On the 25th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Third Finding of the Venerable Head of the Holy and Illustrious Prophet and Forerunner JOHN the BAPTIST
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
16th of May
On the 16th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Venerable Father THEODORE the SANCTIFIED, disciple of Saint Pachomius; the Holy Martyrs ABDA and ABDIESUS, Bishops, and of their THIRTY-EIGHT companions; the FORTY-FOUR MONKS of the Monastery of SAINT SABAS, massacred by the Bedouins; Saint NICOLAS the MYSTIC, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; the Holy New Martyr NICOLAS of METSOVO
St. Theodore the Sanctified
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
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