15th of May

On the 15th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Venerable Father PACHOMIUS the GREAT; our Venerable Father ACHILLES, Bishop of LARISSA; our Venerable Father BARBARUS; our Venerable Father ISAIAH, Bishop of ROSTOV; the Venerable EUPHROSYNIUS (ELEAZAR) of PSKOV

St. Pachomius the Great

14th of May

On the 14th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr ISIDORE of CHIOS; our Venerable Father LEONTIUS, Patriarch of JERUSALEM; the Holy Nw Martyr JOHN the BULGERIAN; Saint ISIDORE of ROSTOV, the Fool for Christ

St. Isidore of Chios

13th of May

On the 13th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr GLYCERIA and of Saint LAODICIUS the Gaoler; our Holy Father PAUSICACIUS, Bishop of SYNNADA; our Venerable Fathers JOHN and EUTHYMIUS, founders of the Monastery of IVIRON, and of their kinsman GEORGE; the Venerable GABRIEL the IBERIAN, who received the Icon of the PORTAITISSA

12th of May

On the 12th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Holy Father EPIPHANIUS, Bishop of SALAMINA on Cyprus; our Holy Father GERMANUS, Archbishop of CONSTANTINOPLE; our Venerable Father ?THEODORE of CYTHERA; our Venerable Father PHILIP of AGIRA in Sicily; the Holy New Martryr JOHN of SERRES; the Holy New Martyr JOHN of WALLACHIA, hanged in Constantinople; our Venerable Father DIONYSIUS, Archimandrite of the TRINITY-SAINT SERGIUS Lavra

11th of May

On the 11th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr MOCIUS; the DEDICATION or INAUGURATION of the city of CONSTANTINOPLE, protected by God and dedicated to the protection of our Lady, the Most Holy Mother of God; our Holy Fathers CYRIL CONSTANTINE and METHODIUS, Equal to the Apostles and Evangelizers of the Slavs

10th of May

On the 10th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Apostle SIMON ZELOTES; the Holy Martyrs ALPHAEUS, PHILADELPHUS, CYPRIAN, ONESIMUS, ERASMUS and their FOURTEEN companions; Saint SIMON, Bishop of VLADIMIR and SUZDAL; our Venerable Father COMGALL, founder of the Monastery of BANGOR in Ireland

9th of May

On the 9th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Prophet ISAIAH; the Holy and Great Martyr CHRISTOPHER, with CALLINICA, AQUILINA and the TWO HUNDRED SOLDIERS who came to believe in Christ through him; the Holy Martyr NICOLAS the NEW of VOUNENI and his companions; the Translation of the Relics of Saint NICOLAS of Myra to Bari

8th of May

On the 8th of the month, we celebrate the Synaxis in honor of the Ash or holy ‘Manna’ produced by the Tomb of the Holy and Illustrious Apostle and Evangelist, JOHN the THEOLOGIAN, the Virgin Disciple and Beloved of Christ, the Friend who leaned on the Master’s breast; our Venerable Father ARSENIUS the GREAT

St. Arsenius the Great

7th of May (CORRECTED)

On the 7th of the month, we celebrate the Appearing in the Sky over Jerusalem of the Sign of the Precious and Life-giving CROSS; the Memory of the Holy Martyr CODRATUS of NICOMEDIA and of his companions RUFINUS and SATURNINUS; the Holy Martyr ACACIUS; our Venerable Father JOHN the PSYCHAITE; the Holy New Martyr PACHOMIUS of USSAKI; our Venerable Father NILUS of SORA (SORSKY); our Venerable Father JOHN of ZEDAZNENI and the TWELVE SYRIAN FATHERS, the founders of monasticism in GEORGIA; Saint ALEXIS (Toth) of WIKESBARRE, Confessor of Orthodoxy in America

6th of May

On the 6th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of Righteous JOB; the Holy Martyr BARBARUS, slain by the sword; our Venerable Father SERAPHIM of DOMBOS; the Venerable MICAH of RADONEZH; Translation of the Relics of Saint SAVA, First Archbishop of SERBIA; the Venerable ‘SINAITE’ Fathers, venerate in SERBIA

Righteous Job

5th of May

On the 5th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy and Great Martyr IRENE; our Holy Father EUTHYMIUS the Wonderworker, Bishop of MADYTOS; the Holy New Martyr EPHRAIM the NEWLY-REVEALED; the Venerable ADRIAN of MONZA; the Venerable BARLAAM and GIDEON of SERPOKHOV; our Holy Father HILARY, Bishop of ARLES

St. Hilary of Arles

4th of May

On the 4th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyr PELAGIA of TARSUS; our Holy Father HILARY the WONDERWORKER; our Venerable Father NICEPHORUS, founder of the Monastery of MEDIKION; our Venerable Father NICEPHORUS the HESYCHAST; Saint MONICA, mother of Saint Augustine

St. Monica

3rd of May

On the 3rd of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyrs TIMOTHY and MAURA; the Holy Martyr XENIA the Wonderworker; our Holy Father PETER the Wonderworker, Bishop of ARGOS; the Holy New Martyr AHMED the CALLIGRAPHER; our Venerable Father THEODOSIUS, Abbot of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES And founder of the cenobitic life in Russia

St. Theodosius of the Kiev Caves

2nd of May

On the 2nd of the month, we celebrate the Finding of the RELICS of our Holy Father among the Saints ATHANASIUS the GREAT, Archbishop of ALEXANDRIA; Memory of the Holy Martyrs HESPERIUS and ZOË his wife, and their children CYRIACUS and THEODULUS; Saint BORIS-MICHAEL, Tsar of BULGARIA; the Venerable BASIL KADOMSKY, Fool for Christ of Ryazan

St. Zoe

1st of May

On the 1st of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Prophet JEREMIAH; the Holy Martyr PHILOSOPHUS, slain by the sword; our Holy Father PANARETUS, Bishop of PAPHOS on Cyprus; the Venerable ISIDORA the Fool for Christ; the Holy New Martyr ROMANUS of RAQQA; the Holy New Martyrs EUTHYMIUS, IGNATIUS and ACACIUS of the Skete of the Forerunner on Mount Athos; our holy Father NICEPHORUS of CHIOS; the Holy Hieromartyr MACARIUS, Metropolitan of KIEV; the Venerable PAPHNUTIUS of BOROVSK; the Venerable GERASIMUS of BOLDINO; the Holy and Devout Queen TAMARA of GEORGIA; Saint BRIEUC of BRITTANY; Saint SIGISMUND, King of the BURGUNDIANS

30th of April

On the 30th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy and Glorious Apostle JAMES, Brother of Saint John the Theologian; our Holy Father DONATUS, Bishop of EUROEA; the Holy New Martyr ARGYRA; our Holy Father IGNATIUS (Brianchaninov), Bishop of STAVROPOL; the Holy Hieromartyr EUTROPIUS, First Bishop of SAINTES

St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov)

29th of April

On the 29th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Apostles JASON and SOSIPATER and their companions, the Seven Robbers, and CERCYRA, daughter of King Cercylian;our Holy Father JOHN KALOKTENES, Metropolitan of THEBES (Boeotia), the New Merciful One; our Venerable Father NICEPHORUS of SEBAZE; our Holy Father BASIL, Bishop of OSTROG; the Holy Martyr HIBAT ALLAH of DAMASCUS

Ss. Jason and Sosipater

27th of April

On the 27th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr SYMEON the Lord’s Brother, Bishop of JERUSALEM; our Venerable Father JOHN the CONFESSOR, Abbot of the KATHARA Monastery; the Holy Martyr POLLION the Reader; Saint EULOGIUS the HOSPITABLE, who died in peace; our Venerable Father STEPHEN of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves, Bishop of VLADIMIR

26th of April

On the 26th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr BASIL, Bishop of AMASEA, and of Saint GLAPHYRA; our Holy Father STEPHEN, Bishop of PERM; the Venerable JOANNICIUS of DEVICH; our Venerable Father RICHARIUS, Abbot in PICARDY

St. Basil of Amasea