Orthodox Readings

May 2028

  1. 1 MondayMonday. Prophet Jeremiah; Ven. Paphnutius of Borovsk; Saint Tamara (Tamar), Queen of Georgia (1212)
  2. 2 TuesdayTuesday. 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. 3 WednesdayFast day: wine and oil allowedWednesday. 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. 4 ThursdayThursday. Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus; Our Holy Father Nikephoros the Hesychast (14th c.); Hilary the Wonderworker
  5. 5 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica; Neophytos, Gaius, & Caianus the Monk-martyrs; The Righteous Martyr Ephraim the Younger
  6. 6 SaturdaySaturday. Righteous Job the Longsuffering; St Job, abbot and wonderworker of Pochaev (1651); Holy Martyr Barbarus the Soldier, with Bacchus, Callimachus and Dionysius (362)
  7. 7 SundaySunday. 4th Sunday of Pascha Paralytic
  8. 8 MondayMonday. Holy Apostle John the Theologian
  9. 9 TuesdayTuesday. Prophet Isaiah; Trans. Rel. St Nicholas the Wonderworker; Holy Martyr Christopher (3rd c.)
  10. 10 WednesdayFast day: fish, wine and oil allowedWednesday. Midfeast of Pentecost; Apostle Simon the Zealot Midfeast of Pentecost
  11. 11 ThursdayThursday. Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Methodius (885) and Cyril (869), first teachers of the Slavs; Holy Hieromartyr Mocius (288? 295?); Renewal of Constantinople
  12. 12 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. St Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus; Removal of the Sacred Relics of Saint Joachim "Papoulakis" of Vatopaidi; Theodorus the Righteous of Cythera
  13. 13 SaturdaySaturday. Virgin Martyr Glyceria; Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome (298); Sergios the Confessor
  14. 14 SundaySunday. 5th Sunday of Pascha Samaritan Woman
  15. 15 MondayMonday. Ven. Pachomius the Great; Slain Crown Prince Dimitry of Moscow; Our Father among the Saints Achillius, Bishop of Larissa (330)
  16. 16 TuesdayTuesday. Ven. Theodore the Sanctified; Trans. Rel. Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop; St Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (930)
  17. 17 WednesdayFast day: wine and oil allowedWednesday. Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost
  18. 18 ThursdayThursday. Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra; Holy Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Benedimus, Paulinus, and Heraclius (250); Stephen I, Patriarch of Constantinople
  19. 19 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Rt. Blv. Dimitry Donskoy; Hieromartyr Patrick, Bishop of Prusa; Theotima & Kyriake the Martyrs
  20. 20 SaturdaySaturday. Martyr Thalelaeus of Cilicia; Unc. Rel. St Aleksy, Metropolitan of Kiev; Mark the Hermit
  21. 21 SundaySunday. 6th Sunday of Pascha Blind Man
  22. 22 MondayMonday. Martyr Basiliscus, Bishop of Comana; Righteous Melchizedek, king of Salem.; Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council (381).
  23. 23 TuesdayTuesday. St Michael the Confessor; Unc. Rel. St Leonty, Bishop of Rostov; Holy Martyr Michael of St Sabbas' Monastery(9th c.)
  24. 24 WednesdayFast day: fish, wine and oil allowedWednesday. Leavetaking of Pascha / Forefeast of Ascension
  25. 25 ThursdayThursday. Ascension of the Lord; 3rd Finding of the Head of St John the Baptist Ascension of the Lord
  26. 26 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus of the Seventy; Greatmartyr George the New at Sofia; Saint Augustine of Canterbury, evangelizer of England (ca. 605)
  27. 27 SaturdaySaturday. Hieromartyr Therapon; Trans. Rel. Ven. Nilus of Stolbensk; Holy Martyrs Theodora and Didymus (304)
  28. 28 SundaySunday. 7th Sunday of Pascha Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
  29. 29 MondayMonday. Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Tyre; Rep. Bl. John of Ustiug; Commemoration of the First Ecumenical Council (325)
  30. 30 TuesdayTuesday. Ven. Isaac, Founder of Dalmatian Monastery; St Macrina, grandmother of St Basil the Great (4th c.); Barlaam the Monk of Caesarea
  31. 31 WednesdayFast day: wine and oil allowedWednesday. 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.