May 2027

Readings

• Ezekiel 37.1-14 (Matins)
• 1 Corinthians 5.6-8; Galatians 3.13-14 (Matins Epistle)
• Matthew 27.62-66 (Matins Gospel)
• Genesis 1.1-13 (Vespers)
• Isaiah 60.1-16 (Vespers)
• Exodus 12.1-11 (Vespers)
• Jonah 1.1-4.11 (Vespers)
• Joshua 5.10-15 (Vespers)
• Exodus 13.20-15.19 (Vespers)
• Zephaniah 3.8-15 (Vespers)
• 3[1] Kings 17.8-24 (Vespers)
• Isaiah 61.10-62.5 (Vespers)
• Genesis 22.1-18 (Vespers)
• Isaiah 61.1-9 (Vespers)
• 4[2] Kings 4.8-37 (Vespers)
• Isaiah 63.11-64.5 (Vespers)
• Jeremiah 31.31-34 (Vespers)
• Daniel 3.1-23; Song of the Three 1-66 with verses (Vespers)
• Romans 6.3-11 (Epistle)
• Matthew 28.1-20 (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)

Readings

• Acts 1.1-8 (Epistle)
• John 1.1-17 (Gospel)

Saints

• Beginning of the Pentecostarion
• 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)

Readings

• Wisdom of Solomon 5.15-6.3 (Vespers)
• Wisdom of Solomon 3.1-9 (Vespers)
• Wisdom of Solomon 4.7-15 (Vespers)
• John 20.19-25 (Vespers Gospel)
• Luke 6.17-23 (Matins Gospel)
• Acts 1.12-17, 21-26 (Epistle)
• Hebrews 13.7-16 (Epistle)
• John 1.18-28 (Gospel)
• Matthew 11.27-30 (Gospel)
• Matthew 28.1-20 (Cross Procession)
• Mark 16.1-8 (Cross Procession)
• Luke 24.1-12 (Cross Procession)
• John 20.1-10 (Cross Procession)
• Luke 24.36-53 (Cross Procession)

Saints

• Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoe in Egypt (286)

Readings

• Acts 2.14-21 (Epistle)
• Luke 24.12-35 (Gospel)

Saints

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

Readings

• Acts 2.22-36 (Epistle)
• John 1.35-51 (Gospel)

Saints

• Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica

Readings

• Acts 2.38-43 (Epistle)
• John 3.1-15 (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)

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 3.1-8 (Epistle)
• Philippians 2.5-11 (Epistle)
• Galatians 1.11-19 (Epistle)
• John 2.12-22 (Gospel)
• Luke 10.38-42, 11.27-28 (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.)

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 3.11-16 (Epistle)
• 1 John 1.1-7 (Epistle)
• John 3.22-33 (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

Readings

• Matthew 28.16-20 (1st Matins Gospel)
• Acts 5.12-20 (Epistle)
• John 20.19-31 (Gospel)

Saints

• Prophet Isaiah
• Trans. Rel. St Nicholas the Wonderworker
• Holy Martyr Christopher (3rd c.)

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 3.19-26 (Epistle)
• 1 Corinthians 4.9-16 (Epistle)
• John 2.1-11 (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.)

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 4.1-10 (Epistle)
• Hebrews 7.26-8.2 (Epistle)
• John 3.16-21 (Gospel)
• Matthew 5.14-19 (Gospel)

Saints

• Holy Hieromartyr Mocius (288? 295?)

Readings

• Acts 4.13-22 (Epistle)
• John 5.17-24 (Gospel)

Saints

• St Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus
• Our Fathers among the Saints Epiphanios, bishop of Cyprus (403) and Germanos, Archbishop of Constantinople (740)

Readings

• Acts 4.23-31 (Epistle)
• John 5.24-30 (Gospel)

Saints

• Virgin Martyr Glyceria
• Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome (298)

Readings

• Acts 5.1-11 (Epistle)
• John 5.30-6.2 (Gospel)

Saints

• Ven. Isidore, Fool-for-Christ of Rostov
• Martyr Isidore of Chios (251)
• Our Holy Father Serapion the Sindonite (5th c.)

Readings

• Acts 5.21-33 (Epistle)
• John 6.14-27 (Gospel)

Saints

• Ven. Pachomius the Great
• Slain Crown Prince Dimitry of Moscow
• Our Father among the Saints Achillius, Bishop of Larissa (330)

Readings

• Mark 16.9-20 (3rd Matins Gospel)
• Acts 6.1-7 (Epistle)
• Mark 15.43-16.8 (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)

Readings

• Acts 6.8-7.5, 47-60 (Epistle)
• John 4.46-54 (Gospel)

Saints

• Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy
• Holy Martyr Solochon (298)

Readings

• Acts 8.5-17 (Epistle)
• John 6.27-33 (Gospel)

Saints

• Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra
• Holy Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Andrew, Paul, Benedimus, Paulinus, and Heraclius (250)

Readings

• Acts 8.18-25 (Epistle)
• John 6.35-39 (Gospel)

Saints

• Hieromartyr Patrick, Bishop of Prussa

Readings

• Acts 8.26-39 (Epistle)
• John 6.40-44 (Gospel)

Saints

• Unc. Rel. St Aleksy, Metropolitan of Kiev
• Martyr Thalelaeus at Aegae in Cilicia and those with him (327)

Readings

• 3[1] Kings 8.22-23, 27-30 (Vespers)
• Isaiah 61.10-62.5 (Vespers)
• Isaiah 60.1-16 (Vespers)
• John 10.9-16 (Matins Gospel)
• Acts 8.40-9.19 (Epistle)
• Acts 26.1-5, 12-20 (Epistle)
• John 6.48-54 (Gospel)
• John 10.1-9 (Gospel)

Saints

• Holy New Martyr Pachomius (1730)

Readings

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

Saints

• Martyr Basiliscus, Bishop of Comana
• Righteous Melchizedek, king of Salem.
• Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council (381).

Readings

• Luke 24.1-12 (4th Matins Gospel)
• Acts 9.32-42 (Epistle)
• John 5.1-15 (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)

Readings

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

Saints

• Ven. Simeon the Stylite
• Ven. Nikita the Stylite
• St Vincent of Lerins (445)

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 10.21-33 (Epistle)
• 2 Corinthians 4.6-15 (Epistle)
• John 7.1-13 (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)

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

• 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)

Readings

• Acts 10.34-43 (Epistle)
• John 8.12-20 (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)

Readings

• Acts 10.44-11.10 (Epistle)
• John 8.21-30 (Gospel)

Saints

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

Readings

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

Readings

• John 20.1-10 (7th Matins Gospel)
• Acts 11.19-26, 29-30 (Epistle)
• John 4.5-42 (Gospel)

Saints

• Ven. Isaac, Founder of Dalmatian Monastery
• St Macrina, grandmother of St Basil the Great (4th c.)

Readings

• Acts 12.12-17 (Epistle)
• John 8.42-51 (Gospel)

Saints

• Apostle Hermes of the Seventy