Byzantine Catholic Church in America
 2006 Liturgical Calendar
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Icon of the Exaltation of the Cross

January 1 Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord 
Feast of St. Basil the Great
January 6 Feast of the Theophany of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ
January 7 Feast of the Synaxis of St. John the Baptist, Prophet and Forerunner
January 8 Sunday after Theophany
January 29 Sunday of Zacchaeus
January 30

Sunday of the Second Coming of Christ (MeatFare) Three Holy Hierarchs, Saints Basil, Gregory and John Chrysostom

February 2 Feast of the Encounter of Our Lord with Simeon and Anna  (Presentation of Our Lord into the Temple)
February 5 Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee
February 12 Sunday of the Prodigal Son
February 18 1st All Souls Saturday (Memorial Saturday)
February 19 Sunday of the Last Judgment (Meatfare)
February 26 Forgiveness Sunday (Cheesefare)
February 27 Beginning of the Holy Forty Days Fast
March 5 1st Sunday of Great Lent - Sunday of Orthodoxy
March 9 Feast of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste
March 11 2nd All Souls Saturday
March 12 2nd Sunday of Great Lent - St. Gregory Palamas
March 18 3rd All Souls Saturday
March 19 3rd Sunday of Great Lent - Veneration of the Holy Cross
March 25 Feast of the Annunciation to the Mother of God
March 26 4th Sunday of Great Lent - St. John Climacus
March 30 The Great Canon of Our Holy Father Andrew of Crete
April 1 Akathistos Saturday
April 2 5th Sunday of Great Lent - St. Mary of Egypt
April 8-15 Great and Holy Week
April 8 Lazarus Saturday
April 9 Flowery Sunday - Entrance into Jerusalem
April 10 Holy and Great Monday
April 11 Holy and Great Tuesday
April 12 Holy and Great Wednesday
April 13 Holy and Great Thursday
April 14 Holy and Great Friday
April 15 Holy and Great Saturday
April 16 PASCHA - The Resurrection of Christ
April 16-23 Bright Week
April 23 2nd Sunday of Pascha - St. Thomas
Feast of St. George the Great-Martyr
April 30 3rd Sunday of Pascha - Ointment Bearing Women
May 7 4th Sunday of Pascha - Healing of the Paralytic
May 10 Mid-Pentecost
May 11 Feast of SS Cyril & Methodius
May 14 5th Sunday of Pascha - Samaritan Women
May 21 6th Sunday of Pascha - Man Born Blind
May 25 Day 40 - Ascension of Our Lord
May 28 7th Sunday of Pascha - Holy Fathers of the 1st Nicean Council
June 3 5th All Souls Saturday (Memorial Saturday)
June 4 Day 50 - Pentecost
June 11 All Saints Sunday
June 12 - June 28 The Apostles' Fast 
June 24 Nativity of St. John the Baptist
June 29 Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul
July 16 Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils
July 20 The Holy Prophet Elias
August 1-14 Dormition Fast
August 6 Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ
August 15 Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God
August 29 Feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist
September 1 Liturgical New Year
September 8 Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
September 14 Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
October 1 Feast of the Protection of the Theotokos
October 15 Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh and Final Ecumenical Council
November 8 Feast of St. Michael and All the Heavenly Hosts
November 15- 
December 24
Philip's Fast (Nativity Fast)
November 21 Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
November 23 Thanksgiving Day (USA)
December 6 Feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker - Patron of the Byzantine Catholic Church
December 9 Feast of the Conception of the Mother of God in the Womb of St. Anne (some Churches celebrate this feast on December 8th)
December 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
(Also: Our Venerable Father Spiridon the Wonder-worker, Bishop of Tremithus)
December 17 Second Sunday Before Christmas 
Holy Forefathers
December 24

Sunday Before Christmas - Holy Fathers
Christmas Eve

December 25 Nativity of Our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ (Christmas)
December 26 Feast of the Synaxis of the Mother of God
December 27 Feast of St. Stephen, the First-Martyr
December 31 Sunday After Christmas - Commemoration of the Holy and Just Joseph, King David, and James, Brother of the Lord

Note: The Byzantine liturgical year starts on September 1 and ends on August 31.  The movable feasts are determined by the date of Pascha (the feast of the Resurrection).  There are two systems currently in use to calculate Pascha - Gregorian (Western) and Julian (Eastern).  Roman Catholics, most Byzantine Catholics in America and some Orthodox (notably those in Finland) follow the Gregorian date.  Some Byzantines in America and most Byzantines and Orthodox elsewhere follow the Julian date.  In the year AD 2005 Pascha will be celebrated on April 16 on the Gregorian Calendar and on April 23 on the Julian Calendar (one week apart).


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