May 1991

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 WednesdayFast day: fish, wine and oil allowedWednesday. Midfeast of Pentecost
12. 2 ThursdayThursday. 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)
13. 3 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. 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
14. 4 SaturdaySaturday. Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus; Our Holy Father Nikephoros the Hesychast (14th c.); Hilary the Wonderworker
15. 5 SundaySunday. 5th Sunday of Pascha Samaritan Woman
16. 6 MondayMonday. Righteous Job the Longsuffering; St Job, abbot and wonderworker of Pochaev (1651); Holy Martyr Barbarus the Soldier, with Bacchus, Callimachus and Dionysius (362)
17. 7 TuesdayTuesday. Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem in 351 AD; Martyr Acacius the Centurion at Byzantium (303); Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem
18. 8 WednesdayFast day: wine and oil allowedWednesday. Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost; Holy Apostle John the Theologian Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost
19. 9 ThursdayThursday. Prophet Isaiah; Trans. Rel. St Nicholas the Wonderworker; Holy Martyr Christopher (3rd c.)
20. 10 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Apostle Simon the Zealot
21. 11 SaturdaySaturday. Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Methodius (885) and Cyril (869), first teachers of the Slavs; Holy Hieromartyr Mocius (288? 295?); Renewal of Constantinople
22. 12 SundaySunday. 6th Sunday of Pascha Blind Man
23. 13 MondayMonday. Virgin Martyr Glyceria; Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome (298); Sergios the Confessor
24. 14 TuesdayTuesday. Martyr Isidore of Chios; Ven. Isidore, Fool-for-Christ of Rostov; Our Holy Father Serapion the Sindonite (5th c.)
25. 15 WednesdayFast day: fish, wine and oil allowedWednesday. Leavetaking of Pascha / Forefeast of Ascension
26. 16 ThursdayThursday. Ascension of the Lord
27. 17 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy and Junia; Holy Martyr Solochon (298); Theophanes and Nectarios, Builders of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam of Meteora
28. 18 SaturdaySaturday. Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra; Holy Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Benedimus, Paulinus, and Heraclius (250); Stephen I, Patriarch of Constantinople
29. 19 SundaySunday. 7th Sunday of Pascha Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
30. 20 MondayMonday. Martyr Thalelaeus of Cilicia; Unc. Rel. St Aleksy, Metropolitan of Kiev; Mark the Hermit
31. 21 TuesdayTuesday. SS Constantine and Helen, Equals-to-the-Apostles
32. 22 WednesdayFast day: wine and oil allowedWednesday. Martyr Basiliscus, Bishop of Comana; Righteous Melchizedek, king of Salem.; Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council (381).
33. 23 ThursdayThursday. St Michael the Confessor; Unc. Rel. St Leonty, Bishop of Rostov; Holy Martyr Michael of St Sabbas' Monastery(9th c.)
34. 24 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Leavetaking of Ascension
35. 25 SaturdaySaturday. Memorial Saturday; 3rd Finding of the Head of St John the Baptist Memorial Saturday
36. 26 SundaySunday. 8th Sunday of Pascha: Feast of the Holy Trinity Holy Pentecost
37. 27 MondayMonday. Day of the Holy Spirit
38. 28 TuesdayTuesday. Third Day of the Trinity
39. 29 WednesdayWednesday. Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Tyre; Rep. Bl. John of Ustiug; Commemoration of the First Ecumenical Council (325)
40. 30 ThursdayThursday. Ven. Isaac, Founder of Dalmatian Monastery; St Macrina, grandmother of St Basil the Great (4th c.); Barlaam the Monk of Caesarea
41. 31 FridayFriday. Apostle Hermes of the Seventy; Hermias the Martyr at Comana; Eustathios, Patriarch of Constantinople

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