE and his sons MICHAEL and THEODORE

20th of May

On the 20th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr THALELAEUS and his companions ALEXANDER and ASTERIUS; Saint LYDIA; our Venerable Fathers NICETAS, JOHN and JOSEPH, founders of the Monastery of NEA-MONI on CHIOS; our Venerable Father THALASSIUS the LIBYAN; our Venerable Father STEPHEN of PIPERI in Serbia

19th of May

On the 19th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy and Glorious Martyr PATRICK, Bishop of PRUSA, and of his companions, ACACIUS, MENANDER and POLYENUS; the THIRTEEN Martyrs of the Monastery of KANTARA on Cyprus: Abbot JOHN, CONON, BARNABAS, GENNADIUS, GERASIMUS, THEOCTISTUS, JEREMIAH, JOSEPH, MARK, CYRIL, THEOGNOSTUS and MAXIMUS; our Venerable Father CORNELIUS of KOMEL; Saint DIMITRI DONSKOI, Grand Prince of MOSCOW; the Venerable SERGIUS of SHUKHTOM; our Venerable Father DONSTAN, Archbishop of CANTERBURY

18th of May

On the 18th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy and Glorious Martyrs, PETER, DIONYSIA, CHRISTINA, ANDREW and PAUL; the Memory of the SEVEN Virgin Martyrs of ANCYRA: ALEXANDRA, THECUSA, CLAUDIA, PHAINE, EUPHRASIA, MATRONA and JULIA, and of the Holy Martyr THEODOTUS; the Memory of the Venerable Archimandrite MACARIUS Glukharev; the Holy Archpriest JOHN (Gashkevich) of KORMA

St. John of Korma

17th of May

On the 17th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Apostles ANDRONICUS and JUNIA; the Holy Martyr SOLOCHON and his companions PAMPHAMER and PAMPHALON; our Venerable Fathers NECTARIUS and THEOPHANES, founders of the Monastery of BARLAAM on the Meteora; our Holy Father ATHANASIUS the NEW, Bishop of CHRISTIANOPOLIS, the Wonderworker; the Holy Archpriest JONAH (Atamanski) of ODESSA

Apostles Andronicus and Julia