2026

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

April 12 / March 30 — HOLY PASCHA

The Twelve Movable Feasts
April 5 / March 23 — The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem
May 21 / May 8 — Ascension
May 31 / May 18 — Trinity Sunday. Pentecost

The Twelve Fixed Feasts
January 7 / December 25 — Nativity of Our Lord
January 19 / January 6 — The Holy Theophany of Our Lord
February 15 / February 2 — The Meeting of the Lord
April 7 / March 25 — Annunciation
August 19 / August 6 — Transfiguration
August 28 / August 15 — Dormition of the Holy Theotokos
September 21 / September 8 — Nativity of the Theotokos
September 27 / September 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 / January 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 / October 1 — The Protection of Theotokos

Fasts
Great Lent — February 23 / February 10 — April 11 / March 29
Fast of Apostles Peter and Paul — June 1 / May 19 — July 11 / June 28
Dormition Fast — August 14 / August 1 — August 27 / August 14
Nativity Fast — November 28 / November 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 / January 5
Beheading of St. John the Baptist — September 11 / August 29
Elevation of the Cross — September 27 / September 14

Fast Free Days
Holy Week (Svyatki) — January 7 / December 25 — January 17 / January 4
The week of Publican and Pharisee — February 2 / January 20 — February 8 / January 26
Cheese-fare week (Maslenitsa) — March 16 / March 3 — March 22 / March 9
Bright week — April 12 / March 30 — April 18 / April 5
Trinity week — May 31 / May 18 — June 6 / May 24