May 2026
The Orthodox calendar for May 2026: each day with its feast, its saint, and its fast.
In May 2026, on the New Calendar, the Orthodox Church keeps the Ascension of Our Lord on May 21; and Holy Pentecost, the Descent of the Holy Spirit on May 31.
- 1Synaxis of the Three New Righteous Martyrs of the Holy Mountain, Euthymius, Ignatius, and Acacius (1814-1816)fast
St Tamar of Georgia › - 2Saturday
St Matrona of Moscow › - 3Sunday of the Paralytic
Timothy and Maura › - 4Monday
St Monica, mother of Blessed Augustine › - 5Tuesday
St Irene of Thessalonica › - 6Mid-Pentecostfast
St Job the Longsuffering › - 7Thursday
St Lydia of Philippi › - 8Fridayfast
St John the Theologian › - 9Saturday
St Isaiah › - 10Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
St Isidora the Fool of Tabenna › - 11Monday
Cyril and Methodius › - 12Tuesday
Epiphanios of Cyprus and Germanos of Constantinople › - 13Leavetaking of Mid-Pentecostfast
St Glyceria › - 14Thursday
St Isidore of Chios › - 15Fridayfast
St Pachomius the Great › - 16Translation of the Relics of Venerable Ephraim of Perekop
St Brendan the Voyager of Clonfert › - 17Sunday of the Blind Man
Andronicus of the Seventy › - 18Monday
St Theodotus of Ancyra › - 19Tuesday
St Patrick of Prusa › - 20Leavetaking of Pascha and Forefeast of the Ascensionfast
St Aleksy, Metropolitan of All Russia › - 21The Ascension of Our Lord
Constantine and Helen › - 22Fridayfast
St Basiliscus of Comana › - 23Saturday
St Leonty of Rostov › - 24Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
St Nikita the Stylite › - 25Monday
St Therapon of Cyprus › - 26Tuesday
Carpus and Alphaeus › - 27Wednesdayfast
St Bede › - 28Thursday
St Ignaty of Rostov › - 29Leavetaking of the Ascensionfast
St Theodosia of Tyre › - 30Saturday of Souls before Pentecost
St Macrina the Elder › - 31Holy Pentecost, the Descent of the Holy Spiritfast-free
St Hermas of Philippopolis ›
Questions about May 2026
What Orthodox feasts are in May 2026?
On the New Calendar, the Church keeps the Ascension of Our Lord on May 21; and Holy Pentecost, the Descent of the Holy Spirit on May 31.
Is there an Orthodox fast in May 2026?
No fasting season falls in May 2026 on the New Calendar. Wednesdays and Fridays are kept as fast days, except in fast-free weeks and on some feast days.