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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.
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).
Holy Trinity Day 8th Kiros and Abba Banuda 9th Thomas (not the Apostle) 10th Kidus Meskel (Feast of the Holy Cross) 11th Hanna we Iyaqem (St Anne and St. Joachim, parents of the Holy Virgin Mary) and Fasilides: 12th Michael the Archangel, Samuel, and Yared: 13th Feast of Igziabher Ab (God the Father) and Raphael the Archangel: 14th
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A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
While much of the world has Christmas in the rearview mirror by now, people in some Eastern Orthodox traditions will celebrate the holy day on Sunday. Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including ...
Lazarus Saturday, the beginning of Holy Week (8 days before Pascha) Palm Sunday, or the Triumphant Entry of Christ into Jerusalem: last Sunday before Pascha (7 days) Great and Holy Monday: Joseph the All-Comely (from the Old Testament), who was sold into slavery by his brethren, and the withering of the fig tree (Matthew 21:18-22) [b] (6 days)
Monday of the Holy Spirit; Tuesday after Pentecost: June 9 . Third Day of the Trinity; First Sunday after Pentecost: June 14 . All Saints Sunday; 64th day after Pascha: June 14 [8] Feast of the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin (Armenian Apostolic Church) Second Monday after Pentecost, the day after All Saints' Sunday: July 15 . Apostles' Fast
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