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Sunday May 17, 2026 / May 4, 2026

Sixth Sunday of Pascha: The Blind Man. Tone five.

Calculated: No fasting (f0)

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Saints

  1. Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor (287). primary
  2. St. Ethelred, king of Mercia and monk in England (716) (Celtic & British). westernBritain and Ireland
  3. The Alfanov brothers: Venerables Nicetas, Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, and Isaac of Novgorod, founders of the Sokolnitzki Monastery (1389).
  4. Hieromartyr Erasmus, bishop of Formia in Campania (303).
  5. Hieromartyr Albian (Olbian), bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor (304).
  6. Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza and with him 40 martyrs (311).
  7. Icon of the Mother of God "Staro Rus" Old Russian (1570).
  8. New Hieromartyr John priest (1942).
  9. New Hieromartyr Nicholas diacon (1943).
  10. Venerables Aphrodisius, Leontius, Anthony, Valerian, Macrobius, and others, monks of Palestine.
  11. Translation of the relics of the Righteous Lazarus and Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles.
  12. St. Nicephorus, abbot of Medikion.
  13. Venerable Nicephorus the Solitary of Mt. Athos, the spiritual father of St. Gregory Palamas (1340) (Greek).
  14. St. Athanasius, bishop of Corinth (10th - 11th c.) (Greek).
  15. Venerable Hilary the Wonderworker of the desert (Greek).
  16. St. Monica of Tagaste (mother of Blessed Augustine) (387).
  17. Martyr Florian and 40 companions, at Lorsch, Austria (304).

Scripture

  • John 20:11-18 - (8th Matins Gospel)
  • Acts 16:16-34
  • John 9:1-38