Church calendar monthly on. Church fasts. However, on public holidays

The Orthodox holidays of 2017 are detailed in the church calendar, which everyone can see. Church holidays play a very important role in life Orthodox person, they are surrounded by some mystery and are significantly different from the daily hassle. As a rule, major holidays are preceded by a certain preparation, fasting, which believers try to observe in accordance with all the rules.

What is the church calendar for?

The number of church holidays, important fasts and memorial days is quite large, it is almost impossible to remember all this. Many people remember only the most important holidays, getting confused in the dates of all the rest. Only the ministers of the church can say exactly what date this or that holiday falls on, given that many do not change their dates, and some holidays are celebrated annually at a different time. Thanks to the church calendar, the Orthodox have the opportunity to clarify the following information:

• what date the main, great holidays are celebrated;
• on what date the passing Orthodox celebrations fall;
• when will the everlasting feasts be celebrated;
• the calendar also indicates the periods of all major fasts;
• The calendar contains the dates of memorial days.

What can you learn from the 2017 church calendar?

The great Orthodox holidays in 2017 are indicated on the calendar, which is very convenient and practical. Everyone will be able to properly plan their time, attend a solemn service in the church. The most important holiday that believers look forward to every year is Easter. Its date is separately calculated annually. In 2017, Easter falls on April 16th. Significant, long-awaited holidays can also be called the Nativity of Christ, the Day of Remembrance of Peter and Paul, the Feast of the Intercession Holy Mother of God.

Other religious holidays are divided into twelve, they are directly related to the life of Jesus Christ and the Virgin. There are two circles of holidays in the church calendar - the first includes fixed, and the second Easter. Eternal feasts are celebrated every year on the same date. Passing holidays directly depends on when Easter will be celebrated.

Orthodox people are very responsible for the great holidays, they prepare for them, be sure to fast. During this period, through the rejection of favorite food, entertainment, a person seeks his way to the Lord, is spiritually cleansed and meets the holiday with a pure heart. The strictest post precedes Happy Easter Great Lent lasts until Easter. Chelok accepts some hardships and restrictions humbly, wanting only to clear his mind, soul and heart before an important day. Petrov post is also strict. Many adhere to the Assumption and Christmas fasts. They are also very strict, therefore, for a number of reasons, many cannot fully adhere to them, but the main thing is spiritual cleansing, not physical. The church calendar also indicates one-day fasts that should be observed.

Believers pay special attention to the days when it is customary to commemorate the dead. Ecumenical parental Saturday is a day of obligatory commemoration, just like Radonitsa, on the days of Great Lent, as well as on Trinity Saturday and on the day of Dmitriev parental Saturday.

The church calendar is a personal assistant of every believer, thanks to it a person has the opportunity to celebrate all important holidays, not to confuse dates and plan his time correctly. The dates of the holidays and periods of fasting are detailed, so it’s worth buying a church calendar for 2017 for yourself.

Calendar of Orthodox holidays 2017

September

All Orthodox holidays are dedicated to the life and deeds of Jesus Christ (Lord's), the Mother of God (Mother of God) and saints. These are general church celebrations, on the days of which a special service is held. And every Christian is obliged to honor these days with prayer and attending services in the Temple. It is forbidden to work these days, the only exception is to help the weak and the needy.

Church Orthodox calendar of holidays and fasts for 2017.

In this Orthodox calendar for 2017, we want to show all the church holidays that you simply cannot forget about. Let's start with the main ones - these are the so-called great Orthodox holidays. And the most important is Easter.

Easter - April 16, 2017

Easter is the Bright Resurrection of Christ, the most ancient and main holiday of Christianity. Established in honor of the resurrection of the Savior Jesus Christ in the 1st century AD. e. In the Canon, it is listed as "holidays a feast and a celebration of celebrations." In 2017, Easter will be held on April 16, while the date is the same for both Western and Eastern traditions(often the dates of the celebration differ).

Twelfth holidays 2017

After the Resurrection of Christ, there are 12 great celebrations, the so-called Twelve Feasts. 9 of them are motionless, have a constant date, 3 are mobile (transitional).

motionless

Movable

Great non-twelfth holidays 2017

In addition to Easter and 12 main holidays, the 2017 church calendar has 5 more great holidays that are honored no less solemnly.

Orthodox posts in 2017

Also, a Christian should definitely fast. Typicon distinguishes 4 multi-day fasts and 3 one-day fasts. But do not forget that in Orthodoxy there are fasts on Wednesdays and Fridays. And only in continuous weeks this is canceled, there are five of them in a year.

Multi-day posts.

11/28/2016-01/06/2017 - Christmas fast (01/02-01/06 - strict).

March 14-April 30 - Lent.

27.06-11.07 - Petrov post.

14.08-27.08 - Assumption post.

One day posts.

Solid weeks.

07.01-17.01 - Christmas time.

06.02-11.02 - Publican and Pharisee.

20.02-26.02 - Maslenitsa.

17.04-22.04 - Easter week.

05.06-11.06 - Trinity week.

Church calendar for 2017

The main holidays of the Orthodox church calendar named. But there are many more of them, more precisely, in 2017 there are more than 200 holidays. And we will name most of them now. We have highlighted the most important ones.

Orthodox holidays in January 2017

In January, fasting will continue until the 6th, from January 7 to 17 - Christmas time. Don't forget about the one-day fast on January 18th. January 7 and 19 are the twelfth holidays.

January 1 - the week before Christmas, fasting continues. Memorial Day of the Russian Venerable Elijah of Murom the Wonderworker and the Holy Martyr Boniface.

January 3 - strict fasting continues. Memorial Day of St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, miracle worker. Glorification of the Great Martyr Juliana.

January 4 - strict fasting continues. Memorial Day of the Holy Great Martyr Anastasia the Destroyer.

January 5 - the strict Advent fast continues. Memorial Day of the Ten Martyrs of Crete, Hieromartyr Basil and Martyrs John and Mary.

January 6 is the last day of the strict Advent fast. Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve. Memorial Day of the Martyr Eugenia.

January 14 - Christmas time, Saturday before Epiphany. Circumcision of the Lord, the day of St. Basil the Great.

January 15 - Christmas time continues. Memorial Day of St. Seraphim of Sarov, the repose of the relics of the saint.

Orthodox calendar for January 2017.

Orthodox holidays in February 2017

February 15 is the twelfth holiday. Lent will begin only at the end of the month - from the 27th. And in the periods of February 6-11 and February 20-26, continuous weeks are canceled. The 18th is the day of commemoration of the dead.

February 1 - the day of the enthronement of the sixteenth His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill.

February 6 - a continuous week about the Publican and the Pharisee begins, there is no fasting. Day of Blessed Xenia of Petersburg.

February 12 - the week of prodigal son. Preparation for Great Lent. Cathedral of the Ecumenical Teachers and Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom.

February 13 is the day of the unmercenary martyrs Cyrus and John, as well as the martyr Athanasia and her daughters Theodotia, Theoktista and Eudoxia.

Orthodox calendar for February 2017.

February 18 - Ecumenical meat-fare memorial Saturday. Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God "Searching for the Lost". Day of St. Theodosius of Chernigov.

February 19 - Meat-Feast Week of the Last Judgment, preparation for Great Lent. Memorial Day of Saints Barsanuphius and John.

February 27 - clean Monday, the beginning of Lent. Day of Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril, teacher of Slovenian.

Orthodox holidays in March 2017

March 11, 18 and 25 are the weeks of Great Lent in which the dead are mentioned. Fasting continues throughout the month of April.

Orthodox calendar for March 2017.

Orthodox holidays in April 2017

April 15 ends Lent, 16 - Easter. From 17 to 22 April - continuous weeks. The 7th and 9th are the twelfth holidays, and on April 25, do not forget to mention the departed.

April 7 - Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. Day of celebration of the icon of the Annunciation of the Mother of God of Moscow and Kiev.

Orthodox calendar for April 2017.

April 16- Easter, Holy Resurrection of Christ. The end of a great post. Day of celebration of the icon of the Mother of God "Fadeless color".

April 17 - bright week, the post is cancelled. Day of celebration of the icons of the Mother of God "Gerontissa" and "Redeemer".

Orthodox holidays in May 2017

Orthodox calendar for May 2017.

Orthodox holidays in June 2017

On June 12, fasting begins again, but from June 5 to 11, it is a continuous week. June 4 is the twelfth holiday. June 3 is the day of the dead.

June 3 - Trinity Saturday. Day Equal-to-the-Apostles Tsar Constantine and his mother Queen Helena. Celebration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God.

Orthodox calendar for June 2017.

Orthodox holidays in July 2017

July 7 (on the night of 6 to 7) - the feast of Ivan Kupala, the Nativity of the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John.

Orthodox calendar for July 2017.

July 23 - the position of the honest robe of our Lord Jesus Christ in Moscow. Day of the Konevskaya Icon of the Mother of God.

Orthodox holidays in August 2017

August 14 - the beginning of the Dormition fast. Origin of honest trees Life-Giving Cross Lord's.

Orthodox calendar for August 2017.

August 29 - Theodore Icon of the Mother of God. Transfer of the Image of the Lord Jesus Christ Not Made by Hands.

Orthodox holidays in September 2017

Orthodox calendar for September 2017.

Orthodox holidays in October 2017

In October there are no twelfth holidays and multi-day fasts, fast days only on Wednesdays and Fridays.

October 9 is the glorification day of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. Presentation of the Apostle John the Theologian.

Orthodox calendar for October 2017.

Orthodox holidays in November 2017

Orthodox calendar for November 2017.

Orthodox holidays in December 2017

Orthodox calendar for December 2017.

December 22 - the conception of the Holy Mother of God by the righteous Anna. Icon of the Mother of God "Unexpected Joy".

We hope that the church Orthodox calendar for 2017 provided by us is exactly what you were looking for. Save it in your browser bookmarks so you can always find it. And do not forget to constantly look into it, so as not to miss important events in Christianity. This is important for all of us.

The movable part of the church calendar moves along with the date of Easter, which changes from year to year. The very date of the celebration of Easter is determined according to lunar calendar and a number of additional dogmatic factors (do not celebrate Easter with the Jews, celebrate Easter only after spring equinox, celebrate Easter only after the first spring full moon). All holidays with variable dates are counted from Easter and move in the time of the "secular" calendar along with it.

Thus, both parts of the Easter calendar (movable and fixed) together determine the calendar of Orthodox holidays.

The following are the most significant for Orthodox Christian events - the so-called Twelfth Feasts and Great Feasts. Although the Orthodox Church celebrates holidays according to the "old style", which differs by 13 days, the dates in the Calendar for convenience are indicated according to the generally accepted secular calendar of the new style.

Orthodox calendar for 2017:

07.01 - Christmas (twelfth)
14.01 - Circumcision of the Lord (great)
19.01 - The baptism of the Lord (twelfth)
02.15 - Meeting of the Lord (twelfth)
07.04 - Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (twelfth)
May 21 - Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
May 22 - St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia, Wonderworker
07.07 - Nativity of John the Baptist (great)
12.07 - Holy First. Apostles Peter and Paul (great)
19.08 - Transfiguration of the Lord (twelfth)
28.08 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (twelfth)
11.09 - Beheading of John the Baptist (great)
21.09 - Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (twelfth)
September 27 - Exaltation of the Holy Cross (twelfth)
09.10 - Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
14.10 - Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos (great)
04.12 - Entry into the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos (twelfth)
December 19 - St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia, miracle worker

Days of Special Remembrance for the Dead

02/18/2017 - Ecumenical parental Saturday (Saturday before the week of the Last Judgment)
03/11/2017 - Ecumenical parental Saturday of the 2nd week of Great Lent
03/18/2017 - Ecumenical parental Saturday of the 3rd week of Great Lent
03/25/2017 - Ecumenical parental Saturday of the 4th week of Great Lent
04/25/2017 - Radonitsa (Tuesday of the 2nd week of Easter)
05/09/2017 - Commemoration of the deceased soldiers
06/03/2017 - Trinity Parental Saturday (Saturday before Trinity)
10/28/2017 - Dmitrievskaya parent Saturday (Saturday before November 8)

ABOUT ORTHODOX HOLIDAYS:

TWENTH HOLIDAYS

In worship Orthodox Church twelve great feasts of the annual liturgical cycle (except for the feast of Pascha). Subdivided into Lord's, dedicated to Jesus Christ, and Theotokos, dedicated to the Most Holy Theotokos.

According to the time of celebration, the Twelfth Feasts divided into motionless(non-passing) and mobile(passing). The former are constantly celebrated on the same dates of the month, the latter fall on different numbers every year, depending on the date of the celebration. Easter.

ABOUT MEAL ON HOLIDAYS:

According to the church charter on holidays Christmas And Epiphany that happened on Wednesday and Friday, there is no post.

IN Christmas And Epiphany Christmas Eve and on holidays Exaltation of the Holy Cross And The Beheading of John the Baptist food is allowed vegetable oil.

On the feasts of the Presentation, the Transfiguration of the Lord, the Assumption, the Nativity and Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos, the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos, the Nativity of John the Baptist, the Apostles Peter and Paul, John the Theologian, which happened on Wednesday and Friday, as well as in the period from Easter before Trinity fish is allowed on Wednesday and Friday.

ABOUT LOSTS IN ORTHODOXY:

Fast- a form of religious asceticism, an exercise of the spirit, soul and body on the path to salvation within the framework of a religious outlook; voluntary self-restraint in food, entertainment, communication with the world. bodily fasting- restriction in food; spiritual post- restriction of external impressions and pleasures (solitude, silence, prayerful concentration); spiritual post- the struggle with their "corporal lusts", a period of especially intense prayer.

Most importantly, you need to be aware that bodily fasting without spiritual fasting brings nothing to save the soul. On the contrary, it can be spiritually harmful if a person, abstaining from food, becomes imbued with the consciousness of his own superiority and righteousness. “The one who thinks that fasting is only abstaining from food is mistaken. true post, - teaches St. John Chrysostom, - there is a removal from evil, curbing the tongue, putting off anger, taming lusts, ending slander, lies and perjury. Fast- not a goal, but a means to distract from the pleasure of your body, to concentrate and think about your soul; without all this, it becomes just a diet.

Great Lent, Holy Forty Day(Greek Tessarakoste; Lat. Quadragesima) - the period of the liturgical year preceding Holy Week And Easter, the most important of multi-day posts. Due to Easter may fall on different numbers of the calendar, great post also each year starts on a different date. It includes 6 weeks, or 40 days, therefore it is also called St. Forty-cost.

Fast for an Orthodox person is a set of good deeds, sincere prayer, abstinence in everything, including food. A bodily fast is necessary to perform a spiritual and spiritual fast, all of them in their union form post true, contributing to the spiritual reunion of fasting with God. IN days of fasting(days of fasting) the Church Charter prohibits modest food - meat and dairy products; fish is allowed only on some fast days. IN days of strict fasting not only fish is not allowed, but any hot food and food cooked in vegetable oil, only cold food without oil and unheated drink (sometimes called dry eating). In the Russian Orthodox Church there are four multi-day fasts, three one-day fasts, and, in addition, a fast on Wednesday and Friday (with the exception of special weeks) during the whole year.

Wednesday and Friday established as a sign that on Wednesday Christ was betrayed by Judas, and on Friday he was crucified. Saint Athanasius the Great said: "Allowing me to eat fast food on Wednesday and Friday, this person crucifies the Lord." In the summer and autumn meat-eaters (the periods between the Petrov and Assumption fasts and between the Assumption and Rozhdestvensky fasts), Wednesday and Friday are days of strict fasting. In winter and spring meat-eaters (from Christmas to Great Lent and from Easter to Trinity), the Charter allows fish on Wednesday and Friday. Fish on Wednesday and Friday is also allowed when the feasts of the Meeting of the Lord, the Transfiguration of the Lord, the Nativity of the Virgin, the Entrance of the Virgin into the Temple, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of John the Baptist, the Apostles Peter and Paul, the Apostle John the Theologian. If the holidays of the Nativity of Christ and the Baptism of the Lord fall on Wednesday and Friday, then fasting on these days is canceled. On the eve (eve, Christmas Eve) of the Nativity of Christ (usually the day of strict fasting), which happened on Saturday or Sunday, food with vegetable oil is allowed.

Solid weeks(in Church Slavonic a week is called a week - the days from Monday to Sunday) mean the absence of fasting on Wednesday and Friday. They were established by the Church as an indulgence before a multi-day fast or as a rest after it. Solid weeks are as follows:
1. Christmas time - from January 7 to 18 (11 days), from Christmas to Epiphany.
2. Publican and Pharisee - two weeks before Lent.
3. Cheese - a week before Lent (allowed the whole week of eggs, fish and dairy, but without meat).
4. Easter (Bright) - a week after Easter.
5. Trinity - a week after the Trinity (week before Peter's fast).

One day posts, except Wednesday and Friday (days of strict fasting, without fish, but food with vegetable oil is allowed):
1. Epiphany Christmas Eve (Eve of Theophany) January 18, the day before the feast of the Epiphany. On this day, believers prepare themselves for the adoption of the great shrine - Agiasma - baptismal Holy water, for purification and consecration by it on upcoming holiday.
2. The beheading of John the Baptist - September 11. On this day, a fast is established in memory of the abstemious life of the great prophet John and his lawless murder by Herod.
3. Exaltation of the Holy Cross - September 27. This day reminds us of the sad event on Golgotha, when the Savior of the human race suffered on the Cross "for our salvation". And therefore this day must be spent in prayer, fasting, contrition for sins, in a feeling of repentance.

MULTI-DAY POSTS:

1. Great Lent or Holy Forty Day.
It begins seven weeks before the feast of Holy Pascha and consists of Forty days (forty days) and Holy Week(the week leading up to Easter). Forty days was established in honor of the forty-day fast of the Savior Himself, and Holy Week - in remembrance of the last days of earthly life, suffering, death and burial of our Lord, Jesus Christ. The total continuation of Great Lent along with Holy Week is 48 days.
The days from the Nativity of Christ to Great Lent (until Shrovetide) are called the Christmas or winter meat-eater. This period contains three continuous weeks - Christmas time, Publican and Pharisee, Shrove Tuesday. After Christmas time on Wednesdays and Fridays, fish is allowed, up to a continuous week (when you can eat meat on all days of the week), coming after the "Week of the publican and the Pharisee" ("week" in Church Slavonic means "Sunday"). In the next, after a continuous week, fish is no longer allowed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, but vegetable oil is still allowed. Monday - food with oil, Wednesday, Friday - cold without oil. This establishment has the goal of gradual preparation for Great Lent. The last time before fasting, meat is allowed on the "Meat Week" - the Sunday before Shrovetide.
In the next week - cheese (Shrovetide) eggs, fish, dairy products are allowed all week, but meat is no longer eaten. Heading for Great Lent ( last time they eat fast food, with the exception of meat) on the last day of Shrovetide - Forgiveness Sunday. This day is also called "Cheesefare Week".
It is accepted with special strictness to observe the first and Holy Weeks of Great Lent. On Monday of the first week of fasting (Clean Monday), the highest degree of fasting is established - complete abstinence from food (pious lay people who have ascetic experience abstain from food on Tuesday as well). On the remaining weeks of fasting: on Monday, Wednesday and Friday - cold food without oil, Tuesday, Thursday - hot food without oil (vegetable, cereal, mushroom), on Saturday and Sunday vegetable oil is allowed and, if necessary for health, a little pure grape wine (but in no case vodka). If a memory of a great saint happens (with an all-night vigil or a polyeleos service the day before), then on Tuesday and Thursday - food with vegetable oil, Monday, Wednesday, Friday - hot food without oil. You can inquire about the holidays in the Typicon or the Followed Psalter. Fish is allowed twice for the entire fast: on the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos (if the holiday did not fall on Holy Week) and on Palm Sunday, on Lazarus Saturday (the Saturday before Palm Sunday) fish caviar is allowed, on Friday of Holy Week it is customary not to eat any food before taking out shrouds (our ancestors did not eat at all on Good Friday).
Bright Week (the week after Easter) - solid - modest is allowed on all days of the week. Starting from the next week after the solid up to the Trinity (spring meat-eater), fish is allowed on Wednesdays and Fridays. The week between Trinity and Peter's Lent is continuous.

2. Petrov or Apostolic post.
Fasting begins a week after the feast of the Holy Trinity and ends on July 12, on the day of the celebration of the memory of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, established in honor of the holy apostles and in remembrance of the fact that the holy apostles, after the descent of the Holy Spirit upon them, dispersed to all countries with the good news, always abiding in the feat of fasting and prayer. The duration of this post is different years different and depends on the day of the celebration of Easter. The shortest post lasts 8 days, the longest - 6 weeks. Fish in this post is allowed, except Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Monday - hot food without oil, Wednesday and Friday - strict fast (cold food without oil). On other days - fish, cereals, mushroom dishes with vegetable oil. If the memory of a great saint happens on Monday, Wednesday or Friday - hot food with butter. On the feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist (July 7), according to the Charter, fish is allowed.
In the period from the end of the Petrov fast to the beginning of the Assumption fast (summer meat-eater), Wednesday and Friday are days of strict fasting. But if the holidays of a great saint fall on these days with an all-night vigil or a polyeleos service the day before, then food with vegetable oil is allowed. If temple holidays occur on Wednesday and Friday, then fish is also allowed.

3. Assumption fast (from August 14 to 27).
Established in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Mother of God herself, preparing to depart into eternal life, constantly fasted and prayed. We, the spiritually weak and weak, all the more should resort to fasting as often as possible, turning to the Blessed Virgin for help in every need and sorrow. This fast lasts only two weeks, but in severity it is consistent with the Great. Fish is allowed only on the day of the Transfiguration of the Lord (August 19), and if the end of the fast (Assumption) falls on Wednesday or Friday, then this day is also fish. Monday, Wednesday, Friday - cold food without oil, Tuesday and Thursday - hot food without oil, Saturday and Sunday - food with vegetable oil. Wine is prohibited on all days. If the memory of a great saint happens, then on Tuesday and Thursday - hot food with butter, Monday, Wednesday, Friday - hot food without butter.
The charter about food on Wednesdays and Fridays in the period from the end of the Dormition Fast to the beginning of the Christmas (autumn meat-eater) is the same as in the summer meat-eater, i.e. on Wednesdays and Fridays, fish is allowed only on the days of the Twelfth and Temple holidays. Food with vegetable oil on Wednesday and Friday is allowed only if these days fall in memory of the great saint with an all-night vigil or with a polyeleos service the day before.

4. Christmas (Filippov) fast (from November 28 to January 6).
This fast is set for the day of the Nativity of Christ, so that we purify ourselves at this time by repentance, prayer and fasting and with a pure heart meet the Savior who has appeared in the world. Sometimes this fast is called Filippov, as a sign that it begins after the day of celebration of the memory of the Apostle Philip (November 27). The charter on food during this fast coincides with the charter of Peter's fast until the day of St. Nicholas (December 19). If the feasts of the Entrance into the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos (December 4) and St. Nicholas fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday, then fish is allowed. From the day of memory of St. Nicholas to the pre-feast of Christmas, which begins on January 2, fish is allowed only on Saturday and Sunday. On the feast of the Nativity of Christ, fasting is observed in the same way as on the days of Great Lent: fish is forbidden on all days, food with butter is allowed only on Saturday and Sunday. On Christmas Eve (Christmas Eve), January 6, a pious custom requires not to eat food until the first evening star appears, after which it is customary to eat kolivo or sochivo - wheat grains boiled in honey or boiled rice with raisins, in some areas boiled dry fruits with sugar. From the word "sochivo" comes the name of this day - Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve is also before the feast of the Epiphany. On this day (January 18) it is also customary not to eat food until the adoption of Agiasma - baptismal holy water, which they begin to consecrate on the very day of Christmas Eve.

Main dates, holidays and events in Belarus in 2017. Working and non-working days, Catholic and Orthodox calendars for 2017. Posts, great days.

Holidays

In accordance with paragraph 3 of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated March 26, 1998 No. 157 “On public holidays, holidays and memorable dates in the Republic of Belarus”.

In the first quarter of 2017 holidays:

In both five-day and six-day workweeks, January 6 and March 7 are the business days immediately preceding the public holiday. The duration of work on the working day immediately preceding the holiday is reduced by 1 hour (Article 116 of the Labor Code).

For part-time workers, including those working part-time, the day immediately preceding the holiday is also reduced by 1 hour. It is advisable to fix this rule in the local regulatory legal act organizations.

Work is not performed on holidays established and declared by the President of the Republic of Belarus as non-working days (Article 147 of the Labor Code).

However, on public holidays:

Works, the suspension of which is impossible due to production and technological conditions (continuously operating organizations);

Works caused by the need for continuous service to the population, organizations;

Urgent repair and loading and unloading operations.

At the same time, such work is planned in advance in the work (shift) schedule on account of monthly rate working time.

If work on public holidays and holidays (part one of article 147 of the Labor Code) was performed in excess of the monthly norm of working time, the employee, at his request, is provided with another unpaid day of rest in addition to the additional payment (part four of article 69 of the Labor Code).

Transfer of working days in 2017 in Belarus

(Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 912 dated November 9, 2016)

• from January 2, 2017 (Monday) to January 21, 2017 (Saturday)
• from April 24, 2017 (Monday) to April 29, 2017 (Saturday)
• from May 8, 2017 (Monday) to May 6, 2017 (Saturday)
• from November 6, 2017 (Monday) to November 4, 2017 (Saturday).

Based on subparagraph 7.1.1 of paragraph 7 of the Regulations on the Ministry of Labor and social protection Republic of Belarus, approved by the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated October 31, 2001 No. 1589 "Issues of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus", the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus DECIDES:

1. Set the settlement working hours for 2017 at the full rate of its duration no more than:

for a five-day working week with days off on Saturday and Sunday - 2019 hours;

for a six-day working week with a day off on Sunday - 2021 hours.

Holidays in Belarus in 2017

Public holidays in 2017:
March 15th- Constitution day
April 2— Day of Unity of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia
May 9— Victory Day (non-working day)
May 14(second Sunday in May) - Day of the State Emblem and the State Flag of the Republic of Belarus
3 July— Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus (Republic Day) (non-working day)

Public holidays in 2017:
January 1st— New Year (non-working day)
February 23
March 8- Women's Day (non-working day)
1st of May- Labor Day (non-working day)
November 7- Day October revolution(non-working day)

Religious holidays in 2017:
January 7- Nativity ( an Orthodox xmas) (non-working day)
April 16, 2017 — Catholic Easter
April 16, 2017- Orthodox Easter
April 25, 2017— Radunitsa (according to the calendar of the Orthodox denomination) (non-working day)
November 2- Day of Remembrance
December 25- Nativity ( Catholic Christmas) (non-working day)

Memorable dates in 2017:
February, 15- Day of Remembrance of Warriors - Internationalists
26 April
22nd of June

Holiday calendar of Belarus for each month of 2017

January 2017:

January 1, 2017- New Year
January 7, 2017- Nativity of Christ (Orthodox Christmas)
January 1, 2017— Day of banking and financial workers(first Sunday in January)
January 5, 2017– Day of Social Protection Workers – January 5
January 19, 2017- Day of the Rescuer
January 21, 2017— Engineering Troops Day
January 29, 2017— Day of Belarusian Science ( last sunday January)

February 2017:

February 15, 2017— Day of Remembrance of Soldiers-Internationalists
February 21, 2017- Day of workers of land management and cartographic and geodetic service
February 23, 2017— Day of Defenders of the Fatherland and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus

March 2017:

March 4, 2017— Police Day
March 8, 2017- Women's Day
March 15, 2017— Day of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus (public holiday)
March 15, 2017— Consumer Day
March 18, 2017— Day of Internal Troops
March 23, 2017— Day of workers of the hydrometeorological service
March 26, 2017— Day of workers of consumer services of the population and housing and communal services
(fourth Sunday in March)

April 2017:

April 2, 2017— Day of Unity of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia (public holiday)
April 2, 2017— Geologist's Day (first Sunday in April)
April 9, 2017- Air Defense Troops Day (second Sunday in April)
April 16, 2017- Catholic Easter
April 16, 2017- Orthodox Easter
April 26, 2017- Day of the Chernobyl tragedy
April 25, 2017- Radunitsa (according to the calendar of the Orthodox denomination)

May 2017:

May 1, 2017— Labor Day
May 5, 2017- Print Day
May 7, 2017— Day of workers of radio, television and communications
May 9, 2017- Victory Day
May 14, 2017— Day of the State Emblem and State Flag of the Republic of Belarus (second Sunday in May)
May 15, 2017- Family day
May 19, 2017— Day of workers physical education and sports (third Saturday in May)
May 28, 2017— Day of the border guard
May 28, 2017— Chemist's Day (last Sunday in May)

June 2017:

June 4, 2017— Meliorator's Day (first Sunday in June)
June 11, 2017- Day light workers industry (second Sunday in June)
June 18, 2017- Day medical workers(third Sunday in June)
June 22, 2017 Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War
June 24, 2017— Day of the Inventor and Innovator (last Saturday of June)
June 26, 2017- Day of prosecutors
June 30, 2017— Economist's Day

July 2017:

July 1, 2017- Cooperation Day (first Saturday in July)
July 2, 2017— Day of water transport workers (first Sunday of July)
July 3, 2017– Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus (Republic Day)
July 9, 2017— Day of Tax Authorities (second Sunday of July)
July 16, 2017— Metallurgist's Day (third Sunday in July)
July 25, 2017— Fire service day
July 30, 2017- Trade Workers Day (last Sunday in July)

August 2017:

August 2, 2017- Day of paratroopers and special operations forces
August 6, 2017— Railway Troops Day
August 6, 2017- Railwayman's Day (first Sunday in August)
August 13, 2017- Builder's Day (second Sunday in August)
August 20, 2017- Air Force Day (third Sunday in August)
August 23, 2017— Day of State Statistics Workers
August 27, 2017— Miner's Day (last Sunday in August)

September 2017:

September 1, 2017— Knowledge Day
September 3, 2017— Day of oil, gas and fuel industry(first Sunday in September)
September 3, 2017— Belarusian Written Language Day (first Sunday of September)
September 10, 2017- Day of the tankers (second Sunday of September)
September 15, 2017— Libraries Day
September 17, 2017- Day of forest workers (third Sunday of September)
September 19, 2017- Peace Day (third Tuesday in September)
September 20, 2017— Day of the customs officer
September 24, 2017— Engineer's Day (last Sunday in September)

October 2017:

October 1, 2017- Senior Citizens Day
October 1, 2017- Teacher's Day (first Sunday in October)
October 6, 2017- Archivist's Day
October 8, 2017— Cultural Workers Day (second Sunday in October)
October 14, 2017- Mothers Day
October 14, 2017— Standardization Day
October 15, 2017— Day of Pharmaceutical and Microbiological Industry Workers
October 29, 2017- Day of the motorist and road builder (last Sunday in October)

November 2017:

November 5, 2017— Day of workers civil aviation(first Sunday in November)
November 7, 2017- Day of the October Revolution
November 19, 2017— Day of workers of agriculture and processing industry
agro-industrial complex (third Sunday of November)
November 19, 2017- Day missile troops and artillery

December 2017:

December 2, 2017— Day of Insurance Workers (first Saturday of December)
December 3, 2017– Day of the disabled of the Republic of Belarus
December 3, 2017- Lawyer's Day (first Sunday in December)
December 20, 2017- Day of the employee of state security bodies
December 22, 2017- An energy worker's day
December 25, 2017- Nativity of Christ (Catholic Christmas)

Catholic calendar for 2017

catholic celebrations

Non-transferable celebrations with a fixed date:

• January 1st – Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast of the Holy Mother of God. World Peace Day (Day of World Prayers for Peace). In the 19th century, in Catholic countries, on New Year's Eve, large bonfires were lit and torchlight processions were organized. World Peace Day is a holiday of the Roman Catholic Church, celebrated annually on January 1 on the Day of the Triumph of the Mother of God Mary.
• 5 January — Christmas Eve- the eve (eve) of the feast of the Epiphany. Christmas Eve occurs on the eve of the feasts of Theophany and the Nativity of Christ, respectively. Sometimes Christmas Eve on the Annunciation and Saturday of the first week of Great Lent are also mentioned - in memory of the miracle of Theodore Tyrone.
• January 6 – Epiphany(Day of the Three Kings). Epiphany, Theophany (Epiphany, Theophany) In the Western Church, the holiday was called Theophany (Greek Epiphany, Theophany), because during the Baptism of Jesus Christ a special appearance of all three persons of the Godhead took place: God the Father from heaven testified of the baptized Son and the Holy Spirit in the form dove descended on Jesus, thus confirming the Word of the Father. Three events in the life of Jesus are celebrated simultaneously: the adoration of the Magi, the baptism and the miracle in Cana of Galilee. The feast of the Baptism of the Lord, or Theophany, along with the feast of Easter, is the oldest Christian holiday. It is dedicated to the baptism of Jesus Christ by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. Also, the content of the holiday is the gospel legend about the worship of the baby Jesus by the kings (in a different tradition - the Magi) - Caspar, Melchior and Belshazzar, who came with gifts to Bethlehem. In memory of the appearance of Christ to the pagans and the veneration of the three kings, holy masses are performed in churches. According to the gospel tradition, the offerings of the Magi are interpreted as offerings to Christ the King - gold, to Christ the God - incense, to Christ the man - myrrh.
• March 19 – Saint Joseph's Day, betrothed of the Virgin Mary.
• March 25 – Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.
• June 24 – Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. The holiday is set to commemorate the events associated with the birth of John the Baptist, which are described in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:24-25, 57-68, 76, 80). According to the teachings of Judaism, before the coming of the Messiah, his predecessor must appear - the forerunner, who, in accordance with the prophecy of Malachi (Mal. 4:5), is considered the prophet Elijah. In Christianity, the doctrine of the forerunner of the Messiah - Jesus Christ - is associated with the image of the prophet John the Baptist, who resumed and continued the ministry of Elijah. According to the Gospel, Jesus himself called John "Elijah, who is to come" (Matt. 11:14). A distinctive feature of St. John's Day is fires, bonfires, fireworks, lit not only in villages, but also in the squares of large cities. Believers walk with torches and go to common prayers in the nearest chapels. The celebration of St. John's Day continues for several days until St. Peter and Paul's Day (June 29). In France, the cult of St. John is especially widespread: more than a thousand parishes consider him their patron.
• June 29 – Day of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. Apostles Peter and Paul are especially revered as disciples of Jesus Christ, who, after the death and resurrection of Christ, began to preach and spread the Gospel throughout the world.
• August 15 – Assumption and Ascension of the Virgin Mary. The holiday is based on the truth that Mary, who died of natural causes and was buried in Gethsemane, ascended to heaven: after opening her coffin, instead of the remains, a bouquet of roses was found. In 1950, Pope Pius XII by a special decree adopted the Dogma on the bodily ascension of the Mother of God to heaven. There is a tradition on this day to bring the first fruits of the new harvest as a gift to Mary. The holiday is accompanied by a solemn divine service and a church procession.
• Nov. 1 – All Saints' Day. Parents day. All Souls' Day. The first two November days in the Catholic Church are dedicated to the memory of the dead: November 1, All Saints' Day and November 2, All Souls' Day follow one after another. they merged into one day - the Day of Remembrance of the Saints and the Dead. The Catholic Church considers the observance of the rites of remembrance an important duty of all believers. People should remember those who have passed away, but can, are in Purgatory, where God cleanses them, saved, from the consequences of sin. Good deeds and prayers, repentance of the living can shorten the period of stay in Purgatory. Catholics spend the first day in churches, participating in Holy Masses, and on the second day they go to the cemetery in the morning, often with prayers and chants in a common procession. There they pray, tidy up the graves and leave burning candles. The Feast of Christ the King concludes the liturgical year of the Roman Catholic Church.
• December 8 – Day of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. According to Catholic doctrine, the chosen one of the Heavenly Father was pure from the consequences of original sin from birth.
• December 25 – Nativity. The Church teaches that the birth of Christ opened up the possibility of soul salvation and eternal life for every believer. In all Catholic countries, the custom of making original mangers-nativity scenes is widespread. This custom is of ecclesiastical origin, attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi. Since the 13th century, small niches have been arranged in Catholic churches in which scenes from the legend of the birth of Christ are depicted using figurines made of wood, porcelain, and painted clay. Christmas is a family holiday. On the eve of the holiday, on Christmas Eve, the traditional family meal consists of Lenten dishes. These are fish, vegetables and fruits, sweets. After the appearance of the first star, solemn services begin in the temples, the presence of which is mandatory for Catholics. On the first day of Christmas, festive feed food is served - meat dishes: pork, turkey, goose, ham. Abundance on the festive table is considered the key to well-being in the new year. Everywhere accept to give each other gifts

Rolling Celebrations (every year with a new, movable date):

• April 16 (Sunday)– Catholic Easter In the evening on Holy Saturday, the celebration of the great Solemnity begins in all churches. After sunset, the first Easter Liturgy (Mass) of Easter is served - Easter candles are lit. The center of the Easter celebration is the resurrected Christ. On Easter Sunday morning, after the solemn morning Mass, children and young people go around the houses with songs and congratulations, similar to Christmas carols. Among Easter entertainments, games with colored eggs are the most popular: they are thrown at each other, rolled on an inclined plane, broken, scattering the shell. colored eggs relatives and friends exchange, godparents give them to their godchildren, girls give them to their beloved, in exchange for palm branches. At dawn they hastened to the tomb of Jesus the Myrrh-Bearing Woman. In front of them, an angel descends to the tomb and rolls off a stone from it, an earthquake occurs, and the guards are plunged into fear. The angel tells the women that Christ is risen and will lead them to Galilee. The day on whose early morning Christ was resurrected was approaching evening. His disciples were in sad bewilderment and hesitation, despite the story of the myrrh-bearing women. Then the Lord did not hesitate in the evening of the same day to appear Himself first to two of them, who “went to a village, sixty stades from Jerusalem, called Emmaus; and talked among themselves about all these events. The word "Easter" came to us from the Greek language and means "transition", "deliverance". On this day, we celebrate the deliverance through Christ the Savior of all mankind from slavery to the devil and the granting of life and eternal bliss to us. Just as our redemption was accomplished by Christ's death on the cross, so eternal life is granted to us by His Resurrection.
• May 25 (Thursday) – Ascension of the Lord(40th day after Easter). After Christ was Risen, the disciples of Christ felt the feast. All 40 days He sometimes appeared to them, sometimes to one person, sometimes all at once. The disciples saw how Christ rose above the earth, which was a symbol of the fact that when the end of the world comes, He will return to earth in the same way as he departed to the Father. During his Ascension, Christ promised his disciples that on the tenth day he would descend to them as the Comforter from God the Father in the form of the Holy Spirit. There will be a single manifestation of the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit).
• June 4 (Sunday) – Pentecost(Descent of the Holy Spirit), (7th Sunday after Easter - 50th day after Easter). Ten days after the Ascension of the Lord, the promise of the Lord Jesus Christ came true, and the Holy Spirit descended from God the Father in the form of fiery tongues to his disciples-apostles. Thus, the students were able to master all the languages ​​of the world and were able to teach Christianity throughout the Earth.
• June 11 (Sunday) – Day of the Holy Trinity(Sunday, 7th day after Pentecost). Since the 14th century, the feast of the Trinity in the Catholic Church has been called the first Sunday after Pentecost. The Trinity in Christian ideas is God, whose essence is one, but His being is the personal relationship of three hypostases: the Father - the beginning without beginning, the Son - the absolute Meaning, embodied in Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit - the life-giving Beginning. According to Catholic doctrine, the Third hypostasis comes from the First and Second (according to the Orthodox - from the first).
• June 15 (Thursday) – Holy Body and Blood of Christ(Thursday, 11th day after Pentecost). This is a relatively new Catholic holiday, officially established in memory of the establishment by Jesus Christ of the sacrament of communion (Eucharist). The Catholic Church regards the Eucharist as a sacred gift left by Christ to His Church.
• June 23 (Friday) – Sacred Heart of Jesus(Friday, 19th day after Pentecost). Celebration Sacred Heart Jesus is celebrated on Friday, on the 19th day after Pentecost and, accordingly, on the eighth day after the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. The theme of the holiday is the love of God revealed to us in His heart, gratitude for it and the granted salvation. It is Jesus who is the source of redeemed and redeeming merciful and healing love, which helps us to grow in love for Christ, and through him in love for all our neighbors.
• April 17 (Monday) – Easter Monday. celebrated in memory of the first day after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Bible tells that, having risen, Christ appeared unrecognized to two of his saddened disciples. He shared with them the journey to the village of Emmaus, near Jerusalem, and supper. “... Taking the bread, he blessed it, broke it and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him. But He became invisible to them. And they said to one another, Did not our hearts burn within us as He spoke to us on the road, and as He opened the Scriptures to us? And rising up that same hour, they returned to Jerusalem and found together the eleven apostles and those who were with them, who said that the Lord had truly risen and had appeared to Simon. And they told about what happened on the way, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread. While they were talking about this, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them and said to them: Peace be with you.”

Catholic holidays

Non-transferable Holidays with a fixed date:

• February 2 – Meeting of the Lord. In memory of the words of the righteous Simeon, who called Jesus "a light for the enlightenment of the Gentiles", on the feast of the Presentation from the 11th century. in churches, the rite of consecration of candles is performed, which are then lit during worship. Believers carefully store Sretensky candles throughout the year and light them when they pray to Christ in difficult moments for themselves: during illness, family troubles and other life difficulties. The holiday was established in memory of a significant event for Christians - the meeting (Slavonic meeting) in the Jerusalem Temple of the Infant Jesus with the righteous elder Simeon. Candlemas in the Roman Catholic Church - the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, dedicated to the memory of the bringing of the baby Jesus to the temple and cleansing ceremony committed by his mother on the fortieth day after the birth of the first child. As a rite of purification, candles were sanctified in the churches, and whole processions with burning candles went around the streets and fields.
• April, 4 – Saint Isidore's Day. The Catholic Saint Isidore of Seville (c. 560 - April 4, 636), Bishop of Seville, gained fame not only for his piety, but also for his love of science. He is the author of one of the first books on etymology, the first to introduce the works of Aristotle in Spain, was a reformer and a man of broad views. Saint Isidore is considered one of the last ancient Christian philosophers, and also the last of the fathers of the great Latin Church. He is considered to be the patron saint of the Internet.
• May 30 – Saint Joan of Arc's Day.
• May 31 – Visitation of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth. The meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, the Visitation of Mary - the meeting of the Virgin Mary and the righteous Elizabeth, which took place a few days after the Annunciation; described in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:39-56). According to the Gospel of Luke, having learned at the Annunciation from the Archangel Gabriel that her middle-aged childless cousin Elizabeth is finally pregnant, the Virgin Mary immediately went from Nazareth to visit her in the "city of Judah". When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby jumped up in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and exclaimed with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!"
• June 11th – Saint Barnabas Day. The holy apostle Barnabas belongs to the ranks of the holy seventy apostles.
• June 13 – Saint Anthony's Day. Saint Anthony of Padua is undoubtedly one of the most beloved and widely revered saints of the Catholic Church.
• August 6 – Transfiguration. At the end of the path of earthly life, the Lord Jesus Christ revealed to His disciples that he must suffer for people, die on the Cross and rise again. After that, He raised the three apostles - Peter, James and John - to Mount Tabor and was transformed before them: His face shone, and his clothes became dazzling white. Two prophets of the Old Testament - Moses and Elijah - appeared to the Lord on the mountain and talked with Him, and the voice of God the Father from a bright cloud that overshadowed the mountain testified of the Divinity of Christ. By the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor, the Lord Jesus Christ showed the disciples the Glory of His Divinity so that during His coming sufferings and death on the Cross they would not waver in faith in Him - the Only Begotten Son of God.
• 8 September– . The feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God the Virgin Mary is dedicated to the remembrance of the birth of the Mother of Jesus Christ - the Blessed Virgin Mary.
• September 14 – Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The holiday is set to commemorate the finding of the Cross of the Lord, which, according to church tradition, took place in 326 in Jerusalem near Golgotha, the place of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Since the 7th century, the memory of the return of the Life-Giving Cross from Persia by the Greek emperor Heraclius began to be connected with this day.
• December 24 – Catholic Christmas Eve. Strict post Christmas Eve is optional, but accepted as a pious tradition in many Catholic countries. The meal is religious in nature and very solemn. Just before the start of the feast, they read an excerpt from the Gospel of St. Luke about the Nativity of Christ and read the general family prayer. The entire ritual of the Christmas Eve meal is led by the father of the family. In Eastern European countries, there is a custom to break the wafers (Christmas bread) at this meal. After the family meal is over, believers go to church for a service on Christmas Eve. Those who fast on Christmas Eve refuse food until the first star, when the fast ends. The very tradition of fasting “until the first star” is associated with the legend of the appearance star of bethlehem, which announced the birth of Christ, but it is not recorded in the charter of the church. It is customary to break the fast with sochiv (kutya) - grains of soaked wheat with honey and fruits - in accordance with the custom, when those preparing for baptism, intending to perform it on the Nativity of Christ, prepared for the sacrament by fasting, and after baptism they ate honey - a symbol of the sweetness of spiritual gifts.
• December 28th – saints day innocent babies Bethlehem. The day of remembrance of the destruction by order of King Herod of all babies who, by age, could be Christ.

Rolling Holidays (every year with a new, movable date):

• March 1 (Wednesday) — Ash Wednesday, the day of the start of Catholic Lent. Marked for 45 calendar days before the Easter holiday. A strict fast is prescribed on this day. Corresponds to Orthodox Clean Monday.
• April 9 (Sunday) – Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem(Palm Sunday). Last Sunday before Easter.
• December 31 (Sunday) – holy family. Virgin Mary with baby Jesus Christ and her husband Joseph the Betrothed. catholic holiday celebrated on the Sunday after Christmas.

Catholic memorial days

non-passing Memorable days with constant date:

• 26 July – Saints Joachim and Anna, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
• October 7th – Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary.
• November 2 – All Souls' Day.
• November 21 – The Entry of the Virgin into the Temple. A Christian holiday based on the Holy Tradition that the parents of the Theotokos, Saint Joachim and Saint Anna, fulfilling a vow to dedicate their child to God, in three years old brought their daughter Mary to the Temple in Jerusalem, where she lived until her betrothal to righteous Joseph.

Moving Memorial Days (every year with a new, movable date):

• June 24 (Saturday)– Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary(20th day after Pentecost)

Fasts and fasting days

• great post — from March 1 (Wednesday) to April 15 (Saturday)
  Lent in the Roman Catholic Church begins on Ash Wednesday (in Ambrosian it is on Monday, and Ash Wednesday is not marked on the calendar at all), 46 calendar days before Easter, although three last days before Easter in the liturgical calendar stand out in a separate period: the Holy Easter triduum. Prior to the liturgical reform of 1969, there were also three preparatory weeks, the first of which was called Septuagesima, the subsequent, respectively, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima (60 and 50). Fasting consists in spiritual and physical abstinence from excesses (in food and in business). The main element of the fast is the decree that each believer gives himself before it begins. The decree may concern restrictions in food, in entertainment, in trying to do works of mercy, etc. All days except Sundays - fasting is recommended (without abstinence). the last week Great Lent - "Passion" or "Holy" week - is liturgically associated with Easter. At this time, divine services are performed in memory of the suffering and death of Christ, the theme of which is the earthly life of Jesus Christ, starting from his entry into Jerusalem. Every day Holy Week revered as "Great". The first of them is the feast of Palm (Palm) Sunday, which precedes Easter. On this day, it is customary to bless palm, olive, laurel, boxwood, willow branches in the church. Large branches are decorated with sweets, fruits, ribbons and presented to children. consecrated branches attached to the head of the bed, at crucifixes, hearths of fireplaces, in stalls. From Maundy Thursday until noon on Saturday, church organs and bells are silent. This is the period of the Easter Triduum (Triduum Paschalis) - Thursday, Friday and Saturday. In the evening on Great Saturday, the celebration of the great Triumph begins in all churches. After sunset, the first Easter Liturgy (Mass) of Easter is served - Easter candles are lit. important days During Lent: Forgiveness Sunday is the first Sunday of Great Lent. Clean Monday is the first Monday of Great Lent.
• advent advent - November 26(Sunday) advent- Waiting time for Christmas. 4 Sundays before Christmas: a period of concentration, reflections on the upcoming coming of Christ (both in the feast of the Nativity and in the Second Coming), etc. Believers are preparing for the second coming of Christ, remembering the prediction of the prophets and John the Baptist about the coming of the Savior. The Catholic Church considers Advent a time of universal repentance.
• December 3 (Sunday)- Second Sunday of Advent.
• December 10 (Sunday)- Rejoice. The third Sunday of Advent is the third Sunday of Advent in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church and a number of Protestant churches. This day - a kind of break in Advent - symbolizes the joy of the coming holiday. This is the only day of Advent when priests have the right to serve not in purple vestments, symbolizing repentance, but in pink ones, symbolizing joy. On this day, it is allowed to decorate the temple with pink flowers and ornaments. A similar day exists during the period of Great Lent - this is Laetare, the fourth Sunday of Great Lent.
• December 17(Sunday)
• Fridays of the whole year (with some exceptions) are Friday.
• Abstinence from food before taking Communion - Eucharistic (liturgical) fast.

Orthodox calendar for 2017

• April 16 (Sunday) - Bright Resurrection of Christ (Easter) Easter - Holy Sunday Feast of Christ Light Christ's Resurrection, Easter, is the main event of the year for Orthodox Christians and the biggest Orthodox holiday. Festive services continue for 40 days, until the feast of the Ascension of the Lord (June 9). All this time, believers greet each other with the words "Christ is risen!" “Truly Risen!” “At dawn they hastened to the tomb of Jesus the Myrrh-Bearing Woman. In front of them, an angel descends to the tomb and rolls off a stone from it, an earthquake occurs, and the guards are plunged into fear. The angel tells the wives that Christ has risen and will precede them in Galilee... The day in the early morning of which Christ was resurrected was approaching evening. His disciples were in sad bewilderment and hesitation, despite the story of the myrrh-bearing women. Then the Lord did not hesitate in the evening of the same day to appear Himself first to two of them, who “went to a village, sixty stades from Jerusalem, called Emmaus; and talked among themselves about all these events. The word "Easter" came to us from the Greek language and means "transition", "deliverance". On this day, we celebrate the deliverance through Christ the Savior of all mankind from slavery to the devil and the granting of life and eternal bliss to us. Just as our redemption was accomplished by Christ's death on the cross, so eternal life is granted to us by His Resurrection.

Twelfth non-passing holidays

• January 6 (eve, Christmas Eve) Christmas Eve is also celebrated on January 18 on the eve of the feast of the Epiphany. Sometimes Christmas Eve on the Annunciation and Saturday of the first week of Great Lent are also mentioned - in memory of the miracle of Theodore Tyrone. The name comes from the word "sochivo" (originally - wheat grains soaked in juice from seeds). According to tradition, on Christmas Eve it is customary to refuse food until the first star, when the fast ends. The very tradition of fasting “until the first star” is associated with the legend of the appearance of the Star of Bethlehem, announcing the birth of Christ, but it is not recorded in the charter of the church. It is customary to break the fast with sochiv (kutya) - grains of soaked wheat with honey and fruits - in accordance with the custom, when those preparing for baptism, intending to perform it on the Nativity of Christ, prepared for the sacrament by fasting, and after baptism they ate honey - a symbol of the sweetness of spiritual gifts.
• January 7 — Nativity.On the basis of the gospel testimony, the Church feast of the Nativity of Christ is close to the winter solstice, and is celebrated throughout Europe on December 25th. In Russia, the holiday has lost its astronomical correspondence to the solstice. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the holiday according to the old style on January 7th.
• January 19 — Baptism of the Lord (Theophany). A holiday celebrated in honor of the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. During baptism, according to the Gospels, the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus in the form of a dove. At the same time, a Voice from Heaven proclaimed, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." There was a manifestation of God (Theophany) in the fullness of the Trinity (God the Son was baptized, God the Father spoke from heaven, God the Holy Spirit descended in the form of a dove). On the feast of the Epiphany or Epiphany, water is blessed. Sometimes consecration is carried out right on the reservoirs in specially punched holes, which are called "Jordan", in remembrance of the baptism of Christ in the Jordan. There is also a tradition of bathing in these holes. If someone is baptized on this day - be the happiest person for life. It is also considered a good omen if on this day they agree on a future wedding. "Epiphany handshake - to happy family', the people said.
• The 25th of January — Tatyana's Day. Memorial Day of the Great Martyr Tatyana. On January 12, 1755, the day of remembrance of the Great Martyr Tatyana, Empress Elizaveta Petrovna signed a decree on the founding of Moscow University "for the glory of the Fatherland." Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, the future curator of the university, deliberately submitted this petition to her on the name day of his mother, Tatyana Shuvalova. Thus was born the famous holiday of Moscow, and then the entire Russian student body - Tatiana's Day.
• February, 15 — Meeting of the Lord. The Slavic word "candlemas" is translated into modern Russian as "meeting". The Meeting is the meeting of humanity in the person of the elder Simeon with God. The meeting symbolizes the meeting of the Old and New Testaments.
• April 7 — Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Annunciation - conveys main point related event: the proclamation to the Virgin Mary of the good news of the conception and the birth of the Divine Infant Christ by Her.
• August 19-: the second Spas of August - according to the Church Charter, fish is allowed at the meal. Once, the Gospel says, Jesus ascended the mountain with three disciples - Peter, John and James. This mountain was in Galilee. At the top of it, Jesus began to pray, and while praying, his face suddenly changed, becoming like the sun, while his clothes became white as light. At the same moment, a bright cloud appeared, two great prophets of antiquity, Moses and Elijah, came out of it, and a voice was heard: “Behold, this is My beloved Son; Listen to him."
• August 28 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• September 21st – Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• September 27
• December 4 — Entry into the Temple of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A Christian holiday based on the Holy Tradition that the parents of the Theotokos, Saint Joachim and Saint Anna, fulfilling a vow to dedicate their child to God, at the age of three brought their daughter Mary to the Jerusalem temple, where she lived until her betrothal to the righteous Joseph. On this day, according to folk legend, Winter herself passes through the earth in a snow-white coat and with her icy breath casts snow patterns on window panes.

Twelfth rolling holidays

• April 9 (Sunday) — Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. Palm Sunday - (the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem on a donkey, when the people greeted him, throwing palm branches onto the road - in Russia they were replaced by willow) - the last Sunday before Easter. Fish is allowed at the meal.
• May 25 (Thursday) — Ascension of the Lord. (ascension of Jesus Christ to heaven in the presence of disciples - apostles from 12) - 40th day after Easter. After Christ was Risen, the disciples of Christ felt the feast. All 40 days He sometimes appeared to them, sometimes to one person, sometimes all at once. The disciples saw how Christ rose above the earth, which was a symbol of the fact that when the end of the world comes, He will return to earth in the same way as he departed to the Father. During his Ascension, Christ promised his disciples that on the tenth day he would descend to them as the Comforter from God the Father in the form of the Holy Spirit. There will be a single manifestation of the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). The feast of the Trinity among the Eastern Slavs had a whole cycle of holidays that begin after the seventh Thursday after Easter. This Thursday falls just before Trinity and is called Semik. This day has long been commemorated by the dead, who did not die by their own death. First of all, drowned people, suicides, as well as children who died unbaptized. Then came the Parents' Saturday, which was also called "Trinity Grandfathers". This day was considered one of the main days for remembrance. Then came the day of the Trinity, which was often called Mermaid, or Green. And then Trinity, or Green Week. There are two in Green Week special day- on Monday Spirits Day, and on Thursday - Navskaya Trinity or "Rusalkin Great Day". Ukrainians and Belarusians call these days Green Christmas Day. All these days were called Green precisely because these days the cult of vegetation has special meaning. On Trinity days, Trinity greenery was harvested - felled young birch trees, branches of birch, maple, oak, linden, mountain ash, hazel, etc., as well as herbs and flowers; then wreaths were woven from it, they were worn on the head for the Trinity and other holiday dates, decorated the house with greenery outside and inside, plugged into all outbuildings, gates, wells; they put wreaths on the horns of cows, threw branches into the garden. On Spirits Day, part of the Trinity greenery was collected, dried and used as a talisman against evil forces, lightning, fire or for divination, healing magic etc. At the final stage of the festive cycle, they destroyed all the remaining greenery - they burned it, threw it into remote places and ravines, floated it on the water, and threw it on trees. The obligatory destruction of Trinity greenery at the end of the festive period was motivated by the need to get rid of the mermaids, whose period of permitted stay on earth was ending. Trinity, Green Christmas time- a cycle of interconnected holidays: Semik Trinity Ecumenical Parental Saturday Trinity (Pentecost) - Trinity Sunday of the Spirits day Navskaya Trinity
• June 3 (Saturday) – Trinity Saturday or "Trinity Grandfathers", "Suffocating". Trinity Ecumenical Parental Saturday. Day of Remembrance of the Dead. At present, the wrong custom has developed to consider the feast of the Trinity itself to be the parental day. IN parent days Orthodox Christians visit churches where funeral services are performed. These days, it is customary to make sacrifices on the memorial table (eve) - various products (with the exception of meat).
• June 4 (Sunday) — Day of the Holy Trinity. Pentecost. "Mermaid", or "Green" - the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles in the form of flames on the 50th day after Easter. Ten days after the Ascension of the Lord, the promise of the Lord Jesus Christ came true, and the Holy Spirit descended from God the Father in the form of fiery tongues to his disciples-apostles. Thus, the students were able to master all the languages ​​of the world and were able to teach Christianity throughout the Earth. The Holy Trinity is one of the most beautiful Orthodox holidays. On this day, it is customary to decorate the house with branches of birch, linden or maple, as well as wild flowers. Hence the second name of this holy holiday - Green Sunday. Following Trinity Sunday, Trinity week began (or “mermaid”, “wire”).

Great holidays

• January 14 — Circumcision of the Lord.New Year according to the old style. Evidence of the celebration of the Circumcision of the Lord in the Eastern Church dates back to the 4th century. On the eighth day after his Nativity, Jesus Christ, according to the Old Testament law, accepted circumcision, which was established for all male babies as a sign of God's Covenant with the forefather Abraham and his descendants. In Russia, the date of the Circumcision of the Lord is widely known in a secular context as the "Old New Year", since until 1918 it coincided with the beginning of the new year (the so-called civil new year).
• July 7 — Nativity of John the Baptist. On the basis of the gospel testimony about the 6-month age difference between John and Christ, the church feast of the Nativity of John turned out to be close to the summer solstice (and Christmas - to the winter one). Thus, under the sign of Christ, the sun begins to increase, and under the sign of John, it begins to decrease (according to John himself, “he must increase, but I must decrease” - Latin Illum oportet crescere, me autem minui). The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the holiday according to the old style on July 7th.
• July 8 — Day of Peter and Fevronia Day of family, love and fidelity (day of conjugal love and family happiness) is a folk-Orthodox holiday, which is often contrasted with the Catholic St. Valentine's Day (February 14 - celebrated mainly among young people in Russia). Peter and Fevronia - Orthodox patrons of the family and marriage, whose marital union is considered a model Christian marriage. According to legend, a few years before the reign, Peter killed a fiery serpent, but got dirty with his blood and fell ill with leprosy, from which no one could cure him. Tradition says that in a dream it was revealed to the prince that he could be healed by the daughter of a “tree climber” (beekeeper) who mined wild honey, Fevronia, a peasant woman of the village of Laskova in the Ryazan land. Fevronia cured Peter, and he married her. IN old age, having taken monastic vows, they prayed to God that they die on the same day, and bequeathed their bodies to be placed in one coffin, having prepared in advance a tomb of one stone, with a thin partition. They died on the same day and hour. Considering the burial in one coffin incompatible with the monastic rank, their bodies were laid in different monasteries, but the next day they were together. The day patronized family and love. First mowing. On this day, the last mermaids leave the banks deep into the reservoirs, so it was already safe to swim. After the Kupala games, couples were determined, and this day patronized family and love. In the old days, from this day until Mikhailov's Day (November 21), weddings were played.
• July, 12 — Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. The first mention of the holiday dates back to the 4th century. According to Tradition, the holiday was first celebrated in Rome, whose bishops lead their succession from the Apostle Peter. On June 29 (according to the Julian calendar), 258, the transfer of the relics of the apostles Peter and Paul took place in Rome. Over time, the content of this event was lost, and the day of June 29 (July 12) began to be regarded as the day of the common martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul
• August 2 – Ilyin's day. The memory of the prophet Elijah (IX century BC) Among the many names that fill the Christian Monthly books, the name of the prophet Elijah, who lived almost three thousand years ago, occupies a special place. Few saints enjoy such veneration among the Orthodox people. In the biblical tradition, Elijah is one of two Old Testament saints who did not see death on earth, but were awarded paradise even before the coming of Jesus Christ. Therefore, on some icons of the Resurrection, one can see Elijah and Enoch at the gates of paradise, meeting the ancient righteous, led out by Christ through the broken gates of hell. The second appearance on the land of Elijah takes place before the coming of the Messiah, and Christ himself points to John the Baptist as a prophet who appeared before Him “in the spirit and power of Elijah”, but remained tragically unrecognized (Malachi 4:5; Mt 11:14; 17:10 -13). Together with Moses, he also appears on Mount Tabor during the significant scene of the transfiguration of Jesus Christ. Our ancestors from ancient times revered this saint of God. In the semi-pagan Slavic tradition, Elijah is a powerful and formidable manager of the most terrible and beneficent forces of nature. He sends lightning to the earth, thunders across the sky, driving around in his chariot, punishes dark hellish forces, brings down rain on the fields and gives them fertility. From Ilyin's day, according to popular belief, bad weather began, and it was also forbidden to swim. Swimming was forbidden due to the fact that from that day on, all evil spirits returned to the water: devils, mermaids, hair - from Ivan's Day (July 7) and until now they were on land, where Ilya the prophet shot them with lightning. Therefore, bathing becomes fraught with the appearance of abscesses and boils on the body, and in some cases even drowning by evil spirits.
• August 14 – Honey Savior (Savior on the water): the first Savior of August This is the first of three August holidays dedicated to the Savior, Jesus Christ. The full church name of the first Savior is 'Origin of the honest trees of the honest and life-giving Cross of the Lord'. The first Savior is popularly called ‘wet Savior’ in honor of the small blessing of water, ‘honey Savior’, ‘ poppy Spas'. It was believed that from that day the bees cease to bring honey. From this day on, the tasting of the honey of the first collection is blessed with the consecration of honey. In addition, on August 14, the religious processions to the water - after all, this Savior is ‘on the waters’! On August 14, it was customary to distribute honey to all the poor and crippled for free, and also to treat everyone to it. And before the onset of the Honey Savior, it was impossible to eat fresh honey. You could only eat last year's honey. Honey Spas is also called Maccabeus, named after the great martyrs who laid down their wild heads for their homeland. Therefore, the main symbols of the Honey Savior are not only bee honey, but also poppies, which must be consecrated in the church without fail.
• August 19 – Transfiguration. Apple Spas : the second Savior of August - according to the Church Charter, fish is allowed at the meal. Once, the Gospel says, Jesus ascended the mountain with three disciples - Peter, John and James. This mountain was in Galilee. At the top of it, Jesus began to pray, and while praying, his face suddenly changed, becoming like the sun, while his clothes became white as light. At the same moment, a bright cloud appeared, two great prophets of antiquity, Moses and Elijah, came out of it, and a voice was heard: “Behold, this is My beloved Son; Listen to him." By this time the apples are ripe. “On the second Savior, the beggar will eat an apple” - on the Transfiguration, the custom was always observed to give apples to the poor. And before that time, even wealthy peasants did not eat apples. There was a belief that in the next world, the Mother of God distributes ripe fruits to children whose parents do not eat apples until the second Savior, and does not give those whose parents could not resist, they tried earlier. Therefore, eating an apple before August 19 was considered a great sin.
• August 28 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Holiday of the Orthodox and Catholic Church, dedicated to the remembrance of the death (assumption) of the Mother of God. According to church tradition, on this day the apostles who preached in various countries, miraculously gathered in Jerusalem to say goodbye and perform the burial of the Virgin Mary.
• August 29 – Walnut Spas (canvas Savior): the third Savior of August Walnut - because folk naturalists date the final ripening of nuts to this day. With "canvas" the situation is a little more complicated. On August 29, the Orthodox Church celebrates the transfer in 944 from Edessa to Constantinople of the miraculous image of the Savior - a piece of fabric on which, according to the gospel story, the face of Jesus Christ was imprinted. In rural life, this holiday was celebrated by trading in linens and canvases. “The First Spas - they stand on the water; the second Spas - they eat apples; the third Savior - canvases are sold on the green mountains.
• September 21st – Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Birth of the Virgin Mary in the family of the righteous Joachim and Anna. From the point of view of the dogma of the Church, the birth of the Most Holy Theotokos - the Mother of Jesus Christ - was not an accidental and ordinary event, for She was assigned important role in the implementation of the Divine plan for the salvation of mankind.
• October 14 — Protection of the Holy Mother of God In the Russian Church it is considered one of the great holidays. The holiday is based on the legend of the appearance of the Mother of God in the Blachernae Church in Constantinople in 910. In 910, under Emperor Leo the Wise and Patriarch Macarius, the Byzantine Empire was at war with the Muslim Saracens, and Constantinople was in danger. On Sunday, October 1, during the All-Night Vigil, when the Blachernae Church was overflowing with worshipers, Saint Andrew at four in the morning, raising his eyes to heaven, saw the Most Holy Theotokos walking through the air, illuminated by heavenly light and surrounded by angels and a host of saints. The Mother of God prayed for a long time for the coming people. At the end of the prayer, she removed the veil from Herself and spread it over all the standing people. As long as the Most Holy Theotokos was in the temple, apparently there was also a veil. After Her departure, it also became invisible. But taking it with her, she left grace to those who were there. In Russia, cover day is the first truly autumn holiday. From that day, evening gatherings for girls and the autumn wedding season began. IN folk tradition On this day, the meeting of Autumn and Winter was celebrated.

Church fasts of many days

• from November 28 to January 1 inclusive - non-strict and from January 2 to January 6 - strict. On Mondays, food without oil. On Tuesdays, Thursdays, food with butter. Fishing is allowed on Saturdays and Sundays. On Wednesdays and Fridays dry eating: bread, raw vegetables and fruits. Further on January 5 2016 inclusive: on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, dry eating (bread, vegetables, fruits), on Tuesdays and Thursdays, food without butter, on Saturdays and Sundays, food with butter. The Church Charter (Tipikon) appoints the following dates as holidays, when two meals, wine and oil are laid: November 29, December 8 and December 13, and December 17, 18, 19, 22, 30 and January 2. Feasts in honor of Russian saints are also added to these days. With the beginning of the Prefeast of Christmas, i.e. from January 3, the fish permit is canceled even for Saturdays and Sundays.
• — great post.
• June 12 (Monday) — July 11 — Petrov post. On Wednesdays and Fridays in Petrov Lent, dry eating: bread, raw vegetables and fruits - once a day, in the evening. On Mondays of Petrov Lent, according to information from some Orthodox sources, dry eating: bread, raw vegetables and fruits - once a day, in the evening; according to information from other Orthodox sources - boiled vegetable food without oil. If the memory of the great saint happens on Monday, Wednesday or Friday of Peter's Lent - hot food with butter. On Tuesdays and Thursdays during the Petrov fast, vegetable food with oil and wine (while fish is allowed on the days of the memory of the great saint or on the days of the temple holiday), according to other Orthodox sources, fish is allowed on Tuesdays and Thursdays of the Petrov fast. On Saturdays and Sundays, on Petrov fast, vegetable food with oil, wine and fish are allowed. Twice a day. Regarding wine, Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov explained in the following way: live radio "Radonezh": "Wine is allowed for those who fast with dry food." According to other sources, fish is allowed on Saturday and Sunday. Strict fasting (dry eating) on ​​Wednesday and Friday. On Monday you can have hot food without oil. On other days - fish, mushrooms, cereals with vegetable oil.
• August 14 – 27 — Dormition fast (strict).
• November 28, 2015 - January 6, 2016 — Christmas post.

Church day fasts

Wednesday and Friday of the whole year, except for continuous weeks and Yuletide
• January 18 — Epiphany Christmas Eve (Eve of Theophany).The day before the feast of the Epiphany. On this day, believers prepare themselves for the adoption of Agiasma - baptismal holy water for purification and consecration with it at the upcoming holiday. On Christmas Eve, on the eve of the feast of Epiphany, it is supposed to fast before drinking holy water, the meal is prescribed once, after the Divine Liturgy. According to the Church Charter, on Epiphany Christmas Eve, Orthodox Christians are ordered to eat juicy. The evening of January 18 is the famous "Epiphany evening". According to popular beliefs, this is the time of rampant evil spirits. She strives to enter the house as a werewolf - in any guise. To protect the dwelling from the penetration of evil spirits into the house, they put with chalk on all doors and window frames the signs of the cross, which is considered reliable protection from everything demonic. Don't put in Epiphany Christmas Eve cross on the door - to be in trouble, they thought in the old days.
• 11 September — The Beheading of John the Baptist. Parents day. The Church commemorates the Orthodox soldiers who were killed on the battlefield for Faith and Fatherland. This commemoration was established in 1769 during the war with the Turks and Poles by decree of Empress Catherine II. Fast day: fasting should consist of "a meal of oil, vegetables, or whatever God provides of them." According to Orthodox tradition, round vegetables are not eaten on this day. On parental days, Orthodox Christians visit churches where funeral services are performed. These days, it is customary to make sacrifices on the memorial table (eve) - various products (with the exception of meat).
• September 27- Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord. The holiday is set to commemorate the finding of the Cross of the Lord, which, according to church tradition, took place in 326 in Jerusalem near Golgotha, the place of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Since the 7th century, the memory of the return of the Life-Giving Cross from Persia by the Greek emperor Heraclius began to be connected with this day. Lenten day: it is supposed to eat vegetables and vegetable oil.

Solid weeks

• from February 6(Monday) to February 12(Sunday) - Sunday of the publican and the Pharisee.
• from February 13(Monday) to February 19(Sunday) - Meat week. week.
• from February 20(Monday) to February 26(Sunday) - Cheese (Maslenitsa).
• February 26(Sunday) - Forgiveness Sunday - the last day of the Maslenitsa week and the last day before Great Lent, starting on Clean Monday and lasting until Easter.
• from April 16(Sunday) to April 22(Saturday) - Continuous Bright Easter week - a week after Easter. no post
• from June 5(Monday) - June 11th(Sunday) - Trinity week- a week after the Trinity (Green week, - "mermaid", "wire" - a week before Peter's post). This week there are two special days: "Spirits Day" ( June 5(Monday)), "Navskaya Trinity" ( June 8(Thursday)) or "Rusalkin Great Day"

Days of Special Remembrance for the Dead

• February 25 (Saturday) to April 15 (Saturday) great post(strict) - The whole meaning of the penitential feat accomplished during Great Lent, as the holy fathers say, is to purify the heart.
• February 18 (Saturday) — Meat-Peace Saturday (Universal Parental Saturday).
• March 11 (Saturday) — Saturday 2nd week of Great Lent.
• March 18 (Saturday) — Saturday 3rd Week of Lent.
• March 25 (Saturday) — Saturday 4th week of Great Lent.
• April 15 (Saturday) — End of Lent. Holy Saturday.
• April 25 (Tuesday) — Radonitsa. Parents day . All Souls' Day (Tuesday of the 2nd week of Easter). This day is called Radonitsa to commemorate the joy of the living and the dead about the Resurrection of Christ. On parental days, Orthodox Christians visit churches where funeral services are performed. These days, it is customary to make sacrifices on the memorial table (eve) - various products (with the exception of meat). Radonitsa (April 25 (Tuesday)) and Trinity Saturday (June 3 (Saturday)) are the main parental days. These days, it is customary to visit the cemetery after the church: to correct the graves of deceased relatives and pray next to their buried bodies.
• May 9 — Commemoration of the dead warriors. Commemoration day for all those who died and tragically died during the Great Patriotic War.
• June 3 (Saturday) — Saturday Trinity.
• Dimitrievskaya Saturday, which was originally the day of commemoration of Orthodox soldiers, was established by Grand Duke Dimitri Ioannovich Donskoy. Having won the famous victory on the Kulikovo field over Mamai, on September 8, 1380, Dimitri Ioannovich, upon returning from the battlefield, visited the Trinity-Sergius monastery.

According to Wikipedia,

Advent Post - November 28, 2016 to January 6, 2017
(also in late 2017 - early 2018: from November 28, 2017 to January 6, 2018)
From November 28 to January 1 inclusive - non-strict. From January 2 to January 6 - strict.
January 1, 2017 - January 6 - continuation of the Advent Lent.
On Mondays, food without oil. On Tuesdays, Thursdays, food with butter. Fishing is allowed on Saturdays and Sundays. On Wednesdays and Fridays dry eating: bread, raw vegetables and fruits.
Further on January 5, 2017 inclusive: on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, dry eating (bread, vegetables, fruits), on Tuesdays and Thursdays, food without oil, on Saturdays and Sundays, food with oil.

January 6 - Christmas Eve (Novnik) - Eve of the Nativity of Christ (Eve, Christmas Eve)
Christmas Eve is also celebrated on January 18 on the eve of the feast of the Epiphany. Sometimes Christmas Eve on the Annunciation and Saturday of the first week of Great Lent are also mentioned - in memory of the miracle of Theodore Tyrone. The name comes from the word "sochivo" (originally - wheat grains soaked in juice from seeds).

January 7 - Christmas
On the basis of the gospel testimony, the Church feast of the Nativity of Christ is close to the winter solstice, and is celebrated throughout Europe on December 25th. In Russia, the holiday has lost its astronomical correspondence to the solstice. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the holiday according to the old style on January 7th.

January 7 - 17 - Christmas time (11 days) no fasting
Christmas divination
During the period winter holidays(from Christmas Eve to Epiphany) Christmas fortune-telling was held

Kolyada - one of the significant holidays of the Slavic folk calendar - also begins on January 7th.
Caroling is a ritual round of peasant houses by groups of villagers during Christmas time. This ceremony is performed on the eve of Christmas (January 6), St. Basil's Day (January 13), Epiphany (January 18).

January 14 - Circumcision of the Lord. New Year old style.
Evidence of the celebration of the Circumcision of the Lord in the Eastern Church dates back to the 4th century. On the eighth day after his Nativity, Jesus Christ, according to the Old Testament law, accepted circumcision, which was established for all male babies as a sign of God's Covenant with the forefather Abraham and his descendants.
In Russia, the date of the Circumcision of the Lord is widely known in a secular context as the "Old New Year", since until 1918 it coincided with the beginning of the new year (the so-called civil new year).

January 19 - Baptism of the Lord (Holy Theophany) is a Christian holiday celebrated in honor of the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. During baptism, according to the Gospels, the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus in the form of a dove. At the same time, a Voice from Heaven proclaimed, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." There was a manifestation of God (Theophany) in the fullness of the Trinity (God the Son was baptized, God the Father spoke from heaven, God the Holy Spirit descended in the form of a dove).

Winter meat-eater 2017 - from January 20 to *February 26 inclusive.
Fish is allowed on Wednesdays and Fridays. On the remaining days of the winter meat-eater, fast food is allowed, i.e. there is no post.

February 15 - Meeting of the Lord
The Slavic word "candlemas" is translated into modern Russian as "meeting". The Meeting is the meeting of humanity in the person of the elder Simeon with God. The meeting symbolizes the meeting of the Old and New Testaments.

*March 9 - Finding the head of John the Baptist (first and second finding) - an Orthodox holiday in honor of the most revered part of the relics of John the Baptist - his head.

March 22 - Magpies, Larks Forty Martyrs of Sebaste - the day of the folk calendar, dedicated to church day in memory of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. On this day, according to the folk calendar, winter ends - spring begins, day and night are measured and equal (equinox).

April 7 - Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The name of the holiday - the Annunciation - conveys the main meaning of the event associated with it: the announcement to the Virgin Mary of the good news about the conception and birth of the Divine Infant Christ by Her.
On the Annunciation, Easter and Magpies (March 22) they baked larks (ceremonial cookies in the form of birds or the sun).

* February 26 - Forgiveness Sunday - the last day of the Maslenitsa week and the last day before Great Lent, starting on Pure Monday and continuing until Easter.

* Lent (strict) - from February 27 to April 15, 2017
The whole meaning of the feat of repentance accomplished during Great Lent, as the holy fathers say, is to purify the heart. Great Lent 2017
* March 11, March 18, March 25 - Days of Special Commemoration of the Dead.
March 11 - Parental ecumenical Saturday of the 2nd week of Great Lent
March 18 - Parental ecumenical Saturday of the 3rd week of Great Lent
March 25 - Parent ecumenical Saturday of the 4th week of Great Lent

* February 27 - Beginning of Great Lent. Clean Monday.
* April 8 - Lazarus Saturday - fish caviar is allowed at the meal
On this day, Christians commemorate the miracle of the resurrection of the righteous Lazarus by Christ (John 11:1-45), which was performed to testify to the coming resurrection of all the dead. The celebration of Lazarus Saturday has been established since ancient times; it precedes the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem.
* April 9 - The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem Palm Sunday. Fish is allowed at the meal.
* April 15 - End of Lent. Great Saturday.

* April 16 - Easter - Bright Resurrection of Christ
The feast of the Holy Resurrection of Christ, Easter, is the main event of the year for Orthodox Christians and the biggest Orthodox holiday.
Festive services continue for 40 days, until the feast of the Ascension of the Lord (May 25). All this time, believers greet each other with the words "Christ is risen!" - "Truly risen!".

* April 16 - 22 - Continuous Bright Easter week - a week after Easter.
no post

* Spring Meat Eater 2017 - April 23 to June 11
Until the Holy Trinity Day (from April 23 to June 4, 2017):
Fish is allowed on Wednesdays and Fridays. On the remaining days of the spring meat-eater of 2017, fast food is allowed, i.e. there is no post.
Trinity continuous week from June 5 to June 11: at this time fast food is allowed, i.e. there is no post.

* April 23 - Antipascha. Red hill
Antipascha. Red hill
Krasnaya Gorka is a pre-Christian ancient Russian holiday. It was associated with seeing off winter and welcoming spring.
Antipascha - instead of, opposite Easter. Easter - Resurrection for those who believe, Antipascha - Resurrection, on the contrary, for those who do not believe in the spirit, but require confirmation in the flesh.
Antipascha is followed by Fomin's week, which is also called Krasnaya Gorka.
Parents' Day on Krasnaya Gorka (Radonitsa) falls on *April 25th.

* April 25 - Radonitsa. Parents day. All Souls' Day (Tuesday of the 2nd week of Easter). This day is called Radonitsa to commemorate the joy of the living and the dead about the Resurrection of Christ.
On parental days, Orthodox Christians visit churches where funeral services are performed. These days, it is customary to make sacrifices on the memorial table (eve) - various products (with the exception of meat).
Radonitsa (April 25) and Trinity Saturday (June 3) are the main parental days.

May 9 - Day of Remembrance of the Dead - a day of commemoration of all those who died and tragically died during the Great Patriotic War

May 23 - Simon the Zealot. Veneration of the Apostle Simon the Zealot.
Names in the folk tradition: "Simon's Day", "Name Day of the Earth", "Name Day of the Mother of Raw Earth", "Earth Day", "Simon Gulimon", "Simon Sowing", "Mikolin Batko" (Belarusian), "Simon's Gold" "(Belarusian), "Simon's Zelo" (Ukrainian).
Holy day, when Mother Earth Cheese is honored as a "birthday girl". It is believed that on this day the Earth “rests”, so it cannot be plowed, dug, or harrowed. “On the name day of the earth, there is one commandment for everyone - to plow sin. All wealth comes from the earth. On this day, each person had to bow to her, descending from the porch.
It was believed that the earth hears every word we utter. According to popular belief, only twice a year, on January 7 and May 23, Mother Earth Cheese could open up for a lie, for a false oath or for perjury.
It is believed that on this day Mother Earth Cheese helps a person overcome difficulties. A handful of earth, taken from the Motherland, gives a person strength, heals from blindness, from heart pain and other diseases.

* May 25 - Ascension of the Lord - (the ascension of Jesus Christ to heaven in the presence of disciples - apostles from 12) - the 40th day after Easter.

* June 1 - Semik - (seventh Thursday after Easter).
Day of commemoration of the dead, who died not by natural death. First of all, drowned people, suicides, as well as children who died unbaptized.

* June 7 - Finding the head of John the Baptist (third finding) - an Orthodox holiday in honor of the most revered part of the relics of John the Baptist - his head.

* June 3 - Trinity Saturday or "Trinity Grandfathers", "Zadushnaya".
Trinity Ecumenical Parental Saturday. Day of Remembrance of the Dead.

* June 4 - Holy Trinity Day (Pentecost) - "Mermaid", or "Green" -
the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles in the form of flames on the 50th day after Easter.

* June 5 - 11 - Trinity week - a week after the Trinity (Green week, - "mermaid", "wire" - the week before Peter's post).

* June 5 - Spirits Day (Day of the Holy Spirit) or "Day of the Spirit", "Name Day of the Earth", "Ivan da Marya", "Seeing the Mermaids".

* June 8 - Navskaya Trinity or "Rusalkin Great Day" "Trinity of the Dead", "Dry Day", "Crooked Thursday".

* Petrov post (non-strict) - from *June 12 to July 11, 2017. Duration of fasting in 2017: 30 days.
On Wednesdays and Fridays in Petrov Lent, dry eating: bread, raw vegetables and fruits - once a day, in the evening.

Night from 6 to 7 July Ivan Kupala
Ivan Kupala or "Midsummer Day", "Kupalo", "Ivan Travnik" is a folk holiday of the summer solstice of ancient origin.

July 8 - Day of Peter and Fevronia
Day of family, love and fidelity (day of marital love and family happiness)

Summer Meat Eater 2017 - from July 12 to August 13.
On Wednesdays and Fridays dry eating: bread, raw vegetables and fruits.
On the other days of the week, fast food.

August 14 - Honey Spas (Spas on the Water): the first Spas of August
Dormition fast (strict) - from August 14 to August 27, 2017
August 19 - Transfiguration of the Lord. Apple Savior: the second Savior of August - according to the Church Charter, fish is allowed at the meal.
August 28 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Autumn meat eater 2017 - from August 28 to November 27.
On Wednesdays and Fridays dry eating: bread, raw vegetables and fruits. On the other days of the week, fast food.

August 29 - Nut Savior (canvas Savior): the third Savior of August
September 11 - Beheading of John the Baptist - Parents' Day. The Church commemorates the Orthodox soldiers who were killed on the battlefield for Faith and Fatherland. This commemoration was established in 1769 during the war with the Turks and Poles by decree of Empress Catherine II.

September 27 - Exaltation of the Holy Cross
October 8 is the day of memory of St. Sergius, hegumen of Radonezh and all Russia wonderworker
Sergius of Radonezh is revered by the Russian Orthodox Church as a saint and is considered the greatest ascetic of the Russian land.
October 14 - Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos

* November 4 - Dimitrovskaya (Dmitrievskaya) Parents' Saturday. Day of Remembrance of the Dead.
November 21 - Michael's Day - Michael the Archangel Day

Advent Post - November 28, 2017 to January 6, 2018
From November 28, 2017 to January 1, 2018 inclusive - non-strict. From January 2 to January 6, 2018 - strict.

December 4 - Entry into the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos
On this day, according to folk legend, Winter herself passes through the earth in a snow-white coat and with her icy breath casts snow patterns on window panes.

December 9 - St. George's Day. Day of Yuri (Egoriy) cold
This is the day of memory of St. George the Victorious, who is popularly called Yegoriy or Yuriy.

December 19 - St. Nicholas Day - Christian day of veneration of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Nikolin's day, Nikola, Nikolai Ugodnik, Nikola winter.

December 25 - Spiridon
On this day Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Spyridon, Bishop of Trimifuntsky, miracle worker (about 348), a native of the island of Cyprus.

December 24-25 celebrate the solstice - the longest night and the shortest day of the year. This day is called Spiridon-solstice. “The sun for the summer - the winter for the frost,” they say about this day.

Rate the news