In May 2022, Christians expect several big church holidays. Among them are the spring day of St. Nicholas and the memorial day. The last month of spring will also bring us the day of St. George the Victorious and the day of St. John the Evangelist.

Orthodox calendar for May 2022 for each date

• May 1 – Memorial Sunday (Tomina), the day of memory of St. John, a disciple of Gregory Dekapolit;
• May 2 – Memorial Day of St. John the Pechernik;
• May 3 – Seeing off, the day of memory of St. Theodore Trikhina;
• May 4 – Memorial Day of the Hieromartyr Januarius and others;
• May 5 – Memorial Day of St. Theodore Sikiot and Vitaly;
• May 6 – Memorial Day of the Great Martyr George the Victorious;
• May 7 – Memorial Day of the Martyr Savva Stratilat;
• May 8 – Memorial Day of the holy myrrh-bearing women, as well as the apostle evangelist Mark;
• May 9 – Memorial Day of Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of Amasia;
• May 10 – Memorial Day of the Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop of Jerusalem, a relative of the Lord;
• May 11 – Memorial Day of the Apostles Jason and Sosipater, as well as the martyr Maximus, Dada and others;
• May 12 – Memorial Day of the nine martyrs in Kyzitz, the Monk Mnemon, the miracle worker;
• May 13 – Memorial Day of the Apostle James, brother of St. John the Theologian;
• May 14 – Hieromartyr Macarius, Metropolitan of Kiev;
• May 15 – Memorial Day of St. Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria;
• May 16 – Memorial Day of the martyrs Timothy and Maura, as well as the Monk Theodosius of the Caves;
• May 17 – Memorial Day of the Martyr Pelagia;
• May 18 – Memorial Day of the martyr Irene, as well as the Monk Nicephorus, Abbot of Media;
• May 19 – Memorial Day of the righteous Job the Long-suffering;
• May 20 – Memorial Day of the Martyr Akakios and the appearance of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem;
• May 21 – Memorial Day of John the Theologian;
• May 22 – Transfer of the relics of Nicholas the Wonderworker;
• May 23 – Memorial Day of the Apostle Simon the Zealot;
• May 24 – Memorial Day of Cyril and Methodius Equal to the Apostles;
• May 25 – Memorial Day of Saints Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus and Herman, Patriarch of Jerusalem;
• May 26 – Memorial Day of the Martyr Glykeria;
• May 27 – Memorial Day of the Martyr Isidore;
• May 28 – Memorial Day of St. Pachomius the Great;
• May 29 – Memorial Day of the blind-born St. Theodore the Sanctified;
• May 30 – Memorial Day of the Apostle Andronicus and others with him;
• May 31 – Memorial Day of the martyrs Theodore, Peter, Dionysius, Andrew and others.