Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
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The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church
. Associated with each date are passages of Holy Scripture, Saints and events for commemoration, and many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days.
There are two types of feasts in the Orthodox Church calendar: fixed and movable. Fixed feasts occur on the same calendar day every year, while movable feasts change each year. The moveable feasts are generally relative to Pascha
(Easter), and so the cycle of moveable feasts is referred to as the Paschal cycle
.
(sometimes referred to as the "Old Calendar") or the Revised Julian Calendar
("New Calendar"). All dates having to do with Pascha
(Easter) - the beginning of Great Lent
, Ascension, Pentecost
, etc. - are "moveable" feasts, and thus are not on this calendar (see Paschal cycle
).
The following should be remembered in using the following calendar:
The Orthodox liturgical year
begins on September 1.
for details). While the Fixed Cycle begins on September 1, the new Paschal Cycle begins on "Zaccheus Sunday" (the beginning of the preparatory season before Great Lent
), eleven Sundays before Pascha, and continues until the Zaccheus Sunday of the following year. The Epistle and Gospel readings at the Divine Liturgy
throughout the year are determined by the date of Pascha.
(Virgin Mary). Of these, three are on the Paschal Cycle:
The other Great Feasts are on the Fixed Cycle:
In addition, the feast day of the patron saint
of a parish church
or monastery
is counted as a Great Feast, and is celebrated with great solemnity.
, there are three other lesser lenten seasons in the church year:
The season from the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee (three weeks before the Great Lent) through Holy Saturday is called Triodion
, while the season from Pascha through Pentecost is called the Pentecostarion
.
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...
. Associated with each date are passages of Holy Scripture, Saints and events for commemoration, and many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days.
There are two types of feasts in the Orthodox Church calendar: fixed and movable. Fixed feasts occur on the same calendar day every year, while movable feasts change each year. The moveable feasts are generally relative to Pascha
Easter
Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
(Easter), and so the cycle of moveable feasts is referred to as the Paschal cycle
Paschal cycle
The Paschal cycle in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, is the cycle of the moveable feasts built around Pascha . The cycle consists of approximately ten weeks before and seven weeks after Pascha. The ten weeks before Pascha are known as the period of the Triodion...
.
Fixed feasts
The following list of dates links only to fixed feasts of the Orthodox Church. These are the fixed dates; the particular day on which that date is observed differs depending upon whether one follows the Julian CalendarJulian calendar
The Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year .The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months...
(sometimes referred to as the "Old Calendar") or the Revised Julian Calendar
Revised Julian calendar
The Revised Julian calendar, also known as the Rectified Julian calendar, or, less formally, New calendar, is a calendar, originated in 1923, which effectively discontinued the 340 years of divergence between the naming of dates sanctioned by those Eastern Orthodox churches adopting it and the...
("New Calendar"). All dates having to do with Pascha
Easter
Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
(Easter) - the beginning of Great Lent
Great Lent
Great Lent, or the Great Fast, is the most important fasting season in the church year in Eastern Christianity, which prepares Christians for the greatest feast of the church year, Pascha . In many ways Great Lent is similar to Lent in Western Christianity...
, Ascension, Pentecost
Pentecost
Pentecost is a prominent feast in the calendar of Ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sinai, and also later in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ after the Resurrection of Jesus...
, etc. - are "moveable" feasts, and thus are not on this calendar (see Paschal cycle
Paschal cycle
The Paschal cycle in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, is the cycle of the moveable feasts built around Pascha . The cycle consists of approximately ten weeks before and seven weeks after Pascha. The ten weeks before Pascha are known as the period of the Triodion...
).
The following should be remembered in using the following calendar:
- For the day in the Gregorian CalendarGregorian calendarThe Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter...
. on which those churches which follow the Julian Calendar celebrate any date's fixed commemoration, add 13 days to the date below. For example, Christmas Day (December 25) on the Julian Calendar falls on January 7 of the modern Gregorian Calendar. - For those churches which follow the Revised Julian Calendar the dates below correspond exactly to the dates on the Gregorian Calendar.
The Orthodox liturgical year
Liturgical year
The liturgical year, also known as the church year, consists of the cycle of liturgical seasons in Christian churches which determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which portions of Scripture are to be read. Distinct liturgical colours may appear in...
begins on September 1.
| September | 1 September 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 2All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 14 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Righteous Joshua, the son of Nun... 2 September 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 3All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 15 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Mamas of Caesarea in Cappadocia with his parents, martyrs Theodotus and Rufina... 3 September 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 4All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 16 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Anthimus of Nicomedia, Bishop of Nicomedia... 4 September 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 5All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 17 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Babylas, Bishop of Antioch *Martyrs with Babylas: Christodoula and her sons Urban, Prilidian, and Epolonios... 5 September 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 6All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 18 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy Prophet Zachariah and Righteous Elizabeth parents of Saint John the Baptist and Forerunner... 6 September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 7All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 19 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Eudoxius, Romulus, Zeno, and Macarios in Armenia *Saint Archipus of Hierapolis... 7 September 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 8All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 20 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Sozon of Cilicia *Saint Kassia, Nun, confessor, hymnographer... 8 September 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 9All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 21 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Lucian, abbot of Alexandrov, Kostroma *Saint Arsenius, abbot of Konevits*Martyr Athanasius of Thessalonica... 9 September 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 10All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 22 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God Saint Joachim and Saint Anne... 10 September 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 11All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 23 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora at Nicomedia *Martyr Barypsabas in Dalmatia... 11 September 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 12All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 24 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Theodora of Alexandria *Saint Paphnutius the Confessor, Bishop in the Egyptian Thebaid... 12 September 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 13All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 25 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Autonomus, Bishop of Italy *Saint Coronatus, Bishop of Iconium... 13 September 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 14All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 26 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion *Saint Aristides the Athenian *Saint Peter of Atroe... 14 September 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 15All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 27 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council*Repose of Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople... 15 September 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 16All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 28 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Great-martyr Nicetas the Goth *Saint Philoteus the Presbyter *Martyr Porphyrius the Actor of Caesarea... 16 September 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 17All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 29 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Great-martyr Euphemia the All-praised *Martyrs Victor and Sosthenes at Chalcedon... 17 September 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 18All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep. 30 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Sophia and her three daughters Faith , Hope , and Love at Rome... 18 September 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 19All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 1 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Eumenes, Bishop of Gortyna *Martyr Ariadne of Phrygia... 19 September 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 20All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 2 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon of Synada... 20 September 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 21All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 3 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Great-martyr Eustathius Placidas, his wife Theopistes, and their children Agapius and Theopistus, of Rome... 21 September 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 22All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 4 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Apostle of the Seventy Quadratus *Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Ephesus, and his Presbyter Andrew... 22 September 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 23All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 5 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Prophet Jonah... 23 September 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 24All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 6 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Andrew, John, Peter, and Antoninus of Syracuse, martyred in Africa... 24 September 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 25All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 7 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Protomartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles Thekla *Venerable Nicander, hermit of Pskov... 25 September 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 26All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 8 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Repose of Saint Sergius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Radonezh *Venerable Euphrosyne of Alexandria... 26 September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 27All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 9 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian *Righteous Gideon, Judge of Israel *Saint Ephraim, abbot of Perekop, wonderworker of Novgorod... 27 September 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 28All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 10 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Callistratus of Carthage and 49 martyrs with him *Repose of Venerable Sabbatius, wonderworker of Solovki... 28 September 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 29All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Chariton the Confessor, abbot, of Palestine... 29 September 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 30All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 12 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Cyriacus the Anchorite *Saint Theophanes the Merciful of Palestine... 30 September 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 1All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop of Greater Armenia... |
| October | 1 October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Sep. 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 2All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 14 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Ananias of Damascus, Bishop and one of the Seventy Apostles *Venerable Romanos the Melodist, "Sweet-singer"... 2 October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 3-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 15 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Cyprian, virgin-martyr Justina, and Theoctistus of Nicomedia... 3 October 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 4-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 16 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Dionysius of Athens, bishop, and with him martyrs Rusticus and Eleutherius... 4 October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 5-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 17 by Old Calendarist Orthodox-Saints:*Hieromartyr Hierotheus of Athens, bishop *St... 5 October 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 6-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 18 by Old Calendarist Orthodox-Saints:*Martyr Charitina of Amisus... 6 October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 7-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 19 by Old Calendarist Orthodox-Saints:*Holy and glorious Apostle Thomas*New Monk-martyr Macarius of St. Anne’s Skete, Mt... 7 October 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 8-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 20 by Old Calendarist Orthodox-Saints:*Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus in Syria... 8 October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 9-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 21 by Old Calendarist Orthodox-Saints:*Venerable Pelagia the Penitent of the Mount of Olives... 9 October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 10-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 22 by Old Calendarist Orthodox-Saints:*Holy Apostle James, son of Alphaeus *Saint Andronicus and his wife St... 10 October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 11All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 23 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia at Nicomedia, and 200 martyrs with them... 11 October 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 12-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 24 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Philip the Evangelist of the Seventy Disciples, one of the seven deacons *St... 12 October 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 13-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 25 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus at Tarsus in Cilicia... 13 October 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 14-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 26 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 14 October 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 15-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 27 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Nazarius, Celsius, Gervase and Protase, of Milan *St... 15 October 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 16-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 28 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:* Æthelric, Bishop of Durham* Translation of the Relics of Saint Oswald, Archbishop of York... 16 October 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 17-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 29 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Longinus the Centurion who stood at the Cross of the Lord... 17 October 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 18-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 30 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy Prophet Hosea... 18 October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 19All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 31 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke * Hieromartyr Cyriacus , Bishop of Jerusalem... 19 October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 20-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 1 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Righteous John of Kronstadt, Wonderworker *Prophet Joel... 20 October 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 21-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 2 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Artemius at Antioch *Venerable Gerasimus of Cephalonia, the "New Ascetic"... 21 October 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 22-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 3 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*St. Hilarion the Great of Gaza... 22 October 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 23-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 4 by Old Calendarists- References :**... 23 October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 24-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 5 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Apostle James the Brother of the Lord * Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople... 24 October 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 25-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 6 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Saint Arethas * Blessed Elesbaan, king of Ethiopia - References :*... 25 October 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 26-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 7 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the notaries of Constantinople... 26 October 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 27-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 7 by Old Calendarists- References :*... 27 October 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 28-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 8 by Old Calendarists- References :*... 28 October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 29-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 10 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:* Arsenius of Srem, Archbishop of Serbia* Athanasius I, Patriarch of Constantinople... 29 October 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 30-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Abraham of Rostov, archimandrite * Asterius, Claudius and Neon of Aegae in Cilicia... 30 October 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Oct. 31-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 12 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Zenobius bishop of Aegaea, and his sister Zenobia, Cilicia... 31 October 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 1-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... |
| November | 1 November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 2All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Nov. 14 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian of Mesopotamia and their mother Venerable Theodota of Mesopotamia... 2 3 November 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 4-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 16 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:... 4 November 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 5-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 17 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Joannicius the Great of Bithynia... 5 November 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 6-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 18 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyrs Galacteon and his wife Episteme at Emesa * Gaius of Ephesus* Philologus of Sinope... 6 November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 7-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 19 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Saint Paul the Confessor, Archbishop of Constantinople Nov. 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 7-Fixed commemorations:All fixed... 7 November 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 8-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 20 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* St. Lazarus the Wonderworker of Mt... 8 November 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 9-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 21 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 9 November 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 10-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 22 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Theoctiste of Lesbos... 10 November 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 11-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 23 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 11 November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 12-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 24 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyrs Victor and Corona* Martyr Stephanida* Vincent of Saragossa... 12 November 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 13-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 25 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria * Nilus of Sinai... 13 November 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 14-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 26 by Old Calendarists- References :**... 14 November 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 15-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 27 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Saint Philip the Apostle* Saint Gregory Palamas, archbishop of Thessaloniki... 15 November 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 16-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 28 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Saint Herman of Alaska * Saint Paisius Velichkovsky of Moldavia and Mt. Athos... 16 November 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 17-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 29 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Saint Matthew, Evangelist... 17 November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 18-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 30 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*St.Gregory the Wonderworker of Neo-Caesarea *St. Lazarus the Iconographer of Constantinople... 18 November 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 19-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 1 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Platon of Ancyra *Romanus of Caesarea, deacon *Barulas, child martyr... 19 November 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 20-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 2 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Prophet Obadiah*Barlaam and Joasaph, prince of India, and Abenner the King, Father of Joasaph... 20 November 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 21-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 3 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*St. Gregory Decapolites *Archbishop Proclus of Constantinople... 21 November 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 22-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 4 by Old Calendarists.-Feasts:*The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple-Saints:... 22 November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 23All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 5 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Apostles of the 70 Philemon and Archippus, Martyr Apphia, wife of Philemon and Equal to the Apostles, and St... 23 November 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 24All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 6 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hierarch Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium *Hierarch Gregory, bishop of Agrigentum... 24 November 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 25All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 7 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Great-martyr Catherine of Alexandria [Russian usage]*Saint Mastridia of Alexandria... 25 November 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 26All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 8 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Great-martyr Catherine of Alexandria [Greek usage]*Hieromartyr Clement, pope of Rome [Russian usage]... 26 November 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 27-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 9 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Nikon the Metanoeite of Armenia *Saint Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis... 27 November 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 28-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 10 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Great-Martyr James Intercisus of Persia *St. Palladius of Thessalonica... 28 November 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 29-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Stephen the New of Mt... 29 November 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Nov. 30-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 12 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Paramon and 370 Martyrs in Bithynia... 30 November 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov. 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 1-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on December 13 by Old Calendarist Orthodox-Saints:* Holy and Glorious Apostle Andrew* Saint Frumentius, bishop of Axum... |
| December | 1 December 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nov 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec 2All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 14 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Prophet Nahum * St... 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 December 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Dec. 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 10All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Dec. 22 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Conception of the Virgin Mary*Prophetess Anna , mother of the Prophet Samuel... 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 December 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Dec. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 17All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Dec. 29 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Prophet Haggai * Martyr Marinus of Rome * St. Memnon, Archbishop of Ephesus... 17 December 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Dec. 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 18All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Dec. 30 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Prophet Daniel and Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, the Three Holy Youths * Saint Dionysios... 18 December 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Dec. 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 19All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Dec. 31 by Old Calendarists... 19 20 21 22 December 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Dec. 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 23All fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 4 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Great Martyr Anastasia the Roman, Deliverer from Bonds, and her teacher Martyr Chrysogonus, and with them the Martyrs Theodota, Evodias, Eutychianus, and others,... 23 24 25 December 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Dec. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 26-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 7 by Old Calendarists.-Feasts:*The Nativity, according to the Flesh, of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ... 26 27 28 29 30 31 |
| January | 1 January 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) December 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - January 2All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 14 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Hieromartyr Concordius of Spoleto December 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - January 2All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 14 by... 2 January 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 3-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 15 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Sylvester, Pope of Rome *Repose of Venerable Saint Seraphim of Sarov, Wonderworker... 3 January 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 4-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 16 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Holy Prophet Malachi *Martyr Gordius, at Caesarea in Cappadocia... 4 January 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 5-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 17 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles*Saint Theoctistus, abbot at Cucomo in Sicily... 5 January 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 6-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 18 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Prophet Micah *Martyr Theopemptus, bishop of Nicomedia and Theonas... 6 January 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 7-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 19 by Old Calendarists-Feasts:*The Holy Theophany of Jesus, or His Baptism*Traditionally, the beginning of house blessing season... 7 January 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 8-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 20 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Synaxis of the Holy and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John*Martyr Athanasius of Attalia... 8 January 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 9-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 21 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable George the Chozebite *Domnica of Constantinople... 9 January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 10-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 22 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene in Armenia... 10 January 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 11-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 23 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Gregory of Nyssa, bishop *Saint Dometian of Melitene, bishop... 11 January 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 12-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 24 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Theodosius of Antioch *Saint Stephen of Placidian near Constantinople*Saint Theodore... 12 January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 13-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 25 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Martyr Tatiana of Rome, and those who suffered with her... 13 January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 14-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 26 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Hilary of Poitiers, bishop Also remembered on this day in the Roman Catholic church.... 14 January 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 15-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 27 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:... 15 January 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 16-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 28 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Monk-martyr Pansophius of Alexandria... 16 January 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 17-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 29 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Honoratus of Arles, archbishop and founder of Lerins Monastery... 17 January 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 18-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 30 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Anthony the Great and God-bearing *Saint Theodosius the Great, Roman Emperor... 18 January 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 19-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 31 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Athanasius the Great *Saint Cyril of Alexandria, archbishop... 19 January 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 20-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 1 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Macarius the Great of Egypt *Venerable Macarius of Alexandria... 20 January 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 21-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 2 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Euthymius the Great... 21 January 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 22-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 3 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Maximus the Confessor *Martyr Neophytus of Nicaea... 22 January 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 23-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 4 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Timothy, of the Seventy Apostles*Monk and martyr Anastasius the Persian... 23 January 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 24-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 5 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Hieromartyr Clement of Ancyra, bishop, and martyr Agathangelus... 24 January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 25-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 6 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Xenia of Rome *Saint Macedonius of Syria, hermit... 25 January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 26-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 7 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople... 26 January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 27-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 8 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Xenophon, his wife Mary, and their sons Arcadius and John... 27 January 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 28-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 9 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Peter of Egypt *Martyr Demetrius at Constantinople... 28 January 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 29-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 10 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Ephraim the Syrian *Venerable Theodosius of Totma in Vologda, abbot... 29 January 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 30-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 11 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Laurence, recluse of Kiev Caves Monastery... 30 January 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 31-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 12 by Old Calendarists.-Feasts:... 31 January 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 1-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 13 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Martyrs Cyrus and John, holy wonderworkers and unmercenaries... |
| February | 1 February 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jan. 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 2-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 14 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Martyr Tryphon of Campsada near Apamea in Syria *Venerable Brigid of Ireland... 2 February 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 3-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 15 by those churches which follow the Julian Calendar.-Feasts:... 3 February 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 4-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 16 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Holy and Righteous Simeon the God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess... 4 February 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 5-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 17 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Isidore of Pelusium *Blessed George of Vladimir, Great Prince... 5 February 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 6-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 18 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily*Saint Theodosius of Chernigov, archbishop... 6 February 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 7-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 19 by Old Calendarist Local Churches and Patriarchates.-Saints:*Saint Bucolus of Smyrna, bishop... 7 February 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 8-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 20 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Parthenius of Lampsacus, bishop *Venerable Luke of Hellas... 8 February 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 9-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 21 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Great martyr Theodore Stratelates "the General" *Prophet Zechariah... 9 February 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 10-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 22 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch in Syria... 10 February 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 11-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 23 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:... 11 February 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 12-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on February 24 by the local churches that follow the Old Calendar -Saints:... 12 February 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 13-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on February 25 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Meletius of Antioch, archbishop... 13 February 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 14-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 26 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Apostles and martyrs Aquila and his wife Priscilla... 14 February 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 15-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 27 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Auxentius of Bithynia... 15 February 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 16-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 28 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Onesimus of the Seventy Apostles... 16 February 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 17-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 1 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:... 17 February 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 18-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 2 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Great martyr Theodore the Tyro... 18 February 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 19-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 3 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Leo the Great, Pope of Rome... 19 February 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 20-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 4 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saints Archippus and Philemon of Colossae, of the Seventy Apostles... 20 February 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 21-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 5 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Leo of Catania in Sicily, bishop*Saint Agatho of Rome, Pope... 21 February 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 22-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 6 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia*Saint Eustace of Antioch, Archbishop... 22 February 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 23-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 7 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:... 23 February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 24-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 8 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Hieromartyr Polycarp of Smyrna, bishop... 24 February 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 25-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 9 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:* Saint Liudhard , Chaplain and bishop of Queen Bertha of Kent Feb. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 25-Fixed commemorations:All... 25 February 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 26-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 10 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Tarasius of Constantinople, Patriarch... 26 February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 27-2006:*Sunday of the Last Judgment *Meat-Fare Sunday -Fixed commemorations:... 27 February 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 28-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 12 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Procopius of Decapolis, the Confessor... 28 February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 27 — Eastern Orthodox Church calendar — March 1 -Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 13 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Basil the Confessor... (29) February 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 1-Fixed commemorations:On non-leap years the commemorations below are celebrated on February 28... |
| March | 1 March 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feb. 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 2-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 14 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Martyr Eudoxia of Heliopolis... 2 March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) March 1 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 3-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 15 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Hieromartyr Theodotus of Cyrenia, bishop *Saint Arsenius of Tver, bishop... 3 March 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) March 2 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 4-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on March 16 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus, and Basiliscus of Amasea *Righteous Zeno*Righteous Zoilus... 4 March 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) March 3 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 5-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on March 16 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Gerasimus of Jordan *Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow... 5 March 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) March 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 6-2006:*Sunday of Forgiveness *Cheese-Fare Sunday -Fixed commemorations:... 6 March 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) March 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 7-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on March 19 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 7 8 9 10 11 12 March 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) March 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 13-2006:*Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy *1st Sunday of Great Lent-Fixed commemorations:... 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 March 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) March 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 20-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 1 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 20 21 22 March 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Mar. 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 23-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 4 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra*Isaac of Dalmatia*Martyr Drosida of Antioch, and five nuns... 23 March 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Mar. 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 24-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 5 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Monk-martyr Nicon and 200 disciples with him in Sicily*Saint Nicon, abbot of the Kiev Caves... 24 March 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Mar. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 25-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 6 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Zacharias the Recluse*Saint Ancmon, Bishop of Seleucia... 25 March 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) March 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 26-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 7 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Pelagia, Theodosia, and Dula of Nicomedia... 26 March 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Mar. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 27-Saints:*Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel*Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Sirmium in Hungary*Hieromartyr Eusebius, Bishop of Kival, and martyr Pullius the Reader*Saint Malchus of Chalcis in Syria... 27 March 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Mar. 26 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – Mar. 28-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 9 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Matrona of Thessalonica*Martyr Manuel and Martyr Theodosius... 28 March 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Mar. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 29-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 10 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hilarion the New, abbot of Pelecete*Saint Stephen the Wonderworker, abbot of Triglia... 29 March 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Mar. 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 30-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Mark, Bishop of Arethusa... 30 March 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Mar. 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Mar. 31-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 12 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint John Climacus of Sinai, author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent... 31 March 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Mar. 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 1-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Hypatius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Gangra*Saint Hyparius, abbot of Rufinus in Chalcedon... |
| April | 1 April 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Mar. 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 2All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 14 by those churches which follow the Julian Calendar.-Saints:* Saint Mary of Egypt* Saint Euthymius of Suzdal, monk* Saint Meiton, Bishop of Sardis... 2 April 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 3-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 15 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Titus the Wonderworker*Martyrs Amphianus and Aedesius of Alexandria... 3 April 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 4All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 16 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Nicetas the Confessor, abbot of Medikion*Martyr Ulphianus of Tyre*Saint Illyricus of Mount Myrsinon in the Peloponnesus... 4 April 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 5All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 17 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint George of Mount Malcon, monk, in the Peloponnesus*Saint Zosimas of Palestine, monk... 5 April 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 4 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – Apr. 6All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 18 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Theodoulos, reader; Agathapodes, deacon; and those with them at Thessalonica*Saint Publius of Egypt, monk... 6 April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 5 — Eastern Orthodox Church calendar — Apr. 7All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 19 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople*Saint Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, enlightener of the Slavs*120 martyrs of Persia... 7 April 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 8All fixed commemorations below celebrated on April 20 by Old Calendarists- Saints :* Saint George of Mitylene, bishop* Martyr Calliopus at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia... 8 April 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 9All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 21 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus of Hyrcania, Rufus, Phlegon, and Hermes of the Seventy Apostles, and those with them... 9 April 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 10-Fixed commemorations:All commemorations below are observed on April 22 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea in Cappadocia*Martyr Bademus of Persia... 10 April 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 11All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 23 those churches which follow the Julian Calendar.-Saints:... 11 April 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 12All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 24 by those churches which follow the Julian Calendar.-Saints:*Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamus, disciple of Saint John the Theologian... 12 April 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 13All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 25 by those churches which follow the Julian Calendar.-Saints:*Saint Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium*Virgin Anthusa of Constantinople... 13 April 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 14All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 26 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Artemon, presbyter of Laodicea in Syria*Martyr Crescens of Myra in Lycia*Woman martyr Thomais of Alexandria... 14 April 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 15All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 27 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*St Martin the Confessor the Pope of Rome*Martyrs Anthony, John, and Eustace of Vilna in Lithuania*Martyr Ardalion the Actor... 15 April 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr.16All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 28 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Sabbas the Goth of Walachia*Martyrs Basilissa and Anastasia of Rome, disciples of Apostles Peter and Paul... 16 April 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 17All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 29 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Virgin-martyrs Agape, Chionia, and Irene in Illyria... 17 April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 18All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Apr. 30 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Simeon of Persia, bishop, and those with him: martyrs Abdechalas and Ananias, presbyters; Usthazancs, Fusicus , Ascitrea, and Azat the Eunuch*Martyr... 18 April 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 19All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 1 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint John, disciple of Saint Gregory of the Decapolis*Saint Cosmas of Chalcedon, bishop, and his fellow ascetic Saint Auxentius... 19 April 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 20All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on May 2 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine*Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia... 20 April 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 21All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 3 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Apostle Zacchaeus, Bishop of Caesarea, he who was called down from the Sycamore tree by Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke... 21 April 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 22All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 4 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Januarius of Benevento, bishop, and his companions Festus, Proculus, and Sosius, deacons; Desiderius, reader; and Eutychius and Acutius, laymen; at Pozzuoli... 22 April 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 23All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 5 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Theodore the Sykeote, Bishop of Anastasiopolis in Galatia*Martyr Leonidas of Alexandria*Saint Vitalis of Gaza, monk... 23 April 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 24All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 6 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy Glorious Great-martyr and Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George... 24 April 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 25All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 7 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Sabbas Stratelates of Rome, and 70 soldiers with him... 25 April 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 26All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 8 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, first bishop of Alexandria*Saint Anianas, second bishop of Alexandria... 26 April 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 27All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 9 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Basil of Amasea, bishop*Saint Stephen of Perm, bishop*Righteous Virgin Glaphyra*Saint Ioannicius of Devich in Serbia... 27 April 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 28All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 10 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Apostle of the Seventy and Hieromartyr Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord * Martyr Anthimus of Nicomedia, Bishop... 28 April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 29All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyrs Aphrodisius, Caralippus, Agapius, and Eusebius * Saint Patricius, Bishop of Prusa, in Bithynia, Martyr... 29 April 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 28 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – Apr. 30.All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 12 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:* Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy, and their companions, at Corfu - :... 30 April 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 1All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Holy Apostle James , the brother of St... |
| May | 1 May 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Apr. 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 2.All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 14 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:* Prophet Jeremiah Apr. 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 2.All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 14 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:* Prophet Jeremiah... 2 May 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 3All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 15 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyrs Hesperos and Zoe, and their sons Cyriacos and Theodoulos, at Attalia May 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 3All fixed commemorations below celebrated on... 3 May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 4All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 16 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Saint Alexander I, the fifth Pope of Rome * Martyrs Alexander, Eventius and Theodulus... 4 May 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 5All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 17 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Hieromartyr Porphyrius * Saint Curcodomus, a deacon in Rome sent to help St Peregrinus... 5 May 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 6All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 18 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Great-martyr Irene of Thessaloniki * Martyrs Irenaeus, Pellegrinus and Irene, at Thessaloniki... 6 May 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 7All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 19 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Righteous Job the Long-suffering* Saint Lucius of Cyrene... 7 May 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 8All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 20 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyr Juvenal of Benevento * Martyrs Quadratus of Nicomedia and his companions... 8 May 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 9All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 21 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, the "beloved disciple" of the Lord May 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 9All fixed commemorations below... 9 May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 10All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 22 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Prophet Isaiah May 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 10All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 22 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Prophet Isaiah May 8 -... 10 May 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 11All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 23 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Saint Simon the Zealot, Apostle * Martyrs Calepodius, Palmatius, Simplicius, Felix, Blanda and Companions... 11 May 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 12All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 24 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyr Evellius, under Nero * Martyrs Maximus, Bassus, and Fabius... 12 May 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 13All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 25 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Saint Domitilla the martyr * Saints Nereus and Achilleus the martyrs * Saint Philip of Agira the Hieromartyr... 13 May 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 14All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 26 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Virgin-martyr Glyceria at Heraclea, Propontis * Martyr Laodicius, jailer of Saint Glyceria... 14 May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 15All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 27 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyrs Justa, Justina and Henedina, in Sardinia * Martyr Maximus * Martyr Isidore of Chios... 15 May 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 16All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 28 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* The Seven Apostolic Men, Martyr Bishops, ordained in Rome by Saints Peter and Paul and sent to evangelize Spain :... 16 May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 17All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 29 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Saint Fort , first Bishop of Bordeaux in France, venerated as a martyr May 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 17All fixed commemorations below celebrated on... 17 May 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 18All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 30 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Apostles Andronicus of Pannonia and his fellow labourer Junia, of the Seventy Apostles... 18 May 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 17—Eastern Orthodox Church calendar—May 19All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 31 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyr Venantius of Camerino... 19 May 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 20All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 1 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Martyr Pudens, the senator * Virgin-Martyr Pudentiana , daughter of Saint Pudens the senator... 20 May 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 21All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 2 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Saint Lydia of Thyatira , mentioned in Acts 16:14-15, * Saint Plautilla the Roman, martyr,... 21 May 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 22All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 3 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine , and Helena, his mother... 22 May 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 23All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 4 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Righteous Melchizedek, King of Salem... 23 May 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 24All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 5 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Holy Myrrh-bearer Mary, the wife of Cleopas, aunt of Jesus... 24 May 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 25All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 6 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Venerable Symeon Stylites the Younger of Wonderful Mountain... 25 May 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 26All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 7 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Hieromartyr Urban, Pope of Rome * Martyr Celestine, in Rome.... 26 May 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 27All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 8 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Carpus, Apostle of the Seventy and Bishop of Beroea in Thrace *Great martyr George the New at Sofia... 27 May 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 28All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 9 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Therapontes of Sardis, bishop *Virgin-martyr Theodora of Alexandria... 28 May 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 29All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 10 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Nicetas of Chalcedon, bishop *Saint Ignatius of Rostov, bishop and wonderworker... 29 May 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 30All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre *Repose of blessed John of Ustiug, Fool-for-Christ... 30 May 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 31All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 12 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Isaac the Confessor, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople... 31 May 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 1All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hermes of Philippopolis, of the Seventy Apostles *Martyr Hermias of Comana... |
| June | 1 June 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) May 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 2All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 14 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Justin the Philosopher at Rome... 2 June 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 3All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 15 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Nicephorus the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople... 3 June 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 4All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 16 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Lucillian, Claudius, Hypatiusat, Paul, Diorlysius, and Paula at Byzantium... 4 June 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 5All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 17 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saints Mary and Martha, sisters of Saint Lazarus... 5 June 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 6All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 18 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Dorotheus of Tyre, bishop... 6 June 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 7All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 19 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Bessarion the Wonderworker of Egypt *Saint Hilarion the New, Abbot of the Dalmatian Monastery... 7 June 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 8All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 20 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Theodotus of Ancyra, bishop... 8 June 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 9All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 21 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Ephraim of Antioch, Patriarch *Saint Zosimas of Phoenicia, monk... 9 June 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 10All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 22 by Old Calendarists-Other commemorations:*Saint Cyril of Alexandria, archbishop *Venerable Cyril of White Lake, abbot in Byeloczersk... 10 June 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 11All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 23 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Timothy of Prussa, bishop *Martyrs Antonia and Alexander at Constantinople... 11 June 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 12All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 24 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas *Saint Barnabas of Vetluga, abbot *Martyr Theopemptus and four others... 12 June 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 13All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 25 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Onuphrius the Great *Venerable Peter of Mount Athos... 13 June 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 14All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 26 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Aquilina of Byblos in Syria *Saint Triphyllius, Bishop of Leucosia in Cyprus... 14 June 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 15All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 27 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Prophet Elisha *Saint Methodius I of Constantinople, Patriarch *Saint John of Euchaita, metropolitan... 15 June 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 16All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 28 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Prophet Amos *Saint Jonah of Moscow, Metropolitan and Wonderworker of all Russia... 16 June 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 17All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 29 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Tikhon of Amathus in Cyprus, bishop *Venerable Tikhon of Kaluga *Saint Tikhon of Luchov... 17 June 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 18All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 30 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Manuel, Sabel, and Ismael of Persia *Hieromartyr Philoneides, Bishop of Kurion in Cyprus... 18 June 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 19All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 1 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Leontius, Hypatius and Theodulus at Tripoli in Syria... 19 June 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 20All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 2 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy Apostle Jude, the brother of the Lord *Venerable Paisios the Great of Egypt... 20 June 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 21All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 3 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Methodius of Patar, bishop *Martyrs Aristocleus, presbyter; Demetrian, deacon; and Athanasius, reader; of Cyprus... 21 June 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 22All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 4 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Julian of Tarsus in Cilicia *Hieromartyr Terence , Bishop of Iconium... 22 June 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 23All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 5 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Eusebius of Samosata, bishop *Saint Alban, first martyr of Britain... 23 June 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 24All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 6 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Agrippina of Rome *Martyrs Eustochius, Gaius, Probus, Lollius, and Urban of Ancyra... 24 June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 25All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 7 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Birth of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John... 25 June 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 26All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 8 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Virgin-martyr Febronia of Nisibis *Venerable Peter of Murom , Wonderworker... 26 June 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 272005: All Saints' Sunday All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 9 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable David of Thessalonica... 27 June 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 28All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 10 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Sampson the Hospitable of Constantinople *Saint Severus of Interocrea in Italy, presbyter... 28 June 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 29All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Sergius and Herman, Wonderworkers of Valaam *Saint Sennuphius the Standard-bearer... 29 June 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 30All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 12 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*The holy, glorious, and all-praised leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul... 30 June 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 1All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Synaxis of the holy, glorious, and all-praised Twelve Apostles*Saint Sophronius of Irkutsk, bishop... |
| July | 1 July 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 2All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 14 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy and wonderworker unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, brothers *Martyr Potitus at Naples... 2 July 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 3All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 15 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Juvenal of Jerusalem, Patriarch *Saint Photius of Kiev, metropolitan... 3 July 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 4All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 16 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Hyacinth of Caesarea in Cappadocia and Diomedes, Eulampius, Asclepiodotus and Golinduch, who suffered with Hyacinth.... 4 July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 5All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 17 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Andrew of Crete, archbishop *Venerable Martha, mother of Symeon Stylites the Younger... 5 July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 6All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 18 by users of the Old Calendar-Saints:*Venerable Athanasius of Mt... 6 July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 7All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 19 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Sisoes the Great of Egypt... 7 July 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 8All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 20 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Thomas of Mt... 8 July 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 9All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 21 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Great martyr Procopius of Caesarea in Palaestina... 9 July 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 10All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 22 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina in Sicily *Hieromartyr Cyril of Gortyna in Crete, bishop... 10 July 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 11All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 23 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Anthony of the Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia *Martyr Nicodemus the Albanian of Elbasan... 11 July 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 12All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 24 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Great martyr Euphemia the All-praised... 12 July 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 13-2005:*4th Tuesday after Pentecost*Romans 10:11-11:2*Matthew 11:16-20-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 25 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 13 July 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 14-2005:*Fasting day*4th Wednesday after Pentecost*Romans 11:2-12*Matthew 11:20-26-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 26 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 14 July 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 15-2005:*4th Thursday after Pentecost*Romans 11:13-24*Matthew 11:27-30-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 27 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 15 July 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 16-2005:*Fasting day*4th Friday after Pentecost*Romans 11:25-36*Matthew 12:1-8-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 28 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 16 July 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 17-2005:*4th Saturday after Pentecost*Romans 6:11-17*Matthew 8:14-23-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 29 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 17 July 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 18-2005:*4th Sunday after Pentecost: Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the first six Ecumenical Councils*Romans 6:18-23*Matthew 8:5-13-Fixed commemorations:... 18 July 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 19-2005:*5th Monday after Pentecost*Romans 12:4,5,15-21*Matthew 12:9-13-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 31 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 19 July 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 20-2005:*5th Tuesday after Pentecost*Romans 14:9-18*Matthew 12:14-16,22-30-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 1 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 20 July 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 21-2005:*Fasting day*5th Wednesday after Pentecost*Romans 15:7-16*Matthew 12:38-45-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 2 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 21 July 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 22-2005:*5th Thursday after Pentecost*Romans 15:17-29*Matthew 12:46-13:3-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 3 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 22 July 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 23-2005:*Fasting day*5th Friday after Pentecost*Romans 16:1-16*Matthew 13:4-9-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 4 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 23 July 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 24-2005:*5th Saturday after Pentecost*Romans 8:14-21*Matthew 9:9-13-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 5 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 24 July 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 25-2005:*5th Sunday after Pentecost*Romans 10:1-10*Matthew 8:28-9:1-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 6 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Christina of Tyre... 25 July 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 26-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 7 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Repose of righteous Anna, mother of the Most Holy Theotokos... 26 July 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 27-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 8 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyrs Hermolaus, Hermippus, and Hermocrates at Nicomedia... 27 July 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 28-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 9 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon... 28 July 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 29-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 10 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon and Parmenas, deacons of the Seventy Apostles... 29 July 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 30-2005:*Fasting day*6th Friday after Pentecost*1st Corinthians 4:5-8*Matthew 13:44-54-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 30 July 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 31-2005:*6th Saturday after Pentecost*Romans 9:1-5*Matthew 9:18-26-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 12 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 31 July 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 1-2005:*6th Sunday after Pentecost*Romans 12:6-14*Matthew 9:1-8-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... |
| August | 1 August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) July 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 2-2005:*New Calendarists only: Fasting day *7th Monday after Pentecost*1st Corinthians 5:9-6:11*Matthew 13:54-58-Fixed commemorations:... 2 August 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 3-2005:*New Calendarists only: Fasting day *7th Tuesday after Pentecost*1st Corinthians 6:20-7:12*Matthew 14:1-13-Fixed commemorations:... 3 August 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 4-2005:*Fasting day*7th Wednesday after Pentecost*1st Corinthians 7:12-24*Matthew 14:35-15:11-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 16 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 4 August 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 5-2005:*New Calendarists only: Fasting day *7th Thursday after Pentecost*1st Corinthians 7:24-35*Matthew 15:12-21-Fixed commemorations:... 5 August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 6-2005:*Fasting day*7th Friday after Pentecost*1st Corinthians 7:35-8:7*Matthew 15:29-31-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 18 by Old Calendarists-Saints:... 6 August 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 7-2005:*New Calendarists only: Fasting day , although fish allowed for the feast*7th Saturday after Pentecost*Romans 12:1-3*Matthew 10:37-11:1-Fixed commemorations:... 7 August 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 8-2005:*New calendarists only: Fasting day *7th Sunday after Pentecost*Romans 15:1-7*Matthew 9:27-35-Fixed commemorations:... 8 August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 9-2005:*New Calendarists only: Fasting day Fast*8th Monday after Pentecost*1st Corinthians 9:13-18*Matthew 16:1-6-Fixed commemorations:... 9 August 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 10-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 22 by Old calendarists-Saints:*Holy Apostle Matthias *Martyr Anthony of Alexandria... 10 August 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 9 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Aug. 11-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 23 by Old calendarists-Saints:*Holy Martyr and Archdeacon Lawrence of Rome *Hieromartyr Sixtus, Bishop of Rome... 11 August 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 12-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 24 by Old calendarists-Saints:*Holy Martyr and Archdeacon Euplus of Catania... 12 August 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 13-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 25 by Old calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Anicletus of Nicomedia *Martyr Photius of Nicomedia... 13 August 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 14-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 26 by Old calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Hippolytus of Rome and those with him: Concordia, Irenaeus, and Abundius... 14 August 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 15-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 27 by Old calendarists-Saints:*Prophet Micah *Hieromartyr Marcellus of Apamea, bishop... 15 August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 16-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 28 by Old calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Macarius the Roman, abbot *Saint Chariton*Saint Christos of Ioannina... 16 August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 17-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 29 by Old calendarists-Feasts:*Afterfeast of the Dormition... 17 August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 18-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 30 by Old calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Myron of Cyzicus, presbyter... 18 August 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 19-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 31 by Old calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria *Repose of Venerable John of Rila, abbot... 19 August 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 20-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 1 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Andrew Stratelates and those with him in Cilicia... 20 August 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 21-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 2 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Prophet Samuel... 21 August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 22-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 3 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Apostle Thaddeus of Edessa, one of the Seventy Apostles... 22 August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 23-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 4 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Agathonicus of Nicomedia and his companions:... 23 August 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 24-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 5 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Lupus, slave of St... 24 August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 25-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 6 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Eutychius, disciple of St. John the Theologian... 25 August 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 26-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 7 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Apostle Titus of the Seventy Disciples *Saint Genesius of Rome... 26 August 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 27-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 8 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Adrian and Natalia and 33 companions of Nicomedia... 27 August 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 28-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 9 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Poemen the Great *Saint Poemen of Palestine *Saint Sabbas of Benephali... 28 August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) August 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - August 29All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 10 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*St. Moses the Black of Skete, monk... 29 August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 30-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*The Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John... 30 August 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Aug. 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 31-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 12 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Sts. Alexander , John the Faster , and Paul the New , patriarchs of Constantinople... 31 August 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) August 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep. 1All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hieromartyr Cyprian, bishop of Carthage *St. Paulinus, bishop of Trier... |
Moveable feasts
Pascha is, by far, the most important day in the ecclesiastical year, and all other days, in one way or another, are dependent upon it. Pascha falls on different calendar dates from year to year, calculated according to a strict set of rules (see ComputusComputus
Computus is the calculation of the date of Easter in the Christian calendar. The name has been used for this procedure since the early Middle Ages, as it was one of the most important computations of the age....
for details). While the Fixed Cycle begins on September 1, the new Paschal Cycle begins on "Zaccheus Sunday" (the beginning of the preparatory season before Great Lent
Great Lent
Great Lent, or the Great Fast, is the most important fasting season in the church year in Eastern Christianity, which prepares Christians for the greatest feast of the church year, Pascha . In many ways Great Lent is similar to Lent in Western Christianity...
), eleven Sundays before Pascha, and continues until the Zaccheus Sunday of the following year. The Epistle and Gospel readings at the Divine Liturgy
Divine Liturgy
Divine Liturgy is the common term for the Eucharistic service of the Byzantine tradition of Christian liturgy. As such, it is used in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches. Armenian Christians, both of the Armenian Apostolic Church and of the Armenian Catholic Church, use the same term...
throughout the year are determined by the date of Pascha.
Great Feasts
There are Twelve Great Feasts throughout the church year—not counting Pascha, which is above and beyond all other feast days. These are feasts which celebrate major historical events in the lives of Jesus Christ or the TheotokosTheotokos
Theotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God...
(Virgin Mary). Of these, three are on the Paschal Cycle:
- Palm SundayPalm SundayPalm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in all four Canonical Gospels. ....
(the Sunday before Pascha) - Ascension (forty days after Pascha)
- PentecostPentecostPentecost is a prominent feast in the calendar of Ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sinai, and also later in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ after the Resurrection of Jesus...
(fifty days after Pascha)
The other Great Feasts are on the Fixed Cycle:
- The Nativity of the TheotokosNativity of the TheotokosThe Nativity of the Theotokos, celebrating the birth of Mary, is one of the Twelve Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox liturgical year. It is celebrated on September 8 on the liturgical calendar .According to the sacred tradition of the Orthodox Church,...
(8 September) - The Elevation of the Holy CrossElevation of the Holy CrossThe Elevation of the Holy Cross is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, celebrated on September 14. It is one of the two feast days which is held as a strict fast...
(14 September) - The Presentation of the Theotokos (21 November)
- The Nativity of the Lord (25 December)
- The Theophany (Epiphany) of the Lord (6 January)
- The Presentation of the LordPresentation of Jesus at the TempleThe Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, which falls on 2 February, celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus. In the Eastern Orthodox Church and some Eastern Catholic Churches, it is one of the twelve Great Feasts, and is sometimes called Hypapante...
(2 February) - The AnnunciationAnnunciationThe Annunciation, also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary or Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the announcement by the angel Gabriel to Virgin Mary, that she would conceive and become the mother of Jesus the Son of God. Gabriel told Mary to name her...
(25 March) - The TransfigurationTransfiguration of JesusThe Transfiguration of Jesus is an event reported in the New Testament in which Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant upon a mountain. The Synoptic Gospels describe it, and 2 Peter 1:16-18 refers to it....
(6 August) - The Dormition (Falling Asleep) of the Theotokos (15 August)
In addition, the feast day of the patron saint
Patron saint
A patron saint is a saint who is regarded as the intercessor and advocate in heaven of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person...
of a parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
or monastery
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
is counted as a Great Feast, and is celebrated with great solemnity.
Liturgical seasons
In addition to Great LentGreat Lent
Great Lent, or the Great Fast, is the most important fasting season in the church year in Eastern Christianity, which prepares Christians for the greatest feast of the church year, Pascha . In many ways Great Lent is similar to Lent in Western Christianity...
, there are three other lesser lenten seasons in the church year:
- Nativity FastNativity FastThe Nativity Fast is a period of abstinence and penance practiced by the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches, in preparation for the Nativity of Christ, . The fast is similar to the Western Advent, except that it runs for 40 days instead of four weeks. The fast is...
(40 days in preparation for the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord) - Apostles' FastApostles' FastThe Apostles' Fast, also called the Fast of the Holy Apostles, the Fast of Peter and Paul, or sometimes St. Peter's Fast, is a fast observed by Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christians...
(variable time from the second Monday after Pentecost until the Feast of Saints Peter and PaulFeast of Saints Peter and PaulThe Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, or the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, is a liturgical feast in honour of the martyrdom in Rome of the apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul, which is observed on 29 June...
) - Dormition Fast (2 weeks from 1 August to 14 August in preparation for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos)
The season from the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee (three weeks before the Great Lent) through Holy Saturday is called Triodion
Triodion
The Triodion , also called the Lenten Triodion , is the liturgical book used by the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite during Great Lent, the three preparatory weeks leading up to it, and during Holy Week.Many canons in the Triodion contain only three odes or...
, while the season from Pascha through Pentecost is called the Pentecostarion
Pentecostarion
The Pentecostarion is the liturgical book used by the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite during the Paschal Season which extends from Pascha to the Sunday following All Saints Sunday The Pentecostarion (Greek: Πεντηκοστάριον, Pentekostárion; Slavonic:...
.
Printed calendars
Because of the complexity created by the intersection of the various cycles, a number of Orthodox institutions will print an annual calendar (Russian: Spisok) which contains rubrics for the services during that particular year. Simpler wall calendars will show the major commemoration of the day together with the appointed scripture readings.See also
- Byzantine calendarByzantine calendarThe Byzantine calendar, also "Creation Era of Constantinople," or "Era of the World" was the calendar used by the Eastern Orthodox Church from c. 691 to 1728 in the Ecumenical Patriarchate. It was also the official calendar of the Byzantine Empire from 988 to 1453, and in Russia from c...
- List of Eastern Orthodox saint titles