Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council (325); Venerable Pachomius the Great (346; Venerable Achilles, bishop of Larissa (330); St. Isaiah, bishop and wonderworker of Rostov (1090); Venerable Isaiah of the Kyiv Caves Abbey (1115). Venerable Pachomius, abbot and Silvanus of Nerekhta (1384).
Monthly Archives: May 2023
Sixth Sunday of Paskha, Sunday of the Blind Man
Commemoration of Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (98-117); Venerable Arsenius the Great of Scetis (448); Venerable Arsenius the Lover of Labour (14th century), and Pimen the Ascetic (12th century) in the Distant Caves of the Kyiv Caves Abbey.
Christ Is Risen! Indeed He Is Risen! Fifth Sunday of Pascha Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
Commemoration of Prophet Jeremiah (650 B.C.); Martyr Batas of Nisbis (395); Hieromartyr Macarius, metropolitan of Kyiv (1497).
Christ Is Risen! Indeed He Is Risen! Fourth Sunday of Paskha, Sunday of the Paralytic
Commemoration of Righteous Tabitha (1st century); Translation (moving) of the relics of Martyr Abramius of Bulgaria (1230); Martyr Sabbas Stratelates (“the General”) of Rome, and 70 soldiers with him (272); Martyrs Pasicrates, Valentine and Julius in Moesia (Bulgaria) (228); Martyrs Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and others at Nicomedia (303); Venerable Thomas the Fool of Syria (550); Venerable Elizabeth the Wonderworker of Constantinople (540); Venerable Sabbas of the Kyiv Caves and Alexius the Hermit of the Kyiv Caves (13th century), in the Near Caves of the Kyiv Caves Abbey.