Orthodox Community of St. Constantine the Great, York
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch
Calendar for May 2008
Fasting Guidelines:
f3 No animal products, oil or wine (sea foods such as squid, crab, roe and prawn are permitted)
f2 As f3 but wine and oil are permitted
f1 As f2 but fish also permitted
cf Cheesefare: all foods, except meat, permitted
However, His Beatitude, Patriarch Ignatius, has given his blessing to Antiochan Orthodox to refrain from fasting between Pascha and the feast of The Ascension.
Thursday 1st May 2008
BRIGHT THURSDAY
Prophet Jeremiah (7th BC). St. Paphnutius, abbot of Borovsk (1478). Hieromartyr Macarius, metropolitan of Kiev (1497). New Martyrs Euthymius (1814), Ignatius (1814), and Acacius (1816), of Mt Athos. Venerable Nicephorus of Chios (1821). Venerable Panaretus, archbishop of Paphos in Cyprus (1791).
British Isles:
St. Brioc (510). St. Asaph, bishop of Llanelwy (7th C). St. Ceallach, bishop of Killala (6th C).
Acts 2:38-43; John 3:1-15
Friday 2nd May 2008
BRIGHT FRIDAY
The Life-Giving Spring of the Most Holy Theotokos
St. Athanasius the Great, patriarch of Alexandria (373).
Righteous Martyrs Hesperus, Zoe, and their sons Cyriacus and Theodulus, at Attalia (2nd C). Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearers Boris and Gleb (in Holy Baptism Roman and David, 1072 and 1115). St. Boris (in Holy Baptism Michael), Prince of Bulgaria (907).
British Isles:
St. Neachtain (5th C). Hieromartyr St. Germanus (460). St. Gluvias, brother of St. Cadoc (6th C). St. Ultan, missionary in East Anglia (686).
Acts 3:1-8; John 2:12-22
+ The Life-Giving Spring
Philemon 2:5-11; Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28
Saturday 3rd May 2008
BRIGHT SATURDAY
Martyrs Timothy the reader and his wife Maura of Antinoe in Egypt (ca. 286). St. Peter the Wonderworker, bishop of Argolis (10th C). St. Theodosius, abbot of the Kievan Caves monastery and founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia (1074). New Martyr Ahmet the Calligrapher of Constantinople (16th C).
British Isles:
St. Conleth the bishop (519). St. Scannal, missionary (563). St. Aldwyn, abbot of Partney (8th C).
Acts 3:11-16; John 3:22-33
Sunday 4th May 2008
Tone 1 - THOMAS SUNDAY & SUNDAY OF ANTIPASCHA
Virgin-Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor (c. 290).
St. Hilarion the Wonderworker of the desert. St. Athanasius, bishop of Corinth (11th C). Venerable Nicephorus the Solitary of Mt. Athos, the spiritual father of St. Gregory Palamas (1340). Hieromartyr Erasmus, bishop of Formia in Campania (303). Hieromartyr Silvanus, bishop of Gaza (311). Hieromartyr Albian, bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor (304). St. Florian, patron-saint of Upper Austria (304).
British Isles:
St. Ethelred, King of Mercia and monk (716). St. Conleth, Spiritual Father to St. Bridget of Kildare (ca. 519).
Acts 5:12-20; John 20:19-31
Monday 5th May 2008
Great Martyr Irene of Thessalonica (2nd C).
Holy Martyrs Neophytus, Gaius, and Monk-martyr Gaianus. St. Euthymios, the Wonderworker, bishop of Maditos in Thrace (11th C). St. Hilary of Arles (449).
British Isles:
St. Hydroc of Cornwall (5th C). St. Echa of Crayke, hermit (767).
Acts 3:19-26; John 2:1-11
Tuesday 6th May 2008
Radonitsa (Day of Joy) – The General Commemoration of the Dead
Righteous Job the Long-suffering (ca. 1500 BC). St. Job, Wonderworker of Pochaev (1651). Venerable Seraphim the Struggler, of Mt Domvu. Translation of the relics (1238) of St. Sava I of Serbia. St. Micah, disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh (1385). Holy Martyrs Barbarus the Soldier, Bacchus, Callimachus, and Dionysius, in Morea (362). Holy Martyr Barbarus in Thessaly. Holy Martyr Barbarus the former robber in Epirus (9th C).
British Isles:
St Edbert, bishop of Lindisfarne (698).
Acts 4:1-10; John 3:16-21
Wednesday 7th May 2008 (f2)
Commemoration of the Appearance of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem in 351.
Holy Martyr Acacius the Centurion at Byzantium (303). Repose of St. Nil Sorsky (1508). Uncovering of the relics (1815) of St Nilus the Myrrh-streaming of Lavra, Mt. Athos (1651). New Monk-Martyr Pachomius of Mt. Athos (1730).
British Isles:
St John of Beverley, bishop of York (721). St. Liudhard of Canterbury, bishop (ca. 603).
Acts 4:13-22; John 5:17-24
Thursday 8th May 2008
Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (117).
Venerable Arsenius the Great of Scetis (449). SS. Arsenius the Lover of Labour (14th C) and Poemen the Ascetic (12th C) of the Kievan Caves.
British Isles:
St Gibrian the Hermit (515). St. Odrian, bishop of Waterford (5th C).
Acts 4:23-31; John 5:24-30
+John the Theologian
John 1:1-7; John 19:25-28, 21:24-25
Friday 9th May 2008 (f2)
Prophet Isaiah (8th BC). Martyr Christopher of Lycia, and with him Martyrs Callinica and Aquilina (ca. 250). Translation of the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari (1087).
British Isles:
St. Gorfor, patron of Llanover. St. Sanctan, bishop of Kill-da-Les and Kill-na-Sanctan (6th C).
Acts 5:1-11; John 5:30-6:2
Saturday 0th May 2008
Holy Apostle Simeon Zelotes (1st C).
Venerable Laurence, monk, of Egypt (6th C). Holy Martyr Hesychius of Antioch (4th C). Blessed Isidora the Fool, of Tabennesi in Egypt (365). Blessed Thais of Egypt (5th C).
British Isles:
St Comgall, abbot of Bangor, "Father of Monks" (ca. 601). St. Conleth, monk and hermit (520). St. Cathal, bishop of Taranto (7th C).
Acts 5:21-33; John 6:14-27
+Simeon Zelotes
I Corinthians 4:9-16; Luke 6:12-19
Sunday 11th May 2008
Tone 2 - Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women
Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril (869) and Methodius (885), First Teachers of the Slavs. Hieromartyr Mocius (Mucius), of Amphipolis in Macedonia (295). Commemoration of the Founding of Constantinople (325). New Martyr Olympia, abbess of Mitylene (1235). New Martyrs Dioscorus and Argyrus of Thessalonica (1808). Hieromartyr Joseph, metropolitan of Astrakan (1672).
British Isles:
Holy Martyr Fremund of Offchurch (866). St. Tudy, Breton missionary to Cornwall (5th C).
Acts 6:1-7; Mark 15:43-16:8
+SS. Cyril and Methodius
Heb 7:26-8:2; Matthew 5:14-19
Monday 12th May 2008
St. Epiphanius, bishop of Constantia in Cyprus (403). St. Germanus, patriarch of Constantinople (740). New Martyr John of Wallachia (1662). St. Theodore of Cythera, monk. Glorification (1913) of Hieromartyr Hermogenes, patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1613).
British Isles:
St Ethelhard, 14th archbishop of Canterbury (805). St. Diomna the Teacher (5th C).
Acts 6:8-7:5, 47-60; John 4:46-54
Tuesday 13th May 2008
Virgin-Martyr Glyceria at Heraclea, and with her, Martyr Laodicius, Keeper of the Prison (ca. 177). St. Sergius the Confessor of Constantinople (9th C). St. John the Georgian (988) founder of Iveron Monastery, and his fellow saints of Mt. Athos: his son, Euthymius the Illuminator (1028), his cousin George (1066), and Gabriel (10th C). Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome (298). St. George the Confessor of Constantinople, with his wife and children (ca. 842).
British Isles:
St Mael, the Hermit of Bardsey (6th C).
Acts 8:5-17; John 6:27-33
Wednesday 14th May 2008 (f2)
Martyr Isidore of Chios (251). St. Nicetas, bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kievan Caves (1108). St. Leontius, patriarch of Jerusalem (1175). St. Isidore, Fool-for-Christ, Wonderworker of Rostov (1474). Holy Martyr Maximus, under Decius (250). New Martyr John-Raiko of Shumena, Bulgaria (1802)). New Martyr Mark of Crete, at Smyrna (1643). SS. Alexander, Barbarus, and Acolythus, martyred at the Church of Holy Peace by the Sea in Constantinople. St. Serapion the Sindonite, monk, of Egypt (542).
British Isles:
St. Dyfan, martyr in Wales (2nd C). St. Carthage (Carthach Mochuda) the Younger, abbot of Rathin and Lismore (639).
Acts 8:18-25; John 6:35-39
Thursday 15th May 2008
St Pachomius the Great, Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism (346). St. Achilles, bishop of Larissa (330). St. Barbarus the Myrrh-streaming of Corfu (9th C). St. Andrew the Hermit and Wonderworker. St. Isaiah, Wonderworker of Rostov (1090). The slain Crown Prince Dimitry of Uglich and Moscow (1591).
British Isles:
St. Dymphna, martyr of Gheel, near Antwerp (7th C). St. Colman MacValaighse, abbot of Oughaval (6th C). St. Bercthun, abbot of Beverley (733).
Acts 8:26-39; John 6:40-44
Friday 16th May 2008 (f2)
St. Theodore the Sanctified, disciple of St Pachomius the Great (368). Righteous Martyr Peter of Blachernae. St. Alexander, archbishop of Jerusalem (250). New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovo, whose relics are at Meteora (1617). Monk-martyrs of the community of St. Sava the Sanctified (614). Translation of the relics (1545) of St. Ephraim, abbot of Perekop (1492).
British Isles:
St. Brendan the Voyager, abbot of Clonfert (ca. 575). St. Carantoc the Wonderworker (430). St. Carantoc , abbot of Llangranog (6th C).
Acts 8:40-9:19; John 6:48-54
Saturday 17th May 2008
Apostle Andronicus of the Seventy and his fellow labourer Junia (1st C). St. Stephen, archbishop of Constantinople (893). SS. Nectarius (1550) and Theophanes (1544) of Meteora. St. Euphrosyne (Princess Eudoxia) of Moscow (1407). St. Athanasius the New, Wonderworker of Christianopolis (18th C).
British Isles:
St. Madern, hermit in Cornwall (545). St. Cathan, bishop of Bute (6th C). St. Mailduf, abbot of Malmesbury (673). St. Melangell, Virgin-hermitess of Wales (6th C).
Acts 9:19-31; John 15:17-16:2
Sunday 18th May 2008
Tone 3 – Sunday of the Paralytic
Righteous Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, and those who suffered in Athens under Decius: Andrew, Paul, Christina, Heraclius, Paulinus, Benedimus (250). Righteous Martyr Julian. Righteous Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra, and with him Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Andrew, Paul, Christina, and the Seven Virgin-Martyrs: Alexandra, Tecusa, Claudia, Phaine, Euphrasia, Matrona, and Julia, who suffered under Decius (303). St. Stephen the New, patriarch of Constantinople (893
British Isles:
St. Elgiva, mother of St. Edgar and abbess of Shaftesbury (944). St. Feredarius, abbot of Iona (ca. 863).
Acts 9:32-42; John 5:1-15
Monday 19th May 2008
Hieromartyr Patricius, bishop of Prusa, and his companions: presbyters Acacius, Menander, and Polyenus (2nd C). St. Memnonus the Wonderworker. Great Prince Dimitry Donskoi of Moscow (1389). Holy Martyr Acoluthus of the Thebaid (305). St. John, bishop of the Goths in Crimea (8th C). Venerable Cornelius, abbot of Komelsk, Vologda (1537). Holy Martyr Caluf the Egyptian (303).
British Isles:
St. Dunstan, 25th archbishop of Canterbury (988).
Acts 10:1-16; John 6:56-69
Tuesday 20th May 2007
Holy Martyr Thalelaeus at Aegae in Cilicia, and his companions, Martyrs Alexander and Asterius (284). Uncovering (1431) of the relics of St. Alexis, metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia (1378). St. Mark the Hermit (5th C). SS. Nikostratos and Antiochos. St. Lydia of Philippisia. Venerable Nicetas, John, and Joseph, monks, of Chios (1050). St. Stephen, abbot of Piperi in Serbia (1697).
British Isles:
St. Ethelbert, King of East Anglia and Martyr (ca. 793).
Acts 10:21-33; John 7:1-13
Wednesday 21st May 2008 (f1)
Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles (Isapostalos) Emperor Constantine (337) and his mother Helena (327).
St. Constantine (1129) and his children SS. Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom. New Martyr Pachomius of Patmos (1730). St. Cassian the Greek, monk and wonderworker, of Uglich (1504).
British Isles:
St Barrfoin the Missionary (6th C).
Acts 14:6-18; John 7:14-30
+SS. Constantine and Helena
Acts 26:1-5, 12-20; John 10:1-9
Thursday 22nd May 2008
Hieromartyr Basiliscus, Bishop of Comana (308). New Martyrs Paul and Demetrius of Tripoli near Kalavryta (1818). St. John-Vladimir, Martyr and Ruler of Serbia (1015). New Hieromartyr Zachariah of Prusa (1802). New Monk Martyr Paul of the Great Lavra and the Russian monastery on Athos.
British Isles:
St. Conall, abbot of Inniscoel (7th C).
Acts 10:34-43; John 8:12-20
Friday 23rd May 2008 (f2)
St. Michael the Confessor, bishop of Synnada (831). Holy Myrrh-Bearer Mary, Wife of Cleopas (1st C). Uncovering of the relics of St Leontius, bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov (1164). Virgin Euphrosyne, princess of Polotsk (1173).
British Isles:
St. Goban Gobhnena, abbot (6th C).
Acts 10:44-11:10; John 8:21-30
Saturday 24th May 2008
St. Simeon Stylites (the Younger) of the Wonderful Mountain (596). St. Nicetas (Nikita) Stylites, Wonderworker of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski (1186). Righteous Martyrs Meletius Stratelates (the General), Stephen, John, and 1,218 soldiers with women and children, all of whom suffered in Galatia (218). St. Vincent of Lerins (5th C).
Acts 12:1-11; John 8:31-42
Sunday 25th May 2008
Tone 4 – Sunday of the Samaritan Woman.
Third Finding of the Honourable Head of the Holy, Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John (850). Hieromartyr Therapon, bishop of Cyprus (4th C). Holy Martyr Celestine.
British Isles:
St Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (709). St. Dunchadh, abbot of Iona (717).
Acts 11:19-26, 29-30; John 4:5-42
+The Forerunner
2Corinthians 4:6-15; Matthew 11:2-15
Monday 26th May 2008
Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus of the Seventy (1st C). Translation of the relics (1534) of New Martyr George of Kratovo and Sofia (1515). Righteous Martyrs Abercius and Helen, children of the Apostle Alphaeus (1st C). St. John Psichaita the Confessor of Constantinople (8th C). Saint Euthymius of Athos, the Translator (1028). New Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica, who suffered at Smyrna (1794).
British Isles:
St. Augustine of Canterbury, Evangelizer of England (ca. 605). St. Oduvald, abbot of Melrose (698). St. Dyfan of Merthyr Dyfan (2nd C.) SS. Damian and Fugatius, missionaries to Britain (2nd C). St. Becan, hermit near Cork (6th C).
Acts 12:12-17; John 8:42-51
Tuesday 27th May 2008
St. John the Russian, Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboea (1730). Hieromartyrs Helladius and Therapon, bishop of Sardis (3rd C). Virgin-Martyr Theodora and Martyr Didymus the Soldier of Alexandria (304). The Uncovering of the relics of Nilus the Younger, Stylite of the Seliger Lake. Righteous Martyr Alypios.
British Isles:
St. Bede the Venerable (735). Holy Virgin Melangell, anchoress in Powys (ca. 590).
Acts 12:25-13:12; John 8:51-59
Wednesday 28th May 2008 (f2)
St. Eutychius, bishop of Melitene (1st C). St. Nicetas, bishop of Chalcedon (9th C). St. Germanus, bishop of Paris (576). St. Ignatius, bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov (1288). Holy Martyrs Heliconida and Daphne of Thessalonica (244). New Martyr Demetrius of Tripolitsa (1794). St. Sophronius, monk, of Bulgaria (1510).
Acts 13:13-24; John 6:5-14
Thursday 29th May 2008
Virgin-Martyr Theodosia of Tyre (308). Repose of Blessed John of Ustiug, fool-for-Christ (1494). St. Alexander, patriarch of Alexandria (328). Hieromartyr Olbian, Bishop of Aneus, and his disciples. Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Constantinople (730). New Martyr Andrew of Chios (1465). New Martyr Andrew and John Nannus at Smyrna (1802). Blessed Constantine XI, last Emperor of Constantinople (The New Rome), martyred by the Turks (1453).
Acts 14:20-27; John 9:39-10:9
Friday 30th May 2008 (f2)
St. Isaac, founder of the Dalmatian monastery at Constantinople (383). St. Macrina, grandmother of St. Basil the Great (4th C). St. Hubert of Maastricht (727). St. James, monk of the Galich Monastery (15th C). Holy Martyrs Natalius and Barlaam of Caesarea in Cappadocia (304).
British Isles:
St. Walstan of Bawburgh, confessor (1016).
Acts 15:5-34; John 10:17-28
Saturday 31st May 2008
Disciple of the Seventy, Hermas (1st C). Holy Martyrs Eusebius and Haralambos. Holy Martyr Philosophus at Alexandria (252). Martyr Hermias at Comana (2nd C). Holy Martyr Marus the Magician who was converted on witnessing the Martyrdom of Hermias.
British Isles:
SS. Winnow, Mancus and Myrbad, missionaries in Cornwall (6th C).
Acts 15:35-41; John 10:27-38
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We wish to acknowledge the help given to us in compiling this monthly calendar from two sources:
Michael Purcell (of the Saint John (Maximovich) the Wonderworker Orthodox Church, Atlanta, GA.) for his very impressive software program Menologion.
and
Father Andrew Phillips whose web site Orthodox England, has, amongst its many jewels, a list of the Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
Thank you - and Many Years!