Cycles of Feasts and Fasting - The Church Year The first of September is considered the start of the Church year according to the Orthodox Church calendar. But the liturgical center of the annual cycle of Orthodox worship is the feast of the Resurrection of Christ. All elements of Orthodox liturgical piety point to and flow from Easter, the celebration of the New Christian Passover. Even the "fixed feasts" of the Church such as Christmas and Epiphany which are celebrated according to a fixed date on the calendar take their liturgical form and inspiration from the Paschal feast.
This section of our website will list the cycles of feast and fasts of our Church.
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Order of Divine Services.
By Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy
The order of divine
services are divided into three cycles:
daily, weekly, and yearly.
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The Twelve Great Feast days
- September 8
- The Nativity of the Theotokos
- September 14
- The Elevation of the Precious Cross
- November 21
- The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
- December 25
- The Nativity of Christ
- January 6
- Theophany - The Baptism of Christ
- February 2
- The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple
- March 25
- The Annunciation
- The Sunday before Pascha
- Palm Sunday
- The Fortieth Day after Pascha
- The Ascension
- The Fiftieth Day after Pascha
- Pentecost
- August 6
- The Transfiguration of Christ
- August 15
- The Dormition of the Theotokos
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Fasting Seasons and Days Pure Monday through Lazarus SaturdayThe Great Lent Palm Sunday evening through Great SaturdayHoly Week Monday after All Saints through June 28The Fast of the Holy Apostle August 1 through August 14The Dormition Fast August 29he Beheading of the Forerunner September 14The Elevation of the Precious Cros November 15 through December 24he Nativity Fast (Advent) January 5The Eve of Theophany Each Wednesday and Friday, except during these four fast-free seasons: - December 25 through January 4
- The week following the Sunday of the Pharisee & Publican
- The week following Pascha (Bright Week)
- The week following Pentecost
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Scripture Readings Throughout the Year |
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Scripture Readings Throughout the YearThe annual cycle of the Gospels is composed of four series: - The Gospel of St. John is read from Pascha until Pentecost Sunday
- The Gospel of St. Matthew readings are divided over seventeen weeks beginning with the Monday of the Holy Spirit (the day after Pentecost). From the twelfth week, it is read on Saturdays and Sundays while the Gospel of St. Mark is read on the remaining weekdays
- The Gospel of St. Luke divided over nineteen weeks beginning on the Monday after the Elevation of the Holy Cross. From the thirteenth week, it is only read on Saturdays and Sundays, while St. Mark's Gospel is read on the remaining weekdays
- The Gospel of St. Mark is also read during the Lenten period on Saturdays and Sundays with the exception of the Sunday of Orthodoxy.
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Lesser Feasts - September 1
- The Church New Year (Indiction)
- September 24
- The Holy New-martyrs of Alaska: Priestmonk Juvenaly and Peter the Aleut
- October 1
- The Protection of the Most-Holy Theotokos
- October 6
- The Glorification of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas
- October 9
- The Glorification of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North America
- October 31
- The Repose of Priestmartyr John Kochurov
- November 8
- Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other Bodiless Powers
- December 4
- Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky
- December 6
- St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia
- December 13
- The Repose of Our Venerable Father Herman, Wonderworker of Alaska and All-America
- January 1
- The Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ St. Basil the Great
- January 7
- Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John
- January 17
- St. Anthony the Great, Father of Monasticism
- Sunday closest to January 25 (the day of Metropolitan Vladimir's martyrdom)
- Synaxis of Russia's New Martyrs and Confessors.
- January 30
- The Three Hierarchs: SS. Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom
- February 27
- The Repose of St. Raphel, Bishop of Brooklyn
- March 31
- The Repose of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of North America
- April 7
- The Repose of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North America
- April 23
- The Holy Greatmartyr and Victorybearer George
- May 7
- The Repose of the Righteous Alexis Toth
- May 8
- The Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the
- May 11
- The Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius
- May 21
- The Holy Equal-to-the-Apostle Emperor Constantine and his mother, St. Helen
- First Sunday after Pentecost
- All Saints
- June 24
- The Nativity of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John
- June 29
- The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
- July 15
- The Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir
- July 20
- The Holy, Glorious Prophet Elijah
- July 26
- The Repose of St. Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska
- August 1
- The Procession of the Honorable Wood of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord
- August 9
- The Glorification of Our Venerable Father Herman, Wonderworker of Alaska and All America
- August 13
- The Repose of St. Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia
- August 29
- The Beheading of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist of the Lord John
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Scripture Readings for Saturdays |
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Scripture Readings for SaturdaysScripture readings for the Saturdays from Pentecost until the Triodion. |
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