This is a chronological list of moveable Eastern Christian observances. Most of these are calculated by the date of

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. It includes secular observances which are calculated by religious observances. ''This list does not necessarily imply either official status nor general observance.''

2020 dates

February

11th Sunday before

: February 2 * Zacchaeus Sunday/Sunday of the Canaanite 63 days before

: February 8 * Feast of Saint Sarkis (

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) 10th Sunday before

: February 9 * Publican & Pharisee Sunday Second Monday before

Clean Monday Clean Monday ( el, Καθαρά Δευτέρα), also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent or Green Monday, is the first day of Great Lent throughout Eastern Christianity and is a moveable feast, falling on the 6th Monday before ...

: February 10–13 * Fast of Nineveh 9th Sunday before Pascha: February 16 * Sunday of the Prodigal Son Thursday of the 8th week before Pascha: February 20 * Feast of Saint Vartan (

) Sunday of Meatfare week: February 23 * Sunday of Last Judgement (Meat Fare Sunday) Monday to Sunday following the 9th Sunday before Pascha: February 23-February 28 * Meatfare Week Saturday of Meatfare Week: February 29 *

Saturday of Souls Saturday of Souls (or Soul Saturday) is a day set aside for the commemoration of the dead within the liturgical year of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches. Saturday is a traditional day of prayer for the dead, because Christ lay d ...

March

Monday to Sunday following Meatfare week: March 1–7 *

Cheesefare Week Maslenitsa ( be, Масленіца, russian: Мaсленица, rue, Фашенґи, uk, Масниця; also known as Butter Lady, Butter Week, Crepe week, or Cheesefare Week) is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday, which has retai ...

Sunday of Cheesefare week (Eastern Christianity): March 1 * Sunday of Forgiveness (Cheese-Fare Sunday) Monday after Sunday of Forgiveness: March 2 *

Great Lent Great Lent, or the Great Fast, ( Greek: Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή or Μεγάλη Νηστεία, meaning "Great 40 Days," and "Great Fast," respectively) is the most important fasting season of the church year within many denomin ...

begins **

First Saturday of Great Lent: March 7 * St. Theodore Saturday First Sunday of Great Lent: March 8 *

Feast of Orthodoxy The Feast of Orthodoxy (or Sunday of Orthodoxy or Triumph of Orthodoxy) is celebrated on the first Sunday of Great Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church and other churches using the Byzantine Rite to commemorate, originally, only the final defeat ...

2nd Saturday of Lent: March 14 *

5th Sunday before Pascha and 2nd Sunday of Lent: March 15 * Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas 3rd Saturday of Lent: March 21 *

4th Saturday of Lent: March 28 *

4th Sunday before Pascha and 3rd Sunday of Lent: March 29 * Sunday of the Holy Cross

April

5th Saturday of Lent: April 4 * Saturday of the Akathist 3rd Sunday before Pascha and 4th Sunday of Lent: April 5 * Sunday of St. John Climacus Day before Palm Sunday: April 11 *

Lazarus Saturday , observedby = Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Christians , date = Variable , date = , date = , date = , relatedto = Raising of Lazarus, Great Lent, Palm Sunday , frequency=Annual Lazarus Saturday in Eastern Christianity (consisting of the Ea ...

Lazareva Subota , observedby = Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Christians , date = Variable , date = , date = , date = , relatedto = Raising of Lazarus, Great Lent, Palm Sunday , frequency=Annual Lazarus Saturday in Eastern Christianity (consisting of the ...

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) 5th Sunday of Lent: April 12 * Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt Sunday before Pascha: April 12 *

Palm Sunday Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. Palm Sunday marks the first day of Hol ...

** Flower's Day (

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) Monday after Palm Sunday: April 13 * Great and Holy Monday Tuesday after Palm Sunday: April 14 * Great and Holy Tuesday Wednesday after Palm Sunday: April 15 * Great and Holy Wednesday Thursday after Palm Sunday: April 16 *

Great and Holy Thursday Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday (also known as Great and Holy Thursday, Holy and Great Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Sheer Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries, among other names) is the day during Holy Week that commemorates the Washing of th ...

Friday after Palm Sunday: April 17 *

Great and Holy Friday Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Holy ...

Saturday after Palm Sunday: April 18 * Great and Holy Saturday April 19 *

** Fasika (

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chris ...

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Pentecostarion The Pentecostarion ( el, Πεντηκοστάριον, ; cu, Цвѣтнаѧ Трїωдь, , literally "Flowery Triodon"; ro, Penticostar) is the liturgical book used by the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches during the Paschal ...

begins. Monday after Pascha: April 20 *

Bright Monday Easter Monday refers to the day after Easter Sunday in either the Eastern or Western Christian traditions. It is a public holiday in some countries. It is the second day of Eastertide. In Western Christianity, it marks the second day of the Octa ...

** Sham el-Nessim (

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) Tuesday after Pascha: April 21 * Bright Tuesday Wednesday after Pascha: April 22 * Bright Wednesday Thursday after Pascha: April 23 * Bright Thursday Friday after Pascha: April 24 *

Bright Friday Easter Friday, or Bright Friday, is the Friday after the Christian festival of Easter. At times, this name has been confused with Good Friday,For example, the songEaster Friday" by Simone Richardson, 2006. Published by Emu Music. which falls ...

Saturday after Pascha: April 25 * Bright Saturday 8th day after Pascha: April 26 * Thomas Sunday 2nd Tuesday of Pascha, or 2nd Monday of Pascha, depending on region: April 27 * Radonitsa (

Russian Orthodox Russian Orthodoxy (russian: Русское православие) is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, whose liturgy is or was traditionally conducted in Church Slavonic language. Most ...

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May

2nd Sunday following Pascha: May 3 * Sunday of the Myrrhbearers 4th Sunday of Pascha: May 10 * Sunday of the Paralytic Wednesday after the Sunday of the Paralytic: May 13 *

Mid-Pentecost Mid-Pentecost or Midfeast, also Meso-Pentecost (from gr, Μεσοπεντηκοστή); russian: Преполове́ние Пятидеся́тницы is a feast day which occurs during the Paschal season in the Eastern Orthodox Church and tho ...

5th Sunday of Pascha: May 17 * Sunday of the Samaritan Woman 6th Sunday of Pascha: May 24 * Sunday of the Blind Man Forty days after Pascha: May 28 *

Feast of the Ascension The Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ, also called Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday, or sometimes Holy Thursday, commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into heaven. It is one of the ecumenical (i.e., shared by ...

** Heroes Day (Romania) 7th Saturday of Pascha: May 30 * Saturday of the Dead 7th Sunday of Pascha: May 31 * Sunday of the Holy Fathers

June

Fifty days after Pascha: June 7 *

Pentecost Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers ...

Trinity Sunday Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost in the Western Christian liturgical calendar, and the Sunday of Pentecost in Eastern Christianity. Trinity Sunday celebrates the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, the three Persons of God: th ...

Monday after Pentecost: June 8 * 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 * Feast of the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin (

) Second Monday after Pentecost, the day after All Saints' Sunday: July 15 *

Apostles' Fast The Apostles' Fast, also called the Fast of the Holy Apostles, the Fast of Peter and Paul, or sometimes St. Peter's Fast, is a fast observed by Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Catholic, and Reformed Orthodox Christians. In the Byzant ...

July

98 days/14 weeks after Pascha: July 19 *

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August

Sunday closest to August 15: August 16 *

Dormition of the Mother of God The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches (except the East Syriac churches). It celebrates the "falling asleep" (death) of Mary the ''Theotokos'' ("Mother of ...

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September

Saturday closest to Sept.23, the Conception of Saint

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only: September 20 *

October

Saturday closest to October 26, feast day of

Demetrius of Thessaloniki Saint Demetrius (or Demetrios) of Thessalonica ( el, Ἅγιος Δημήτριος τῆς Θεσσαλονίκης, (); bg, Димитър Солунски (); mk, Свети Димитрија Солунски (); ro, Sfântul Dumitru; sr ...

, Russian Orthodox only: October 25 *

Demetrius Saturday Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name ''Dēmḗtrios'' (), meaning “Demetris” - "devoted to goddess Demeter". Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dmytro, Dimitri, Dimitrie, Dimitar, Dumi ...

November

Sunday closest to November 11: November 14 *

Remembrance Sunday Remembrance Sunday is held in the United Kingdom as a day to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts. It is held on the second Sunday in Nov ...

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References

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External links

*http://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_Calendar *http://www.goarch.org/chapel/calendar * * *

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