Saturday, May 31, 2025
The Orthodox liturgical day, its saint, its tone, and its fast.
On Saturday, May 31, 2025, Orthodox Christians on the New Calendar remember St Hermas of Philippopolis. It is not a fast day. On the Old Calendar the same day remembers St Theodotus of Ancyra; and Peter, Dionysius, Christina and companions. It is not a fast day.
New Calendar
Commemorated today
This day is not a fast day, all foods are permitted.
Old Calendar
Commemorated today
This day is not a fast day, all foods are permitted.
The saints of the day
On the New Calendar
On the Old Calendar
Name days on the New Calendar: Hermes
- Tone 5 of the Octoechos
- The Paschal season
The day’s readings
EpistleActs 20.7-12
20:7On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day; and continued his speech until midnight. 8There were many lights in the upper room where we were gathered together. 9A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was taken up dead. 10Paul went down and fell upon him, and embracing him said, “Don’t be troubled, for his life is in him.”
11When he had gone up, had broken bread and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even until break of day, he departed. 12They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted.
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GospelJohn 14.10-21
14:10Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works. 11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake. 12Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.
13Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it. 15If you love me, keep my commandments. 16I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever: 17the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive, for it doesn’t see him and doesn’t know him. You know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
18I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you. 19Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also. 20In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”
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The order and appointment of the readings follow the Orthodox lectionary. Come to the Liturgy to hear them proclaimed.
Questions
What does the Orthodox Church remember on Saturday, May 31, 2025?
- On the New Calendar, St Hermas of Philippopolis.
- On the Old Calendar, St Theodotus of Ancyra; and Peter, Dionysius, Christina and companions.
Is Saturday, May 31, 2025 a fast day in the Orthodox Church?
No.
- On the New Calendar it is not a fast day.
- On the Old Calendar it is not a fast day.
What are the Orthodox readings for Saturday, May 31, 2025?
On both calendars:
At the Liturgy, the Epistle is Acts 20.7-12 and the Gospel is John 14.10-21.
