January 1 | The Circumcision of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ; Our Father Among the Saints Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (379) |
January 3 | Sunday before Theophany, Octoechos Tone 7; the Holy Prophet Malachi (5th c. BC); the Holy Martyr Gordius (313-24) |
January 5 | Theophany Eve; The Holy Martyrs Theopemptus and Theonas (284-305); the Venerable Syncletica
[day of strict fast, abstinence from meat, dairy and eggs, and foods that contain these ingredients] |
January 6 | The Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ |
January 10 | Sunday after Theophany, Octoechos Tone 8; Our Holy Father Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa (after 394); the Venerable Dometian, Bishop of Miletene (582-602); Our Venerable Father Marcian, Presbyter and Econome of the Great Church (450-57) |
January 11 | Post-feast of Theophany; Our Venerable Father Theodosius, Founder of the Cenoebitic Monastic Life (529) |
January 17 | Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, Octoechos Tone 1; Our Venerable and God-bearing Father Anthony the Great (356) |
January 20 | Our Venerable and God-bearing Father Euthemius the Great (473) |
January 24 | Sunday of the Prodigal Son, Octoechos Tone 2; Our Venerable Mother Xenia the Roman |
January 25 | Our Holy Father Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople (390) |
January 27 | The Transfer of the Precious Relics (438) of Our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom |
January 29 | The Three Holy and Great Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom [day of fast and abstinence from meat and foods that contain meat] (moved from January 30 due to All Souls Saturday) |
January 30 | Saturday before Meatfare: All Souls Saturday |
January 31 | Sunday of Meatfare – Sunday of the Fearful Judgement, Octoechos Tone 3; The Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cyrus and John (284-305) |
February 2 | The Encounter of Our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ |
February 7 | Sunday of Cheesefare – Sunday of Forgiveness, Octoechos Tone 4; Our Venerable Father Parthenius, Bishop of Lampsacus (312-37); Luke the Hermit (946) |
February 8 | Clean Monday; The Holy Great-Martyr Theodore the General (286-305); the Holy Prophet Zechariah (c. 520 BC) [Great Fast; day of strict fast, abstinence from meat, dairy and eggs, and foods that contain these ingredients] |
February 14 | First Sunday of the Great Fast: The Sunday of Orthodoxy, Octoechos Tone 5; The Repose of Our Venerable Father Constantine the Philosopher, in the Monastic Life, Cyril, Teacher of the Slavs (869); and our Venerable Father Auxentius (457-74) [Great Fast] |
February 20 | Second Saturday of the Great Fast: All Souls Saturday; Our Venerable Father Leo, Bishop of Catania [Great Fast] |
February 21 | Second Sunday of the Great Fast: St. Gregory of Palamas, Octoechos Tone 6; Our Venerable Father Timothy of Symbola (8th c.); Our Holy Father Eustathius, Archbishop of Great Antioch (338) [Great Fast] |
February 24 | The First and Second Finding of the Precious Head of the Holy, Glorious Prophet and Forerunner John the Baptist [Great Fast] |
February 27 | Third Saturday of the Great Fast: All Souls Saturday; Our Venerable Father and Confessor Procopius the Decapolitan (716-40) [Great Fast] |
February 28 | Third Sunday of the Great Fast: Veneration of the Holy Cross, Octoechos Tone 7; Our Venerable Father and Confessor Basil, Ascetical Companion of Procopius (716-40) [Great Fast] |
March 5 | Fourth Saturday of the Great Fast: All Souls Saturday; The Holy Martyr Conon (249-251) [Great Fast] |
March 6 | Fourth Sunday of the Great Fast: St. John Climacus, Octoechos Tone 8; The Holy Forty Martyrs of Ammorium (848) [Great Fast] |
March 9 | The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (321-23) [Great Fast] |
March 10 | Fufth Thursday of the Great Fast – Canon of St. Andrew of Crete |
March 12 | Fifth Saturday of the Great Fast: Akathist Saturday; Our Venerable Father and Confessor Theophanes of Sigriana (817); Our Holy Father Gregory the Dialogist, Pope of Rome (604) [Great Fast] |
March 13 | Fifth Sunday of the Great Fast: Our Venerable Mother, Mary of Egypt, Octoechos Tone 1; The Transfer of the Relics of Our Holy Father Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople (847) [Great Fast] |
March 19 | Lazarus Saturday; The Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria (253-60) |
March 20 | Palm Sunday: The Lord’s Entrance into Jerusalem |
March 21 | Great and Holy Monday |
March 22 | Great and Holy Tuesday |
March 23 | Great and Holy Wednesday |
March 24 | Great and Holy Thursday |
March 25 | Annunciation of the Mother of God and Great and Holy Friday |
March 26 | Great and Holy Saturday |
March 27 | Pascha: The Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord God and Saviour, Jesus Christ |
March 27-April 3 | Bright Week |
April 3 | Thomas Sunday; Our Venerable Father and Confessor Nicetas, Hegumen of the Monastery of Medicius (824) |
April 6 | The Repose of Our Holy Father Methodius, Teacher of the Slavs (885) and our Holy Father Eutychius, Archbishop of Constantinople (587) |
April 10 | Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women; The Holy Martyrs Terence, Pompeius and Others with them |
April 17 | Sunday of the Paralytic; Our Venerable Father Simeon of Persia (341); the Venerable Acacius, Bishop of Melitene (431-50) |
April 23 | The Holy and Glorious Great-Martyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George |
April 24 | Sunday of the Samaritan Woman; The Holy Martyr Sabbas Stratelates (“the General”) (364-78) |
April 30 | The Holy Apostle James, Brother of Saint John the Theologian (c. 44) |
May 1 | Sunday of the Man Born Blind; The Holy Prophet Jeremiah (625-585 BC); Coronation of Pochaiv Icon of the Mother of God (1773); Passing into Eternal Life (1951) of Blessed Klymentii (Clement) Sheptytsky, Archimandrite of the Studites and Confessor |
May 3 | The Repose of our Venerable Father Theodosius, Hegumen of the Monastery of the Caves at Kyiv and Organizer of the Cenoebitic (Common) Life in Rus’ (1074) |
May 5 | The Ascension of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ |
May 8 | Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea; The Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian and Our Venerable Father Arsenius the Great (408-50); Arsenius the Great (450) |
May 9 | The Transfer of the Relics (1087) of Our Holy Father Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari |
May 10 | The Holy Apostle Simon the Zealot |
May 11 | The Holy Cyril (869) and Methodius (885), Teachers of the Slavs and Equals-to-the-Apostles |
May 14 | Saturday Before Pentecost – All Souls Saturday; The Holy Martyr Isidore (249-51) |
May 15 | Holy and Glorious Pentecost |
May 16 | Monday of the Holy Spirit |
May 21 | The Holy Great Rulers Constantine (337) and Helen (330), Equals-to-the-Apostles |
May 22 | First Sunday after Pentecost – All Saints Sunday |
May 23 – June 28 | Apostles’ Fast (Petriwka) |
May 25 | The Third Finding of the Precious Head of the Holy, Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John; |
June 11 | The Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas |
June 19 | The Holy Apostle Jude, Brother of the Lord According to the Flesh |
June 24 | The Nativity of the Honourable and Glorious Prophet John, Forerunner and Baptist of Christ [Apostles’ Fast; day of fast and abstentinence from meat and foods that contain meat] |
June 27 | Commemoration of Bishop Nykolai (Nicholas) Charnetsky and the Twenty-Seven Other New Blesseds of the Church of Rus’-Ukraine Beatified in 2001 |
June 29 | The Holy, Glorious, All-Praiseworthy and Chief Apostles Peter and Paul; Passing into Eternal Life (1941) of Blessed Iakym (Joachim) (Senkivsky), Basilian Protohegoumen and Martyr of Drohobych [day of fast and abstinence from meat] |
June 30 | The Synaxis of the Holy, Glorious and All-Praiseworthy Twelve Apostles |
July 2 | The Placing of the Precious Robe of Our Most Holy Lady and the Mother of God in the Church at Blachernae in Constantinople |
July 5 | Our Venerable Father Athanasius of Athos (c. 1003) |
July 10 | Our Venerable Father Anthony of the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev (1073) |
July 15 | The Holy Grand Prince Vladimir (Volodymyr), Equal-to-the-Apostles, Named Basil at Holy Baptism (1015) |
July 17 | Commemoration of the First Six Ecumenical Councils, Octoechos Tone 8; The Holy Great Martyr Marina; Passing into Eternal Life (1944) of Blessed Tarsykia (Matskiv) of the Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate, Martyr |
July 20 | The Holy and Glorious Prophet Elijah (Elias) (9th c. BC) |
July 24 | The Holy Martyrs Borys and Hlib, Named Roman and David at Holy Baptism (1015) |
July 25 | The Dormition of Saint Anna, Mother of the Most Holy God-bearer (Theotokos) |
July 27 | The Holy Great-Martyr and Healer Panteleimon (286-305) |
August 1-14 | Dormition Fast |
August 6 | The Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ [Dormition Fast; day of fast] |
August 9 | Post-feast of the Transfiguration; Holy Apostle Matthias [Dormition Fast; day of fast] |
August 15 | The Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary |
August 29 | The Beheading of the Honourable and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John [day of fast] |
August 31 | The Placing of the Precious Sash of Our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God in Calcoprateia (942) |
September 1 | Beginning of the Indiction, that is, the New Year; Commemoration of Our Holy Father Symeon the Stylite (459) and His Mother Martha (428); and the Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God of Miasenes |
September 8 | Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary |
September 14 | The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross [day of fast] |
September 26 | The Passing of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian |
September 28 | Our Venerable Father and Confessor Chariton (350) |
October 1 | The Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God; Holy Apostle Ananias, One of the Seventy Disciples; Our Venerable Father Roman Who Sang Sweetly (560); Passing into eternal life of Blessed Nykyta Budka (1949), First Bishop of Canada |
October 6 | The Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas |
October 9 | The Holy Apostle James, Son of Alpheus |
October 16 | Commemoration of the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, Octoechos Tone 5; The Holy Martyr Longinus the Centurion |
October 18 | The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke |
October 26 | The Holy and Glorious Great-Martyr Demetrius, from Whose Tomb Myrrh Streams Forth (285-310) |
November 8 | Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other Bodiless Powers of Heaven |
November 12 | The Holy Priest-Martyr Josaphat, Archbishop of Polotsk (1623) |
November 13 | Our Holy Father John Chrysostom (the Golden-Mouthed), Archbishop of Constantinople (407) |
November 14 | The Holy and All-Praiseworthy Apostle Philip |
November 15 – December 24 | Nativity Fast – St. Philip’s Fast (Pilipiwka) |
November 16 | The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew |
November 21 | The Entrance into the Temple of our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary |
November 30 | The Holy and All-Praiseworthy Apostle Andrew the First-Called [Nativity Fast; day of fast and abstentinence from meat and foods that contain meat] |
December 5 | Our Venerable and God-bearing Father Sabbas the Sanctified (532) [Nativity Fast; day of fast] |
December 6 | Our Holy Father Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia [Nativity Fast; day of fast] |
December 9 | The Conception of Saint Anna, When She Conceived the Most Holy Mother of God [Nativity Fast; day of fast and abstentinence from meat and foods that contain meat] |
December 11 | Sunday of the Holy Ancestors; Venerable Daniel the Stylite [Nativity Fast] |
December 13 | The Holy Martyrs Eustratios, Auxentius, Eugenius, Mardarius and Orestes (284-305) [Nativity Fast] |
December 18 | Sunday before the Nativity of Christ – Sunday of the Holy Fathers; Martyr Sebastian and others [Nativity Fast] |
December 25 | The Nativity in the Flesh of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ – Christmas |
December 26 | Post-feast of the Nativity of Christ; Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God; The Holy Priest-Martyr Euthymius, Bishop of Sardis (824) |
December 27 | Post-feast of the Nativity of Christ; the Holy Apostle, First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen; Our Venerable Father and Confessor Theodore the “Branded One” (844) |