May 2000
| 1 Monday |
Bright Monday. Prophet Jeremiah. St. Paphnutius, abbot of Borovsk. Martyr Bacas of Nisibis. Hieromartyr Macarius, metropolitan of Kiev. Martyrs Euchymius, Ignatius, and Acacius of Mt. Athos. St. Gerasimus, abbot of Boldinsk. St.Tamara the Queen of Georgia. (Gr. Cal.: St. Isidora. St. Panarecus of Cyprus, archbishop. Martyr Sabbas. St. Nicephorus of Chios, monk.). Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy." Repose of Schemamonk Luke of Glinsk Hermitage (1898). |
| 2 Tuesday |
Bright Tuesday. St. Athanasius the Great, patriarch of Alexandria. St. Athanasius of Lubensk, patriarch of Constantinople. Martyrs Hesperus, Zoe, and their sons Cyriacus and Theodulus, at Attalia. Translation of the relics of the Holy Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb, in holy baptism Romanus and David. St. Boris-Michael, prince of Bulgaria. (Gr. Cal.: St. Jordan the Wonderworker). |
| 3 Wedneday |
Bright Wednesday. Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoc in Egypt. St. Theodosius, abbot of the Kiev Caves Monastery and founder of coenobitic monasticism in Russia. St. Peter the Wonderworker, bishop of Argolis. St. Ansfried, bishop of Utrecht. (Gr. Cal.: St. Ecumenius of Trikala, the Wonderworker. Great-martyr Xenia of Peloponnesus, the Wonderworker. Translation of the relics of St. Luke of Mt. Stirion. Martyr Ahmet the Calligrapher of Constantinople. Martyr Mary of Crete.) "Svenskaya" (Kiev Caves) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. |
| 4 Thursday |
Bright Thursday.Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor. Hieromartyr Silvanus, bishop of Gaza. Hieromartyr Albian (Olbian), bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor. Hieromartyr Erasmus, bishop of Formia in Campania. Translacion of the relics of the Righteous Lazarus and St. Mary Magdalen, Equal-to-the-Apostles. Martyrs Aphrodisius, Leontius, Anthony, Valerian, Macrobius, and others, monks of Palestine. St. Nicephorus, abbot of Medikion. St. Nicephorus of Mt. Athos. St. Athanasius, bishop of Corinth. The Alfanov brothers: Sts. Nicetas, Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, and Isaac of Novgorod, founders of the Sokolnitzki Monastery. (Gr. Cal.: St. Hilary the Wonderworker of the desert). |
| 5 Friday |
Bright Friday. Great-martyr Irene of Thessalonica. Martyrs Neophytus, Gaius, and Gaianus. Sts. Martin and Heraclius, of Illyria. St. Micah, disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh. St. Adrian, abbot of Monza Monastery. Uncovering of the relics of St. James, abbot of Zheleznoborov. St. Nicholas (Velimirovich), bishop of Zica (1956). (Gr. Cal.: St. Euthymius, bishop of Maditos in Thrace, the Wonderworker). |
| 6 Saturday |
Bright Saturday. Righteous Job the Long-suffering. St. Job, abbot and wonderworker of Pochaev. Martyrs Barbarus the Soldier, Bacchus, Callimachus, and Dionysius, in Morea. Martyr Barbarus in Thessaly. Translation of the relics of St. Pachomius of Nerekhta. Translation of the relics of St. Sava the Serbian. (Gr. Cal.: Sts. Mamas, Pachomius, and Hilarion, monks. Martyrs Demetrius, Danax, Mesirus, Therin, and Donatus. St. Seraphim of Mt. Domvu). |
| 7 Sunday |
2nd Sunday of Pascha, Thomas' Sunday,
Anti-Pascha. Tone 1. Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious
Cross over Jerusalem in 351 A.D. Martyr Acacius the centurion at Byzantium. Repose
of St. Nilus, abbot of Sora. St. John of Zaden in Georgia, and 12 disciples: Sts. Shio,
David, Anthony, Thaddeus, Stephen, Isidore, Michael, Pyrrhus, Zeno, Jesse, Joseph, and
Abibus. Martyr Pachomius of Patmos. Uncovering of the relics of St. Nilus the Myrrh-gusher
of Mt. Athos. St. Domitianus, bishop of Maastricht. "Zhirovits" Icon of the Most
Holy Theotokos. Repose of Hieromonk Eulogius of Valaam and Schemamonk Boris (Nicholas)
of Valaam and Pskov (1969). Acts 5:12-20, John 20:19-31. |
| 8 Monday |
Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. St. Arsenius the Great. St. Arsenius of Novgorod, fool-for-Christ. St. Arsenius the Lover of Labor, of the Kiev Caves. St. Hierax of Egypt. St. Macarius of Ghent, archbishop. St. Emilia, mother of Sts. Macrina, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa. (Gr. Cal.: St. Milles the Melode, monk. Commemoration of the miraculous healing of blinded Stephen by the Mother of God of Cassiopia.) Repose of Hiero-schemamonk Michael of Valaam (1934) and of Blessed Basiliscus of Uglich (1863). |
| 9 Tuesday |
Translation of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari. Prophet Isaiah. Martyr Christopher of Lycia, and with him Martyrs Callinica and Aquilina. Martyr Epimachus the New of Alexandria. Martyr Gordion at Rome. Monk-martyr Nicholas who lived in Vuneni, of Larissa in Thessaly. St. Shio, monk, of Georgia. St. Joseph of Optina. |
| 10 Wednesday |
Apostle Simon Zeiotes. St. Simon, bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal (Kiev Caves). St. Isidora the Fool of Tabenna in Egypt. Blessed Thais (Taisia) of Egypt. Martyr Hesychius of Ancioch. Martyrs Philadelphus, Cyprian, Alphius, Onesimus, Erasmus, and 14 others, in Sicily. St. Laurence, monk, of Egypt. St. Conleth of Ireland. Blessed Simon of Yuricvits, fool-for-Christ. Translation of the relics of the Blessed Martyr Basil of Mangazea in Siberia. Repose of Blessed Synesius of Irkutsk, friend of St. Sophronius (1787) and of Eldress Thais (Taisia) of Voronezh (1840). |
| 11 Thursday |
Holy Equal-to-the Apostles Methodius and Cyril, first teachers of the Slavs. Hieromartyr Mocius (Mucius), presbyter of Amphipolis in Macedonia. Commemoration of the Founding of Constantinople. St. Comgall, founder of Bangor Monastery in Ireland. St. Nicodcmus, archbishop of Serbia. St. Sophronius, recluse of the Kiev Caves. St. Joseph, metropolitan of Astrakhan. Martyrs Dioscorus and Argyrus. St. Bcssarion, archbishop of Larissa. Martyr Acacius of Lower Mocsia. St. Wiro, Irish monk-missionary to the Netherlands. |
| 12 Friday |
St. Epiphanlus, bishop of Cyprus, and St. Germanus, patriarch of Constantinople. Martyr Pancratius of Rome. St. Sabinus, archbishop of Cyprus. St. Polybius, bishop in Cyprus. St. Dionysius, archimandrite of St. Sergius' Monastery. St. Hcrmogcnes, patriarch of Moscow. New Martyr John of Walachia. (Gr. Cal.: St. Theodore of Cythera, monk.) Commemoration of Monk Dorotheas, disciple of St. Dionysius of St. Sergius' Lavra. |
| 13 Saturday |
Virgin-martyr Glyceria at Heraclea. Martyr Laodicius, jailer of St. Glyceria. Martyr Alexander of Rome. St. George the Confessor of Constantinople. St. Pausicacius, bishop of Synnada. St. Leander of Seville. St. Euthymius the New, founder of Iveron Monastery, and his fellow Georgian saints of Mt. Athos: his father John, his cousin George, and Gabriel. Commemoration of the monks of Iveron Monastery martyred by the Latins in the 13th century. Righteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod. Translation of the relics of St. Macarius, archimandrite of Obruch or Kanev. St. Macarius, abbot of Glushets (Vologda). St. Sergius Georgius the Confessor of Constantinople. St. Servatius, defender against Arianism (Neth.). (Gr. Cal.: St. Niccphorus, priest of the monastery of Ephapsios. Hieromartyr Alexander of Tiverias.) Repose of Righteous Priest Alexis of Bortsurmany, disciple of St. Seraphim (1848) and of Ryassophore Monk John of St. Nilus of Sora Monastery (1863). |
| 14 Sunday |
3rd Sunday of Pascha.
Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women. Tone 2. Martyr
Isidore of Chios. St. Isidore, fool-for-Chrisr, Wonderworker of Rostov. Martyr Maximus.
St. Serapion, monk, of Egypt. St. Aprunculus, bishop of Clermont in Gaul. St. Nicetas,
bishop of Novgorod and recluse of the Kiev Caves. Martyr Mark of Crete, at Smyrna. Martyr
John of Bulgaria. First opening of the relics of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk (1846). (Gr. Cal:
Sts. Alexander, Barbaras, and Acolythus, martyred at the Church of Holy Peace by the Sea
in Constantinople. St. Leontius, patriarch of Jerusalem.) Commemoration of the
martyrdom by the Poles of Abbot Anthony with 40 monks and 1,000 laymen of St. Paisius of
Uglich Monastery, and Abbot Daniel with 30 monks and 200 laymen of St. Nicholas Monastery
(1609).. Acts 6:1-7, Mark 15:43-16-8. |
| 15 Monday |
St. Pachomius the Great, founder of coenobitic monasticism. St. Isaiah, bishop and wonderworker of Rostov. The slain Crown Prince Demecrius of Moscow. St. Achilles, bishop of Larissa. St. Euphrosynus, abbot, wonderworker of Pskov, and his disciple St. Serapion. St. Isaiah, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves. St. Pachomius, abbot, and St. Silvanus, of Nerekhta. St. Demetrius, prince-prisoner, of Uglich (Vologda). Russian New Martyrs Archbishop Pachomius of Chernigov (1938), his brother Archbishop Abercius (1927), their father Priest Nicholas Kedrov (1936), and their brocher-in-law Priest Vladimir Zagarsky (1937). (Gr. Cal: St. Barbarus the Myrrh-gusher of Corfu. St. Andrew the Hermit and Wonderworker). |
| 16 Tuesday |
St. Theodore the Sanctified, disciple of St. Pachomius the Great. Blessed child Musa of Rome. St. Ephraim, abbot of Perekop (Novgorod). St. George, bishop of Micylene. Martyr Abdicsus, bishop, and companions in Persia. Martyr Peter of Blachernae. St. Nicholas the Mystic, patriarch of Constantinople. Martyrs Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia at Lucania. St. Brendan. Monk-martyrs of the community of St. Sava the Sanctified. Marcyr Nicholas of Metsov, whose relics are at Meteora. Sts. Cassian and Laurence, abbots of Komel (Vologda). (Gr. Cal.: St. Alexander, archbishop of Jerusalem. St. Euphemia near Neaorion.) Hieromonk Matthew of Yaramsk in Vyatka (1927). |
| 17 Wednesday |
Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy and his fellow laborer Junia. St. Stephen, archbishop of Constantinople. Martyrs Solochon, Pamphamer, and Pamphalon at Chalcedon. Translation of the relics of St. Adrian, abbot of Ondrusov. Sts. Nectarius and Theophanes of Meteora. St. Euphrosyne (Princess Eudocia) of Moscow. (Gr. Cal.: St. Athanasius the New, Wonderworker of Chriscianopolis.) Repose of Righteous Priest Jonah of Odessa (1924). |
| 18 Thursday |
Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra, and with him the seven Virgin-martyrs: Alexandra, Tecusa, Claudia, Phaine, Euphraisa, Matrona and Julia. Martyrs Peter, Dionysius and those who suffered under Decius: Andrew, Paul, Christina, Hcraclius, Paulinus, and Benedimus. Martyrs Symeon, Isaac and Bachtisius of Persia. Martyr Euphrasia of Nicaea. Martyr Theodota at Ancyra. Martyrs David and Tarechan of Georgia. (Gr. Cal.: Martyr Julian. St. Stephen the New, patriarch of Constantinople. Hieromartyr Theodore, pope of Rome. St. Anastaso of Lukada. St. Martinian of Areovinchus, monk.) Repose of Archimandrite Macarius, missionary to the Altai, Siberia (1847) and of Blessed Philip, founder of the Gethsemane Caves Skete of St. Sergius' Lavra (1869). |
| 19 Friday |
Hieromartyr Patrick, of Prussa, bishop and with him presbyters: Acacius, Menander and Polyenus (100). Ven. Cornelius, abbot of Komel (Vologda - 1537). Martyr Acoluthus of the Thebaid,(284-303). St. John, bishop of the Goths in Crimea (8th cen.). St. John, prince of Uglich, tonsured as Ignatius (Vologda), (1537). St. Sergius, monk, of Shukhtov (1609). St. Cornelius, abbot of Paleostrov (15th cen.). Martyr Cyriaca. Martyr Theotima. Commemoretion of the ascetic of St. Anthony of Syadem Monastery: Elias, (also Valaam) Theophanes and Dionysius. |
| 20 Saturday |
Martyrs: Thalelaeus, Alexander and Asterius at Aegae in Cilicia and with him (284). St. Alexis, metro- politan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia (Finding of Relics, 1431). Martyr Asclas of Egypt (287). St. Thalassius the Myrrh-giver of Libya (7th cen.). Sts. Nicetas, John, and Joseph monks, of Chios (1050). St. Dovmont - Timothy, prince of Pskov (1299). St. Mark the Hermit. St. Stephen, ab- bot of "Piper" in Serbia. St. Dodo, disciple of St. David of Georgia (7th cen.). Repose of Schema- monk Cyriacus of Valaam (1798). |
| 21 Sunday |
4th Sunday of Pascha. Sunday of the
Parylityc. Tone 3. Equal-to-the-Apostles Constantine, Emperor (337).
Equal-to-the-Apostles Helena mother of Emperor Constantine (327). Blessed Constantine,
prince with his children Michael and Theodore, wonderwor- kers of Murom (1129). St.
Cassian the Greek, monk of Uglich (1504). St. Agapitus, abbot of Marku- shev (Vologda -
1558). Martyr Pachomius of Patmos (1780). St. Basil, bishop of Ryazan. St. Hospicius of
Thier (Gaul). Repose of Elder Isaac of Dionysius Monastery of Mt. Athos (1932). Acts 9:32-42, John 5:1-15. |
| 22 Monday |
Martyr Basiliscus, bishop of Comana. St. John - Vladimir, ruler of Serbia (308). Hieromartyr Zachariah of Prussa (1802). Blessed James, youth, of Borovichi (Novgorod, 17th cen.). Righteous Melchisedec, king of Salem. Martyrs: Marcellus, Codratus, Paul, Demetrius and Sophia. Repose of Cleopas of Valaam, disciple of St. Paisius Velichkovsky (1816). |
| 23 Tuesday |
St. Michael the Confessor, bishop of Synnada (818). St. Leontius, bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov (Uncovering of Relics 1164). Martyr Michael "the black-robbed" of St. Sabbas' Monastery (9th cen). St. Euphrosyne, princess of Polock (1173). St. Paisius, abbot of Galich (15th cen.). Holy Myrrh-bearer Mary, wife of Cleopas. Martyr Salonas the Roman. Martyr Seleucus. Hieromonk Damascene of Valaam (1825). |
| 24 Wednesday |
Mid-Pentecost. Ven. Simeon Stylites (the Younger) of Wonderful Mountain (596).Ven. Nikita Stylites, Wonderworker of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski (1186). St. Vincent of Lerins. Martyrs: Meletius Stratelas, Stephen, John, Serapion the Egyptian, Callnicus the Magician, Theodore, Faustus, Marciana, Susanna, Palladia, Cyriacus (child), Christian (child), tribunes: Faustus, Festus, Marcellus, Theodore, Meletius, Sergius, Marcelinus, Felix, Theodoricus, Mercurius, Didymus and 1,218 soldiers with women and children in Galatia (138-161). St. Gregory, archbishop of Novgorod. |
25 |
Third Finding of the Honorable Head of St. John the Baptist. Hieromartyr Therapon, bishop of Cyprus (6th cen.). St. Dodo, prince of Georgia (7th cen.). Sts. Yaropolk, Stephen, Macarius, Igor and Juliana of Volhynia. Righteouses John and Mary of Ustiug (Vologda). Martyr Celestine. St. Olbian, monk. Repose of recluse George of Zadonsk (1836). |
| 26 Friday |
Apostle of the Seventy Carpus (1st cen.). Greatmartyr George the New at Sophia (1515). St. Augustine of Canterbury, Evangelizer of England. Apostle of the Seventy Alphaeus and with him children Abercius and Helen (1st cen.). St. John Psichaita the Confessor of Constantinople (9th cen.). Uncovering of the relics of St. Macarius, abbot of Kolyazin (1521). Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica, who suffered at Smyrna (1794). |
| 27 Saturday |
Hieromartyr Thearapontes, bishop of Sardis (3rd cen.). Finding of Relics of Ven. Nilus of Stolbensk (1667). Virgin-martyr Theodora of Alexandria (304). Martyr Didymus the Soldier of Alexandria. Translation of the relic of Sts metropolitans of Kiev: Cyprian, Photius and Jonah (1472). St. Therapont, abbot of Byelozersk (1426). St. Therapont, abbot of Monza (16th cen.). St. John the Russian (1730). Martyr Eusebiotus. Martyr Alypius. Hieromartyr Helladius. |
| 28 Sunday |
5th Sunday of Pascha. Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. Tone 4. St. Nicetas,
bishop of Chalcedon (9th cen.). St. Ignatius, bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov (1288).
St. Germanus (Germaine), bishop of Paris. Hieromartyr Helladius, bishop of the East (6th -
7th cens.). St. Eutychius, bishop of Melitene (1st cen.). Woman-martyr Heliconis of
Thessalonica (244). Ven. Sophronius, monk, of Bulgaria (1510). Martyr Demetrius (1794).
Martyr Zachariah of Prusa (1802).Martyrs: Crescens, Paul and Dioscorus of Rome.
Virgin-Martyr Theodosia of Tyre (307-308). Repose of Blessed John of Ustiug, Fool-for-
Christ (1494). Virgin-Martyr Theodosia of Constantinople (726-730). St. Alexander,
patriarch of Alexandria (326). Martyr Andrew. Martyr John or Nannus of Smyrna (1802).
Hieromartyr Olbian, bishop of Aneus, and his disciple. St. Procopius and others. Repose
of Schemamonk Michael of Valaam (1854). Acts 11:19-26, 29-30, John 4:5-42. |
| 29 Monday |
Virgin-Martyr Theodosia of Tyre (307-308). Repose of Blessed John of Ustiug, Fool-for- Christ (1494). Virgin-Martyr Theodosia of Constantinople (726-730). St. Alexander, patriarch of Alexandria (326). Martyr Andrew. Martyr John or Nannus of Smyrna (1802). Hieromartyr Olbian, bishop of Aneus, and his disciple. St. Procopius and others. Repose of Schemamonk Michael of Valaam (1854). |
| 30 Tuesday |
Ven. Isaac, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople (383). St. Macrina, grandmother of St. Basil the Great. St. James, monk of Galich Monastery. Martyrs: Natalius, Romanus, Meletius and Euplius. Blessed Constantine XI, last of the Byzantine emperors, martyred by the Turks. Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea in Cappadocia. Repose of Abbot Ephraim of Sarov (1778). |
| 31 Wednesday |
Apostle of the Seventy Hermes, (1st cen.). Martyr Hermias at Cornana (2nd cen.). Martyr Philosophus at Alexandria (3rd cen.). Martyr Marus the Magician who was converted on witnessing the martyrdom of Hermias. Repose of Philotheus, metropolitan of Tobolsk (1727). Repose of Macarius, archimandrite of Peshnosha Monastery. |