May 6
Midfeast of Pentecost
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The texts of the propers sung at Vespers (stichera on "Lord I call," Litya, Aposticha, Troparia and Kontakia that change daily according to either the day of the week or particular day of the month). Texts are "pointed" to be sung according to the tonal patterns of the Common Chant (L'vov-Bakhmetev Obikhod, 1869 edition). Texts are formatted in MS Word.
May 7
Repose of St. Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America
May 8
Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
Ven. Arsenius the Great
May 10
Fifth Sunday of Pascha, Tone 4
Samaritan Woman
May 11
Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius, First Teachers of the Slavs
May 17
Sixth Sunday of Pascha, Tone 5
Blind Man
May 20
Leavetaking of Pascha
Forefeast of the Ascension
May 21
The Ascension of our Lord
Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine and his Mother, Helen
"You/Your" version
"Thou/Thy" version
Alternate Service: Ascension alone
"You/Your" version
"Thou/Thy" version
May 24
Seventh Sunday of Pascha, Tone 6
Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
Afterfeast of the Ascension
May 25
Third Finding of the Honorable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist, John
May 30
Memorial Saturday – Saturday before Pentecost
May 31
Eighth Sunday of Pascha, Tone 7
Pentecost – Feast of the Holy Trinity
June 1
Day of the Holy Spirit
June 7
1st Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 8
Sunday of All Saints
June 11
Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas
June 14
2nd Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 1
All Saints of America
June 21
3rd Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 2
Martyr Julian of Tarsus in Cilicia
June 24
Nativity of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist, John
June 28
4th Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 3
Translation of the Relics of the holy and wonderworking Unmercenaries Cyrus and John
June 29
The Holy, Glorious, and All-Praised Leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul