May 2026

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Prophet Jeremiah; Ven. Paphnutius of Borovsk; Saint Tamara (Tamar), Queen of Georgia (1212)
14. 2 SaturdaySaturday. 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)
15. 3 SundaySunday. 4th Sunday of Pascha Paralytic
16. 4 MondayMonday. Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus; Our Holy Father Nikephoros the Hesychast (14th c.); Hilary the Wonderworker
17. 5 TuesdayTuesday. Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica; Neophytos, Gaius, & Caianus the Monk-martyrs; The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger
18. 6 WednesdayFast day: fish, wine and oil allowedWednesday. Midfeast of Pentecost
19. 7 ThursdayThursday. 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
20. 8 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Holy Apostle John the Theologian
21. 9 SaturdaySaturday. Prophet Isaiah; Trans. Rel. St Nicholas the Wonderworker; Holy Martyr Christopher (3rd c.)
22. 10 SundaySunday. 5th Sunday of Pascha Samaritan Woman
23. 11 MondayMonday. Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Methodius (885) and Cyril (869), first teachers of the Slavs; Holy Hieromartyr Mocius (288? 295?); Renewal of Constantinople
24. 12 TuesdayTuesday. St Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus; Removal of the Sacred Relics of Saint Joachim "Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi; Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera
25. 13 WednesdayFast day: wine and oil allowedWednesday. Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost
26. 14 ThursdayThursday. Martyr Isidore of Chios; Ven. Isidore, Fool-for-Christ of Rostov; Our Holy Father Serapion the Sindonite (5th c.)
27. 15 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Ven. Pachomius the Great; Slain Crown Prince Dimitry of Moscow; Our Father among the Saints Achillius, Bishop of Larissa (330)
28. 16 SaturdaySaturday. Ven. Theodore the Sanctified; Trans. Rel. Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop; St Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (930)
29. 17 SundaySunday. 6th Sunday of Pascha Blind Man
30. 18 MondayMonday. Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra; Holy Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Benedimus, Paulinus, and Heraclius (250); Stephen I, Patriarch of Constantinople
31. 19 TuesdayTuesday. Rt. Blv. Dimitry Donskoy; Hieromartyr Patrick, Bishop of Prusa; Theotima & Kyriake the Martyrs
32. 20 WednesdayFast day: fish, wine and oil allowedWednesday. Leavetaking of Pascha / Forefeast of Ascension
33. 21 ThursdayThursday. Ascension of the Lord; SS Constantine and Helen, Equals-to-the-Apostles Ascension of the Lord
34. 22 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Martyr Basiliscus, Bishop of Comana; Righteous Melchizedek, king of Salem.; Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council (381).
35. 23 SaturdaySaturday. St Michael the Confessor; Unc. Rel. St Leonty, Bishop of Rostov; Holy Martyr Michael of St Sabbas' Monastery(9th c.)
36. 24 SundaySunday. 7th Sunday of Pascha Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
37. 25 MondayMonday. 3rd Finding of the Head of St John the Baptist
38. 26 TuesdayTuesday. Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus of the Seventy; Greatmartyr George the New at Sofia; Saint Augustine of Canterbury, evangelizer of England (ca. 605)
39. 27 WednesdayFast day: wine and oil allowedWednesday. Hieromartyr Therapon; Trans. Rel. Ven. Nilus of Stolbensk; Holy Martyrs Theodora and Didymus (304)
40. 28 ThursdayThursday. St Nicetas, Bishop of Chalcedon; St Ignaty, Bishop of Rostov; Hieromartyr Eutychius, Bishop of Melitene
41. 29 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Leavetaking of Ascension
42. 30 SaturdaySaturday. Memorial Saturday
43. 31 SundaySunday. 8th Sunday of Pascha: Feast of the Holy Trinity Holy Pentecost

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