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 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
30th of May
On the 30th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Venerable Father ISAAC the Confessor, Founder of the Monastery of Dalmatia in Constantinople
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
25th of May
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