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Coming upNext week
Nativity Fast (Revised Julian calendar)The forty-day fast before Christmas, November 15 to December 24.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Day of Repentance and Prayer (Buß- und Bettag)The Lutheran day of repentance in Germany, the Wednesday before the last Sunday of the church year; a public holiday in Saxony.Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), computedDetails →Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple (Revised Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →
Coming upLater this month
Christ the King SundayThe last Sunday of the liturgical year (Reign of Christ in many Protestant churches).USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Nativity Fast (Julian calendar)The forty-day fast before Christmas, November 15 to December 24 Julian.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →AdventThe four weeks of preparation for Christmas, from the First Sunday of Advent to Christmas Eve.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →First Sunday of AdventThe start of the Christian liturgical year and the four weeks before Christmas.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →
Coming upDecember
Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple (Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts. November 21 in the Julian calendar.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Saint Nicholas DayFeast of Saint Nicholas, a gift-giving day in much of Europe.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Feast of the Immaculate ConceptionA holy day of obligation for Catholics and the patronal feast of the United States.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Our Lady of GuadalupePatroness of the Americas; millions visit the Basilica in Mexico City.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Christmas EveThe evening before Christmas.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Christmas: the Nativity of JesusThe Christian feast of the birth of Jesus. A holy day of obligation for Catholics.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Christmas seasonFrom Christmas Day to the Baptism of the Lord.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Nativity of Christ (Revised Julian calendar)Christmas for the Greek, Romanian, Bulgarian, Antiochian and most OCA churches, and since 2023 the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and JosephThe Sunday within the octave of Christmas.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →
PastEarlier this month
All Souls’ DayPrayer for the dead.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →All Saints’ DayHonors all saints, known and unknown. A holy day of obligation for Catholics.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →All Saints’ SundayMany Lutheran, Methodist and Anglican churches keep All Saints on the first Sunday of November.Revised Common Lectionary (Vanderbilt), computedDetails →
PastOctober
Reformation DayLuther’s Ninety-five Theses, 1517; a public holiday in several German states.Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), computedDetails →Reformation SundayThe last Sunday of October, when Lutheran and Reformed churches mark the Reformation.Revised Common Lectionary (Vanderbilt), computedDetails →Saint Francis of AssisiMemorial of Saint Francis; many churches bless animals on or near this day.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →World Communion SundayThe first Sunday of October, an ecumenical Protestant observance begun by Presbyterians in 1933.Revised Common Lectionary (Vanderbilt), computedDetails →
PastSeptember
Michaelmas (Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)The feast of the archangels; in England one of the old quarter days.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Meskel (Finding of the True Cross)Bonfires (Demera) for the finding of the Cross by Empress Helena; UNESCO intangible heritage. The Coptic Feast of the Cross falls on the same day.Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, computedDetails →Elevation of the Holy Cross (Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts, a strict fast day. September 14 in the Julian calendar.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Nativity of the Theotokos (Julian calendar)The birth of Mary, one of the Twelve Great Feasts. September 8 in the Julian calendar.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Elevation of the Holy Cross (Revised Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts, a strict fast day.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Exaltation of the Holy CrossHoly Cross Day: honors the cross, from the dedication of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 335.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Orthodox Church New Year (Julian calendar)The Indiction, the start of the church year. September 1 in the Julian calendar.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Enkutatash and Nayrouz (Ethiopian and Coptic New Year)Meskerem 1 (Thout 1): the Ethiopian year 2019 and the Coptic year of the Martyrs 1743 begin.Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, computedDetails →Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MaryThe birthday of Mary.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Nativity of the Theotokos (Revised Julian calendar)The birth of Mary, one of the Twelve Great Feasts.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Orthodox Church New Year (Revised Julian calendar)The Indiction, the start of the church year.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →
PastAugust
Dormition of the Theotokos (Julian calendar)The falling asleep of Mary, one of the Twelve Great Feasts. August 15 in the Julian calendar.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Dormition Fast (Julian calendar)Two weeks of fasting before the Dormition, August 1 to 14 Julian.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Transfiguration (Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts; fruit and grapes are blessed. August 6 in the Julian calendar.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Assumption and Blessing of the Grapes (Armenian)The Armenian feast of the Assumption, the Sunday nearest August 15, when the first grapes are blessed.Armenian Church (Eastern Diocese of America), computedDetails →Assumption of MaryA holy day of obligation for Catholics and a public holiday in much of Europe and Latin America.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Dormition of the Theotokos (Revised Julian calendar)The falling asleep of Mary, one of the Twelve Great Feasts.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Dormition Fast (Revised Julian calendar)Two weeks of fasting before the Dormition, August 1 to 14.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Transfiguration (Revised Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts; fruit and grapes are blessed.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Transfiguration of the LordJesus revealed in glory on the mountain before Peter, James and John.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →
PastJuly
PastJune
Saints Peter and PaulSolemnity of the apostles Peter and Paul, patrons of Rome.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Apostles’ Fast (Revised Julian calendar)From the Monday after All Saints’ Sunday to June 28; short, or absent, when Pascha is late.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Nativity of Saint John the BaptistSolemnity; Midsummer’s Saint John’s Day across Europe and Latin America.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Sacred Heart of JesusThe Friday after the second Sunday after Pentecost.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Corpus ChristiFeast of the Body and Blood of Christ, the Thursday after Trinity Sunday; kept on the following Sunday in the US.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →
PastMay
Orthodox PentecostFifty days after Pascha (Trinity Sunday in the Slavic churches).Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Trinity SundayThe Sunday after Pentecost.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →PentecostFifty days after Easter: the Holy Spirit descends on the apostles.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Aldersgate DayJohn Wesley’s heart “strangely warmed”, 1738: a Methodist commemoration.United Methodist Church, computedDetails →Easter seasonThe fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost (Eastertide).USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Orthodox AscensionForty days after Pascha.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Ascension (Sunday observance, most US dioceses)Most US ecclesiastical provinces move the Ascension from Thursday to the Seventh Sunday of Easter.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Ascension DayForty days after Easter. A holy day of obligation for Catholics; most US dioceses keep it on the following Sunday.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →
PastApril
RadonitsaThe Tuesday after Thomas Sunday, when Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox visit family graves.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Orthodox Easter (Pascha)Pascha in the Eastern Orthodox churches.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Fasika (Ethiopian, Eritrean and Coptic Easter)Easter in the Oriental Orthodox churches of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt, on the same day as Orthodox Pascha.Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, computedDetails →Divine Mercy SundayThe Second Sunday of Easter.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Orthodox Holy WeekPalm Sunday to Holy Saturday in the Orthodox churches.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Great Lent (Coptic and Ethiopian, Abiy Tsom)The 55-day fast of the Coptic and Ethiopian churches, ending at Easter.Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, computedDetails →Orthodox Holy FridayHoly Friday in the Orthodox churches.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Annunciation of the Theotokos (Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts; kept even in Holy Week. March 25 in the Julian calendar.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Easter MondayThe day after Easter, a public holiday in much of Europe, Canada, Australia and Africa.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Easter SundayThe resurrection of Jesus: the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Orthodox Palm SundayThe Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, one of the Twelve Great Feasts.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Paschal TriduumThe three days from the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday evening.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil)The day Jesus lay in the tomb; the Easter Vigil is kept after nightfall.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Lazarus SaturdayThe raising of Lazarus, the day before Palm Sunday.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Holy WeekFrom Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday: the last week of Lent, remembering the Passion of Jesus.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Good FridayThe crucifixion of Jesus.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Great Lent (Orthodox)The forty days of the Orthodox fast, from Clean Monday to the Friday before Lazarus Saturday; Holy Week follows.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Memorial of Christ’s Death (Jehovah’s Witnesses)The one annual observance of Jehovah’s Witnesses, held after sundown on Nisan 14 by their reckoning.jw.orgDetails →Maundy ThursdayThe Last Supper.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →LentForty days of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, from Ash Wednesday to the evening of Holy Thursday. Most Western churches keep the same season.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →
PastMarch
Palm SundayJesus’s entry into Jerusalem; Holy Week begins.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →AnnunciationThe angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary (Lady Day).USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Annunciation of the Theotokos (Revised Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts; kept even in Holy Week.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Saint Joseph’s DaySolemnity of Saint Joseph, spouse of Mary.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Mothering SundayThe fourth Sunday of Lent in the Church of England, Mother’s Day in the UK and Ireland.Church of England, computedDetails →Sunday of OrthodoxyThe first Sunday of Great Lent: the restoration of icons in 843.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →
PastFebruary
Clean Monday (Orthodox Great Lent begins)The first day of Great Lent in the Orthodox churches.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Ash WednesdayThe first day of Lent, 40 days of fasting before Easter (Sundays not counted).USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras)The day before Lent begins; Carnival and Mardi Gras.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Ordinary Time (after Christmas)The first stretch of Ordinary Time, from the day after the Baptism of the Lord to the day before Ash Wednesday.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Meeting of the Lord (Julian calendar)The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, one of the Twelve Great Feasts. February 2 in the Julian calendar.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Transfiguration SundayThe last Sunday before Lent in the Revised Common Lectionary (Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian and many Anglican churches).Revised Common Lectionary (Vanderbilt), computedDetails →Fast of Nineveh (Coptic and Ethiopian)Three days of fasting for the repentance of Nineveh, two weeks before Great Lent.Coptic Orthodox Church Network, computedDetails →Candlemas (Presentation of the Lord)The presentation of Jesus at the Temple.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Meeting of the Lord (Revised Julian calendar)The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, one of the Twelve Great Feasts.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →
PastJanuary
Theophany (Julian calendar)The baptism of Jesus, January 6 in the Julian calendar; the Great Blessing of the Waters.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Timkat (Ethiopian Epiphany)The baptism of Jesus: processions carrying the tabot to water, above all in Gondar and Addis Ababa. The Coptic Theophany falls on the same day.Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, computedDetails →Baptism of the LordEnds the Christmas season. US date; where Epiphany is kept on January 6 it is the Sunday after.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Christmas seasonFrom Christmas Day to the Baptism of the Lord.USCCB liturgical year, computedDetails →Orthodox Christmas (Julian calendar)December 25 in the Julian calendar, kept by the Russian, Serbian, Georgian, Coptic and Ethiopian churches and others.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Genna (Ethiopian and Eritrean Christmas)Christmas in the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo churches (Tahsas 29, or 28 in a leap year), also Coptic Christmas in Egypt.Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, computedDetails →
| Date | Event | ||
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| Happening nowending soonest first | |||
| until Nov 28ends in 2 weeks | Ordinary Time (after Pentecost)The long second stretch of Ordinary Time, from the day after Pentecost to the Saturday before Advent.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Coming upNext week | |||
| Nov 15Sunin 6 days | Nativity Fast (Revised Julian calendar)The forty-day fast before Christmas, November 15 to December 24.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · to Dec 24 · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Nov 18Wedin 9 days | Day of Repentance and Prayer (Buß- und Bettag)The Lutheran day of repentance in Germany, the Wednesday before the last Sunday of the church year; a public holiday in Saxony.Religion · Protestant, Anglican and Lutheran · Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) | annual | Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD)Computed (rule) |
| Nov 21Satin 12 days | Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple (Revised Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Coming upLater this month | |||
| Nov 22Sunin 13 days | Christ the King SundayThe last Sunday of the liturgical year (Reign of Christ in many Protestant churches).Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Nov 28Satin 2 weeks | Nativity Fast (Julian calendar)The forty-day fast before Christmas, November 15 to December 24 Julian.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · to Jan 6 · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Nov 29Sunin 2 weeks | AdventThe four weeks of preparation for Christmas, from the First Sunday of Advent to Christmas Eve.Religion · Catholic · to Dec 24 · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| First Sunday of AdventThe start of the Christian liturgical year and the four weeks before Christmas.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) | |
| Coming upDecember | |||
| Dec 4Friin 3 weeks | Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple (Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts. November 21 in the Julian calendar.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Dec 6Sunin 3 weeks | Saint Nicholas DayFeast of Saint Nicholas, a gift-giving day in much of Europe.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Dec 8Tuein 4 weeks | Feast of the Immaculate ConceptionA holy day of obligation for Catholics and the patronal feast of the United States.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Dec 12Satin 4 weeks | Our Lady of GuadalupePatroness of the Americas; millions visit the Basilica in Mexico City.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Dec 24Thuin 6 weeks | Christmas EveThe evening before Christmas.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Dec 25Friin 6 weeks | Christmas: the Nativity of JesusThe Christian feast of the birth of Jesus. A holy day of obligation for Catholics.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Christmas seasonFrom Christmas Day to the Baptism of the Lord.Religion · Catholic · to Jan 10 · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) | |
| Nativity of Christ (Revised Julian calendar)Christmas for the Greek, Romanian, Bulgarian, Antiochian and most OCA churches, and since 2023 the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) | |
| Dec 27Sunin 6 weeks | Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and JosephThe Sunday within the octave of Christmas.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| PastEarlier this month | |||
| Nov 2Mon7 days ago | All Souls’ DayPrayer for the dead.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Nov 1Sun8 days ago | All Saints’ DayHonors all saints, known and unknown. A holy day of obligation for Catholics.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| All Saints’ SundayMany Lutheran, Methodist and Anglican churches keep All Saints on the first Sunday of November.Religion · Protestant, Anglican and Lutheran · Revised Common Lectionary (Vanderbilt) | annual | Revised Common Lectionary (Vanderbilt)Computed (rule) | |
| PastOctober | |||
| Oct 31Sat9 days ago | Reformation DayLuther’s Ninety-five Theses, 1517; a public holiday in several German states.Religion · Protestant, Anglican and Lutheran · Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) | annual | Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD)Computed (rule) |
| Oct 25Sun2 weeks ago | Reformation SundayThe last Sunday of October, when Lutheran and Reformed churches mark the Reformation.Religion · Protestant, Anglican and Lutheran · Revised Common Lectionary (Vanderbilt) | annual | Revised Common Lectionary (Vanderbilt)Computed (rule) |
| Oct 4Sun5 weeks ago | Saint Francis of AssisiMemorial of Saint Francis; many churches bless animals on or near this day.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| World Communion SundayThe first Sunday of October, an ecumenical Protestant observance begun by Presbyterians in 1933.Religion · Protestant, Anglican and Lutheran · Revised Common Lectionary (Vanderbilt) | annual | Revised Common Lectionary (Vanderbilt)Computed (rule) | |
| PastSeptember | |||
| Sep 29Tue5 weeks ago | Michaelmas (Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)The feast of the archangels; in England one of the old quarter days.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Sep 27Sun6 weeks ago | Meskel (Finding of the True Cross)Bonfires (Demera) for the finding of the Cross by Empress Helena; UNESCO intangible heritage. The Coptic Feast of the Cross falls on the same day.Religion · Oriental Orthodox (Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian) · Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church | annual | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchComputed (rule) |
| Elevation of the Holy Cross (Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts, a strict fast day. September 14 in the Julian calendar.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) | |
| Sep 21Mon7 weeks ago | Nativity of the Theotokos (Julian calendar)The birth of Mary, one of the Twelve Great Feasts. September 8 in the Julian calendar.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Sep 14Mon8 weeks ago | Elevation of the Holy Cross (Revised Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts, a strict fast day.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Exaltation of the Holy CrossHoly Cross Day: honors the cross, from the dedication of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 335.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) | |
| Orthodox Church New Year (Julian calendar)The Indiction, the start of the church year. September 1 in the Julian calendar.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) | |
| Sep 11Fri8 weeks ago | Enkutatash and Nayrouz (Ethiopian and Coptic New Year)Meskerem 1 (Thout 1): the Ethiopian year 2019 and the Coptic year of the Martyrs 1743 begin.Religion · Oriental Orthodox (Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian) · Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church | annual | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchComputed (rule) |
| Sep 8Tue2 months ago | Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MaryThe birthday of Mary.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Nativity of the Theotokos (Revised Julian calendar)The birth of Mary, one of the Twelve Great Feasts.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) | |
| Sep 1Tue2 months ago | Orthodox Church New Year (Revised Julian calendar)The Indiction, the start of the church year.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| PastAugust | |||
| Aug 28Fri2 months ago | Dormition of the Theotokos (Julian calendar)The falling asleep of Mary, one of the Twelve Great Feasts. August 15 in the Julian calendar.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Aug 14Fri2 months ago | Dormition Fast (Julian calendar)Two weeks of fasting before the Dormition, August 1 to 14 Julian.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · to Aug 27 · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Aug 19Wed2 months ago | Transfiguration (Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts; fruit and grapes are blessed. August 6 in the Julian calendar.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Aug 16Sun2 months ago | Assumption and Blessing of the Grapes (Armenian)The Armenian feast of the Assumption, the Sunday nearest August 15, when the first grapes are blessed.Religion · Oriental Orthodox (Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian) · Armenian Church (Eastern Diocese of America) | annual | Armenian Church (Eastern Diocese of America)Computed (rule) |
| Aug 15Sat2 months ago | Assumption of MaryA holy day of obligation for Catholics and a public holiday in much of Europe and Latin America.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Dormition of the Theotokos (Revised Julian calendar)The falling asleep of Mary, one of the Twelve Great Feasts.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) | |
| Aug 1Sat2 months ago | Dormition Fast (Revised Julian calendar)Two weeks of fasting before the Dormition, August 1 to 14.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · to Aug 14 · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Aug 6Thu3 months ago | Transfiguration (Revised Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts; fruit and grapes are blessed.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Transfiguration of the LordJesus revealed in glory on the mountain before Peter, James and John.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) | |
| PastJuly | |||
| Jul 12Sun4 months ago | Vardavar (Armenian Transfiguration)The Armenian feast of the Transfiguration, fourteen weeks after Easter, when people splash each other with water.Religion · Oriental Orthodox (Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian) · Armenian Church (Eastern Diocese of America) | annual | Armenian Church (Eastern Diocese of America)Computed (rule) |
| PastJune | |||
| Jun 29Mon4 months ago | Saints Peter and PaulSolemnity of the apostles Peter and Paul, patrons of Rome.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Jun 8Mon4 months ago | Apostles’ Fast (Revised Julian calendar)From the Monday after All Saints’ Sunday to June 28; short, or absent, when Pascha is late.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · to Jun 28 · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Jun 24Wed4 months ago | Nativity of Saint John the BaptistSolemnity; Midsummer’s Saint John’s Day across Europe and Latin America.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Jun 12Fri5 months ago | Sacred Heart of JesusThe Friday after the second Sunday after Pentecost.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Jun 4Thu5 months ago | Corpus ChristiFeast of the Body and Blood of Christ, the Thursday after Trinity Sunday; kept on the following Sunday in the US.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| PastMay | |||
| May 31Sun5 months ago | Orthodox PentecostFifty days after Pascha (Trinity Sunday in the Slavic churches).Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Trinity SundayThe Sunday after Pentecost.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) | |
| May 24Sun5 months ago | PentecostFifty days after Easter: the Holy Spirit descends on the apostles.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Aldersgate DayJohn Wesley’s heart “strangely warmed”, 1738: a Methodist commemoration.Religion · Protestant, Anglican and Lutheran · United Methodist Church | annual | United Methodist ChurchComputed (rule) | |
| Apr 5Sun5 months ago | Easter seasonThe fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost (Eastertide).Religion · Catholic · to May 24 · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| May 21Thu5 months ago | Orthodox AscensionForty days after Pascha.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| May 17Sun5 months ago | Ascension (Sunday observance, most US dioceses)Most US ecclesiastical provinces move the Ascension from Thursday to the Seventh Sunday of Easter.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| May 14Thu5 months ago | Ascension DayForty days after Easter. A holy day of obligation for Catholics; most US dioceses keep it on the following Sunday.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| PastApril | |||
| Apr 21Tue6 months ago | RadonitsaThe Tuesday after Thomas Sunday, when Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox visit family graves.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Apr 12Sun7 months ago | Orthodox Easter (Pascha)Pascha in the Eastern Orthodox churches.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Fasika (Ethiopian, Eritrean and Coptic Easter)Easter in the Oriental Orthodox churches of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt, on the same day as Orthodox Pascha.Religion · Oriental Orthodox (Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian) · Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church | annual | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchComputed (rule) | |
| Divine Mercy SundayThe Second Sunday of Easter.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) | |
| Apr 5Sun7 months ago | Orthodox Holy WeekPalm Sunday to Holy Saturday in the Orthodox churches.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · to Apr 11 · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Feb 16Mon7 months ago | Great Lent (Coptic and Ethiopian, Abiy Tsom)The 55-day fast of the Coptic and Ethiopian churches, ending at Easter.Religion · Oriental Orthodox (Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian) · to Apr 11 · Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church | annual | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchComputed (rule) |
| Apr 10Fri7 months ago | Orthodox Holy FridayHoly Friday in the Orthodox churches.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Apr 7Tue7 months ago | Annunciation of the Theotokos (Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts; kept even in Holy Week. March 25 in the Julian calendar.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Apr 6Mon7 months ago | Easter MondayThe day after Easter, a public holiday in much of Europe, Canada, Australia and Africa.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Apr 5Sun7 months ago | Easter SundayThe resurrection of Jesus: the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Orthodox Palm SundayThe Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, one of the Twelve Great Feasts.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) | |
| Apr 2Thu7 months ago | Paschal TriduumThe three days from the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday evening.Religion · Catholic · to Apr 5 · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Apr 4Sat7 months ago | Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil)The day Jesus lay in the tomb; the Easter Vigil is kept after nightfall.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Lazarus SaturdayThe raising of Lazarus, the day before Palm Sunday.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) | |
| Mar 29Sun7 months ago | Holy WeekFrom Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday: the last week of Lent, remembering the Passion of Jesus.Religion · Christianity · to Apr 4 · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Apr 3Fri7 months ago | Good FridayThe crucifixion of Jesus.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Feb 23Mon7 months ago | Great Lent (Orthodox)The forty days of the Orthodox fast, from Clean Monday to the Friday before Lazarus Saturday; Holy Week follows.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · to Apr 3 · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Apr 2Thu7 months ago | Memorial of Christ’s Death (Jehovah’s Witnesses)The one annual observance of Jehovah’s Witnesses, held after sundown on Nisan 14 by their reckoning.Religion · Jehovah’s Witnesses · jw.org | annual | jw.org |
| Maundy ThursdayThe Last Supper.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) | |
| Feb 18Wed7 months ago | LentForty days of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, from Ash Wednesday to the evening of Holy Thursday. Most Western churches keep the same season.Religion · Catholic · to Apr 2 · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
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| Mar 29Sun7 months ago | Palm SundayJesus’s entry into Jerusalem; Holy Week begins.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Mar 25Wed7 months ago | AnnunciationThe angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary (Lady Day).Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Annunciation of the Theotokos (Revised Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts; kept even in Holy Week.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) | |
| Mar 19Thu7 months ago | Saint Joseph’s DaySolemnity of Saint Joseph, spouse of Mary.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Mar 15Sun7 months ago | Mothering SundayThe fourth Sunday of Lent in the Church of England, Mother’s Day in the UK and Ireland.Religion · Protestant, Anglican and Lutheran · Church of England | annual | Church of EnglandComputed (rule) |
| Mar 1Sun8 months ago | Sunday of OrthodoxyThe first Sunday of Great Lent: the restoration of icons in 843.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
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| Feb 23Mon8 months ago | Clean Monday (Orthodox Great Lent begins)The first day of Great Lent in the Orthodox churches.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Feb 18Wed8 months ago | Ash WednesdayThe first day of Lent, 40 days of fasting before Easter (Sundays not counted).Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Feb 17Tue8 months ago | Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras)The day before Lent begins; Carnival and Mardi Gras.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Jan 12Mon8 months ago | Ordinary Time (after Christmas)The first stretch of Ordinary Time, from the day after the Baptism of the Lord to the day before Ash Wednesday.Religion · Catholic · to Feb 17 · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Feb 15Sun8 months ago | Meeting of the Lord (Julian calendar)The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, one of the Twelve Great Feasts. February 2 in the Julian calendar.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Transfiguration SundayThe last Sunday before Lent in the Revised Common Lectionary (Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian and many Anglican churches).Religion · Protestant, Anglican and Lutheran · Revised Common Lectionary (Vanderbilt) | annual | Revised Common Lectionary (Vanderbilt)Computed (rule) | |
| Feb 2Mon9 months ago | Fast of Nineveh (Coptic and Ethiopian)Three days of fasting for the repentance of Nineveh, two weeks before Great Lent.Religion · Oriental Orthodox (Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian) · to Feb 4 · Coptic Orthodox Church Network | annual | Coptic Orthodox Church NetworkComputed (rule) |
| Candlemas (Presentation of the Lord)The presentation of Jesus at the Temple.Religion · Christianity · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) | |
| Meeting of the Lord (Revised Julian calendar)The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, one of the Twelve Great Feasts.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) | |
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| Jan 19Mon9 months ago | Theophany (Julian calendar)The baptism of Jesus, January 6 in the Julian calendar; the Great Blessing of the Waters.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Timkat (Ethiopian Epiphany)The baptism of Jesus: processions carrying the tabot to water, above all in Gondar and Addis Ababa. The Coptic Theophany falls on the same day.Religion · Oriental Orthodox (Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian) · Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church | annual | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchComputed (rule) | |
| Jan 11Sun10 months ago | Baptism of the LordEnds the Christmas season. US date; where Epiphany is kept on January 6 it is the Sunday after.Religion · Catholic · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Dec 25Thu10 months ago | Christmas seasonFrom Christmas Day to the Baptism of the Lord.Religion · Catholic · to Jan 11 · USCCB liturgical year | annual | USCCB liturgical yearComputed (rule) |
| Jan 7Wed10 months ago | Orthodox Christmas (Julian calendar)December 25 in the Julian calendar, kept by the Russian, Serbian, Georgian, Coptic and Ethiopian churches and others.Religion · Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Genna (Ethiopian and Eritrean Christmas)Christmas in the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo churches (Tahsas 29, or 28 in a leap year), also Coptic Christmas in Egypt.Religion · Oriental Orthodox (Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian) · Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church | annual | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchComputed (rule) | |