May 2025

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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. 3rd Sunday of Pascha Myrrhbearing Women
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. 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
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. 4th Sunday of Pascha Paralytic
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. Midfeast of Pentecost
26. 15 ThursdayThursday. Ven. Pachomius the Great; Slain Crown Prince Dimitry of Moscow; Our Father among the Saints Achillius, Bishop of Larissa (330)
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. 5th Sunday of Pascha Samaritan Woman
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. Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost; SS Constantine and Helen, Equals-to-the-Apostles Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost
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. St Michael the Confessor; Unc. Rel. St Leonty, Bishop of Rostov; Holy Martyr Michael of St Sabbas' Monastery(9th c.)
35. 24 SaturdaySaturday. Ven. Simeon the Stylite; Ven. Nikita the Stylite; St Vincent of Lerins (445)
36. 25 SundaySunday. 6th Sunday of Pascha Blind Man
37. 26 MondayMonday. Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus of the Seventy; Greatmartyr George the New at Sofia; Saint Augustine of Canterbury, evangelizer of England (ca. 605)
38. 27 TuesdayTuesday. Hieromartyr Therapon; Trans. Rel. Ven. Nilus of Stolbensk; Holy Martyrs Theodora and Didymus (304)
39. 28 WednesdayFast day: fish, wine and oil allowedWednesday. Leavetaking of Pascha / Forefeast of Ascension
40. 29 ThursdayThursday. Ascension of the Lord
41. 30 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Ven. Isaac, Founder of Dalmatian Monastery; St Macrina, grandmother of St Basil the Great (4th c.); Barlaam the Monk of Caesarea
42. 31 SaturdaySaturday. 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.