May 1980

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12. 1 ThursdayThursday. Prophet Jeremiah; Ven. Paphnutius of Borovsk; Saint Tamara (Tamar), Queen of Georgia (1212)
13. 2 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. St Athanasius the Great, Patr. of Alexandria; Translation of the Relics (1072 and 1115) of the Holy Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb, princes of Russia (1015); Saint Matrona (the Blind) of Moscow (1952)
14. 3 SaturdaySaturday. St Theodosius, abbot of the Kiev Caves Monastery and founder of cenobitic monasticism in Russia (1074).; Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoe in Egypt (286); Peter the Wonderworker
15. 4 SundaySunday. 5th Sunday of Pascha Samaritan Woman
16. 5 MondayMonday. Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica; Neophytos, Gaius, & Caianus the Monk-martyrs; The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger
17. 6 TuesdayTuesday. Righteous Job the Longsuffering; St Job, abbot and wonderworker of Pochaev (1651); Holy Martyr Barbarus the Soldier, with Bacchus, Callimachus and Dionysius (362)
18. 7 WednesdayFast day: wine and oil allowedWednesday. Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost
19. 8 ThursdayThursday. Holy Apostle John the Theologian
20. 9 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Prophet Isaiah; Trans. Rel. St Nicholas the Wonderworker; Holy Martyr Christopher (3rd c.)
21. 10 SaturdaySaturday. Apostle Simon the Zealot
22. 11 SundaySunday. 6th Sunday of Pascha Blind Man
23. 12 MondayMonday. St Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus; Removal of the Sacred Relics of Saint Joachim "Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi; Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera
24. 13 TuesdayTuesday. Virgin Martyr Glyceria; Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome (298); Sergios the Confessor
25. 14 WednesdayFast day: fish, wine and oil allowedWednesday. Leavetaking of Pascha / Forefeast of Ascension
26. 15 ThursdayThursday. Ascension of the Lord
27. 16 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Ven. Theodore the Sanctified; Trans. Rel. Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop; St Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (930)
28. 17 SaturdaySaturday. Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy and Junia; Holy Martyr Solochon (298); Theophanes and Nectarios, Builders of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam of Meteora
29. 18 SundaySunday. 7th Sunday of Pascha Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
30. 19 MondayMonday. Rt. Blv. Dimitry Donskoy; Hieromartyr Patrick, Bishop of Prusa; Theotima & Kyriake the Martyrs
31. 20 TuesdayTuesday. Martyr Thalelaeus of Cilicia; Unc. Rel. St Aleksy, Metropolitan of Kiev; Mark the Hermit
32. 21 WednesdayFast day: wine and oil allowedWednesday. SS Constantine and Helen, Equals-to-the-Apostles
33. 22 ThursdayThursday. Martyr Basiliscus, Bishop of Comana; Righteous Melchizedek, king of Salem.; Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council (381).
34. 23 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Leavetaking of Ascension
35. 24 SaturdaySaturday. Memorial Saturday
36. 25 SundaySunday. 8th Sunday of Pascha: Feast of the Holy Trinity Holy Pentecost
37. 26 MondayMonday. Day of the Holy Spirit
38. 27 TuesdayTuesday. Third Day of the Trinity
39. 28 WednesdayWednesday. St Nicetas, Bishop of Chalcedon; St Ignaty, Bishop of Rostov; Hieromartyr Eutychius, Bishop of Melitene
40. 29 ThursdayThursday. Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Tyre; Rep. Bl. John of Ustiug; Commemoration of the First Ecumenical Council (325)
41. 30 FridayFriday. Ven. Isaac, Founder of Dalmatian Monastery; St Macrina, grandmother of St Basil the Great (4th c.); Barlaam the Monk of Caesarea
42. 31 SaturdaySaturday. Leavetaking of Pentecost

Strict fast Fast, with some foods allowed. Open a day to see what is allowed.