2025

(second date according to the Church (Julian) Calendar, first — according to the civil calendar)

April 20 / April 7 — HOLY PASCHA

The Twelve Movable Feasts

April 13 / March 31 — The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem

May 29 / May 16 — Ascension

June 8 / May 26 — Trinity Sunday. Pentecost

The Twelve Fixed Feasts

January 7 / December 25 — Nativity of Our Lord

January 19 / 6 — The Holy Theophany of Our Lord

February 15 / 2 — The Meeting of the Lord

April 7 / March 25 — Annunciation

August 19 / 6 — Transfiguration

August 28 / 15 — Dormition of the Holy Theotokos

September 21 / 8 — Nativity of the Theotokos

September 27 / 14 — Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross

December 4 / November 21 — The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple

Great Feasts

January 14 / 1 — Circumcision of our Lord Jesus Christ

July 7 / June 24 — Nativity of St.John the Baptist

July 12 / June 29 — The Holy, Glorious and All-praised Leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul

September 11 / August 29 — The Beheading of St.John the Baptist

October 14 / 1 — The Protection of Theotokos

Fasts

Great Lent — March 3 / February 18 — April 19 / April 6

Fast of Apostles Peter and Paul — June 16 / June 3— July 11 / June 28

Dormition Fast — August 14 / 1 — August 27 / 14

Nativity Fast — November 28 /15 — January 6 / December 24

One Day Fasts

Every Wednesday and Friday throughout the year except for fast-free weeks Holy Week (Svyatki)

Eve of the Theophany — January 18 / 5

Beheading of St. John the Baptist — September 11 / August 29

Elevation of the Cross — September 27 / 14

Fast Free Days

Holy Week (Svyatki) — January 7 / December 25 — January 17/4

The week of Publican and Pharisee — February 9 / January 27 — February 15 / 2

Cheese-fare week (Maslenitsa) — February 24 / 11— March 2 / February 17

Bright week —April 20 / 7 — April 26 / 13

Trinity week — June 8 / May 26 — June 14 / 1