“May 2025 has several important Orthodox holidays. During this month, the believers will honor the light week, celebrate the Ascension of the Lord, and also remember the third finding of the honest head of St. John the Baptist. UA.news publishes important Orthodox holidays in May 2025. Church calendar for May 2025 What church holidays will be celebrated next month in Ukraine: May 1 –”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
May 2025 has several important Orthodox holidays. During this month, the believers will honor the light week, celebrate the Ascension of the Lord, and also remember the third finding of the honest head of St. John the Baptist.
UA.news publishes important Orthodox holidays in May 2025.
Church calendar for May 2025
What church holidays will be celebrated next month in Ukraine:
- May 1 – St. Jeremiah Prophet;
- May 2 – St. Anatasia the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria;
- May 3 – St. Peace of Pechersky;
- May 4 – the Holy Martyr Pelagia;
- May 5 – St. Martyr Irina;
- May 6 – St. Job;
- May 7 – St. Martyr Akakia;
- May 8 – the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian; the Holy Reverend Arsenia of the Great;
- May 9 – the transfer of the relics of Nicholas the Wonderworker; the Holy Prophet Isaiah; Holy Martyr Christopher;
- May 10 – the Holy Apostle Simon Zilot;
- May 11 – Saints of Equal Apostolic Cyril and Methodius, Slavic Teachers;
- May 12 – Saints Epiphany and Herman;
- May 13 – Saint Martyr Glycery;
- May 14 – St. Martyr Isidor;
- May 15 – the Holy Reverend Pakhomy of the Great;
- May 16 – St. Reverend Theodore of the sanctified, the student of St. Pakhomy;
- May 17 – the Holy Apostle Andronicus and others;
- May 18 – the holy martyrs of Theodota, Peter, Dionysius, Andrew and others;
- May 19 – the Holy Holy Martyr Patricius, Bishop of the Prussian;
- May 20 – St. Martyr Talaley;
- May 21 – the Holy Apostolic Constantine and Elena;
- May 22 – St. Martyr Vasilisk;
- May 23 – St. Michael’s Holy Reverend confessor; Holy Reverend Euphrosyne;
- May 24 – St. Simeon of St. Simeon; St. Nikita Pereyaslavsky;
- May 25 – the third finding of the head of the Holy Prophet John the Baptist;
- May 26 – the Holy Apostle Carp of 70;
- May 27 – Holy Holy Martyr Terapont, Bishop;
- May 28 – St. Nikita, Bishop of the Charedon;
- May 29 – the Ascension of the Lord; The Reverend Martyr Theodosius, Virgo;
- May 30 – St. Isaac Dalmatian;
- May 31 – the Holy Apostle Ermia; St. Martyr Jerme.
Recall that on April 20, Orthodox believers around the world celebrated one of the greatest holidays – the Resurrection of the Lord, Easter. On the same day, the new calendar honors the miraculous image – the Cyprus icon of the Mother of God.
On the eve of Easter, the fertile fire arrived in Ukraine. The first shrine was met by border guards in Volyn, and then she went to Kiev.
