Church calendar for May: detailed schedule of what holiday is today by day

After the Resurrection of Christ, which was celebrated in April, most believers continue to celebrate according to the church calendar in May, in order to know exactly what holiday is today and when which church holidays we celebrate this month.

Therefore, for many believers who find it important to follow the church schedule and honor the memory of saints on certain days, our editorial team of Ukrainian Information has compiled this written calendar of church holidays, based on which you could prepare in detail for each holiday of the church calendar for May.

Important church holiday dates in May 2026: according to the church calendar according to the old style, May will be full of important transitive and non-transitive holidays, including the Ascension of the Lord ( May 21 ) and Holy Trinity Day ( May 31 ).

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Detailed calendar for each day of May:

• May 1: Commemoration of the memory of St. John; martyrs Victor, Zotycus, Zinon, Akindinus, and Severian.
• May 2: Memorial Day of Blessed Matrona of Moscow and St. John the Caves’ Monk.
• May 3: 4th Sunday after Easter, about the paralytic. Commemoration of the venerable abbot Seraphim, Princess of Karelia.
• May 4: Memory of the Holy Martyr Januarius; St. Theodore of Sanaksar.
• May 5: Venerable Theodore the Sikeot; Apostles Nathanael, Luke, and Clement; Venerable Vitaly the Monk are commemorated.
• May 6: Half of Pentecost. Memorial Day of the Martyr George the Victorious and the Holy Queen Alexandra.
• May 7: Memory of the Martyrs Savva Stratilates, Valentine, Luke; St. Elizabeth of Constantinople.
• May 8: Commemoration of the Apostle and Evangelist Mark; St. Sylvester of Obnor.
• May 9: Memory of the Holy Martyr Basil of Amasia; Righteous Glafira the Virgin; St. John of the Virgin. Also on this day, the commemoration of deceased soldiers is held.
• May 10: 5th Sunday after Easter, about the Samaritan woman. Commemorated are St. Stephen, Bishop Volodymyr-Volynsky, and the Apostle and Martyr Simeon.
• May 11: Commemoration of the 70th martyrs Jason and Sosipater, the virgin of Kerkyra, and other victims. Also commemorated are St. Cyril of Turov and St. Anna.
• May 12: Commemoration of St. Amphilochius of Pochaiv; St. Nektarios of Optina; St. Basil of Ostrog.
• May 13: Commemoration of the Feast of the Transfiguration. Memorial Day of St. James Zebedee and St. Ignatius Brianchaninov.
• May 14: Day of Blessed Tamara, the Mother of Georgia. Veneration of the Icon of the Mother of God “Unexpected Joy”.
• May 15: Memory of St. Athanasius the Great; blessed canons Boris and Gleb.
• May 16: Venerable Theodosius of Kiev-Pechersk; Martyrs Timothy and Mavra; Venerable Juliania and Eupraxia of Moscow are commemorated.
• May 17: 6th Sunday after Easter, about the blind man. Memorial day of St. Pelagia of Tarsus; co-martyr Erasmus, Bishop of Formica.
• May 18: Memory of the Holy Martyrs Irina and St. Varlaam of Serpukhov. Veneration of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Inexhaustible Chalice”.
• May 19: Commemoration of St. Job of Pochaiv; St. Job the Long-Suffering; St. Michael of Radonezh.
• May 20: Commemoration of the Easter holiday. Commemoration of the appearance of the cross in the sky in Jerusalem. Commemoration of the martyr Akakiy.
• May 21: THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD . Also on this day, the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian and St. Arseny the Great are honored.
• May 22: Transfer of the relics of St. Nicholas of Myra.
• May 23: Memory of the Apostle Simon the Zealot; St. Isidore the Fool; Blessed Taisia.
• May 24: 7th Sunday after Easter, the holy fathers of the First Ecumenical Council. Commemorated are the Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius and Cyril, teachers of the Slavs.
• May 25: Memorial Day of the Holy Martyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, miracle worker.
• May 26: Saint Glykeria the Virgin; Martyr Macarius of Kaniv; Saint Euthymius of Iveron; Martyr Alexander of Rome are commemorated.
• May 27: Memory of Blessed Isidore of Rostov; Martyr Isidore; Venerable Nikita the Recluse, Bishop of Novgorod.
• May 28: Memorial Day of St. Pachomius the Great and St. Isaiah of the Caves.
• May 29: Commemoration of the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. Veneration of St. Theodore the Sanctified; St. Cassian and Lawrence.
• May 30: Trinity Memorial Saturday. Commemoration of the dead. Commemoration of the Apostle Andronicus and St. Junia.
• May 31: 8th Sunday after Easter. HOLY TRINITY DAY. PENTECOST . Commemoration of the Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra.

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