May 2012
- 1 TuesdayTuesday. Prophet Jeremiah; Ven. Paphnutius of Borovsk; Saint Tamara (Tamar), Queen of Georgia (1212)
- 2 WednesdayWednesday. 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)
- 3 ThursdayThursday. 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
- 4 FridayFriday. Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus; Our Holy Father Nikephoros the Hesychast (14th c.); Hilary the Wonderworker
- 5 SaturdaySaturday. Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica; Neophytos, Gaius, & Caianus the Monk-martyrs; The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger
- Sunday. 4th Sunday of Pascha Paralytic
- 7 MondayMonday. 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
- 8 TuesdayTuesday. Holy Apostle John the Theologian
- 9 WednesdayWednesday. Midfeast of Pentecost
- 10 ThursdayThursday. Apostle Simon the Zealot
- 11 FridayFriday. Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Methodius (885) and Cyril (869), first teachers of the Slavs; Holy Hieromartyr Mocius (288? 295?); Renewal of Constantinople
- 12 SaturdaySaturday. St Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus; Removal of the Sacred Relics of Saint Joachim "Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi; Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera
- Sunday. 5th Sunday of Pascha Samaritan Woman
- 14 MondayMonday. Martyr Isidore of Chios; Ven. Isidore, Fool-for-Christ of Rostov; Our Holy Father Serapion the Sindonite (5th c.)
- 15 TuesdayTuesday. Ven. Pachomius the Great; Slain Crown Prince Dimitry of Moscow; Our Father among the Saints Achillius, Bishop of Larissa (330)
- 16 WednesdayWednesday. Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost
- 17 ThursdayThursday. Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy and Junia; Holy Martyr Solochon (298); Theophanes and Nectarios, Builders of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam of Meteora
- 18 FridayFriday. Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra; Holy Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Benedimus, Paulinus, and Heraclius (250); Stephen I, Patriarch of Constantinople
- 19 SaturdaySaturday. Rt. Blv. Dimitry Donskoy; Hieromartyr Patrick, Bishop of Prusa; Theotima & Kyriake the Martyrs
- Sunday. 6th Sunday of Pascha Blind Man
- 21 MondayMonday. SS Constantine and Helen, Equals-to-the-Apostles
- 22 TuesdayTuesday. Martyr Basiliscus, Bishop of Comana; Righteous Melchizedek, king of Salem.; Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council (381).
- 23 WednesdayWednesday. Leavetaking of Pascha / Forefeast of Ascension
- 24 ThursdayThursday. Ascension of the Lord
- 25 FridayFriday. 3rd Finding of the Head of St John the Baptist
- 26 SaturdaySaturday. Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus of the Seventy; Greatmartyr George the New at Sofia; Saint Augustine of Canterbury, evangelizer of England (ca. 605)
- Sunday. 7th Sunday of Pascha Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
- 28 MondayMonday. St Nicetas, Bishop of Chalcedon; St Ignaty, Bishop of Rostov; Hieromartyr Eutychius, Bishop of Melitene
- 29 TuesdayTuesday. Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Tyre; Rep. Bl. John of Ustiug; Commemoration of the First Ecumenical Council (325)
- 30 WednesdayWednesday. Ven. Isaac, Founder of Dalmatian Monastery; St Macrina, grandmother of St Basil the Great (4th c.); Barlaam the Monk of Caesarea
- 31 ThursdayThursday. 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.