Menaion for May

We provide here the Menaion for the month of May in English. These contain the principal commemorations of each day of the month as kept in the Russian Orthodox Church (with some additions from other regions). For certain days, secondary commemorations are also provided.

Please click below to access a PDF file containing the Menaion texts for the indicated day. (The Menaion for May is also available in Church Slavonic.)

May

• 1st May
  • Prophet Jeremiah
  • Secondary Commemoration – Queen Tamara of Georgia
• 2nd May
  • Athanasius the Great of Alexandria
  • Secondary Commemoration – King Boris Equal of the Apostles and Enlightener of the Bulgarians
• 3rd May
  • Martyrs Timothy and Maura
  • Secondary Commemoration – Theodosius of the Kiev Caves
• 4th May
  • Martyred Nun Pelagia
• 5th May
  • Glorious Martyr Irene
• 6th May
  • Righteous Job the Much-Suffering
• 7th May
  • Appearance of the Cross above Jerusalem, Martyr Acacius
  • Secondary Commemoration – Nilus of Sora
• 8th May
  • Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, Venerable Arsenius
• 9th May
  • Prophet Isaiah, Martyr Christopher
  • Secondary Commemoration – Translation of the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker
• 10th May
  • Apostle Simon the Zealot
  • Secondary Commemoration – Mother Isidora of Tabenna
• 11th May
  • Hieromartyr Mocius
  • Secondary Commemoration – Methodius and Cyril, Equals of the Apostles
  • Tertiary Commemoration – Hieromartyr Joseph of Astrakhan
• 12th May
  • Epiphanius of Cyprus, Germanus of Constantinople
• 13th May
  • Martyr Glyceria
• 14th May
  • Martyr Isidore of Chios
• 15th May
  • Pachomius the Great of Egypt
• 16th May
  • Theodore the Sanctified
• 17th May
  • Apostle Andronicus and companions
• 18th May
  • Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra and the seven virgins; Martyrs Peter, Dionysius and companions
• 19th May
  • Hieromartyr Patrick of Prussia and companions
• 20th May
  • Martyr Thalaleus
• 21st May
  • Equals of the Apostles Constantine and Helen
• 22nd May
  • Martyr Basiliscus
• 23rd May
  • Michael the Confessor of Synada
• 24th May
  • Symeon of the Wondrous Mountain
• 25th May
  • Third finding of the head of the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John
• 26th May
  • Apostle Carpus of the Seventy
• 27th May
  • Hieromartyr Therapon
• 28th May
  • Niketas of Chalcedon
• 29th May
  • Martyred Virgin Theodosia
• 30th May
  • Isaacius of the Monastery of Dalmatus
• 31st May
  • Martyr Hermias