2007 Liturgical Calendar

Monday, 26 March 2007 17:08

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 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 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.

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