---
title: "May 15, 2026 — St Athanasius the Great | Church calendar"
description: "Friday, May 15, 2026. 2 May (Old Style). St Athanasius the Great; Translation of the relics of Sts Boris and Gleb. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-05-15"
language: "en"
---

Friday

# May 15, 2026

2 May (Old Style) · 5th week of Pascha

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-05-15) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-05-15)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-05)

[← May 14](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-05-14) [May 16 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-05-16)

## Events of the day

- St Athanasius the Great; Translation of the relics of Sts Boris and Gleb

  Polyeleos rank

- Afterfeast: Pascha. The Bright Resurrection of Christ

## Fasting

Fast day · Wednesday / Friday

Wednesday and Friday from Thomas Sunday to Pentecost: fish is allowed.

- Meat: not allowed
- Dairy & eggs: not allowed
- Fish: allowed
- Oil: allowed
- Wine: allowed

Food rules are reference church information. Agree your personal measure of fasting with a priest; consult a doctor if you are ill.

## Readings of the day

- Epistle

  Acts 15:5–34

- Gospel

  John 10:17–28

  **Show the text**

  17 Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

  18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”

  19 Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.

  20 Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?”

  21 Others said, “These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn’t possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?”

  22 It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.

  23 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.

  24 The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

  25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you don’t believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, these testify about me.

  26 But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.

  27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

  28 I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible.

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [Short penitential prayers](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/penitential-short)