New Calendar
Revised Julian, May 26Midfeast of Pentecost
Six stichera- Fasting
- Fasting day; fish, wine and oil allowed
- Also today
- Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus of the Seventy; Saint Augustine of Canterbury, evangelizer of England (ca. 605); Holy New Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica (1794); Greatmartyr George the New at Sofia
- Readings
- Vespers: Composite 19 - Micah 4.2-3, 5; 6.2-5, 8; 5.4, 5
Vespers: Composite 20 - Isaiah 55.1; 12.3-4; 55.2-13
Vespers: Proverbs 9.1-11
Epistle: Acts 14.6-18
Gospel: John 7.14-30
Epistle (Blessing of Waters): Hebrews 2.11-18
Gospel (Blessing of Waters): John 5.1-4