May 2026

  1. Prophet Jeremiah; Ven. Paphnutius of Borovsk

    Readings

    • Acts 8.40-9.19 (Epistle)
    • John 6.48-54 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Prophet Jeremiah
    • Ven. Paphnutius of Borovsk
    • Saint Tamara (Tamar), Queen of Georgia (1212)
    • Synaxis of the Three New Righteous Martyrs of the Holy Mountain, Euthymius, Ignatius, and Acacius (1814-1815)
  2. Trans. Rel. Boris and Gleb

    Readings

    • Acts 9.20-31 (Epistle)
    • John 15.17-16.2 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • St Athanasius the Great, Patr. of Alexandria
    • Saint Matrona (the Blind) of Moscow (1952)
    • Holy Martyrs Hesperus, his wife Zoë, and their sons Cyriac and Theodulus (2nd c.)
    • Holy Tsar Boris-Michael of Bulgaria (907)
    • Translation of the Relics (1072 and 1115) of the Holy Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb, princes of Russia (1015)
  3. 4th Sunday of Pascha

    Readings

    • Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3 (Vespers)
    • Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 (Vespers)
    • Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers)
    • Luke 24.1-12 (4th Matins Gospel)
    • Acts 9.32-42 (Epistle)
    • Hebrews 13.7-16 (Epistle)
    • John 5.1-15 (Gospel)
    • Matthew 11.27-30 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoe in Egypt (286)
  4. Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus

    Readings

    • Acts 10.1-16 (Epistle)
    • John 6.56-69 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus
    • Our Holy Father Nikephoros the Hesychast (14th c.)
    • St Monica, mother of Blessed Augustine (388)
  5. Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica

    Readings

    • Acts 10.21-33 (Epistle)
    • John 7.1-13 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica
  6. Midfeast of Pentecost

    Readings

    • Composite 19 - Micah 4.2-3, 5; 6.2-5, 8; 5.4, 5 (Vespers)
    • Composite 20 - Isaiah 55.1; 12.3-4; 55.2-13 (Vespers)
    • Proverbs 9.1-11 (Vespers)
    • Acts 14.6-18 (Epistle)
    • John 7.14-30 (Gospel)
    • Hebrews 2.11-18 (Epistle)
    • John 5.1-4 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Righteous Job the Longsuffering
    • St Job, abbot and wonderworker of Pochaev (1651)
    • Holy Martyr Barbarus the Soldier, with Bacchus, Callimachus and Dionysius (362)
    • St. Sophia the Righteous (1974)
  7. St Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America

    Readings

    • Composite 2 - Proverbs 10, 3, 8 (Vespers)
    • Composite 4 - Proverbs 10; Wisdom of Solomon 6, 7, 8, 9 (Vespers)
    • Composite 5 - Wisdom of Solomon 4, 6, 7, 2 (Vespers)
    • John 10.9-16 (Matins Gospel)
    • Acts 10.34-43 (Epistle)
    • Galatians 1.11-19 (Epistle)
    • John 8.12-20 (Gospel)
    • John 10.1-9 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem in 351 AD
    • Our Holy Fathers of Georgia (6th c.)
    • Martyr Acacius the Centurion at Byzantium (303)
    • St Lydia of Philippi (1st c.)
  8. Holy Apostle John the Theologian

    Readings

    • 1 John 3.21-4.6 (Vespers)
    • 1 John 4.11-16 (Vespers)
    • 1 John 4.20-5.5 (Vespers)
    • John 21.15-25 (Matins Gospel)
    • Acts 10.44-11.10 (Epistle)
    • 1 John 1.1-7 (Epistle)
    • John 8.21-30 (Gospel)
    • John 19.25-27, 21.24-25 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Our Righteous Father Arsenios the Great (449)
    • St Emilia (375), mother of Sts Macrina, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Theosevia
  9. Prophet Isaiah; Trans. Rel. St Nicholas the Wonderworker

    Readings

    • Acts 12.1-11 (Epistle)
    • John 8.31-42 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Prophet Isaiah
    • Trans. Rel. St Nicholas the Wonderworker
    • Holy Martyr Christopher (3rd c.)
  10. 5th Sunday of Pascha

    Readings

    • 1 John 3.21-4.6 (Vespers)
    • 1 John 4.11-16 (Vespers)
    • 1 John 4.20-5.5 (Vespers)
    • John 20.1-10 (7th Matins Gospel)
    • Acts 11.19-26, 29-30 (Epistle)
    • 1 Corinthians 4.9-16 (Epistle)
    • John 4.5-42 (Gospel)
    • Matthew 13.54-58 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Holy Martyrs Alphaeus, Philadelphus and Cyprinus of Sicily (251)
    • St Isidora the Fool of Tabenna (Egypt) (4th c.)
    • Blessed Thaïs (Taïsia) of Egypt (4th c.)
  11. SS Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs

    Readings

    • Composite 2 - Proverbs 10, 3, 8 (Vespers)
    • Proverbs 10.31-11.12 (Vespers)
    • Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers)
    • John 10.1-9 (Matins Gospel)
    • Acts 12.12-17 (Epistle)
    • Hebrews 7.26-8.2 (Epistle)
    • John 8.42-51 (Gospel)
    • Matthew 5.14-19 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Holy Hieromartyr Mocius (288? 295?)
  12. St Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus

    Readings

    • Acts 12.25-13.12 (Epistle)
    • John 8.51-59 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • St Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus
    • Our Fathers among the Saints Epiphanios, bishop of Cyprus (403) and Germanos, Archbishop of Constantinople (740)
  13. Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecost

    Readings

    • Acts 13.13-24 (Epistle)
    • John 6.5-14 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Virgin Martyr Glyceria
    • Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome (298)
  14. Ven. Isidore, Fool-for-Christ of Rostov

    Readings

    • Acts 14.20-27 (Epistle)
    • John 9.39-10.9 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Ven. Isidore, Fool-for-Christ of Rostov
    • Martyr Isidore of Chios (251)
    • Our Holy Father Serapion the Sindonite (5th c.)
  15. Ven. Pachomius the Great; Slain Crown Prince Dimitry of Moscow

    Readings

    • Acts 15.5-34 (Epistle)
    • John 10.17-28 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Ven. Pachomius the Great
    • Slain Crown Prince Dimitry of Moscow
    • Our Father among the Saints Achillius, Bishop of Larissa (330)
  16. Ven. Theodore the Sanctified; Trans. Rel. Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop

    Readings

    • Acts 15.35-41 (Epistle)
    • John 10.27-38 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Ven. Theodore the Sanctified
    • Trans. Rel. Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop
    • Our Holy Father Theodore the Sanctified (368), disciple of St Pachomius the Great
    • St Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (930)
    • Blessed Musa the Maiden (5th c.)
    • St Brendan the Voyager, abbot of Clonfert (ca. 577)
  17. 6th Sunday of Pascha

    Readings

    • John 20.11-18 (8th Matins Gospel)
    • Acts 16.16-34 (Epistle)
    • John 9.1-38 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy
    • Holy Martyr Solochon (298)
  18. Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra

    Readings

    • Acts 17.1-15 (Epistle)
    • John 11.47-57 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra
    • Holy Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Benedimus, Paulinus, and Heraclius (250)
  19. Hieromartyr Patrick, Bishop of Prussa

    Readings

    • Acts 17.19-28 (Epistle)
    • John 12.19-36 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Hieromartyr Patrick, Bishop of Prussa
  20. Leavetaking of Pascha / Forefeast of Ascension

    Readings

    • Acts 18.22-28 (Epistle)
    • John 12.36-47 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Unc. Rel. St Aleksy, Metropolitan of Kiev
    • Martyr Thalelaeus at Aegae in Cilicia and those with him (327)
  21. Ascension of the Lord; SS Constantine and Helen, Equals-to-the-Apostles

    Readings

    • Isaiah 2.2-3 (Vespers)
    • Composite 21 - Isaiah 62.10-63.3, 7-9 (Vespers)
    • Composite 22 - Zechariah 14.1, 4, 8-11 (Vespers)
    • 3[1] Kings 8.22-23, 27-30 (Vespers)
    • Isaiah 61.10-62.5 (Vespers)
    • Isaiah 60.1-16 (Vespers)
    • Mark 16.9-20 (Matins Gospel)
    • John 10.9-16 (Matins Gospel)
    • Acts 1.1-12 (Epistle)
    • Acts 26.1-5, 12-20 (Epistle)
    • Luke 24.36-53 (Gospel)
    • John 10.1-9 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Holy New Martyr Pachomius (1730)
  22. Martyr Basiliscus, Bishop of Comana

    Readings

    • Acts 19.1-8 (Epistle)
    • John 14.1-11 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Martyr Basiliscus, Bishop of Comana
    • Righteous Melchizedek, king of Salem.
    • Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council (381).
  23. St Michael the Confessor; Unc. Rel. St Leonty, Bishop of Rostov

    Readings

    • Acts 20.7-12 (Epistle)
    • John 14.10-21 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • St Michael the Confessor
    • Unc. Rel. St Leonty, Bishop of Rostov
    • St Michael the Confessor, bishop of Synnada (818)
    • Holy Myrrh-bearer Mary, wife of Cleopas
    • Holy Martyr Michael of St Sabbas' Monastery(9th c.)
    • Holy Virgin Euphrosyne, Princess of Polotsk (1173)
  24. 7th Sunday of Pascha

    Readings

    • Genesis 14.14-20 (Vespers)
    • Deuteronomy 1.8-11, 15-17 (Vespers)
    • Deuteronomy 10.14-21 (Vespers)
    • John 21.1-14 (10th Matins Gospel)
    • Acts 20.16-18, 28-36 (Epistle)
    • John 17.1-13 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Ven. Simeon the Stylite
    • Ven. Nikita the Stylite
    • St Vincent of Lerins (445)
  25. 3rd Finding of the Head of St John the Baptist

    Readings

    • Composite 8 - Isaiah 40, 41, 45, 48, 54 (Vespers)
    • Composite 9 - Malachi 3, 4 (Vespers)
    • Composite 3 - Wisdom of Solomon 4, 5 (Vespers)
    • Luke 7.17-30 (Matins Gospel)
    • Acts 21.8-14 (Epistle)
    • 2 Corinthians 4.6-15 (Epistle)
    • John 14.27-15.7 (Gospel)
    • Matthew 11.2-15 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Holy Hieromartyr Therapon, Bishop of Cyprus (4th c.)
    • Holy Martyrs Pasicrates, Valentian, Julius and those with them (302)
  26. Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus of the Seventy; Greatmartyr George the New at Sofia

    Readings

    • Acts 21.26-32 (Epistle)
    • John 16.2-13 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus of the Seventy
    • Greatmartyr George the New at Sofia
    • Saint Augustine of Canterbury, evangelizer of England (ca. 605)
    • Holy New Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica (1794)
  27. Hieromartyr Therapon; Trans. Rel. Ven. Nilus of Stolbensk

    Readings

    • Acts 23.1-11 (Epistle)
    • John 16.15-23 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Hieromartyr Therapon
    • Trans. Rel. Ven. Nilus of Stolbensk
    • Hieromartyr Therapon, bishop of Sardis (259)
    • Holy Martyrs Theodora and Didymus (304)
    • Holy New Confessor John the Russian (1730)
    • Saint David of Garesjei (6th c.)
    • Venerable Bede (Baeda) (735)
  28. St Nicetas, Bishop of Chalcedon; St Ignaty, Bishop of Rostov

    Readings

    • Acts 25.13-19 (Epistle)
    • John 16.23-33 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • St Nicetas, Bishop of Chalcedon
    • St Ignaty, Bishop of Rostov
    • St Nicetas the Confessor, bishop of Chalcedon (9th c.)
  29. Leavetaking of Ascension

    Readings

    • Acts 27.1-44 (Epistle)
    • John 17.18-26 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Tyre
    • Rep. Bl. John of Ustiug
    • Commemoration of the First Ecumenical Council (325)
    • The Fall of Constantinople (1453); "Blessed Constantine XII, last of the Byzantine emperors, martyred by the Turks (1453)"
  30. Memorial Saturday

    Readings

    • Acts 28.1-31 (Epistle)
    • 1 Thessalonians 4.13-17 (Epistle)
    • 1 Corinthians 15.47-57 (Epistle)
    • John 21.15-25 (Gospel)
    • John 5.24-30 (Gospel)
    • John 6.35-39 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Ven. Isaac, Founder of Dalmatian Monastery
    • St Macrina, grandmother of St Basil the Great (4th c.)
  31. 8th Sunday of Pascha: Feast of the Holy Trinity

    Readings

    • Numbers 11.16-17, 24-29 (Vespers)
    • Joel 2.23-32 (Vespers)
    • Ezekiel 36.24-28 (Vespers)
    • John 20.19-23 (Matins Gospel)
    • Acts 2.1-11 (Epistle)
    • John 7.37-52, 8.12 (Gospel)

    Saints

    • Apostle Hermes of the Seventy