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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 Albanian Orthodox Church became autocephalous on 12 April 1937; 20 December 1968: Bulgaria [20] 1 September 2023: Orthodox Church of Ukraine [21] [22] [23] As of 2025, the Revised Julian Calendar has been adopted by 11 Churches, known as the New Calendarists: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople; Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
Both dates appear on Orthodox cornerstones, ecclesiastical calendars and formal documents. The ecclesiastical new year is still observed on September 1 (or on the Gregorian calendar's September 14 for those churches which follow the Julian calendar). September 2024 marked the beginning of the year 7533 of this era.
For Orthodox Christians ... June 23, 2024 (seven weeks after Orthodox Easter). Following the Hebrew calendar, the Jewish festival of Shavuot begins at sundown on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, concluding ...
The Eastern Orthodox cross. January 5 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - January 7. All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 19 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For January 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 24.
The Greek Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar, not the Gregorian calendar that most other Christian believers (and secular civilizations) use. Greek Easter is also dictated by the Hebrew ...
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the faithful celebrate a liturgical feast on 9 December called the Conception (passive) of the Mother of God, which used to be more often called the Feast of the Conception (active) of Saint Anne. [10] In the Greek Orthodox Church the feast is called "The Conception by St. Anne of the Most Holy Theotokos". [11]
An Eastern Orthodox cross. March 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 25. All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 6 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For March 24th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 11.