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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.
Saturday of Souls (or Soul Saturday) is a day set aside for the commemoration of the dead within the liturgical year of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches. Saturday is a traditional day of prayer for the dead, because Christ lay dead in the Tomb on Saturday.
August in the Eastern Orthodox calendar (1 C, ... (2 C, 7 P) H. Holy Week (4 C, 46 P) ... History of the Eastern Orthodox Church; Holy Saturday; Holy Wednesday;
In the Episcopal Church, the September Ember Days are still (optionally) observed on the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after Holy Cross Day, [19] so that if September 14 is a Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday, the Ember Days fall on the following Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday (in the second week of September) whereas they fall a week later (in the ...
Eastern Orthodox calendar may refer to: Eastern Orthodox liturgical year; Julian calendar (sometimes referred to as the "Old Calendar")
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 ...
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the feast of the death and Resurrection of Jesus, called Pascha (Easter), is the greatest of all holy days and as such it is called the "feast of feasts". Immediately below it in importance, there is a group of Twelve Great Feasts (Greek: Δωδεκάορτον).
The Eastern Orthodox cross. May 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 23. All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 4 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For May 22nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 9.