June 3, 2011 Afterfeast of the Ascension. Tone five. Fast. Fish Allowed The Meeting of the “Vladimir” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (was established to commemorate the deliverance of Moscow from an invasion of Tatars led by Khan Makhmet-Girei in 1521). Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine (337) and Helen, his
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June 2, 2011 The Ascension of our Lord. Tone five. Holy Georgian Martyrs of Persia (17th-18th c.) (movable holiday on the day of the Holy Ascension) (Georgia). Martyr Thalelaeus at Aegae in Cilicia and companions, Martyrs Alexander and Asterius (284). Uncovering of the relics (1431) of St. Alexis, metropolitan of
Wednesday Apodosis of Pascha. Tone five. Fast. Fish Allowed Hieromartyr Patrick, bishop of Prusa, and his companions: Presbyters Acacius, Menander, and Polyenus (362). Venerable Cornelius, abbot of Komel (Vologda) (1537). Right-believing Prince Demetrius Donskoy (1389). New Hieromartyr Victor (1937). New Hieromartyrs Onuphrius, archbishop of Kursk; Anthony, bishop of Belgorod, and
May 31, 2011 Sixth Week of Pascha.Tone five. Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of Seven Ecumenical Councils. Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra and seven virgin-martyrs: Alexandra, Tecusa, Claudia, Phaine, Euphraisa, Matrona, and Julia (303). Martyrs Peter of Lampsacus, and Andrew, Paul, and Dionysia, at Euridinos (249-251). St. Macarius (Glukharev) of Altai,
May 30, 2011 Sixth Week of Pascha.Tone five. Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy and his fellow laborer Junia (1st c.). Venerable Euphrosyne (Princess Eudocia) of Moscow (1407). Martyrs Solochon, Pamphamer, and Pamphalon at Chalcedon (298). St. Stephen, archbishop of Constantinople (893). Translation of the relics (1551) of Venerable Adrian, abbot
Sixth Sunday of Pascha: The Blind Man. Tone five. Venerable Theodore the Sanctified (368), disciple of St. Pachomius the Great. Translation of the relics (1545) of Venerable Ephraim, abbot of Perekom (1492). Venerables Cassian (1537) and Laurence (1548), abbots of Komel (Vologda). St. Alexander, archbishop of Jerusalem (3rd c.). Martyrs
Sixth Sunday of Pascha: The Blind Man. Tone five. Venerable Theodore the Sanctified (368), disciple of St. Pachomius the Great. Translation of the relics (1545) of Venerable Ephraim, abbot of Perekom (1492). Venerables Cassian (1537) and Laurence (1548), abbots of Komel (Vologda). St. Alexander, archbishop of Jerusalem (3rd c.). Martyrs
May 28, 2011 Fifth Week of Pascha. Tone four. Venerable Pachomius the Great, founder of cenobitic monasticism (346). St. Isaiah, bishop and wonderworker of Rostov (1090). The slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow (1591). Venerable Isaiah, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (1115). Venerable Pachomius, abbot and Silvanus of Nerekhta (1384).
May 27, 2011 / May 14, 2011 Fifth Week of Pascha. Tone four. Fast. Fish Allowed Martyr Isidore of Chios (251). St. Isidore, fool-for-Christ, wonderworker of Rostov (1474). St. Matthew, Hieromonk of Yaramsk in Vyatka (1927). New Hieromartyr Peter priest (1939). Venerable Nicetas, bishop of Novgorod and recluse of the
Ethiopian Archbishop Loukas, and Abbot Tryphon May 26, 2011 Fifth Week of Pascha.Tone four. Virgin-martyr Glyceria at Heraclea (141) and with her Martyr Laodicius, jailer of St. Glyceria. New Hieromartyrs Basil, Alexander and Christopher, Hieromartyr Macarius and Martyr Sergius (1922). 103 New Hieromartyrs of Cherkassk (20th c.). Righteous Virgin Glyceria