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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). Together with Pascha, these are the most ...
The Revised Julian calendar, or less formally the new calendar and also known as the Milanković calendar, is a calendar proposed in 1923 by the Serbian scientist Milutin Milanković as a more accurate alternative to both Julian and Gregorian calendars. At the time, the Julian calendar was still in use by all of the Eastern Orthodox Church and ...
Ancient Greek calendars. Various ancient Greek calendars began in most states of ancient Greece between autumn and winter except for the Attic calendar, which began in summer. The Greeks, as early as the time of Homer, appear to have been familiar with the division of the year into the twelve lunar months but no intercalary month Embolimos or ...
Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía, IPA: [elinorˈθoðoksi ekliˈsia]) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roman Empire.
September 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) September 13 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - September 15. All fixed commemorations below celebrated on September 27 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For September 14th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 1.
November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Oct. 31 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Nov. 2. All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 14 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For November 1st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 19.
August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) The Eastern Orthodox cross. July 31 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Aug. 2. All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 14 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [ note 1] For August 1st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 19 .