The fixed part of the church calendar is the Julian calendar, which is 13 days apart from the Gregorian. These holidays fall every year on the same date of the same month.
The movable part of the church calendar moves along with the date of Easter, which changes from year to year. The very date of the celebration of Easter is determined according to lunar calendar and a number of additional dogmatic factors (do not celebrate Easter with the Jews, celebrate Easter only after spring equinox, celebrate Easter only after the first spring full moon). All holidays with variable dates are counted from Easter and move in the time of the "secular" calendar along with it.
Thus, both parts of the Easter calendar (movable and fixed) together determine the calendar of Orthodox holidays.
The following are the most significant for Orthodox Christian events - the so-called Twelfth Feasts and Great Feasts. Although the Orthodox Church celebrates holidays according to the "old style", which differs by 13 days, the dates in the Calendar for convenience are indicated according to the generally accepted secular calendar of the new style.
Orthodox calendar for 2016:
Permanent Holidays:07.01 - Christmas (twelfth)
14.01 - Circumcision of the Lord (great)
19.01 - The baptism of the Lord (twelfth)
02.15 - Meeting of the Lord (twelfth)
07.04 - Annunciation Holy Mother of God(twelfth)
May 21 - Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
May 22 - St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia, Wonderworker
07.07 - Nativity of John the Baptist (great)
12.07 - Holy First. Apostles Peter and Paul (great)
19.08 - Transfiguration of the Lord (twelfth)
28.08 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (twelfth)
11.09 - Beheading of John the Baptist (great)
21.09 - Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (twelfth)
September 27 - Exaltation of the Holy Cross (twelfth)
09.10 - Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
14.10 - Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos (great)
04.12 - Entry into the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos (twelfth)
December 19 - St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia, miracle worker
days special commemoration deceased
05.03 - Universal Parental Saturday (Saturday before the week of the Last Judgment)
March 26 - Ecumenical parental Saturday of the 2nd week of Great Lent
04/02 - Ecumenical parental Saturday of the 3rd week of Great Lent
04.09 - Ecumenical parental Saturday of the 4th week of Great Lent
May 10 - Radonitsa (Tuesday of the 2nd week of Easter)
09.05 - Commemoration of the deceased soldiers
18.06 - Trinity parental Saturday (Saturday before Trinity)
05.11 - Dmitriev parental Saturday (Saturday before November 8)
ABOUT ORTHODOX HOLIDAYS:
TWENTH HOLIDAYS
In worship Orthodox Church twelve great feasts of the annual liturgical cycle (except for the feast of Pascha). Subdivided into Lord's, dedicated to Jesus Christ, and Theotokos, dedicated to the Most Holy Theotokos.
According to the time of celebration, the Twelfth Feasts divided into motionless(non-passing) and mobile(passing). The former are constantly celebrated on the same dates of the month, the latter fall on different numbers every year, depending on the date of the celebration. Easter.
ABOUT MEAL ON HOLIDAYS:
According to the church charter on holidays Christmas and Epiphany that happened on Wednesday and Friday, there is no post.
AT Christmas and Epiphany Christmas Eve and on holidays Exaltation of the Holy Cross and The Beheading of John the Baptist food is allowed vegetable oil.
On the feasts of the Presentation, the Transfiguration of the Lord, the Assumption, the Nativity and Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos, the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos, the Nativity of John the Baptist, the Apostles Peter and Paul, John the Theologian, which happened on Wednesday and Friday, as well as in the period from Easter before Trinity fish is allowed on Wednesday and Friday.
ABOUT LOSTS IN ORTHODOXY:
Fast- a form of religious asceticism, an exercise of the spirit, soul and body on the path to salvation within the framework of a religious outlook; voluntary self-restraint in food, entertainment, communication with the world. bodily fasting- restriction in food; spiritual post- restriction of external impressions and pleasures (solitude, silence, prayerful concentration); spiritual post- the struggle with their "corporal lusts", a period of especially intense prayer.
Most importantly, you need to be aware that bodily fasting without spiritual fasting brings nothing to save the soul. On the contrary, it can be spiritually harmful if a person, abstaining from food, becomes imbued with the consciousness of his own superiority and righteousness. “The one who thinks that fasting is only abstaining from food is mistaken. true post, - teaches St. John Chrysostom, - there is a removal from evil, curbing the tongue, putting off anger, taming lusts, ending slander, lies and perjury. Fast- not a goal, but a means to distract from the pleasure of your body, to concentrate and think about your soul; without all this, it becomes just a diet.
Great Lent, Holy Forty Day(Greek Tessarakoste; Lat. Quadragesima) - the period of the liturgical year preceding Holy Week and Easter, the most important of multi-day posts. Due to the fact that Easter may fall into different calendar numbers, great post also each year starts at different days. It includes 6 weeks, or 40 days, therefore it is also called St. Forty-cost.
Fast for Orthodox person- this is a set of good deeds, sincere prayer, abstinence in everything, including food. A bodily fast is necessary to perform a spiritual and spiritual fast, all of them in their union form post true, contributing to the spiritual reunion of fasting with God. AT days of fasting(days of fasting) the Church Charter prohibits modest food - meat and dairy products; fish is allowed only in some fast days. AT days of strict fasting not only fish is not allowed, but any hot food and food cooked in vegetable oil, only cold food without oil and unheated drink (sometimes called dry eating). The Russian Orthodox Church has four multi-day fasts, three one-day fasts, and, in addition, fasting on Wednesday and Friday (excluding special weeks) throughout the year.
Wednesday and Friday established as a sign that on Wednesday Christ was betrayed by Judas, and on Friday he was crucified. Saint Athanasius the Great said: "Allowing me to eat fast food on Wednesday and Friday, this person crucifies the Lord." In the summer and autumn meat-eaters (periods between the Petrov and Assumption fasts and between the Assumption and Rozhdestvensky fasts), Wednesday and Friday are days of strict fasting. In the winter and spring meat-eaters (from Christmas to Great Lent and from Easter to Trinity), the Charter allows fish on Wednesday and Friday. Fish on Wednesday and Friday is also allowed when the feasts of the Meeting of the Lord, the Transfiguration of the Lord, the Nativity of the Virgin, the Entrance of the Virgin into the Temple, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of John the Baptist, the Apostles Peter and Paul, the Apostle John the Theologian. If the holidays of the Nativity of Christ and the Baptism of the Lord fall on Wednesday and Friday, then fasting on these days is canceled. On the eve (eve, Christmas Eve) of the Nativity of Christ (usually the day of strict fasting), which happened on Saturday or Sunday, food with vegetable oil is allowed.
Solid weeks(in Church Slavonic a week is called a week - the days from Monday to Sunday) mean the absence of fasting on Wednesday and Friday. They were established by the Church as an indulgence before a multi-day fast or as a rest after it. Solid weeks are as follows:
1. Christmas time - from January 7 to 18 (11 days), from Christmas to Epiphany.
2. Publican and Pharisee - two weeks before Lent.
3. Cheese - a week before Lent (allowed the whole week of eggs, fish and dairy, but without meat).
4. Easter (Bright) - a week after Easter.
5. Trinity - a week after the Trinity (week before Peter's fast).
One day posts, except Wednesday and Friday (days of strict fasting, without fish, but food with vegetable oil is allowed):
1. Epiphany Christmas Eve (Eve of Theophany) January 18, the day before the feast of the Epiphany. On this day, believers prepare themselves for the acceptance of the great shrine - Agiasma - baptismal Holy water, for purification and consecration by it at the upcoming holiday.
2. The beheading of John the Baptist - September 11. On this day, a fast is established in memory of the abstemious life of the great prophet John and his lawless murder by Herod.
3. Exaltation of the Holy Cross - September 27. This day reminds us of the sad event on Golgotha, when the Savior of the human race suffered on the Cross "for our salvation". And therefore this day must be spent in prayer, fasting, contrition for sins, in a feeling of repentance.
MULTI-DAY POSTS:
1. Great Lent or Holy Forty Day.
It begins seven weeks before the feast of Holy Pascha and consists of Forty days (forty days) and Holy Week (the week leading up to Pascha). Forty days was established in honor of the forty-day fast of the Savior Himself, and Holy Week - in remembrance last days earthly life, suffering, death and burial of our Lord, Jesus Christ. The total continuation of Great Lent along with Holy Week is 48 days.
The days from the Nativity of Christ to Great Lent (until Shrovetide) are called the Christmas or winter meat-eater. This period contains three continuous weeks - Christmas time, Publican and Pharisee, Shrove Tuesday. After Christmas time on Wednesdays and Fridays, fish is allowed, up to a continuous week (when you can eat meat on all days of the week), coming after the "Week of the publican and the Pharisee" ("week" in Church Slavonic means "Sunday"). In the next, after a continuous week, fish is no longer allowed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, but vegetable oil is still allowed. Monday - food with oil, Wednesday, Friday - cold without oil. This establishment has the goal of gradual preparation for Great Lent. The last time before fasting, meat is allowed on the "Meat Week" - the Sunday before Shrovetide.
In the next week - cheese (Shrovetide) eggs, fish, dairy products are allowed all week, but meat is no longer eaten. They head for Great Lent (the last time they eat fast, with the exception of meat, food) on the last day of Shrovetide - Forgiveness Sunday. This day is also called "Cheesefare Week".
It is accepted with special strictness to observe the first and Holy Weeks of Great Lent. On Monday of the first week of fasting (Clean Monday), the highest degree of fasting is established - complete abstinence from food (pious lay people who have ascetic experience abstain from food on Tuesday as well). On the remaining weeks of fasting: on Monday, Wednesday and Friday - cold food without oil, Tuesday, Thursday - hot food without oil (vegetable, cereal, mushroom), on Saturday and Sunday vegetable oil is allowed and, if necessary for health, a little pure grape wine(but by no means vodka). If a memory of a great saint happens (with an all-night vigil or a polyeleos service the day before), then on Tuesday and Thursday - food with vegetable oil, Monday, Wednesday, Friday - hot food without oil. You can inquire about the holidays in the Typicon or the Followed Psalter. Fish is allowed twice during the entire fast: on the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos (if the holiday did not fall on Holy Week) and on Palm Sunday, Lazarus Saturday (the Saturday before Palm Sunday) fish caviar is allowed. On Friday of Holy Week, it is customary not to eat any food until the shroud is taken out (our ancestors in Good Friday did not eat at all).
Bright Week (the week after Easter) - solid - modest is allowed on all days of the week. Starting from the next week after the solid up to the Trinity (spring meat-eater), fish is allowed on Wednesdays and Fridays. The week between Trinity and Peter's Lent is continuous.
2. Petrov or Apostolic post.
Fasting begins a week after the feast of the Holy Trinity and ends on July 12, on the day of the celebration of the memory of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, established in honor of the holy apostles and in remembrance of the fact that the holy apostles, after the descent of the Holy Spirit upon them, dispersed to all countries with the good news, always abiding in the feat of fasting and prayer. The duration of this post is different years different and depends on the day of the celebration of Easter. The shortest post lasts 8 days, the longest - 6 weeks. Fish in this post is allowed, except Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Monday - hot food without oil, Wednesday and Friday - strict fast (cold food without oil). On other days - fish, cereals, mushroom dishes with vegetable oil. If the memory of a great saint happens on Monday, Wednesday or Friday - hot food with butter. On the feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist (July 7), according to the Charter, fish is allowed.
In the period from the end of the Petrov fast to the beginning of the Assumption fast (summer meat-eater), Wednesday and Friday are days of strict fasting. But if the holidays of a great saint fall on these days with an all-night vigil or a polyeleos service the day before, then food with vegetable oil is allowed. If temple holidays occur on Wednesday and Friday, then fish is also allowed.
3. Assumption fast (from August 14 to 27).
Established in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Mother of God herself, preparing to depart for eternal life constantly fasting and praying. We, the spiritually weak and weak, all the more should resort to fasting as often as possible, turning to Virgin for help in every need and sorrow. This fast lasts only two weeks, but in severity it is consistent with the Great. Fish is allowed only on the day of the Transfiguration of the Lord (August 19), and if the end of the fast (Assumption) falls on Wednesday or Friday, then this day is also fish. Monday, Wednesday, Friday - cold food without oil, Tuesday and Thursday - hot food without oil, Saturday and Sunday - food with vegetable oil. Wine is prohibited on all days. If the memory of a great saint happens, then on Tuesday and Thursday - hot food with butter, Monday, Wednesday, Friday - hot food without butter.
The charter about food on Wednesdays and Fridays in the period from the end of the Dormition Fast to the beginning of the Christmas (autumn meat-eater) is the same as in the summer meat-eater, i.e. on Wednesdays and Fridays, fish is allowed only on the days of the Twelfth and Temple holidays. Food with vegetable oil on Wednesday and Friday is allowed only if these days fall in memory of the great saint with an all-night vigil or with a polyeleos service the day before.
4. Christmas (Filippov) fast (from November 28 to January 6).
This fast is set for the day of the Nativity of Christ, so that we purify ourselves at this time by repentance, prayer and fasting and with a pure heart meet the Savior who has appeared in the world. Sometimes this fast is called Filippov, as a sign that it begins after the day of celebration of the memory of the Apostle Philip (November 27). The charter on food during this fast coincides with the charter of Peter's fast until the day of St. Nicholas (December 19). If the feasts of the Entrance into the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos (December 4) and St. Nicholas fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday, then fish is allowed. From the day of memory of St. Nicholas to the pre-feast of Christmas, which begins on January 2, fish is allowed only on Saturday and Sunday. On the feast of the Nativity of Christ, fasting is observed in the same way as on the days of Great Lent: fish is forbidden on all days, food with butter is allowed only on Saturday and Sunday. On Christmas Eve (Christmas Eve), January 6, a pious custom requires not to eat food until the first evening star appears, after which it is customary to eat kolivo or sochivo - wheat grains boiled in honey or boiled rice with raisins, in some areas boiled dry fruits with sugar are called juicy. From the word "sochivo" comes the name of this day - Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve is also before the feast of the Epiphany. On this day (January 18) it is also customary not to eat food until the adoption of Agiasma - baptismal holy water, which they begin to consecrate on the very day of Christmas Eve.
October 2016 will meet all believers with an important church holiday, as well as other memorable days for the entire Orthodox world.
To find out in advance about religious dates of paramount importance, you can also readchurch calendar for 2017 to highlight the most important events, posts and parent Saturdays. And do not forget about the holidays of October, especially since the solemn day of the Intercession of the Virgin will come.
The main church holiday of October - Protection of the Virgin
On October 14, 2016, the great feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos will be celebrated. It is dedicated to the events that took place in the 10th century AD in the city of Constantinople.
At that time there was a terrible bloody war. The city was expecting a siege, so many citizens gathered in the temple to listen to the service and pray for salvation. During the hymns in the Blachernae Church, when it was well after midnight, people close to God, Andrei the Holy Fool and blessed Epiphanius, saw a strange glow appear above the parishioners. People continued to pray because they did not see this miracle. Then the men saw how out of the light appeared mother of God accompanied by John the Baptist and John the Evangelist - the two main prophets of Christianity. Also there were many saints who walked with the Virgin Mary.
The service continued, and the Mother of God prayed along with the people, after which she approached the altar and removed the omophorion from her head. She held him over the parishioners. It shone like the sun on a cloudless summer day. After that, after a while, she left, but people did not see anything. Two people who witnessed the miracle left this event in people's memory. Later it was decided to make this day a great holiday. ATTraditions of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin , which we talk about on the eve of this holiday, includes going to church, prayers at home, as well as helping loved ones.
Other events in October 2016
Church events are also posts. There will be no multi-day posts in October, but there will be one-day posts: October 5, October 7, October 12, October 14, October 19, October 21, October 23, October 26, October 28.
Important dates:
- October 4 - giving away the feast of the Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord;
- October 8 - Memorial Day of St. Sergei of Radonezh;
- October 9 - Memorial Day of St. John the Theologian;
- October 18 - Cathedral of Moscow Saints.
These days are also important for Orthodox believers. And in October 2016, you can remember them, go to the service or pray at home with your loved ones.
Every self-respecting Christian should know when church holidays. Faith in God is not only prayers, but also following traditions. Going to church is necessary not only in each of12 major twelfth holidays but also in the post.
October 2016 will meet all believers with an important church holiday, as well as other memorable days for the entire Orthodox world.
To find out in advance about religious dates of paramount importance, you can also read the church calendar for 2017to highlight the most important events, fasts and parent Saturdays for yourself. And do not forget about the holidays of October, especially since the solemn day of the Intercession of the Virgin will come.
The main church holiday of October - Protection of the Virgin
On October 14, 2016, the great feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos will be celebrated. It is dedicated to the events that took place in the 10th century AD in the city of Constantinople.
At that time there was a terrible bloody war. The city was expecting a siege, so many citizens gathered in the temple to listen to the service and pray for salvation. During the hymns in the Blachernae Church, when it was well after midnight, people close to God, Andrei the Holy Fool and blessed Epiphanius, saw a strange glow appear above the parishioners. People continued to pray because they did not see this miracle. Then the men saw how the Mother of God appeared from the light, accompanied by John the Baptist and John the Theologian, the two main prophets of Christianity. Also there were many saints who walked with the Virgin Mary.
The service continued, and the Mother of God prayed along with the people, after which she approached the altar and removed the omophorion from her head. She held him over the parishioners. It shone like the sun on a cloudless summer day. After that, after a while, she left, but people did not see anything. Two people who witnessed the miracle left this event in people's memory. Later it was decided to make this day a great holiday. The Traditions of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God, which we talk about on the eve of this holiday, include going to church, home prayers, and helping loved ones.
Other events in October 2016
Church events are also posts. There will be no multi-day posts in October, but there will be one-day posts: October 5, October 7, October 12, October 14, October 19, October 21, October 23, October 26, October 28.
Important dates:
- October 4 - giving away the feast of the Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord;
- October 8 - Memorial Day of St. Sergei of Radonezh;
- October 9 - Memorial Day of St. John the Theologian;
- October 18 - Cathedral of Moscow Saints.
These days are also important for Orthodox believers. And in October 2016, you can remember them, go to the service or pray at home with your loved ones.
Every self-respecting Christian should know when church holidays come. Faith in God is not only prayers, but also following traditions. It is necessary to go to church not only on each of the 12 main twelfth holidays, but also in fasting. Live righteously and don't forget to press the buttons and
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