May 8 (old calendar) / May 21 (new)

May 8 (old calendar) / May 21 (new) Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (98-117). Ven. Arsenius the Great (449-450). Ven. Arseny the Lover-of-Labor (14th c.) and Pimen the Ascetic, of the Kiev Caves (Far Caves—12th c.). Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian The Church commemorates Saint John on this day because of the annual pilgrimage to his grave. When Saint John was more than one hundred years