YEAR 2021
September 1: September 6: September 8: September 14: October 1: October 17: November 8: November 15: November 21: November 25: December 6: December 8: December 12: *December 25: December 26: YEAR 2022 January 1: *January 6: January 9: January 17: January 30: January 30: February 2: February 6: February 13: February 19: February 20: February 27: February 28: March 6: March 12: March 13: March 19: March 20: March 25: March 26: March 27: April 2: April 3: April 9: April 10: April 11: April 12: April 13: April 14: April 15: April 16: April 17: Apr 17-23: April 24: May 1: May 8: May 11: May 15: May 22: *May 26: May 29: May 30: June 4: June 5: June 6: June 12: June 13 - June 28: June 24: *June 29: July 4: July 17: July 20: August 1-14: August 6: *August 15: August 29: |
In the Season of Pentecost
The Beginning of the Church Year Labor Day (USA) Feast of Nativity of the Mother of God Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross Feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God Sunday of the Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other Bodiless Powers Preparation for the Nativity of Our Lord Nativity Fast (Philip's Fast also known as Advent) The Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple Thanksgiving Day (USA) St Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia Conception by Anne of the Most Holy Mother of God (Immaculate Conception) Our Lady of Guadalupe Season of the Christmas Cycle The Nativity of our Lord God and Savior, Jesus Christ Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God Circumcision of Our Lord and the Memory of St. Basil the Great Theophany (Baptism) of Our Lord Sunday after Theophany Pre-Paschal Season Martin Luther King Day (USA) Sunday of Zacchaeus Synaxis of the Ecumenical Teachers and Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee Sunday of the Prodigal Son First All-Souls Saturday Sunday of Meat-Fare Sunday of Cheese-Fare The Great Fast First Day of the Great Fast First Sunday of the Great Fast (Sunday of Orthodoxy) Second All-Souls Saturday Second Sunday of the Great Fast (St. Gregory Palamas) Third All-Souls Saturday Third Sunday of the Great Fast (Veneration of the Holy Cross) Annunciation to the Mother of God Fourth All-Souls Saturday Fourth Sunday of the Great Fast (St. John of the Ladder) Akathistos Saturday Fifth Sunday of the Great Fast (St. Mary of Egypt) Holy Week Saturday of Lazarus Palm (Flowery) Sunday Great and Holy Monday Great and Holy Tuesday Great and Holy Wednesday Great and Holy Thursday Great and Holy Friday Great and Holy Saturday Pascha (Easter Sunday) Paschal Season Bright Week Second Sunday of Pascha (Thomas Sunday) Third Sunday of Pascha (Ointment-Bearing Women) Fourth Sunday of Pascha (Healing of the Paralytic) Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius Fifth Sunday of Pascha (Samaritan Woman) Sixth Sunday Sunday of Pascha (Man Born Blind) Ascension of Our Lord, Thursday (40 days after Easter) Seventh Sunday of Pascha (Fathers of the First Council) Memorial Day (USA) Fifth All-Souls Saturday Season of Pentecost Feast of Pentecost Sunday (50 days after Easter) Feast of the Holy Trinity Sunday of All Saints The Apostles' Fast The Birth of John the Baptist Feast of SS Peter and Paul, Apostles Independence Day (USA) Sunday of the Fathers of the First 6 Ecumenical Councils Elijah Great Prophet (the Holy Prophet Elias) Dormition Fast Transfiguration of Our Lord Dormition of the Mother of God Beheading of John the Baptist |
* Holy Days of Obligation
Pascha and the 12 Great Feasts
Pascha and the 12 Great Feasts