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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 →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 →
PastSeptember
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 →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 →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 →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 →
PastJune
PastMay
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 →Orthodox Holy WeekPalm Sunday to Holy Saturday in the Orthodox churches.Orthodox Church in America, 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 →Orthodox Palm SundayThe Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, one of the Twelve Great Feasts.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Lazarus SaturdayThe raising of Lazarus, the day before Palm Sunday.Orthodox Church in America, 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 →
PastMarch
PastFebruary
Clean Monday (Orthodox Great Lent begins)The first day of Great Lent in the Orthodox churches.Orthodox Church in America, 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 →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 →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 →Theophany (Revised Julian calendar)The baptism of Jesus and the Great Blessing of the Waters, on January 6.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →Nativity Fast (Julian calendar)The forty-day fast before Christmas, November 15 to December 24 Julian.Orthodox Church in America, computedDetails →
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| Nov 15Sunin 6 days | Nativity Fast (Revised Julian calendar)The forty-day fast before Christmas, November 15 to December 24.to Dec 24 · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Nov 21Satin 12 days | Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple (Revised Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Coming upLater this month | |||
| Nov 28Satin 2 weeks | Nativity Fast (Julian calendar)The forty-day fast before Christmas, November 15 to December 24 Julian.to Jan 6 · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (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. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Dec 25Friin 6 weeks | 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 | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| PastSeptember | |||
| Sep 27Sun6 weeks ago | 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 | 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. · 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. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Orthodox Church New Year (Julian calendar)The Indiction, the start of the church year. September 1 in the Julian calendar. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) | |
| Sep 8Tue2 months ago | Nativity of the Theotokos (Revised Julian calendar)The birth of Mary, one of the Twelve Great Feasts. · 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. · 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. · 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.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. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Aug 15Sat2 months ago | Dormition of the Theotokos (Revised Julian calendar)The falling asleep of Mary, one of the Twelve Great Feasts. · 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.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. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| PastJune | |||
| 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.to Jun 28 · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| PastMay | |||
| May 31Sun5 months ago | Orthodox PentecostFifty days after Pascha (Trinity Sunday in the Slavic churches). · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| May 21Thu5 months ago | Orthodox AscensionForty days after Pascha. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| PastApril | |||
| Apr 21Tue6 months ago | RadonitsaThe Tuesday after Thomas Sunday, when Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox visit family graves. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Apr 12Sun7 months ago | Orthodox Easter (Pascha)Pascha in the Eastern Orthodox churches. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Apr 5Sun7 months ago | Orthodox Holy WeekPalm Sunday to Holy Saturday in the Orthodox churches.to Apr 11 · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Apr 10Fri7 months ago | Orthodox Holy FridayHoly Friday in the Orthodox churches. · 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. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Apr 5Sun7 months ago | Orthodox Palm SundayThe Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, one of the Twelve Great Feasts. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Apr 4Sat7 months ago | Lazarus SaturdayThe raising of Lazarus, the day before Palm Sunday. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (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.to Apr 3 · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| PastMarch | |||
| Mar 25Wed7 months ago | Annunciation of the Theotokos (Revised Julian calendar)One of the Twelve Great Feasts; kept even in Holy Week. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Mar 1Sun8 months ago | Sunday of OrthodoxyThe first Sunday of Great Lent: the restoration of icons in 843. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| PastFebruary | |||
| Feb 23Mon8 months ago | Clean Monday (Orthodox Great Lent begins)The first day of Great Lent in the Orthodox churches. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (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. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Feb 2Mon9 months ago | Meeting of the Lord (Revised Julian calendar)The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, one of the Twelve Great Feasts. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| PastJanuary | |||
| Jan 19Mon9 months ago | Theophany (Julian calendar)The baptism of Jesus, January 6 in the Julian calendar; the Great Blessing of the Waters. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (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. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Jan 6Tue10 months ago | Theophany (Revised Julian calendar)The baptism of Jesus and the Great Blessing of the Waters, on January 6. · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |
| Nov 28Fri10 months ago | Nativity Fast (Julian calendar)The forty-day fast before Christmas, November 15 to December 24 Julian.to Jan 6 · Orthodox Church in America | annual | Orthodox Church in AmericaComputed (rule) |