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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.
Public holiday starting with 2017 [4] May/June Rusaliile: Pentecost, Pentecost Monday: The 50th and 51st day after the Orthodox Easter. 15 August Adormirea Maicii Domnului/Sfânta Maria Mare: Dormition of the Mother of God: Also the Day of the Romanian Naval Forces since St. Mary is the patron saint of the Navy. 30 November Sfântul Andrei ...
Orthodox calendar may refer to: Eastern Orthodox Church liturgical calendar. Revised Julian calendar, used by some Eastern Orthodox for the calculation of fixed feasts;
The Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Romania (Romanian: Biserica Ortodoxă de Stil Vechi din România) is an Old Calendarist denomination. Relationship with other denominations [ edit ]
The Romanian calendar is the Gregorian, adopted in 1919. However, the traditional Romanian calendar has its own names for the months . In modern Romania and Moldova , the Gregorian calendar is exclusively used for business and government transactions and predominates in popular use as well.
Together with Pascha, these are the most significant dates on the Orthodox liturgical calendar. Eight of the great feasts are in honor of Jesus Christ, while the other four are dedicated to the Virgin Mary—the Theotokos. [1]
Drawing of Mary, mother of Jesus, 'with her beloved son,' from a Geʽez manuscript copy of Weddasé Māryām, circa 1875. The following list contains calendar of saints observed by the Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
2017 – The Jubilee Year of the Holy Icons and of church painters and the Commemorative Year of Patriarch Justin and of all defenders of Orthodoxy during communism; 2018 – The Jubilee Year of Unity of Faith and Nation, and the Commemorative Year of the 1918 Great Union Founders;