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Encyclopedia > Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar

The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Associated with each date are passages of Holy Scripture, Saints and events for commemoration, and many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days. The Vladimir Icon, one of the most venerated of Orthodox Christian icons of the Virgin Mary. ...


There are two types of dates in the Orthodox Church calendar: fixed and movable. Fixed feasts happen on the same calendar day every year, while movable feasts change each year; they are generally relative to Pascha, which date is itself recalculated each year. Easter (also called Pascha) is generally accounted the most important holiday of the Christian year, observed March or April each year to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead (after his death by crucifixion; see Good Friday), which Christians believe happened at about this time of year, almost two...


The following list of dates links only to fixed feasts of the Orthodox Church (New Calendar). All dates having to do with Pascha (Easter) - beginning of Great Lent, the Ascension, Pentecost, etc. - are not fixed, and thus are not on this calendar (see Paschal cycle). For the day on which Old Calendarists celebrate any date's fixed commemorations, add 13 days to that date. The Orthodox liturgical year begins on September 1. Several Christian Churches or church bodies are commonly referred to as Orthodox. Most of them are identifiable as part of Eastern Christianity. ... In Britain and countries of the British Empire, Old Style or O.S. after a date means that the date is in the Julian calendar, in use in those countries until 1752; New Style or N.S. means that the date is in the Gregorian calendar, adopted on 14 September... Easter (also called Pascha) is generally accounted the most important holiday of the Christian year, observed March or April each year to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead (after his death by crucifixion; see Good Friday), which Christians believe happened at about this time of year, almost two... Easter is the most important religious holiday of the Christian liturgical year, observed in March, April, or May to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, which Christians believe occurred after his death by crucifixion in AD 27-33 (see Good Friday). ... Great Lent is the greatest fasting period in the church year in Eastern Christianity, which prepares Christians for the greatest feast of the church year, Easter (or Holy Pascha). Although it is in many ways similar to Lent in Western Christianity, there are important differences in the timing of Lent... Icon of the Ascension. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, the cycle of the moveable feast is built around Pascha, or Easter. ... The Old calendarists are those Eastern Orthodox Churches that continue to use the Julian calendar, namely the Russian and Serbian Orthodox Churches and some others. ... The liturgical year, also known as the Christian year, consists of the cycle of liturgical seasons in some Christian churches which determines when Feasts, Memorials, Commemorations, and Solemnities are to be observed and which portions of Scripture are to be read. ...

September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
October 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
November 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
December     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
January 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
February 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (29)
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
June 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
July 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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Feb. ... Feb. ... Feb. ... Feb. ... Feb. ... Feb. ... Feb. ... Feb. ... Feb. ... Feb. ... Feb. ... Feb. ... Feb. ... Feb. ... March 1 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 3 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 15 by Old Calendarists Saints Hieromartyr Theodotus of Cyrenia, bishop (320) Saint Arsenius of Tver, bishop (1409) Saint Agatho of Egypt, monk (5th century) Martyr Troadius of Neo-Caesarea (3rd century) Virgin... March 2 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 4 Fixed commemorations All commemorations below are observed on March 16 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus, and Basiliscus of Amasea (308) Righteous Zeno Righteous Zoilus Venerable Piama, virgin (337) Saint Alexandra of Alexandria Saint Caluppan of Auvergne in Gaul Hieromartyr Theodoretus... March 3 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 5 Fixed commemorations All commemorations below are observed on March 16 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable Gerasimus of the Jordan (475) Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow (1303) Martyrs Paul, his sister Juliana, and Quadratus, Acacius, and Stratonicus, at Ptolemais in Syria (273) Saint... March 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 6 // 2006 Sunday of Forgiveness (see Paschal cycle) Cheese-Fare Sunday (the last day dairy products, fish, wine, and olive oil are to be consumed, before Pascha) Fixed commemorations All commemorations below are observed on March 18 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyr Conon... March 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 7 // 2006 Clean Monday, the beginning of Great Lent Fixed commemorations All commemorations below are observed on March 19 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyrs Constantine, Aetius, Theophilus, Theodore, Melissenus, Callistus, and Basoes, in Ammoria in Phrygia (845) Saint Arcadius of Cyprus, monk (4th... March 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 13 // 2006 Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy (commemoration of the restoration of icons after the defeat of the iconoclast heresy in 843) 1st Sunday of Great Lent Fixed commemorations All commemorations below are observed on March 25 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable... March 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 20 2006 Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas 2nd Sunday of Great Lent Fixed commemorations All commemorations below are observed on April 1 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria, and those with them in Rome: Claudius, Hilaria, Jason, Maurus, Diodorus the presbyter... Mar. ... Mar. ... Mar. ... Mar. ... Mar. ... Mar. ... Mar. ... Mar. ... Mar. ... Mar. ... Mar. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... Apr. ... May 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 3 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 15 by Old Calendarists Saints Patriarch Athanasius of Alexandria Patriarch Athanasius III of Constantinople, from Lubensk Martyrs Hesperos, Zoe, and their sons Cyriacos and Theodoulos, at Attalia Saint Boris-Michael, Prince of Bulgaria Saint Jordan... May 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 4 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 16 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinoc in Egypt Saint Theodosius, abbot of the Kiev Caves Monastery and founder of cenobitic monasticism in Russia Saint Peter the... May 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 5 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 17 by Old Calendarists Saints Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza, bishop Hieromartyr Albian (Olbian), Bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor Hieromartyr Erasmus of Formia, bishop in Campania Martyrs... May 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 6 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 18 by Old Calendarists Saints Great-martyr Irene of Thessalonica Martyrs Neophytus, Gaius, and Gaianus Saints Martin and Heraclius, of Illyria Saint Micah, disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh Saint Adrian, abbot of Monza Monastery... May 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 7 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 19 by Old Calendarists Saints Righteous Job the Long-suffering Saint Job of Pochaev, abbot and wonderworker Martyrs Barbarus the Soldier, Bacchus, Callimachus, and Dionysius, in Morea Martyr Barbarus in Thessaly Saints Mamas, Pachomius, and... May 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 8 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 20 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyr Acacius the centurion at Byzantium Saint John of Zaden in Georgia, and his 12 disciples: Shio, David, Anthony, Thaddeus, Stephen, Isidore, Michael, Pyrrhus, Zeno, Jesse, Joseph, and Abibus Martyr... May 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 9 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 21 by Old Calendarists Saints Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, the beloved disciple of the Lord Saint Arsenius the Great Saint Arsenius of Novgorod, Fool-for-Christ Saint Arsenius the Lover of Labor... May 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 10 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 22 by Old Calendarists Saints Prophet Isaiah Martyr Christopher of Lycia, and with him martyrs Callinica and Aquilina Martyr Epimachus the New of Alexandria Martyr Gordion at Rome Monk-martyr Nicholas of Larissa in Thessaly... May 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 11 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 23 by Old Calendarists Saints Simon the Zealot, Apostle Saint Simon of Vladimir and Suzdal (Kiev Caves), bishop Saint Isidora the Fool of Tabenna in Egypt Blessed Thais of Egypt Martyr Hesychius of Antioch Martyrs... May 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 12 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 24 by Old Calendarists Saints Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius, first teachers of the Slavs Hieromartyr Mocius, presbyter of Amphipolis in Macedonia Saint Comgall, founder of Bangor Monastery in Ireland Saint Nicodemus... May 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 13 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 25 by Old Calendarists Saints Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis in Cyprus Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople Martyr Pancratius of Rome Saint Sabinus, Archbishop of Cyprus Saint Polybius, Bishop in Cyprus Saint Dionysius of St. ... May 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 14 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 26 by Old Calendarists Saints Virgin-martyr Glyceria at Heraclea Martyr Laodicius, jailer of Saint Glyceria Martyr Alexander of Rome Saint George the Confessor of Constantinople Saint Pausicacius, Bishop of Synnada Saint Leander of Seville... May 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 15 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 27 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyr Isidore of Chios Saint Isidore of Rostov, Fool-for-Christ and Wonderworker Martyr Maximus Saint Serapion of Egypt, monk Saint Aprunculus, Bishop of Clermont in Gaul Saint Nicetas, Bishop... May 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 16 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 28 by Old Calendarists Saints Saint Pachomius the Great, founder of cenobitic monasticism Saint Isaiah of Rostov, bishop and wonderworker Slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow Saint Achilles, Bishop of Larissa Saint Euphrosynus of Pskov... May 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 17 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 29 by Old Calendarists Saints Saint Theodore the Sanctified, disciple of Saint Pachomios the Great Blessed child Saint Musa of Rome Saint Ephraim of Perekop (Novgorod), abbot Saint George of Micylene, bishop Martyr Abdicsus, bishop... May 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 18 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 30 by Old Calendarists Saints Apostle Andronicus of Pannonia, of the Seventy, and his fellow labourer Junia Archbishop Stephen of Constantinople Martyrs Solochon, Pamphamer, and Pamphalon, at Chalcedon Saints Nectarius and Theophanes of Meteora Saint... May 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 19 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 31 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra, and with him 7 virgin-martyrs: Alexandra, Tecusa, Claudia, Phaine, Euphraisa, Matrona, and Julia Martyrs Peter and Dionysius under Decius; also those who were not martyred... May 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 20 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 1 by Old Calendarists Saints Hieromartyr Patrick of Prussa, bishop, and with him presbyters Acacius, Menander, and Polyenus (100) Venerable Cornelius of Komel (Vologda), abbot (1537) Martyr Acoluthus of the Thebaid (303) Saint John, Prince... May 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 21 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 2 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyrs Thalelaeus, Alexander, and Asterius at Aegae in Cilicia (284) Saint Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow and of all Russia, Wonderworker (relics found in 1431) Martyr Asclas of Egypt (287) Saint... May 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 22 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 3 by Old Calendarists Saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Constantine, Emperor (337) Equal-to-the-Apostles Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine (327) Blessed Constantine of Murom, prince, and his children Michael and Theodore, wonderworkers (1129... May 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 23 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 4 by Old Calendarists Saints Righteous Melchizedek, King of Salem Martyr Basiliscus, Bishop of Comana Saint John-Vladimir, ruler of Serbia (308) Hieromartyr Zachariah of Prussa (1802) Blessed James, youth, of Borovichi (Novgorod) (17th century... May 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 24 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 5 by Old Calendarists Saints Holy Myrrh-bearer Mary, the wife of Cleopas and aunt of Jesus Saint Michael the Confessor, Bishop of Synnada (818) Saint Leontius of Rostov, bishop and wonderworker (relics uncovered in... May 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 25 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 6 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable Symeon Stylites the Younger of Wonderful Mountain (596) Venerable Nikita Stylites, Wonderworker of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski (1186) Saint Vincent of Lerins Martyrs: Meletius Stratelas, Stephen, John, Serapion the Egyptian, Callinicos... May 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 26 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 7 by Old Calendarists Saints Hieromartyr Therapon of Cyprus, bishop (6th century) Saint Dodo, Prince of Georgia (7th century) Saints Yaropolk, Stephen, Macarius, Igor, and Juliana of Volhynia Righteous John and Mary of Ustiug (Vologda... May 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 27 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 8 by Old Calendarists Saints Carpus, Apostle of the Seventy and Bishop of Berrhoe in Thrace (1st century) Great martyr George the New at Sophia (1515) Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Evangelizer of England (604) Alphaeus... May 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 28 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 9 by Old Calendarists Saints Hieromartyr Therapontes of Sardis, bishop (3rd century) Virgin-martyr Theodora of Alexandria (304) Martyr Didymus the Soldier of Alexandria (304) Saint Therapont of Byelozersk, abbot (1426) Saint Therapont of Monza... May 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 29 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 10 by Old Calendarists Saints Saint Nicetas of Chalcedon, bishop (9th century) Saint Ignatius of Rostov, bishop and wonderworker (1288) Saint Germain of Paris, bishop (576) Hieromartyr Helladius of the East, bishop (6th-7th centuries... May 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 30 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 11 by Old Calendarists Saints Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre (307-308) Repose of blessed John of Ustiug, Fool-for-Christ (1494) Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Constantinople (726-730) Saint Alexander of Alexandria, Patriarch (326... May 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 31 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 12 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable Isaac, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople (383) Saint Macrina the Elder, grandmother of Saint Basil the Great (340) Saint James of Galich Monastery, monk Martyrs Natalius, Romanus... May 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 1 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 13 by Old Calendarists Saints Hermes of Philippopolis, of the Seventy Apostles (1st century) Martyr Hermias at Cornana (2nd century) Martyr Marus the Magician who was converted upon witnessing the martrydom of Hermias Martyr Philosophus... May 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 2 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 14 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyr Justin the Philosopher (Justin Martyr) at Rome (166) Martyrs Chariton, Charita, Euelpistus, Hierax, Peon, Valerian, and Justus with Justin Martyr (166) Another Justin, also martyred in Rome in 166... June 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 3 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 15 by Old Calendarists Saints Saint Nicephorus the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople (829) Great martyr John the New of Suceava, who suffered at Belgrade (1340) Martyr Demetrius of Philadelphia (1657) Hieromartyr Photinus (Potinus) Martyr Constantine... June 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 4 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 16 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyrs Lucillian, Claudius, Hypatiusat, Paul, Diorlysius, and Paula at Byzantium (270-275) Hieromartyrs Lucian, Julian, and Maximian in Gaul (81-96) Saint Kevin, hermit of Ireland (618) Saint Athanasius of... June 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 5 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 17 by Old Calendarists Saints Saints Mary and Martha, sisters of Saint Lazarus (1st century) Saint Metrophanes, first Patriarch of Constantinople (325) Hieromartyr Astius, Bishop of Dyrrachium in Macedonia (2nd century) Martyr Concordius of Spoleto... June 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 6 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 18 by Old Calendarists Saints Hieromartyr Dorotheus of Tyre, bishop (362) Repose of blessed Theodore Yaroslavich, brother of Saint Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod (1233) Venerable Abba Dorotheus of Palestine (620) Martyrs Marcian, Nicander, Hyperechius, Apollonius... June 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 7 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 19 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable Bessarion the Wonderworker of Egypt (5th century) Saint Hilarion the New, Abbot of the Dalmatian Monastery (845) Virgin-martyrs Archelais, Thecla, and Susanna beheaded at Salerno (293) Saint Paisius... June 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 8 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 20 by Old Calendarists Saints Hieromartyr Theodotus of Ancyra, bishop (303) Martyrs Cyriaca, Kaleria, and Mary of Caesarea in Palestine and others (4th century) Hieromartyr Marcellus of Rome, bishop, and with him martyrs Sisinicus, Cyriacus... June 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 9 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 21 by Old Calendarists Saints Saint Ephraim of Antioch, Patriarch (545) Saint Zosimas of Phoenicia, monk (6th century) Saint Atre (Athre) of Nitria in Egypt (5th century) Saint Naucratius, abbot of the Studion (848) Saint... June 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 10 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 22 by Old Calendarists Other commemorations Saint Cyril of Alexandria, archbishop (444) Venerable Cyril of White Lake, abbot in Byeloczersk (1427) Saint Columba (Columkille), Enlightener of Scotland, founder of Iona Monastery (597) Saint Alexander of... June 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 11 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 23 by Old Calendarists Saints Saint John Maximovitch, Metropolitan of San Francisco (1966) Hieromartyr Timothy of Prussa, bishop (4th century) Martyr Alexander and virgin-martyr Antonina at Constantinople (313) Saint Bassian of Lodi in Lombardy... June 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 12 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 24 by Old Calendarists Saints Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas (1st century) Saint Barnabas of Vetluga, abbot (1445) Martyr Theopemptus and four others Other commemorations The appearance of the Archangel Gabriel to a monk on... June 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 13 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 25 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable Onuphrius the Great (4th century) Venerable Peter of Mount Athos (734) Venerable Arsenius of Konevits, abbot in Valaam (1447) Saints John, Andrew, Heraclemon, and Theophilus, hermits of Egypt (4th... June 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 14 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 26 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyr Aquilina of Byblos in Syria (293) Saint Triphyllius, Bishop of Leucosia (Nicosia) in Cyprus (370) Martyr Antonina of Nicaea (4th century) Saint Anna and her son Saint John of... June 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 15 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 27 by Old Calendarists Saints Prophet Elisha (9th century BC) Saint Methodius of Constantinople, Patriarch (847) Saint John of Euchaita, metropolitan Saint Niphon of Mount Athos (1330) Saint Mstislav-George, Prince of Novgorod (1180) Saint... June 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 16 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 28 by Old Calendarists Saints Prophet Amos (8th century BC) Saint Jonah of Moscow, Metropolitan and Wonderworker of all Russia (1461) Martyrs Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia at Lucania (303) Martyr Dulas the Passion-bearer of... June 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 17 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 29 by Old Calendarists Saints Saint Tikhon of Amathus in Cyprus, bishop (5th century) Venerable Tikhon of Kaluga (1492) Saint Tikhon of Luchov (1503) Saint Tikhon of Krestogorsk in Vologda Martyrs Tigrius and Eutropius of... June 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 18 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 30 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyrs Manuel, Sabel, and Ismael of Persia (362) Hieromartyr Philoneides, Bishop of Kurion in Cyprus Saints Joseph and Pior, disciples of Saint Anthony the Great (6th century) Saint Ananias of... June 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 19 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 1 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyrs Leontius, Hypatius, and Theodulus at Tripoli in Syria (70-79) Saint Leontius, clairvoyant of Dionysiou Monastery on Mount Athos (1605) Martyr Aetherus of Nicomedia Saint Leontius of the Kiev... June 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 20 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 2 by Old Calendarists Saints Holy Apostle Jude, the brother of the Lord (80) Venerable Paisios the Great of Egypt (5th century) Martyr Zosimas the Soldier at Antioch in Pisidia (2nd century) Saint Paisios the... June 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 21 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 3 by Old Calendarists Saints Hieromartyr Methodius of Patar, bishop (312) Martyrs Aristocleus, presbyter; Demetrian, deacon; and Athanasius, reader; of Cyprus Martyrs Inna, Pinna, and Rimma, disciples of the Apostle Andrew, in Scythia Saint Leucius... June 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 22 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 4 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyr Julian of Tarsus in Cilicia (4th century) Hieromartyr Terence (Tertius), Bishop of Iconium (1st century) Saints Julius of Novara, presbyter, and his brother Julian the Deacon (5th century) Martyr... June 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 23 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 5 by Old Calendarists Saints Hieromartyr Eusebius of Samosata, bishop (380) Saint Alban, first martyr of Britain Martyrs Galacteon, Juliana, and Saturninus of Constantinople Martyr Zeno and his servant Zenas of Philadelphia (304) Saint Anastasia... June 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 24 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 6 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyr Agrippina of Rome (260) Martyrs Eustochius, Gaius, Lollius, and Urban of Ancyra (4th century) Righteous youth Artemius of Verkolsk (1640) Abbots Joseph, Anthony, and Ioannicus of Vologda (1612) Saint... June 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 25 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 7 by Old Calendarists Saints Birth of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John Martyrs Orentius, Pharnacius, Eros, Firmus, Firminus, Cyriacus, Longinus, and others in Georgia (4th century) Saint Anthony of... June 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 26 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 8 by Old Calendarists Saints Virgin-martyr Febronia of Nisibis (304) Venerable Peter of Murom (tonsured David), Wonderworker (1228) Venerable Febronia of Murom (tonsured Euphrosyne), Wonderworker (1228) Venerable Leonis, Libye, and Eutropia of Syria (310... June 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 27 2005: All Saints Sunday (Paschal cycle) All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 9 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable David of Thessalonica (540) Saint John, bishop of the Goths in Crimea (8th century) Saint Dionysius of Suzdal, archbishop (1385) Martyr David of... June 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 28 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 10 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable Sampson the Hospitable of Constantinople (530) Saint Severus of Interocrea in Italy, presbyter (6th century) Saint Joanna the Myrrh-bearer (1st century) Martyr Anectus of Caesarea in Cappadocia Blessed... June 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 29 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 11 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable Sergius and Herman, Wonderworkers of Valaam (1353) Saint Sennuphius the Standard-bearer Saint Paul the Physician of Corinth Saint Xenophon of Robeika in Novgorod, abbot (1262) Martyr Pappias Martyr... June 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 30 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 12 by Old Calendarists Saints The holy, glorious, and all-praised leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul Saint Peter of Rostov, wonderworker and prince of the Tatar Horde (1290) Other commemorations Uncovering of the... June 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 1 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 13 by Old Calendarists Saints Synaxis of the holy, glorious, and all-praised Twelve Apostles Saint Sophronius of Irkutsk, bishop (1918) Martyr Michael of Athens (1770) Saint Andrew of Bogoliubsk, prince (1174) Martyr Meleton Martyr... June 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 2 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 12 by Old Calendarists Saints Holy and wonderworker unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, brothers (284) Martyr Potitus at Naples (161) Saint Peter of Constantinople, monk (865) Saint Angelina of Serbia, despotess (16th century) Saint Gallus, Bishop... July 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 3 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 15 by Old Calendarists Saints Saint Juvenal of Jerusalem, Patriarch (458) Saint Photius of Kiev, metropolitan (1431) Saint Juvenal, protomartyr of America and Alaska Saint Monegunda of Chartres in Gaul Other commemorations The placing of... July 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 4 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 16 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyr Hyacith of Caesarea in Cappadocia (108) Venerable Nicodemus of Kozhe Lake, abbot (1640) Martyrs Mocius and Mark (4th century) Other commemorations Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Philip of... July 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 5 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 17 by Old Calendarists Saints Saint Andrew of Crete, archbishop (712) Venerable Martha, mother of Symeon Stylites the Younger (554) Hieromartyr Theodore, Bishop of Cyrene in Libya and those martyrs with him Categories: Eastern Orthodox... July 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 6 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 15 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable Athanasius of Mt. ... July 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 7 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 19 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable Sisoes the Great Virgin-martyrs Lucy, Rixius, and with them martyrs Anthony, Lucian, Isidore, Dion, Diodorus, Cutonius, Arnosus, Capicus, and Satyrus at Rome (301) Martyr Cointus of Phrygia (283... July 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 8 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 20 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable Thomas of Mt. ... July 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 9 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 21 by Old Calendarists Saints Great martyr Procopius of Caesarea in Palestine (303) Righteous Procopius of Ustiug in Vologda, Fool-for-Christ and wonderworker (1303) Saint Theophilus the Myrrh-gusher of Pantocrator Monastery on Mount... July 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 10 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 22 by Old Calendarists Saints Hieromartyr Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina in Sicily (1st century) Hieromartyr Cyril of Gortyna in Crete, bishop (4th century) Saint Theodore of Edessa, bishop (9th century) Saint Patermuthius and others in... July 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 11 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 23 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia (1073) Martyr Nicodemus the Albanian of Elbassan Martyrs Leontius, Maurice, Daniel, Anthony, Alexander, Anicetus, Sisinius, Meneus, Belerad (Verelad), and... July 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 12 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 24 by Old Calendarists Saints Great martyr Euphemia the All-praised (451) Blessed Equal-to-the-Apostles Olga, princess of Russia, named Helen in holy baptism (969) Hieromartyr Cindeus of Pamphylia (4th century) Saint Nicodemus... July 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 13 // 2005 4th Tuesday after Pentecost Romans 10:11-11:2 Matthew 11:16-20 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 25 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyrs Proclus and Hilarion of Ancyra (2nd century) Venerable Michael of Maleinus, monk... July 12 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 14 // 2005 Fasting day 4th Wednesday after Pentecost Romans 11:2-12 Matthew 11:20-26 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 26 by Old Calendarists Saints Synaxis of the Holy Archangel Gabriel Venerable Stephen the Sabbaite (794) Martyr... July 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 15 2005 4th Thursday after Pentecost Romans 11:13-24 Matthew 11:27-30 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 27 by Old Calendarists Saints Aquila of the Seventy Apostles Repose of Venerable Nicodemus the Hagiorite Saint Ellius of... July 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 16 // 2005 Fasting day 4th Friday after Pentecost Romans 11:25-36 Matthew 12:1-8 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 28 by Old Calendarists Saints Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir I of Kiev, Enlightener... July 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 17 // 2005 4th Saturday after Pentecost Romans 6:11-17 Matthew 8:14-23 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 29 by Old Calendarists Saints Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis and his ten disciples (311) Martyrs Paul and his... July 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 18 2005 4th Sunday after Pentecost: Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the first six Ecumenical Councils Romans 6:18-23 Matthew 8:5-13 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 30 by Old Calendarists Saints Great martyr Marina... July 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 19 // 2005 5th Monday after Pentecost Romans 12:4,5,15-21 Matthew 12:9-13 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 31 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyr Hyacinth of Amastris (4th century) Martyr Emilian of Silistria in Bulgaria... July 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 20 // 2005 5th Tuesday after Pentecost Romans 14:9-18 Matthew 12:14-16,22-30 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 1 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable Macrina the Younger, sister of Saint Basil the Great (380) Venerable... July 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 21 // 2005 Fasting day 5th Wednesday after Pentecost Romans 15:7-16 Matthew 12:38-45 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 2 by Old Calendarists Saints Holy and glorious Prophet Elijah (9th century BC) Saint Elias of Jerusalem... July 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 22 // 2005 5th Thursday after Pentecost Romans 15:17-29 Matthew 12:46-13:3 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 3 by Old Calendarists Saints Venerable Simeon of Emessa, Fool-for-Christ, and with him John (590) Prophet... July 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 23 // 2005 Fasting day 5th Friday after Pentecost Romans 16:1-16 Matthew 13:4-9 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 4 by Old Calendarists Saints Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene (1st century... July 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 24 2005 5th Saturday after Pentecost Romans 8:14-21 Matthew 9:9-13 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 5 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyrs Trophimus, Theophilus, and 13 others in Lycia (4th century) Hieromartyr Apollinaris, Bishop of... July 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 25 // 2005 5th Sunday after Pentecost Romans 10:1-10 Matthew 8:28-9:1 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 6 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyr Christina of Tyre (300) Holy martyr and passion-bearers Boris and Gleb... July 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 26 2005 6th Monday after Pentecost Romans 16:17-24 Matthew 13:10-23 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 7 by Old Calendarists Saints Repose of righteous Anna, mother of the Most Holy Theotokos Holy Olympias the Deaconess... July 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 27 // 2005 6th Tuesday after Pentecost 1st Corinthians 1:1-9 Matthew 13:24-30 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 8 by Old Calendarists Saints Hieromartyrs Hermolaus, Hermippus, and Hermocrates at Nicomedia (305) Martyr Parasceva of Rome (2nd... July 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 28 // 2005 Fasting day 6th Wednesday after Pentecost 1st Corinthians 2:9-3:8 Matthew 13:31-36 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 9 by Old Calendarists Saints Holy Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon (305) Holy Equal-to-the... July 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 29 // 2005 6th Thursday after Pentecost 1st Corinthians 3:18-23 Matthew 13:36-43 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 10 by Old Calendarists Saints Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon and Parmenas, deacons of the Seventy Apostles Martyr Eustachius of... July 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 30 2005 Fasting day 6th Friday after Pentecost 1st Corinthians 4:5-8 Matthew 13:44-54 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 11 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor (4th century) Virgin-martyr... July 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 31 // 2005 6th Saturday after Pentecost Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 9:18-26 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 12 by Old Calendarists Saints Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus, of the Seventy Apostles Hieromartyr Valentine, Bishop of... July 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. ... July 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ... Aug. ...

References

  • Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St. Michael (for saints, feasts, and other commemorations)
  • The Orthodox Study Bible. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993: 771-780 (for scriptural readings)
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