May 3 Fast Day The minimum fasting rule on this day, set by the bishops of the UGCC, is that we abstain from meat products.
May 4 - May 5 Sixth Sunday of Pascha – Sunday of the Man Born Blind. Holy and Glorious Martyr Irene (321-23). Our Venerable Father Nicephoras, Hegumen of the Monastery at Medicius. Acts 16:16-34. John 9:1-38.
May 6 - May 7 Commemoration of the Appearance of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem at the Third Hour of the Day during the Reign of Constantine (351). Holy Martyr Acacius (286-305). Acts 17:19-28. John 12:19-36.
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.
May 9 - May 10 Holy Apostle Simon the Zealot. Polyeleos Feast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain meat. Acts 19:1-8. 1 Corinthians 4:9-16. John 14:1-11. Matthew 13:54-58.
May 10 Fast Day The minimum fasting rule on this day, set by the bishops of the UGCC, is that we abstain from meat products.
May 10 - May 11 Holy Cyril (869) and Methodius (885), Teachers of the Slavs and Equals-to-the-Apostles and the Dedication of the City of Constantinople (330). Holy Priest-Martyr Mocius (284-305). Passing into Eternal Life of Blessed Vasyl (Basil) Hopko, Auxiliary Bishop of Presvov (+1976). Polyeleos Feast. Acts 20:7-12. Hebrews 7:26-8:2. John 14:10-21. John 10:9-16.