---
title: "May 1, 2031 — St John, disciple of St Gregory the Decapolite"
description: "Thursday, May 1, 2031. 18 April (Old Style). St John, disciple of St Gregory the Decapolite. No fast"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2031-05-01"
language: "en"
---

Thursday

# May 1, 2031

18 April (Old Style) · 3rd week of Pascha

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2031-05-01) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2031-05-01)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2031-05)

[← April 30](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2031-04-30) [May 2 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2031-05-02)

## Events of the day

- St John, disciple of St Gregory the Decapolite

  Commemoration

- Afterfeast: Pascha. The Bright Resurrection of Christ

## Fasting

No fast

No fast today.

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 8:26–39

- Gospel

  John 6:40–44

  **Show the text**

  40 This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

  41 The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.”

  42 They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’ ”

  43 Therefore Jesus answered them, “Don’t murmur among yourselves.

  44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

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

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [Prayer to the Holy Spirit “O Heavenly King”](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/heavenly-king)