2013 Liturgical Calendar
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- Created on 13 November 2010
Major Feasts and Fasts
Pascha and the 12 Great Feasts are in bold.
Includes Major Civil Holidays in the United States and Canada
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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 13
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Sunday After Theophany (Zacchaeus Sunday is omitted this year)
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| January 20 | Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee |
| January 21 | Martin Luther King Day (USA) |
| January 27 | Sunday of the Prodigal Son |
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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 2 | First All-Souls Saturday (Omitted or transferred this year) |
| February 3 | Sunday of the Second Coming of Christ (Meat-Fare) |
| February 10 | Forgiveness Sunday (Cheese-Fare) |
| February 11 | Beginning of the Holy Forty Days Fast |
| February 17 | First Sunday of the Great Fast (Sunday of Orthodoxy) |
| February 18 | President's Day (USA) |
| February 23 | Second All-Souls Saturday |
| February 24 | Second Sunday of the Great Fast (St. Gregory Palamas) |
| March 2 | Third All Souls Saturday |
| March 3 | Third Sunday of the Great Fast (Veneration of the Cross) |
| March 9 | Fourth All-Souls Saturday |
| March 10 | Fourth Sunday of the Great Fast (St. John of the Ladder) |
| March 14 | Canon of St. Andrew of Crete |
| March 16 | Akathistos Saturday |
| March 17 | Fifth Sunday of the Great Fast (St. Mary of Egypt) |
| March 23-31 | Great and Holy Week |
| March 23 | Lazarus Saturday |
| March 24 | Palm (Flowery) Sunday - Entrance into Jerusalem |
| March 25 | Great and Holy Monday - Annunciation to the Mother of God |
| March 26 | Great and Holy Tuesday |
| March 27 | Great and Holy Wednesday |
| March 28 | Great and Holy Thursday |
| March 29 | Great and Holy Friday |
| March 30 | Great and Holy Saturday |
| March 31 | Pascha - Feast of the Resurrection of Christ (Easter Sunday) |
| March 31-April 7 | Bright Week |
| April 7 | Second Sunday of Pascha (Apostle Thomas) |
| April 14 | Third Sunday of Pascha (Myrrh-Bearing Women) |
| April 21 | Fourth Sunday of Pascha (Healing of the Paralytic) |
| April 24 | Mid-Pentecost |
| April 28 | Fifth Sunday of Pascha (Samaritan Women at the Well) |
| May 5 | Sixth Sunday of Pascha (Man Born Blind) |
| May 9 | Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ |
| May 11 | Feast of Saints Cyril & Methodius |
| May 12 | Seventh Sunday of Pascha (Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council) |
| May 18 | Fifth All-Souls Saturay |
| May 19 | Pentecost - Descent of the Holy Spirit |
| May 20 | Victoria Day (Canada) |
| May 26 | All Saints Sunday |
| May 27 | Memorial Day (USA) |
| May 27 - June 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 14 | 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 (7522) |
| September 2 | 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 13 | Sunday of the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council |
| October 14 | Columbus Day (USA), Thanksgiving Day (Canada) |
| 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 28 | 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 12 | Our Lady of Guadalupe |
| December 15 | Second Sunday Before Christmas (Holy Forefathers) |
| December 22 | 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 |
| December 29 | Sunday after the Nativity: Commemoration of the Holy Righteous David the King, Joseph the Betrothed, and James the 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 in Canada and elsewhere follow the Julian date. In the year AD 2013 the Gregorian date for Pascha is March 31 and the Julian date for Pascha is May 5 (five weeks apart). The above calendar is for the Gregorian listing.