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The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church.Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days.
The Eastern Orthodox cross. December 24 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 26. All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 7 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on Old Calendar. [note 1] For December 25th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 12.
The Eastern Orthodox cross. December 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 25. All fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 6 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For December 24th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 11.
While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the world's 200 million Orthodox Christians, the birth of Jesus Christ is marked on 7 January.
So, using the Julian calendar, as Orthodox Christians still do, just means December 25 is on a different day. The first recorded Christmas celebration was December 25, 336 AD.
The Eastern Orthodox cross. December 25 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – December 27. All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 8 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For December 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 13.
Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including those in Russian and other traditions, follow the ancient Julian calendar, which runs 13 days later than the Gregorian calendar, used by Catholic and ...
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). January 3 / December 21. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). December 21. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St.