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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2007 Liturgical Calendar
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Major Fasts and Feasts
| 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 | Sunday after Theophany Feast of the Synaxis of St. John the Baptist, Prophet and Forerunner |
| January 21 | Sunday of Zacchaeus |
| January 28 | Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee |
| 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 4 | Sunday of the Prodigal Son |
| February 10 | 1st All Souls Saturday (Memorial Saturday) |
| February 11 | Sunday of the Last Judgment (Meatfare) |
| February 28 | Forgiveness Sunday (Cheesefare) |
| February 21 | Beginning of the Holy Forty Days Fast |
| February 25 | 1st Sunday of Great Lent - Sunday of Orthodoxy |
| March 3 | 2nd All Souls Saturday |
| March 4 | 2nd Sunday of Great Lent - St. Gregory Palamas |
| March 10 | 3rd All Souls Saturday |
| March 11 | 3rd Sunday of Great Lent - Veneration of the Holy Cross |
| March 17 | 4th All Souls Saturday |
| March 18 | 4th Sunday of Great Lent - St. John Climacus |
| March 22 | Canon of St. Andrew of Crete |
| March 24 | Akathistos Saturday |
| March 25 | 5th Sunday of Great Lent Feast of the Annunciation to the Mother of God |
| March 31-April 8 | Great and Holy Week |
| March 31 | Lazarus Saturday |
| April 1 | Flowery Sunday - Entrance into Jerusalem |
| April 2 | Holy and Great Monday |
| April 3 | Holy and Great Tuesday |
| April 4 | Holy and Great Wednesday |
| April 5 | Holy and Great Thursday |
| April 6 | Holy and Great Friday |
| April 7 | Holy and Great Saturday |
| April 8 | PASCHA - The Resurrection of Christ |
| April 8-15 | Bright Week |
| April 15 | 2nd Sunday of Pascha - St. Thomas |
| April 22 | 3rd Sunday of Pascha - Ointment Bearing Women |
| April 23 | Feast of St. George the Great-Martyr |
| April 29 | 4th Sunday of Pascha - Healing of the Paralytic |
| May 2 | Mid-Pentecost |
| May 6 | 5th Sunday of Pascha - Samaritan Women |
| May 11 | Feast of SS Cyril & Methodius |
| May 13 | 6th Sunday of Pascha - Man Born Blind |
| May 17 | Day 40 - Ascension of Our Lord |
| May 20 | 7th Sunday of Pascha - Holy Fathers of the 1st Nicean Council |
| May 26 | 5th All Souls Saturday (Memorial Saturday) |
| May 27 | Day 50 - Pentecost |
| June 3 | All Saints Sunday |
| June 4 - June 28 | The Apostles' Fast |
| June 24 | Nativity of St. John the Baptist |
| June 29 | Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul |
| July 15 | 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 14 | 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 22 | 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 16 | Second Sunday Before Christmas Holy Forefathers |
| December 23 | Sunday Before Christmas - Holy Fathers |
| 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 30 | 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 2007 Pascha will be celebrated on April 8 on both the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
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
| Good and God-loving men accuse people of something bad when they are present, but when they are absent they not only refrain from accusing them, but do not permit others to do so when they attempt to speak of them. From St. Anthony the Great (170 Texts on Saintly Life no. 30) REF: Fr. Seraphim Rose, "Letters" |