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Wednesday June 03, 2026 / May 21, 2026

Afterfeast of Pentecost. Tone seven.

Fast-free Week. Fast-free

Calculated: Fast-free (f8)

Fast-free Period

  • Trinity Week

Saints

  1. The Meeting of the "Vladimir" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (was established to commemorate the deliverance of Moscow from an invasion of Tatars led by Khan Makhmet-Girei in 1521).
  2. Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine (337) and Helen, his mother (327).
  3. St. Constantine (1205) and his children Sts. Michael and Theodore, wonderworkers of Murom.
  4. Venerable Cassian the Greek, monk, of Uglich (1504).
  5. Synaxis of Hieromartyrs of Kerel.
  6. Synaxis of Hieromartyrs of Simbir.
  7. Synaxis of Hieromartyrs of Ufa.
  8. Honour list of Icon of the Mother of God "Virgin of Tenderness" from Pskov-Pechersk (1524), Zaonikievsky (1588), Krasnogorsk, or Chernogorsk (1603), Oransk (1634).
  9. Uncovering of the relics of Blessed Andrew of Symbiksk (1998).
  10. Venerable Agapitus, abbot of Markushev (Vologda) (1578).
  11. St. Basil, bishop of Ryazan (1295).
  12. St. Hospicius of Trier (Gaul).
  13. New Martyr Pachomius of Patmos (Mt. Athos) (1730) (Greek).
  14. Hieromartyr Secundus and those with him in Alexandria (356).
  15. St. Cyril, bishop of Rostov (1262).
  16. St. Helen of Dechani, Serbia (1350).

Scripture

  • Luke 1:39-49, 56 - Matins Gospel
  • Romans 1:18-27
  • Matthew 5:20-26
  • Philippians 2:5-11 - Epistle, Theotokos
  • Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28 - Gospel, Theotokos
  • Acts 26:1-5, 12-20 - Equals-to-the-Apostles
  • John 10:1-9 - Equals-to-the-Apostles