Fasts & Feasts
February
2 - Meeting of Our Lord with Simeon & Anna
5 - Sunday of the Prodigal Son
11 - All Souls Saturday
12 - Meatfare Sunday
19 - Cheesefare Sunday
20 - Beginning of the Holy Forty Days Fast
26 - Sunday of Orthodoxy
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2011 Liturgical Calendar
Friday, 13 August 2010 00:51
Major Feasts and Fasts
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January 1
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Circumcision of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ
Feast of St. Basil the Great
New Year's Day (Civil)
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January 6
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Theophany of Our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ
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January 9
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Sunday After Theophany
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| January 17 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (USA) |
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January 30
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Synaxis of the Ecumenical Teachers and Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom
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February 2
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Encounter of Our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ with Simeon and Anna
(Presentation of Our Lord Into the Temple)
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| February 6 | Sunday of Zacchaeus |
| February 13 | Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee |
| February 20 | Sunday of the Prodigal Son |
| February 21 | President's Day (USA) |
| February 26 | First All-Souls Saturday |
| February 27 | Sunday of the Second Coming of Christ (Meat-Fare) |
| March 6 | Forgiveness Sunday (Cheese-Fare) |
| March 7 | Beginning of the Holy Forty Days Fast |
| March 13 | First Sunday of the Great Fast (Sunday of Orthodoxy) |
| March 19 | Second All-Souls Saturday |
| March 20 | Second Sunday of the Great Fast (St. Gregory Palamas) |
| March 25 | Annunciation to the Mother of God |
| March 26 | Third All Souls Saturday |
| March 27 | Third Sunday of the Great Fast (Veneration of the Cross) |
| April 2 |
Fourth All-Souls Saturday |
| April 3 |
Fourth Sunday of the Great Fast (St. John of the Ladder) |
| April 7 |
Canon of St. Andrew of Crete |
| April 9 |
Akathistos Saturday |
| April 10 |
Fifth Sunday of the Great Fast (St. Mary of Egypt) |
| April 16-24 |
Great and Holy Week |
| April 16 |
Lazarus Saturday |
| April 17 |
Palm (Flowery) Sunday - Entrance into Jerusalem |
| April 18 |
Great and Holy Monday |
| April 19 |
Great and Holy Tuesday |
| April 20 |
Great and Holy Wednesday |
| April 21 |
Great and Holy Thursday |
| April 22 | Great and Holy Friday |
| April 23 | Great and Holy Saturday |
| April 24 | Pascha - Feast of the Resurrection of Christ (Easter Sunday) |
| April 24-May 1 | Bright Week |
| May 1 | Second Sunday of Pascha (Apostle Thomas) |
| May 8 | Third Sunday of Pascha (Myrrh-Bearing Women) |
| May 11 | Feast of Saints Cyril & Methodius |
| May 15 | Fourth Sunday of Pascha (Healing of the Paralytic) |
| May 18 | Mid-Pentecost |
| May 22 | Fifth Sunday of Pascha (Samaritan Women at the Well) |
| May 23 | Victoria Day (Canada) |
| May 29 | Sixth Sunday of Pascha (Man Born Blind) |
| May 30 | Memorial Day (USA) |
| June 2 | Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ |
| June 5 | Seventh Sunday of Pascha (Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council) |
| June 11 | Fifth All-Souls Saturday |
| June 12 | Pentecost - Descent of the Holy Spirit |
| June 19 | All Saints Sunday |
| June 20-28 | The Apostles' Fast |
| June 24 | Nativity of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John |
| June 29 | The Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leaders of the Apostles, Peter & Paul |
| July 1 | Canada Day (Canada) |
| July 4 | Independence Day (USA) |
| July 17 | Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils |
| July 20 | Holy, Glorious Prophet Elijah |
| August 1-14 |
Dormition Fast
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| August 6 | Transfiguration of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ |
| August 15 | The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary |
| August 29 | The Beheading of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John |
| September 1 | Liturgical New Year (7920) |
| September 5 | Labor Day (USA), Labour Day (Canada) |
| September 8 | The 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 |
| October 1 | The Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary |
| October 10 | Columbus Day (USA), Thanksgiving Day (Canada) |
| October 16 | Sunday of the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council |
| November 8 | Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other Bodiless Powers |
| November 11 | Veterans' Day (USA), Remembrance Day (Canada) |
| November 15 | Nativity Fast (Philip's Fast also known as Advent) |
| November 21 | The Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple |
| November 24 | Thanksgiving Day (USA) |
| December 6 | St Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia |
| December 9 (8) | The Conception of the Most Holy Mother of God by the Righteous Anna |
| December 11 | Second Sunday Before Christmas (Holy Forefathers) |
| December 12 | Our Lady of Guadalupe |
| December 18 | Suday Before Christmas (Holy Fathers) |
| December 25 | The Nativity of our Lord God and Savior, Jesus Christ |
| December 26 |
Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God
Boxing Day (Canada)
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| December 27 | First-Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen |
| December 28 | 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia |
| December 29 | 14,000 Infants (the Holy Innocents) Slain by Herod at Bethlehem |
| TBD* | Sunday after the Nativity: Commemoration of the Holy Righteous David the King, Joseph the Betrothed, and James the Brother of the Lord |
* Since Christmas falls on a Sunday in 2011 and Circumcision/New Years is the following Sunday there is no Sunday between the two feasts. The events commemorated on the Sunday After Christmas are usually transferred to Monday, but may differ in local Churches.
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 2011 both the Gregorian and Julian Paschal dates coincide, so the dates of Pascha and the other movable feasts are the same.
No Hiding Allowed
When You will come to earth in glory, O God, * all things will tremble and the river of fire shall flow before Your judgment seat; * and the books will be opened and all hidden things revealed. * Deliver me, from the unquenchable fire * and make me worthy to stand at your right hand, O righteous Judge.
Wisdom from the Church Fathers
| Do not seek the perfection of the law in human virtues, for it is not found perfect in them. Its perfection is hidden in the Cross of Christ. St. Mark the Ascetic |