Thursday, 21 May 2026
8 May 2026 on the Old calendar
- ✠Ascension of our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ
- New Martyrs who suffered from the Persians in the Fereydan valley (17th C) (Georg.) [movable feast on Ascension]
- ✚Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian († 98-117)
Liturgical colour: gold
Saints of the day
- Venerable Arsenius the Great († 449-450)
- New Martyr Nicephorus († 1942)
- Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor(14th C) and Pimen the Ascetic (12th C) of the Kiev Far Caves
Fasting
No fastAny food is fine.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.
Readings
- Epistle: Acts 1:1-12
- Gospel: Luke 24:36-53
- Epistle: 1 John 1:1-7
- Gospel: John 19:25-27, 21:24-25
- Gospel (Matins): Mark 16:9-20
- Gospel (Matins): John 21:15-25
- Old Testament (Vespers): Isaiah 2:2-3
- Old Testament (Vespers): Isaiah 62:10-12, 63:1-3, 7-9
- Old Testament (Vespers): Zechariah 14:4, 8-11
- Epistle (Vespers): 1 John 3:21-4:6
- Epistle (Vespers): 1 John 4:11-16
- Epistle (Vespers): 1 John 4:20-5:5