The Orthodox Faith

CALENDAR

MAY 2003

1/14 Wednesday	Prophet Jeremiah. Paphnutius, abbot of Borovsk. Martyr Bacas of Nisibis. Hieromartyr Macarius, metropolitan of Kiev. Martyrs Euthymius, Ignatius, and Acacius of Athos. Gerasimus, abbot of Boldinsk. Tamara, Queen of Georgia. Isidora, righteous. Panaretus, Archbishop of Cyprus. Martyr Sabbas. Nicephorus of Chios, monk. Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy." Luke of Glinsk Hermitage (1898). Fast. Wine and oil allowed.
2/15 Thursday	Translation of the relics of Athanasius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria. Athanasius of Lubensk, Patriarch of Constantinople. Martyrs Hesperus, Zoe, and their sons Cyriacus and Theodulus at Attalia. Translation of the relics of the Holy Passion-bearers Boris (Romanus) and Gleb (David). Boris (Michael), prince of Bulgaria. Jordan the Wonderworker. New Martyr Peter, Metropolitan of Sarajevo, slain by the Latins (1941). All foods allowed.
3/16 Friday	Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoc in Egypt. Theodosius, abbot of the Kiev Caves Monastery and founder of coenobitic monasticism in Russia. Peter the Wonderworker, bishop of Argolis. Ansfried, bishop of Utrecht. Ecumenius of Tricala, the Wonderworker. Great-martyr Xenia of Peloponnesus, the Wonderworker. Translation of the relics of Luke of Stirion. New Martyr Ahmet the Calligrapher of Constantinople. Martyr Mary of Crete. "Svenskaya" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. Fast. Wine and oil allowed.
4/17 Saturday	Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor. Hieromartyr Silvanus, bishop of Gaza. Hieromartyr Albian (Olbian), bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor. Hieromartyr Erasmus, bishop of Formia in Campania. Translation of the relics of the Righteous Lazarus and Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles. Martyrs Aphrodisius, Leontius, Anthony, Valerian, Macrobius, and others, monks of Palestine. Nicephorus, abbot of Medikion. Nicephorus of Athos. Athanasius, bishop of Corinth. The Alfanov brothers: Nicetas, Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, and Isaac of Novgorod, founders of the Sokolnitzki Monastery. Hilary the Wonderworker of the desert. All foods allowed.
5/18 SUNDAY	Sunday of the Paralytic. Great-martyr Irene of Thessalonica. Martyrs Neophytus, Gaius, and Gaianus. Martin and Heraclius of Illyria. Micah, disciple of Sergius of Radonezh. Adrian, abbot of Monza Monastery. Uncovering of the relics of James, abbot of Zheleznoborov. Nicholas (Velimirovich), bishop of Zica (1956). Euthymius, bishop of Maditos in Thrace, the Wonderworker. Rest from labour. All foods allowed.
6/19 Monday	Righteous Job the Long-suffering. Job, abbot and wonderworker of Pochaev. Martyrs Barbarus the Soldier, Bacchus, Callimachus and Dionysius in Morea. Martyr Barbarus in Thessaly. Translation of the relics of Pachomius of Nerekhta. Translation of the relics of Sabbas the Serbian. Mamas, Pachomius, and Hilarion, monks. Martyrs Demetrius, Danax, Mesirus, Therin and Donatus. Seraphim of Domvu. Schema-bishop Peter Ladigin, Confessor (1957). Barnabas Belyaev, Bishop of Pechersk, Confessor (1963). Fast. Wine and oil allowed.
7/20 Tuesday	Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem in 351 A.D. Martyr Acacius the centurion at Byzantium. Nilus, abbot of Sora. John of Zaden in Georgia and 12 disciples: Shio, David, Anthony, Thaddeus, Stephen, Isidore, Michael, Pyrrhus, Zeno, Jesse, Joseph and Abibus. Martyr Pachomius of Patmos. Uncovering of the relics of Nilus the Myrrh-gusher of Athos. Domitianus, bishop of Maastricht. "Zhirovits" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. Eulogius of Valaam. Boris (Nicholas) of Pskov (1969). All foods allowed.
8/21 Wednesday	Mid-Pentecost. Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. Arsenius the Great. Arsenius of Novgorod, fool-for-Christ. Arsenius the Lover of Labor, of the Kiev Caves. Hierax of Egypt. Macarius, Archbishop of Ghent. Emilia, mother of Macrina, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa. Miles the Melodist, monk. Commemoration of the miraculous healing of blinded Stephen by the Mother of God of Cassiopia.) Michael of Valaam (1934). Basiliscus of Uglich (1863). Anastasius, Metropolitan of New York and Eastern America (1965). Fast. Fish allowed.
9/22 Thursday	Translation of the relics of Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari. Prophet Isaiah. Martyr Christopher of Lycia, and with him Martyrs Callinica and Aquilina. New Martyr Epimachus of Alexandria. Martyr Gordion at Rome. Monk-martyr Nicholas who lived in Vuneni of Larissa in Thessaly. Shio, monk, of Georgia. Joseph of Optina. All foods allowed.
10/23 Friday	Apostle Simon the Zealot. Simon, bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal. Isidora the Fool of Tabenna in Egypt. Thaisia of Egypt. Martyr Hesychius of Antioch. Martyrs Philadelphus, Cyprian, Alphius, Onesimus, Erasmus and 14 others in Sicily. Laurence, monk, of Egypt. Conleth of Ireland. Simon of Yuricvits, fool-for-Christ. Translation of the relics of the Blessed Martyr Basil of Mangazea in Siberia. Synesius of Irkutsk (1787). Eldress Thaisia of Voronezh (1840). Fast. Wine and oil allowed.
11/24 Saturday	Holy Equal-to-the Apostles Methodius and Cyril, first teachers of the Slavs. Hieromartyr Mocius, presbyter of Amphipolis in Macedonia. Commemoration of the Founding of Constantinople. Comgall, founder of Bangor Monastery in Ireland. Nicodemus, Archbishop of Serbia. Sophronius, recluse of the Kiev Caves. Joseph, Metropolitan of Astrakhan. Martyrs Dioscorus and Argyrus. Bessarion, Archbishop of Larissa. Martyr Acacius of Lower Moesia. Wiro, Irish monk-missionary to the Netherlands. All foods allowed.
12/25 SUNDAY	Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. Epiphanius of Salamis, Archbishop of Constantia in Cyprus. Germanus, Patriarch of Constantinople. Martyr Pancratius of Rome. Sabinus, Archbishop of Cyprus. Polybius, bishop in Cyprus. Dionysius, archimandrite of St. Sergius Monastery. Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow. New Martyr John of Walachia. Theodore of Cythera, monk. Dorotheus of St. Sergius Lavra. Righteous Nun Pelagia of Berezevo (1990). Rest from labour. All foods allowed.
13/26 Monday	Virgin-martyr Glyceria at Heraclea. Martyr Laodicius, jailer of Glyceria. Martyr Alexander of Rome. George the Confessor of Constantinople. Pausicacius, bishop of Synnada. Leander of Seville. Euthymius the New, founder of Iveron Monastery, and his fellow Georgian saints of Athos: his father John, his cousin George, and Gabriel. Commemoration of the monks of Iveron Monastery martyred by the Latins in the 13th century. Righteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod. Translation of the relics of Macarius, archimandrite of Obruch. Macarius, abbot of Glushets (Vologda). Sergius, righteous. George the Confessor of Constantinople. Servatius, defender against Arianism (Netherlands) Nicephorus, priest of the monastery of Ephapsios. Hieromartyr Alexander of Tiberias. Alexis of Bortsurmany, disciple of Seraphim of Sarov (1848). John of St. Nilus of Sora Monastery (1863). Fast. Wine and oil allowed.
14/27 Tuesday	Martyr Isidore of Chios. Isidore, fool-for-Christ, Wonderworker of Rostov. Martyr Maximus. Serapion, monk, of Egypt. Aprunculus, bishop of Clermont in Gaul. Nicetas, bishop of Novgorod and recluse of the Kiev Caves. Martyr Mark of Crete, at Smyrna. Martyr John of Bulgaria. First opening of the relics of Tikhon of Zadonsk (1846). Alexander, Barbaras, and Acolythus, martyred at the Church of Holy Peace by the Sea in Constantinople. Leontius, Patriarch of Jerusalem. Commemoration of the martyrdom by the Poles of Abbot Anthony with 40 monks and 1,000 laymen of St. Paisius of Uglich Monastery, and Abbot Daniel with 30 monks and 200 laymen of St. Nicholas Monastery (1609). Matthew, Archbishop of Athens, Confessor and Wonderworker, founder of the Transfiguration and Pefkovounoyiatrissa Monasteries in Keratea of Attica (1950). All foods allowed.
15/28 Wednesday	Pachomius the Great, founder of coenobitic monasticism. Achilles, bishop of Larissa. Isaiah, bishop and wonderworker of Rostov. The slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow. Euphrosynus, abbot, wonderworker of Pskov, and his disciple Serapion. Isaiah, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves. Pachomius, abbot and Silvanus of Nerekhta. Demetrius, prince of Uglich. New Martyrs Archbishop Pachomius of Chernigov (1938), his brother Archbishop Abercius (1927), their father Priest Nicholas Kedrov (1936), and their brother-in-law Priest Vladimir Zagarsky (1937). Barbarus the Myrrh-gusher of Corfu. Andrew the Hermit and Wonderworker. Fast. Wine and oil allowed.
16/29 Thursday	Theodore the Sanctified, disciple of Pachomius the Great. Musa of Rome. Ephraim, abbot of Perekop (Novgorod). George, bishop of Mitylene. Martyr Abdicius, bishop, and companions in Persia. Martyr Peter of Blachernae. Nicholas the Mystic, Patriarch of Constantinople. Martyrs Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia at Lucania. Brendan, righteous. Monk-martyrs of the community of St. Sava the Sanctified. Martyr Nicholas of Metsovo, whose relics are at Meteora. Cassian and Laurence, abbots of Komel (Vologda). Alexander, Archbishop of Jerusalem. Euphemia near Neaorion.) Matthew of Yaramsk in Vyatka (1927). All foods allowed.
17/30 Friday	Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy and his fellow labourer Junia. Stephen, Archbishop of Constantinople. Martyrs Solochon, Pamphamer and Pamphalon at Chalcedon. Translation of the relics of Adrian, abbot of Ondrusov. Nectarius and Theophanes of Meteora. Euphrosyne (Princess Eudocia) of Moscow. Athanasius the New, Wonderworker of Christianopolis.) Jonah, priest, of Odessa (1924). Fast. Wine and oil allowed.
18/31 Saturday	Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra, and with him the seven Virgin-martyrs: Alexandra, Tecusa, Claudia, Phaine, Euphraisa, Matrona and Julia. Martyrs Peter, Dionysius and those who suffered under Decius: Andrew, Paul, Christina, Heraclius, Paulinus and Benedimus. Martyrs Symeon, Isaac and Bachtisius of Persia. Martyr Euphrasia of Nicaea. Martyr Theodota at Ancyra. Martyrs David and Tarechan of Georgia. Martyr Julian. Stephen the New, Patriarch of Constantinople. Hieromartyr Theodore, pope of Rome. Anastaso of Lukada. Martinian of Areovinchus, monk. Macarius, missionary to the Altai, Siberia (1847). Philip, founder of the Gethsemane Caves Skete of St. Sergius Lavra (1869). All foods allowed.
19/1 SUNDAY	Sunday of the Blind Man. Hieromartyr Patrick, bishop of Prussa, and with him presbyters Acacius, Menander and Polyenus (100). Cornelius, abbot of Komel (1537). Martyr Acoluthus of the Thebaid (303). John, bishop of the Goths in Crimea (8th cen.). John, prince of Uglich, tonsured as Ignatius (1537). Sergius, monk, of Shukhtov (1609). Cornelius, abbot of Paleostrov (15th cen.). Martyr Cyriaca. Martyr Theotima. Elias, Theophanes and Dionysius of St. Anthony of Syadem Monastery. Rest from labour. All foods allowed.
20/2 Monday	Martyrs: Thalelaeus, Alexander and Asterius at Aegae in Cilicia and those with him (284). Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (1431). Martyr Asclas of Egypt (287). Thalassius the Myrrh-giver of Libya (7th cen.). Nicetas, John, and Joseph monks of Chios (1050). Dovmont (Timothy), prince of Pskov (1299). Mark the Hermit. Stephen, abbot of Piper in Serbia. Dodo, disciple of David of Georgia (7th cen.). Cyriacus of Valaam (1798). Fast. Wine and oil allowed.
21/3 Tuesday	Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles: Roman Emperor Constantine the Great (337) and his mother Helen (327). Constantine, prince with his children Michael and Theodore, wonderworkers of Murom (1129). Cassian the Greek, monk of Uglich (1504). Agapitus, abbot of Markushev (1558). New Martyr Pachomius of Patmos (1780). Basil, bishop of Ryazan. Hospicius of Thier (Gaul). Isaac of Dionysius Monastery on Athos (1932). Righteous Helen of Caucasus (1977). Rest from labour. All foods allowed.
22/4 Wednesday	Apodosis of Pascha. Martyr Basiliscus, bishop of Comana. John (Vladimir), ruler of Serbia (308). Hieromartyr Zachariah of Prussa (1802). James, youth, of Borovichi (17th cen.). Righteous Melchizedek, king of Salem. Martyrs: Marcellus, Codratus, Paul, Demetrius and Sophia. Cleopas of Valaam, disciple of Paisius Velichkovsky (1816). Rest from labour. Fast. Fish allowed.
23/5 Thursday	Ascension of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Michael the Confessor, bishop of Synnada (818). Leontius, bishop and wonderworker of Rostov (1164). Martyr Michael the black-robed of St. Sabbas Monastery (9th cen). Euphrosyne, princess of Polock (1173). Paisius, abbot of Galich (15th cen.). Holy Myrrh-bearer Mary, wife of Cleopas. Martyr Salonas the Roman. Martyr Seleucus. Damascene of Valaam (1825). Rest from labour. All foods allowed.
24/6 Friday	Simeon the Stylite (the Younger) of Wonderful Mountain (596). Nicetas the Stylite, Wonderworker of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski (1186). Vincent of Lerins. Martyrs: Meletius, Stratelas, Stephen, John, Serapion the Egyptian, Callnicus the Magician, Theodore, Faustus, Marciana, Susanna, Palladia, Cyriacus (child), Christian (child), tribunes: Faustus, Festus, Marcellus, Theodore, Meletius, Sergius, Marcelinus, Felix, Theodoricus, Mercurius, Didymus and 1,218 soldiers with women and children in Galatia (161). Gregory, Archbishop of Novgorod. Meletius, Metropolitan of Attica and Megaris, Confessor (1966). Fast.
25/7 Saturday	Third Finding of the Honorable Head of John the Baptist. Hieromartyr Therapon, bishop of Cyprus (6th cen.). Dodo, prince of Georgia (7th cen.). Yaropolk, Stephen, Macarius, Igor and Juliana of Volhynia. Righteouses John and Mary of Ustiug. Martyr Celestine. Olbian, monk. Recluse George of Zadonsk (1836). All foods allowed.
26/8 SUNDAY	Commemoration of the 318 God-bearing Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council. Apostle of the Seventy Carpus (1st cen.). New Martyr George at Sophia (1515). Augustine of Canterbury, Evangelizer of England. Apostle of the Seventy Alphaeus and with him children Abercius and Helen (1st cen.). John Psichaita the Confessor of Constantinople (9th cen.). Uncovering of the relics of Macarius, abbot of Kolyazin (1521). New Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica, who suffered at Smyrna (1794). Rest from labour. All foods allowed.
27/9 Monday	Hieromartyr Therapon, bishop of Sardis (3rd cen.). Finding of Relics of Nilus of Stolbensk (1667). Virgin-martyr Theodora of Alexandria (304). Martyr Didymus the Soldier of Alexandria. Translation of the relic of Metropolitans of Kiev: Cyprian, Photius and Jonah (1472). Therapon, abbot of Byelozersk (1426). Therapon, abbot of Monza (16th cen.). New Martyr John the Russian (1730). Martyr Eusebiotus. Martyr Alypius. Hieromartyr Helladius. Fast.
28/10 Tuesday	Nicetas, bishop of Chalcedon (9th cen.). Ignatius, bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov (1288). Germanus, bishop of Paris. Hieromartyr Helladius, bishop of the East (6th cen.). Eutychius, bishop of Melitene (1st cen.). Woman-martyr Heliconis of Thessalonica (244). Sophronius, monk, of Bulgaria (1510). New Martyr Demetrius (1794). Martyr Zachariah of Prusa (1802). Martyrs: Crescens, Paul and Dioscorus of Rome. All foods allowed.
29/11 Wednesday	Virgin-Martyr Theodosia of Tyre (308). John of Ustiug, Fool-for- Christ (1494). Virgin-Martyr Theodosia of Constantinople (730). Alexander, Patriarch of Alexandria (326). Martyr Andrew. New Martyr John or Nannus of Smyrna (1802). Hieromartyr Olbian, bishop of Aneus, and his disciple Procopius and others. Michael of Valaam (1854). Commemoration of the New Martyrs of Pontus. New Martyr Euthymius, Metropolitan of Amasia, and 350,000 Pontians with him, slain by the Turks (1921). Fast.
30/12 Thursday	Isaac, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople (383). Macrina, grandmother of Basil the Great. James, monk of Galich Monastery. Martyrs: Natalius, Romanus, Meletius and Euplius. Constantine XI, last of the Roman emperors, martyred by the Turks (1453). Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea in Cappadocia. Abbot Ephraim of Sarov (1778). All foods allowed.
31/13 Friday	Apodosis of the Ascension. Apostle of the Seventy Hermes (1st cen.). Martyr Hermias at Cornana (2nd cen.). Martyr Philosophus at Alexandria (3rd cen.). Martyr Marus the Magician who was converted on witnessing the martyrdom of Hermias. Philotheus, Metropolitan of Tobolsk (1727). Macarius, archimandrite of Peshnosha Monastery. Hieromonk Paisius Rouskas, of St. Anne’s Monastery in Ligaria of Lamia (1982). Fast.