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Of the Octave

Western:

St. Brendan,  Ab.

St. Ubald of Gubbio,  B. C.  sd.

St. John Nepomucene

St. Simon Stock

St. Abdas of Susa

St. Abdas

St. Adam

St. Andrew Bobola

St. Annobert

St. Brendan

St. Carantac

St. Domnolus

St. Felix & Gennadius

St. Fidouls

St. Forannan

St. Germerius

St. Hilary

St. Honoratus of Amiens

St. Peregrinus of Terni

St. Peregrinus of Auxerre

St. Ubald Baldassini

Orthodox – OCA:

Venerable Theodore the Sanctified, disciple of Venerable Pachomius the Great

Translation of the relics of Venerable Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop, Novgorod

Venerable Cassian, Abbot of Komel (Vologda)

Venerable Laurence, Abbot of Komel

Saint Alexander, Archbishop of Jerusalem

Martyrs Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, at Lucania

Blessed Child Musa of Rome

Saint George, Bishop of Mitylene

Venerable Monastic Martyrs of Saint Savva Lavra

Saint Theodore of Vrsac, Serbia

New Martyr Vukasin of Klepci, Serbia

New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovo

Saint Brendan the Navigator

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Of the Octave

Western:

St. Pachomius,  Abt. C.  s.

St. John Baptist de La Salle,  C.  sd.

Sts. Peter & Dionysia

St. Dymphna

St. Achillas

St. Andrew

St. Bertha

St. Britwin

St. Caesarea

St. Caesarn

St. Cassius of Clermont

St. Dionysia

St. Gerebrand

St. Hallvard

St. Hilary of Galeata

St. Isidore, the Farmer

St. Jeanne de Lestonnac

St. Nicholas the Mystic

St. Peter

St. Torquatus

St. Waldalenus

Orthodox – OCA:

Venerable Pachomius the Great, Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism

Saint Isaiah the Wonderworker, Bishop of Rostov

The Holy Right-believing Tsarevich Demetrios of Uglich and Moscow

Venerable Isaiah, Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves

Venerable Pachomius, Abbot of Nerekhta

Venerable Silvanus of Nerekhta

Venerable Euphrosynos, Igoumen of Pskov

Venerable Serapion of Pskov

Saint Achilles, Bishop of Larissa

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ASCENSION DAY

Western:

St. Boniface of Tarsus,  M.

St. Pachomius,  Abt.

St. Matthias (but see 24 Feb)

St. Carthach the Younger

St. Engelmer

St. Engelmund

St. Erembert

St. Just

St. Maria Dominic Mazzarello

St. Michael Garicoits

St. Victor and Corona

Orthodox – OCA:

Martyrs Isidore and Myrope of Chios

Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov

Saint Nikḗtas, Bishop of Novgorod, Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves

Martyr Maximus

Venerable Serapion of Egypt

Saint Leontius, Patriarch of Jerusalem

First opening of the relics of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk

“Sweet-Kissing” Icon of the Mother of God

“Yaroslavl-Caves” Icon of the Mother of God

New Martyr Raiko (John) of Bulgaria

Hieromartyr Therapontus of Cyprus

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ROGATION WEDNESDAY

Vigil of the Ascension

Western:

St. John the Silent

St. Abban

St. Agnes of Poitiers

St. Euthymius

St. Glyceria

Bl. Imelda

St. Juliana of Norwich

St. Mael

St. Merewenna

St. Mucius

St. Natalis

St. Onesimus

St. Servatus

St. Valerian

Orthodox – OCA:

Virgin Martyr Glyceria at Heraclea

Martyr Laodicius the Keeper of the Prison

Righteous Virgin Glykerίa of Novgorod

Venerable Macarius, Archimandrite of Ovruch

Martyr Alexander of Rome

Saint Pausicacus, Bishop of Synnada

Saint George the Confessor, with his wife and children, of Constantinople

Saint Irene, with her husband and children, of Constantinople

Saint Euthymius the New, Founder of the Ivḗron Monastery,

        and his fellow Georgian Saints of Mount Athos

Monastic Martyr John of the Ivḗron Monastery on Mount Athos

Monastic Martyr George of the Ivḗron Monastery on Mount Athos

Monastic Martyr Gabriel of the Ivḗron Monastery on Mount Athos

Martyrs killed by the Latins at the Ivḗron Monastery on Mount Athos

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ROGATION TUESDAY

Western:

SS. Nereus, Achilles, & Domitilla,V., & Pancras, MM.

St. Epiphanius of Salamis, Abp.

Sts. Nereus & Achilleus

St. Diomma
St. Dionysius
St. Dominic de la Calzada
St. Etheihard
St. Flavia Domitilla
Bl. Francis Patrizzi
St. Leopold Mandic
St. Modoaldus
St. Nereus and Achilleus
St. Pancras
St. Philip of Agirone
St. Richrudis

Orthodox – OCA:

Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus

Saint Germanus, Patriarch of Constantinople

Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

Venerable Dionysius, Archimandrite of Saint Sergius’ Monastery

Saint Sabinus, Archbishop of Cyprus

Saint Polybius, Bishop in Cyprus

Martyr John of Vlachia, Romania

Martyr Pancratius

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ROGATION MONDAY

Western:

St. Erkenwald, B.C.  d.

St. Mamertius, Abp.

St. Ignatius of Laconi

Bl. Albert of Bergamo

St. Anastasius VI

St. Anastasius VII

St. Ansfrid

St. Anthimus

Bl. Antonio de Sant'Anna Galvao

St. Evellius

St. Francis Jerome

St. Gangulphus

Bl. John of Rochester

St. Majolus of Cluny

Bl. Matthew Gam

St. Maximus

St. Odilo of Cluny

Bl. Peter the Venerable

St. Tudy of Landevennec

St. Walbert

St. Walter

Orthodox – OCA:

Commemoration of the Founding of Constantinople

Hieromartyr Mocius the Presbyter of Amphipolis in Macedonia

Equals of the Apostles and Teachers of the Slavs, Cyril and Methodius

Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves

Saint Joseph, Metropolitan of Astrakhan

Saint Nikodemos, Archbishop of Serbia

Saint Rostislav, Prince of Great Moravia

New Martyr Dioscorus

New Martyr Argyrus

Blessed Christopher, called Christesia

Holy Monastic Martyrs Olympia and Euphrosynē

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EASTER V

Western:

St. Antoninus of Florence,  B. C.

com. SS. Gordian & Epimachus, MM.

St. Damien of Molokai

St. Alphius

St. Aurelian of Limoges

St. Calepodius

St. Catald

St. Cataldus

St. Comgall

St. Comgall

St. Dioscorides

St. Epimachus

Bl. Ivan Merz

St. John of Avila

St. Peter Van

St. Quaratus and Quintus

St. Solange

St. William of Pontoise

Orthodox – OCA:

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

Apostle Simon the Zealot

Saint Simon, Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves

Martyrs Philadelphus, Cyprian, Alphius, Onesimus, Erasmus,

        and 14 others, in Sicily

Martyr Hesychius of Antioch

Blessed Isidora the Fool of Tabenna in Egypt

Blessed Thais of Egypt

“Kiev-Bratsk” Icon of the Mother of God

Venerable Comgall of Bangor

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St. Gregory of Nazianzus

Western:

St. Gregory of Nazianzus,  B. C. D.  d

St. Pachomius

St. Beatus of Lungern

St. Beatus of Vendome

St. Brynoth

St. George Preca

St. Gerontius of Cervia

St. Gorfor

St. Hermas

St. John of Chalons

St. Pachomius

Bl. Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger

Bl. Thomas Pickering

St. Vincent

Orthodox – OCA:

New Martyrs and Confessors of Butovo

Prophet Isaiah

Martyr Christopher of Lycia, and, with him,

        the Martyrs Callinika and Aquilina

Translation of the relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker

        from Myra to Bari

Repose of Venerable Shio the Anchorite of Georgia

Venerable Joseph of Optina

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