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
May 25, 2011 Apodosis of Prepolovenie. Tone four. Fast. Fish Allowed St. Epiphanius, bishop of Cyprus (403). St. Germanus, patriarch of Constantinople (740). Glorification (1913) of Hieromartyr Hermogenes (1612) the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. New Martyr Abbess Athanasia of the Smolensk Hodigitria Convent, near Moscow (1931). New Hieromartyr
May 24, 2011 Fifth Week of Pascha.Tone four. Hieromartyr Mocius (Mucius), presbyter of Amphipolis in Macedonia (295). Holy Equals-to-the Apostles Methodius (885) and Cyril (869), first teachers of the Slavs. Equal-to-the-Apostles Rostislav, prince of Greater Moravia (870). New Hieromartyr Michael priest (1920). New Hieromartyr Alexander archbishop of Kharkov (1940). Venerable
May 23, 2011 Fifth Week of Pascha.Tone four. Apostle Simon the Zealot (1st. c.). St. Simon, bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal (Kiev Caves) (1226). Martyrs Philadelphus, Cyprian, Alphaeus, Onesimus, Erasmus, and 14 others, in Sicily (251). Martyr Hesychius of Antioch (4th c.). Venerable Isidora the Fool of Tabenna (Egypt) (365).
Archpriest John Pierce, Bishop Benjamin, and Priest Christopher Swanson May 22, 2011 Fifth Sunday of Pascha: The Samaritan Woman. Tone four. Prophet Isaiah (8th c. B.C.). Martyr Christopher of Lycia, and with him Martyrs Callinica and Aquilina (249). Translation of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to
May 21, 2011 Fourth Week of Pascha. Tone three. Synaxis of New Martyrs of Butovo (movable holiday on the Saturday after the Pascha). Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (98-117). Venerable Arsenius the Great of Scetis (448). Venerables Arsenius the Lover of Labor (14th c.) and Pimen the Ascetic
The Dawn’s Light Shines Over the Temple May 20, 2011 Fourth Week of Pascha. Tone three. Fast. Fish Allowed Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem in 351 A.D. Martyr Acacius the Centurion at Byzantium (303). Repose of Venerable Nilus, abbot of Sora (1508).