May 23 (old calendar) / June 5 (new)

May 23 (old calendar) / June 5 (new) Fast Leavetaking of Pascha — Forefeast of the Ascension. St. Michael the Confessor, Bishop of Synnada (831). Uncovering of the Relics of St. Leontius, Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov (1164). Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov—Yaroslavl’. Ven. Euphrosyne, Abbess of Polótsk (1173). Ven. Paísii, Abbot of Galich (1460). Martyr Michael “the Black-robed” of St. Sabbas’ Monastery (9th c.). St. Michael the Confessor