{"id":483,"date":"2025-12-25T17:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christthesavior.us\/?page_id=483"},"modified":"2025-12-25T17:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:16:10","slug":"liturgical-calendar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.christthesavior.us\/?page_id=483","title":{"rendered":"Liturgical Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The Liturgical Year<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Orthodox Liturgical year begins every year on September 1st. This is known as the Liturgical New Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Most feasts are celebrated on the same day every e.g. September 8th, or March 25th, and thus they usually fall on a different day of the week each year e.g. Monday one year then Tuesday the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Fasts<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Any and all questions of fasting should be directed to the priest. The information presented here is not a prescription for how individuals should fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">There are broadly two categories of fasting, the regular fasts and the seasonal fasts. In general, Orthodox fast on Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to regular fasting, there are 4 major fasting seasons, in order of the Liturgical calendar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Nativity Fast (40 days, November 15th to December 25th)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great and Holy Lent (40 days)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday (2 days)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Holy Week (7 days)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apostles&#8217; Fast (2nd Monday after Pentecost to June 29th, 8-42 days)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dormition Fast (14 days, August 1st to 14th)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Feasts<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">In the Orthodox Church we have &#8220;feasts&#8221;, or &#8220;feast days&#8221;, congruent with the term &#8220;festival&#8221;. There are five ranks or classes of feasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The Feasts of Feasts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Pascha, Greek for Passover, is the Feast of Feasts. It is a rank of all its own. It is so-called as it is the fulfillment of the Old Testament Passover. During Pascha we celebrate the Resurrection of Christ and his conquest over Death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The Feasts of Christ and His Mother<br>(1st Class and 2nd Class)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">There are 12 Great Feasts of the Church, not including Pascha. 7 of these are feasts of our Lord, and are considered first class feasts. 5 of these are in honor of the Theotokos and are considered second class feasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nativity_of_the_Theotokos\">Nativity of the Theotokos<\/a>, 8 September<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exaltation_of_the_Cross\">Exaltation of the Cross<\/a>, 14 September<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presentation_of_the_Theotokos\">Presentation of the Theotokos<\/a>, 21 November<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nativity_of_Christ\">Nativity of Christ<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas\">Christmas<\/a>), 25 December<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baptism_of_Christ\">Baptism of Christ<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theophany\">Theophany<\/a>, Epiphany in the West) 6 January<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presentation_of_Jesus_at_the_Temple\">Presentation of Jesus at the Temple<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Candlemas\">Candlemas<\/a>), 2 February<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Annunciation\">Annunciation<\/a>, 25 March<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Entry_into_Jerusalem\">Entry into Jerusalem<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palm_Sunday\">Palm Sunday<\/a>), the Sunday before Easter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ascension_of_Christ\">Ascension of Christ<\/a>, forty Days after Easter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pentecost\">Pentecost<\/a>, fifty Days after Easter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transfiguration_of_Jesus\">Transfiguration of Jesus<\/a>, 6 August<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dormition_of_the_Theotokos\">Dormition of the Theotokos<\/a>, 15 August<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Notice that 9 of these feasts fall on the same day every year, their dates are fixed. The other 3, as well as Pascha, fall on different days each year, their dates are movable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Also notice, the Liturgical year begins with the birth of the Theotokos, and ends with her Dormition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Liturgical Year The Orthodox Liturgical year begins every year on September 1st. This is known as the Liturgical New Year. 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