May 7 - May 8 Leave-taking of Pascha. Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. Our Venerable Father Arsenius the Great (408-50). Arsenius the Great (450). All-Night Vigil Feast. Acts 18:22-28. 1 John 1:1-7. John 12:36-47. John 19:25-27. 21:24-25.
May 8 - May 9 Ascension of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Transfer of the Relics (1087) of Our Holy Father Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari. Holy Prophet Isaiah (8th c. BC). Holy Martyr Christopher (249-51). Feast of our Lord. Polyeleos Feast. Acts 1:1-12. Luke 24:36-53.