Many citizens of our country consider themselves Orthodox Christians. They honor the traditions of their ancestors and celebrate Orthodox holidays. They will certainly be interested to know what will be church holidays in May 2018.
Important church events in May
AT last month spring, all Orthodox will celebrate two very important holidays:
- 05/17/18 - Ascension of the Lord;
- 05/27/18 - Trinity.
In addition, there will be two days of commemoration of the dead:
| 09.05.18 | Day of Remembrance of the Dead Soldiers |
| 26.05.18 | Trinity Saturday |
From 05/28/18 to 06/03/18, a continuous Trinity week will be held. It is remarkable that on Friday and Wednesday it will not be necessary to fast.
Ascension of the Lord
This holiday is widely known to all Orthodox Christians in Russia. It is always celebrated on Thursday, so it comes on the fortieth day from Happy Sunday. In 2018, the holiday falls on May 17, 2018.
AT different places This celebration has various names:
- Saved;
- Spasov day;
- Ascension day;
- Ascension.
- In the church calendar, it is listed as - the Ascension of the Lord.
Very often, farewell to spring is associated with him.
When this day is mentioned, some moments associated with this celebration are immediately remembered:
- memorial loaves;
- solemn worship in temples;
- "Heavenly ladders";
- commemoration of the dead;
- memorial pancakes, etc.
This day belongs to the twelfth holidays and is celebrated not only in Russia, but also in Europe. This holiday reminds us of how, about two thousand years ago, the Son of God ascended to heaven. New Testament describes this point in detail. As you know, the resurrected Jesus appeared before the eyes of his disciples more than once. When the fortieth day came, he asked them to gather in ancient city Jerusalem. In the presence of his apostles, he again ascended into heaven. True, after that, two angels descended from heaven, who were dressed in all white. They told the students that their teacher would definitely return. In fact, the Gospels of Mark and Luke tell of Jesus telling his disciples about his Ascension beforehand.
Until the end of the fourth century, the Trinity and the Ascension were one celebration. Then these holidays were divided.
How the Ascension is celebrated
The holiday is celebrated for 10 days. Wednesday is called the day of forefeast. In all churches, the rite of giving of the Holy Resurrection is performed. The service goes on all night. The clergy read the stichera of the Color Triodion. In the morning paroemias from the Gospel of Mark are heard. The following days are called the after-feast. In churches, priests glorify the Ascension of the Savior to heaven. On Friday, the ceremony of giving the Ascension is performed. From Easter until Ascension, the clergy are dressed in white robes.
Among other actions on this day, it is customary to remember the dead. In Russia, there used to be a tradition - housewives made “heavenly ladders” from dough so that deceased relatives could more easily get to paradise. It was customary to bring them to the graves of ancestors. Sometimes they were taken directly to the field. It was believed that this contributed good harvest. Ladders helped the grain to rise faster to the sky.
Also in Russia there was a tradition to bake "Christ's Bastards" - these are pancakes made in a special way. Ancient traditions said that Jesus in the interval between Easter and Ascension bypasses all believers. These culinary products were baked to him “on the path”.
Ascension is not allowed to work. Usually believers go to visit or invite the closest people to their home.
Even on this day, there was a tradition to help the poor. It was believed that the Savior himself could walk under the guise of such people.
It was also forbidden to spit and litter, so as not to accidentally harm Jesus, who at that time, under the guise of a beggar, walks among living people.
Signs for Ascension
Day of the Holy Trinity
Also applies to the Twelfth Feasts. It has a rolling date and is celebrated on the fiftieth day from Bright Sunday. In 2018, the holiday falls on 05/27/18, Sunday.
For this celebration, special features are inherent:
- decorating dwellings with flowers, tree branches and field herbs;
- special worship;
- consecration of water;
- baking special flour products and etc.
The name of the holiday comes from an event that happened more than two thousand years ago. It was then that the Holy Spirit appeared before the eyes of the Virgin Mary and the apostles, who proclaimed that Jesus is the Son of God. The Trinity is evidence that the Holy Spirit, God the Son, and God the Father are one.
It was established in honor of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and the Virgin Mary on the 50th day after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The holiday symbolizes the unity of the Holy Spirit, God the Father and God the Son.
As ancient manuscripts testify, on the fiftieth day after Bright Sunday, the Holy Spirit descended on the mother of Jesus and his disciples. This happened in Jerusalem in the Upper Room of Zion. At first, all those present heard an unusual noise, then a blessed fire. After these events, the followers of Jesus began to be able to speak different languages. By the command of God, this was done so that the apostles could carry the Christian teaching different nations living on earth.
How is Trinity celebrated in Russia
This holiday is celebrated for three days. Temples, dwellings of believers are decorated with green branches of trees, meadow grasses and flowers. Priests wear green clothes, which personifies life-giving.
Church services begin on Saturday and continue throughout the night. A solemn liturgy sounds at the Trinity itself. The third day is dedicated to the Holy Spirit. During the service, water is blessed.
Parishioners, consecrated branches, flowers and herbs are dried and used as a talisman throughout the year.
On the days of the Trinity, in addition to temples, Christians must visit the graves of their ancestors in order to treat the spirits.
Before the holiday, a general cleaning is done. Housewives decorate their house with a variety of greenery and cook festive dishes. Among them, there must be a loaf, which should bring prosperity and prosperity to the house.
After the church and the cemetery, it's time for festivities. First, family, relatives and friends gather for round table to congratulate each other on the Trinity and taste the festive dishes of the hostess. After a meal, people go out into the street, into nature, where they dance and sing ritual songs. In some places it is customary to kindle a fire at the same time.
On this day, healers collect herbs. It is believed that these days they have special healing properties.
Even in the days of the Trinity, it is customary to guess. Young girls perform all sorts of ceremonies and guess at their future life and groom. In doing so, they use the collected herbs and tree branches.
Trinity is not allowed:
- work and do household chores;
- sew, wash and cut your hair;
- to swear and quarrel;
- swim in natural waters. They say that these days there are mermen, mermaids and other evil spirits.
Signs of the Trinity
Complete church calendar for May 2018
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- May 1, Tuesday
Venerable John of Thessalonica (Thessaloniki), disciple Reverend Gregory Decapolite - May 2, Wednesday
Venerable John Paleolavrite the Ancient Cave, Hieromonk
Blessed Matrona of Moscow - May 3, Thursday
Venerable Theodore Trichina
Reverend Alexander Oshevensky, hegumen
Infant Martyr Gabriel of Bialystok - May 4, Friday
Uncovering the relics of St. Theodore of Sanaksar
Hieromartyr Jannuarius, Bishop of Benevent, and with him the martyrs Proculus, Sossius, Faustus, deacons, Disiderius, reader, Eutychius, Akution - May 5, Saturday
Venerable Theodore Sykeot, Bishop of Anastasiupol
Transfer of the relics of the blessed prince Vsevolod (in the Baptism of Gabriel) Novgorod, Pskov miracle worker
Apostle Bartholomew (Nathanael), apstoles from 70 Luke and Clement
Venerable Vitaly of Alexandria - May 6, Sunday
Great Martyr George the Victorious
Martyrs Empress Alexandra of Rome
Iberian icon Mother of God - May 7, Monday
Martyr Savva Stratelates and 70 soldiers with him
Reverend Savva of the Caves, and Alexy, the recluse of the Caves - May 8, Tuesday
Apostle and Evangelist Mark (John)
Venerable Sylvester of Obnorsk - May 9, Wednesday
Commemoration of the dead warriors
Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of Amasia
St. Stephen, Bishop of Perm (Great Perm)
Venerable Ioannikios of Devichensky
Righteous Virgin Glafira - May 10, Thursday
Apostle from 70 Simeon of Jerusalem, relative of the Lord
Reverend Stephen, Abbot of the Caves, Bishop of Vladimir-Volynsk - May 11, Friday
Apostles from 70 Jason, Sosipater, Martyr Kerkyra the virgin and others who suffered with them
Martyrs Dada, Maximus and Quintilian
Saint Cyril, Bishop of Turov - May 12, Saturday
Nine Martyrs of Cyzic
Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker, Hegumen of Egypt
Saint Basil of Ostrog, Metropolitan - May 13, Sunday
Apostle James Zebedee
Uncovering the relics of St. Nikita, the recluse of Caves, Bishop of Novgorod
Saint Ignatius (Bryanchaninov), Bishop of the Caucasus
Saint Donatus, Bishop of Hebrew - May 14, Monday
Prophet Jeremiah
Reverend Paphnutius of Borovsky, hegumen
Hieromartyr Macarius, Metropolitan of Kyiv
Blessed Tamara, Queen of Georgia
Martyrs of Athos Euthymius, Ignatius, Akakiy - May 15, Tuesday
Saint Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria (373)
Transfer of the relics of the martyrs Princes Boris (in the Holy Baptism of Roman) and Gleb (in the Holy Baptism of David)
Saint Athanasius Seated, Patriarch of Tsaregradsky, Wonderworker of Lubensk
Blessed and Equal-to-the-Apostles Tsar Boris (in Holy Baptism Michael) - May 16, Wednesday
Martyr Timothy and Martyr Maura
Venerable Theodosius, hegumen of the Kiev Caves - May 17, Thursday
Ascension of the Lord
Martyr Pelagia the Virgin of Tarsus
Venerable Nikita (Nifont), Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, Isaac, brothers Alfanov (Sokolnitsky) in Novgorod - May 18, Friday
Great Martyr Irene of Macedon
Uncovering the relics of St. Jacob Zheleznoborovsky - May 19, Saturday
Righteous Job the Long-suffering
Venerable Micah of Radonezh
Martyr Vukashin Yasenovatsky
Martyr Barbara of Lukansky, former robber - May 20, Sunday
Commemoration of the appearance in heaven of the Cross of the Lord in Jerusalem
Martyr Akakios, centurion
Reverend Nil of Sorsk - May 21, Monday
Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
Reverend Arseny the Great
Venerable Arseniy the industrious and Pimen the Faster, Caves - May 22, Tuesday
Prophet Isaiah
Martyr Christopher of Lycia
Transfer of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Venerable Shio (Simeon) of Mgvima
Reverend Joseph of Optina - May 23, Wednesday
Apostle Simon the Zealot
Saint Simon of the Caves, Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal
Blessed Simon, Christ for the sake of the holy fool, Yurievets - May 24, Thursday
Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius and Cyril, teachers of Slovenian
Hieromartyr Mokiy
Hieromartyr Joseph, Metropolitan of Astrakhan
Saint Nicodemus, Archbishop of Serbia
Venerable Sophronius of the Caves, a recluse - May 25, Friday
Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, miracle worker
Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus
Saint Germanus, Patriarch of Constantinople
Venerable Dionysius of Radonezh, Archimandrite - May 26, Saturday
Saturday Trinity
Martyrs Glykeria the virgin and with her, Martyr Laodicea of Heracles, prison guard
Transfer of the relics of the Monk Martyr Macarius of Kanevsky, Abbot of Pinsk, Wonderworker of Pereyaslavl
Martyr Alexander of Rome - May 27, Sunday
Holy Trinity Day (Pentecost)
Martyr Isidore of Chios
Blessed Isidore, Christ for the Holy Fool, Miracle Worker of Rostov
Saint Nikita, recluse of the Caves, Bishop of Novgorod
- May 28, Monday
Trinity week 1 day
Venerable Pachomius the Great
Saint Isaiah, Bishop of Rostov, miracle worker
Blessed Tsarevich Dimitry of Uglich and Moscow
Venerable Euphrosynus and his disciple Serapion of Pskov - May 29, Tuesday
Trinity week 2 day
Saint Theodore the Sanctified, hegumen
Transfer of the relics of St. Ephraim of Perekomsky, Abbot, Wonderworker of Novgorod - May 30, Wednesday
Trinity week 3 day
Apostle from 70 Andronicus and St. Junia (Junia)
Venerable Euphrosyne (in the nuns Evdokia), Grand Duchess Moscow - May 31, Thursday
Trinity week 4 day
Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seven Ecumenical Councils
Martyr Theodotus Korchemnik and the Seven Virgins, Martyrs Alexandra, Tecusa, Claudia, Faina, Euphrasia, Matrona and Julia
Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Andrew, Paul and Martyr Christina
Orthodox worship and holidays
The soul is like a traveler crossing a shaky bridge. A helping hand is stretched out to her from the other side, but in order to accept this help, the traveler must reach out his hand himself. Such a hand, stretched out towards the forces of Light, is every good choice, every right deed and every bright movement of the soul, including prayer. This is the kernel of the answer to the question: why pray? And why worship? “Prayer” (see) is a solitary conversation of the soul with God or with the forces of Light that create Him; this is also a state of tenderness, reverence and spiritual delight, embracing the heart when contemplating the Beautiful, High or Great; this is also the catharsis through which the inspiring works of art lift the soul of a person; this is her participation in the cleansing and uplifting actions of the temple.What is a rite?
This is a sacred action, established on the basis of a person's inner experience, for the sake of obtaining help from the supersensible light forces or for the sake of preventing hostile influences on him from the supersensible dark forces.
What is a sacrament?
This is such a sacred act, during the performance of which the superconscious roots of the human will receive divine grace, that is, they are filled with strength to move towards harmony between the personality and the universe, spirit and flesh, man and the Divine.
Therefore, the indifference of consciousness or lack of faith on the part of the one over whom the sacrament is performed does not deprive the sacrament of its effectiveness. Hence the possibility of performing sacraments over unbelievers, the seriously ill and children. But the participation of reason and personal faith facilitates and accelerates the flow of currents of grace from the superconscious roots of the will into the sphere of daytime consciousness.
Sacraments of the Christian Church:
; ; ; ; - the sacrament of endowing a clergyman with divine grace through episcopal ordination - the blessing of the Lord; (wedding) - the blessing of the church before God, the consecration of marital ties; .
Historically established worship includes:
1. daily circle;
2. the seventh circle;
3. fixed annual circle;
4. the movable annual circle formed around the Easter holiday.
The most important public service in Orthodoxy is the Divine Liturgy (also called Mass in Russia), during which the sacrament of the Eucharist is performed - the most important sacrament of the Church after Baptism, which constitutes its essence and without which it is unthinkable.
The liturgical year begins with the Week of Easter, which occupies a very special and exceptional position among the holidays.
(Easter) - April 28, 2019.
Twelfth holidays. In the worship of the Orthodox Church there are twelve great feasts of the annual liturgical circle (except for the feast of Pascha). They are divided into the Lord's, dedicated to Jesus Christ, and the Theotokos, dedicated to the Most Holy Theotokos. According to the time of celebration, the twelfth holidays are divided into fixed (non-transitory) and mobile (transitory). The first are constantly celebrated on the same dates of the month, the second fall every year on different numbers, depending on the date of the celebration of Easter.
Orthodox holidays
Twelfth non-movable holidays 2019LORD'S HOLIDAYS:
January 7 - .
January 19 -
February, 15 -
August 19 -
September 27 -
Feasts of the Mother of God:
April 7 -
August 28 -
September 21 -
December 4 -
Twelfth Rolling Holidays 2019:
The 21st of April -
June 6 -
June 16 -
GREAT HOLIDAYS:
January 14 - Circumcision of the Lord;
July 7 -;
July 12 - Holy Apostles and;
October 14 -
Church daily fasts:
Wednesday and Friday of the whole year, with the exception of continuous weeks and Christmas time;
January 18 - Epiphany Christmas Eve (Eve of the Epiphany);
September 11 - Beheading of John the Baptist;
September 27 - Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
days special commemoration deceased:
March 2, 2019 - Saturday meat-packing ( ;
March 23, 2019 - Saturday of the 2nd week of Great Lent;
March 30, 2019 - Saturday of the 3rd week of Great Lent;
April 6, 2019 - Saturday of the 4th week of Great Lent;
May 7, 2019 - ;
May 9 - Commemoration of the deceased soldiers;
June 15, 2019 - Saturday Trinity;
November 2, 2019 - Saturday Dimitrievskaya.
Solid weeks:
Solid week or Omnivorous - a week (that is, a week in the church calendar) in which there are no fasts, that is, the church allows the use of fast food throughout the week, even on Wednesday and Friday - traditionally fast days.
January 7 - 17 - Christmas time;
February 17-23, 2019 - Publican and Pharisee;
March 4-10, 2019 - Cheese ();
April 29 - May 4, 2019 - Easter (Light);
June 16-22, 2019 - Troitskaya.
Orthodox holidays and days of memory in January 2019:
1st of January -
January 2 -
January 2 -
January 2 - Hieromartyr Ignatius the Theologian
January 2 - Reverend Ignatius, Archimandrite of the Caves
January 3 - Advent. Feast of the Nativity of Christ.
January 3 - Martyr Juliana and with her 500 husbands and 130 wives, victims in Nicomedia
January 4 - Advent. Feast of the Nativity of Christ.
January 4 - Great Martyr Anastasia
January 5 - Advent. Feast of the Nativity of Christ.
January 5 - Shmch. Basil the Presbyter and Fr. Macarius and John
January 6 - Post. Christmas Eve (Christmas Eve)
January 7 -
January 7 - Adoration of Sts. Magi: Melchior, Gaspard and Belshazzar
January 8 - (no post)
January 8 - Cathedral Holy Mother of God
January 9 - Apostle
January 10 - Mchch. 20,000, in Nicomedia in the church of those burned and outside the church of the victims
January 11 - 14,000 babies, from Herod in Bethlehem beaten
January 12 - St. Macarius, Metropolitan Moscow
January 13 - Commemoration of the feast of the Nativity of Christ
January 14 - Circumcision of the Lord (Great holiday)
January 14 - St. Basil the Great
January 14 - St. Emilia, mother of St. Basil the Great
January 15 - The Feast of the Epiphany.
January 15 - Repose and second acquisition of the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov
January 16 - Prop. Malachi
January 17 - Council of the 70 Apostles
January 18 - Eve of the Epiphany (Epiphany Christmas Eve)
January 18 - Shmch. Theopempta, ep. Nicomedia, and martyr. Magus pheons
January 19 - (Epiphany)
January 20 - Feast of the Epiphany
January 20 - Cathedral of the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John
January 21 - Rev. Gregory, the Wonderworker of the Caves, in the Near Caves
January 22 - St. Philip, Mr. Moscow and all Russia, miracle worker
January 23 -
January 24 - Rev. Theodosius the Great, General Lives of the Chief
January 24 -
January 25 - Martyrs Tatiana
January 25 - Icons of the Mother of God, called "Akathist" and "Mammary"
January 26 - Mchch. Ermila and Stratonika
January 27 - Commemoration of the Feast of the Epiphany
January 27 - Enlighteners of Georgia
January 28 - Prpp. Paul of Thebes and John Kuschnik
January 29 - Adoration of the honest chains of the Apostle Peter
January 29 - Blessed. Maxim, Priest of Totemsky
January 30 - Rev. Anthony the Great
January 31 - Rev. Cyril and Maria, parents of St. Sergius of Radonezh
Orthodox holidays in February 2019:
1st of February -
February 2 - Rev. Euphemia the Great
February 3 - Rev. Maxim Grek
February 4 - Ap. Timothy
February 4 - Commemoration of all the dead who suffered in the time of persecution for the faith of Christ
February 4 - Cathedral of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
February 5 - Cathedral of the Kostroma Saints
February 5 -, and martyr. Agafangel
February 6 -
February 6 - Venerable Xenia of Rome
February 7 - St. Gregory the Theologian
February 7 - Rev. Anatoly (senior) Optinsky
February 7 -
February 8 - Prpp. Xenophon, his wife Mary and their sons Arcadius and John
February 8 - Cathedral of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
February 9 - Transfer of the relics of St. John Chrysostom
February 10 -
February 11 - Transfer of the relics of ssmch. Ignatius the God-bearer
February 11 - St. Lawrence, a recluse of the Caves, Bishop. Turovsky
February 12 - Council of ecumenical teachers and saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom
February 13 - St. Nikita, a recluse of Pechersk, Bishop. Novgorod
February 14 - Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
February, 15 -
February 15 - Shmch. Basil the Presbyter, martyr. Michael
February 16 - Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
February 16 - Right. Simeon the God-Receiver and Anna the Prophetess
February 17 - Week of the publican and the Pharisee
February 17 - Rev. Isidore of Pelusiot
February 17 - Right. Cyril Novoezersky
February 18 - Icons of the Mother of God "Search for the Lost"
February 18 - Mch. Agathia
February 19 - Prpp. Barsanuphius the Great and John the Prophet
February 20 - Mchch. 1003 Nicomedia
February 21 - Prophet Zechariah the Sickle-Seer of the 12 Minor Prophets
February 21 - Vmch. Theodora Stratilates
February 22 - Mch. Nicephorus, from Antioch in Syria
February 22 - Uncovering the relics of St. Innocent, Ep. Irkutsk
February 23 - Cathedral of the Novgorod Saints
February 23 - Icons of the Mother of God "Fiery"
February 24 - Week
February 24 - Shmch. Vlasia, Ep. Sebaste (c. 316)
February 24 - Rev. Dmitry Prilutsky
February 25 - Met. Moscow and all Russia, miracle worker
25 February -
25 February -
February 26 - Shmchch. Basil and Gabriel presbyters
February 27 - Rev. Auxentia
February 27 - Ravnoap. Kirill, Slovenian teacher
February 28 - Ap. from 70 Onesimus
Orthodox holidays in March 2019:
March 1 - St. Macarius Metropolitan Moscow and Kolomna
March 2 - Shmch. Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, miracle worker
March 2 - Saturday meat-packing (.
March 3 - Meat Week. .
March 3 - St. Leo, Pope
March, 3rd -
March 4 - Cheese Heart (), Continuous week, without meat
March 4 - App. from 70 Archippus and Philemon and mts. equal to ap. Apphia (I)
the 5th of March -
March 5 - Blgv. book.
March, 6 -
March 7 -
March 8 - Shmch. Polycarp, Ep. Smirnsky
March 8 - Rev. Polycarp of Bryansk
March 9 - All the venerable fathers who shone in the feat (movable celebration)
March 9 - First (IY) and second (452)
March 10 - Cheesefare Week. Memories of Adam's Exile
10th of March - . Conspiracy for Great Lent.
March 10 - St. Tarasia, archbishop. Constantinople
March 10 - Shmch. Alexander the Presbyter, Rev. Mstislav
March 11 - Beginning of Lent. Clean Monday
March 11 - St. Porfiry, archbishop. Gazsky
March 11 - Rev. Sebastian Poshekhonsky
March 12 - Rev. Procopius Decapolite, Spanish
March 13 - Rev. Basil isp.
March 14th -
March 14 - Mchch. Nestor and Trivimiya
March 15th -
March 15th -
March 16 - (movable celebration on Saturday of the 1st week of Great Lent)
March 16 -
March 17 - Week 1 of Great Lent. Triumph of Orthodoxy
March 17 - Saturday Parental. Commemoration of the dead
March 1 - Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus (movable celebration on the 1st Week of Great Lent)
March 17 - Blessed
March 18 - 2nd week of Great Lent
March 18 -
March 19 - Queen Helena in Jerusalem
March 19 - Icons of the Mother of God "Czestochowa" and "Blessed Sky"
March 20 - Icon of the Mother of God "Guest of sinners"
March 21 - Rev. Theophylact Spanish, Bishop. Nicomedia
March 22 - Saints
March 23 - Universal parent saturday 2nd week of Lent. March 23 - Mchch. Codrates of Nicomedia, Satorinus, Rufinus and others (III).
March 24 - Week 2 of Great Lent
March 4 - Prpp. Eugene and Macarius Confessors, Presbyters of Antioch
March 24 - St. Euphemia, archbishop Novgorodsky, miracle worker
March 25 - 3rd week of Great Lent
March 25 - Lydda, miraculous (on a pillar) icons of the Mother of God
March 26 - Transfer of the relics of St. Nikifor, Patr. Constantinople
March 27 -
March 28 - Shmch. Alexy the presbyter
March 29 - Rev. Christodoulos of Patmos wonderworker.
March 30 - Ecumenical parental Saturday of the 3rd week of Great Lent
March 30 - Rev. Alexis, man of God
March 31 - St. Cyril, archbishop Jerusalem
March 31 - Week 3 of Great Lent. cross
Orthodox holidays in April 2019:
April 1 - 4th week of Great Lent, Cross
April 1 - Right. Sophia, prince Slutsk
April 1 - Icons of the Mother of God
April 2 - Rev. Euphrosyne of Sinozersky, Novgorod
April 3 - St. Thomas, Patr. Constantinople
April 4 - Izborsk Icon of the Mother of God
April 5 - Pmch. Ep. and 199 of his disciples
April 6 - Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
April 6 - Ecumenical parental Saturday of the 4th week of Great Lent
April 7 - Week 4 of Great Lent. Rev. John of the Ladder
April 7 -
April 7 - Icons of the Annunciation of the Mother of God - Moscow (XVI) and Kyiv.
April 8 - 5th week of Great Lent
April 8 - Cathedral of the Archangel Gabriel
April 9 - Mts. Matrons of Thessalonica
April 10 - Rev. Stephen the Wonderworker, Spanish, Abbot of Triglia
April 11 - St. Eustathius isp., Bishop. Bithynian
April 12 - Rev. John of the Ladder, hegumen of Sinai
April 13 - (movable celebration)
April 13 -
14th of April - Week 5 of Great Lent
April 14 - Rev. Mary of Egypt
April 15 - 6th week of Great Lent (vay)
April 15 - Rev. Titus the Wonderworker
April 16 -
April 17 - Icons of the Mother of God named
April 17 - Icons of the Mother of God named.
April 18 - Transfer of the relics of St. Job, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
April 19 - St. Equal to the Apostles Methodius, archbishop. Moravsky, the first teacher of the Slavs
20 April - Byzantine icons Mother of God.
20 April -
April 21 - Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. Week of Vaii, 6th of Great Lent. .
April 22 - Holy Week.
April 22 - Mch. Eupsychia
April 23 - Mchch. Terentia, Pompius, Africana, Maxim, Zinon, Alexander, Theodore
April 23 - Holy Week.
April 24 - Shmch. Antipas, Ep. Pergamon of Asia
April 24 - Holy Week.
25th of April -
25th of April -
April 25 - Transfer of the honorable belt of the Mother of God to Tsargrad
April 25 - Holy Week. . Remembrance of the Last Supper.
April 26 - Shmch. Artemon, Presbyter of Laodicea
April 26 - Holy Week. Remembrance of the Passion of the Lord.
April 27 -
April 27 -
April 27 - . Descent into hell.
April 28 - App. from 70 Aristarchus, Pud and Trofim
April 28 - Shmch. Sergius presbyter
April 28 - EASTER. END OF GREAT LENT.
April 29 - May 4 - Fasting canceled.
April 29 - .
April 29 -
April 30 - (movable celebration on Tuesday of Bright Week)
April 30 - Uncovering the relics of St. Alexander Svirsky (1641)
Orthodox holidays in May 2019:
The 1 of May -
May 1 - (movable celebration on Wednesday of Bright Week)
May 2 -
May 2 - Rev. John the Old Cave
May 3 - Mch. baby Gabriel Slutsky (Bialystok)
May 3 - Icon of the Mother of God "Pochaevskaya" (movable celebration on Friday of Bright Week)
May 3 - Easter consecration of water in churches. Commemoration of the renewal (consecration) of the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos at the Life-Giving Spring in Constantinople.
May 4 - Shmch. John the Presbyter
May 5 - Rev. Theodore Sykeot, ep. Anastasiopol
5 May - Week 2 after Easter, Antipascha or Ap. Thomas.
May 5 - Icon of the Mother of God called "Sweet Kiss" (celebration on Antipascha Week)
the 6th of May -
May 7 -
May 7 -
May 8 -
May 9 - St. Stephen, Ep. Great Perm
May 9 - Commemoration of the deceased soldiers
May 10 - Ap. and schmch. Simeon, Ep. of Jerusalem, the kinsman of the Lord
May 11 - St. Cyril, Bishop of Turov
May 12 - Rev. Memnon the Wonderworker
May 12 - Blgv. Tamara, Queen of Georgia (movable celebration on the Week of the Myrrh-Bearing Women)
12 May - 3rd week after Easter
May 12 - St. myrrh-bearing women, right. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus
May 13 - brother
may 13 -
May 14 -
May 15 - St. Athanasius the Great, Archbishop Alexandria
May 15 - Transfer of the relics of the blgvv. kn. and
May 15 -
May 16 - Mch. Paul of Vilnius
May 17 - Old Russian icon Mother of God
May 18 -
May 19 - Right. Job the Long-suffering
May 19 - Week 4 after Easter, about the relaxed
May 20 - Commemoration of the appearance in heaven of the Cross of the Lord in Jerusalem
May 20 -
May 21st -
May 22 - Transfer of relics from the World of Lycian to Bar
May, 23rd -
May 24 - Ravnoapp. Methodius and Cyril, teachers of Slovenian
May 25 - Shmch. Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, miracle worker
May 26 - Week 5 after Easter, O Samaritan
May 26 - Mts. Glyceria virgin and martyr with her. Laodicea, prison guard
May 27 - Mch. Isidore
May 28 - Rev. Pachomius the Great
May 29 - Transfer of the relics of St. Ephraim of Perekomsky, Wonderworker of Novgorod
May 29 - Rev. Theodore the Sanctified
May 30 - Rev. Euphrosyne, in the world of Evdokia, led. book. Moscow
May 31 - Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seven Ecumenical Councils.
Orthodox holidays in June 2019:
June 1st - .
June 2 - Mchch. Falaleia, Alexandra and Asteria
may 13 -
June 3 - Feast
June 3 - Ravnoapp. King Constantine and his mother Queen Helena
June 4 - Memory II Ecumenical Council
June 4 - Pskov-Pechersk icon The Mother of God, called "The guarantor of sinners"
June 5 - Rev. Euphrosyne, Princess and Abbess of Polotsk
June 6 - Reverend Simeon Stylite
June 6 -
June 6 -
June 7 -
June 8 - Mchch. Averky and Helena
June 9 - Righteous John the Russian
May 20 - Week 7 after Easter, Fathers I Sun. Cathedral
June 10 - Rev. Elena Diveevskaya
June 11th -
June 12 - Mch. Nataliya
June 13 - Mch. Hermia Komansky
June 14 -
June 15 - Kiev-Bratsk Icon Mother of God
June 15 - Trinity parental Saturday
June 16 - . Pentecost.
June 16 - Transfer of the relics of blgv. Tsarevich Dimitry from Uglich to Moscow
June 17 - St. Mitrophan, 1st Patriarch of Constantinople
June 17 - Day of the Holy Spirit. Solid week. The post is cancelled.
June 18 - Blgv. book. Theodore Yaroslavich (brother of St. Alexander Nevsky), Novgorod
June 19 - Pimenovskaya Icon of the Mother of God
June 20 - Shmch. Theodotus of Ancyra
June 20 -
June 21 - Vmch. Theodora Stratilates
June 22 - Rev. Cyril, Abbot of Beloezersky
June 23 - Cathedral of the Ryazan Saints. Cathedral of the Siberian Saints
June 23 - 1st week after Pentecost. All Saints. Conspiracy for Petrov post (meat-empty)
June 24 - Beginning of Peter's post
June 24 - Icons of the Mother of God "It is worthy to eat" ("Merciful")
June 25 - Rev. Onuphrius the Great
June 26 - Mts. Aquilins
June 27 - Cathedral of the Diveyevo Saints
June 28 - St. Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, miracle worker
June 29 - Rev. Tikhon Lukhovsky, Wonderworker of Kostroma
June 29 - St. Tikhon, Ep. Amaphuntian
June 30 - Mchch. Manuel, Savel and Ismail of Persia
Orthodox holidays in July 2019:
July 1 -
July 2 - Apostle Jude, brother of the Lord
July 2 - St. Job, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
July 3 - Saint Mina, Bishop of Polotsk
July 3 - Shmch. Methodius, ep. Patarsky
July 4 - Mch. Julian of Tarsus
July 5 - Shmch. Eusebia, ep. Samosata
July 6 - . .
July 7 - Week 3 after Pentecost. Cathedral of Belarusian Saints
July 7 -
July 8 - Blgvv.
July 8 -
July 9 - Tikhvin icon Mother of God
July 10 - Rev. Martin Turovsky
July 10 -
July 11 - Rev. Sergius and Herman, Wonderworkers of Valaam
July 12 - End of Petrov Lent
July 12 - Glorious and all-praise the supreme apostles and
July, 12 -
July 13 -
July 14 - 4th Sunday after Pentecost. Cathedral of the Reverend Fathers of the Pskov Caves
July 14 - Besrebrenikov Cosmas and Damian, victims in Rome
July 15 - Deposition of the Holy Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos in Blachernae
July 16 - Transfer of the relics of St. Philip, Mr. Moscow and All Russia Wonderworker
July 17 - Commemoration of Sts. Royal Martyrs: Tsar - Martyr Nicholas II
July 18 - Uncovering the relics
July 19 -
July 19 - Uncovering the relics of rights. virgin Juliana, book. Olshanskaya
July 20 - Rev. Thomas, Maleina
July 21 - Apparition
21 July -
July 22 - Shmch. Pankratia, ep. Tavromenian
July 23 - Deposition of the Holy Robe of the Lord Jesus Christ in Moscow
July 24 - Ravnoap. Olga, led. book. Russian, in Holy Baptism Helena
July 24 - Rudny Icon of the Mother of God.
July 25 -
July 26 - Cathedral of the Archangel Gabriel
July 27 -
July 28 - Ravnoap. . .
July 29 - Cathedral of Russian Wonderworkers
July 29 - Blzh. Spanish Matrona (Belyakova), Anemnyasevskaya, Spanish.
June 10 - Week 2 after Pentecost. All Russian Saints
July 30 - Vmts. Marinas (Margaritas)
July 31 - .
Orthodox holidays and days of memory in August 2019:
August 1 - Uncovering the relics of St. miracle worker.
August 2 - .
August 2 - Uncovering the relics of St. Athanasius of Brest
August 3 - Shmch. Peter the Presbyter
August 4 -
5th of August -
August 6 - Mts. Christina. Mchch. blgvv. kn. and
August 7 - Assumption, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary
August 8 - Shmchch. Ermolai, Hermipp and Hermocrates, Priests of Nicomedia
August 9 - Vmch. and healer Panteleimon
August 10 - Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, called "Hodegetria" (Guide)
August 11 - Mch. callinica
August 12 - Rev. Anatoly Optinsky
August 13 - Right. Evdokim the Cappadocian
August 14 - Beginning of Dormition Fast
August 14 -
August 14 - Feast of the All-Merciful Savior. .
August 15 - .
August 16 - Rev. Isaac, Dalmatia and Faustus
August 17 - Seven youths of Ephesus
August 18 - Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
August 19 -
August 20 - Feast of the Transfiguration
August 20 - Uncovering the relics
August 21 - St. Emilian the Confessor, Bishop Kizicheskogo
August 22 - Apostle Matthias. Cathedral of the Solovetsky Saints.
August 23 - Blzh. Lawrence, Christ for the Holy Fool, Kaluga
August 24 - Mch. Archdeacon Evpla
August 25 - Mchch. Photius and Anikita and many with them
August 26 - Commemoration of the Feast of the Transfiguration.
August 26 - Repose, the second acquisition of the relics of St. Tikhon, Ep. Voronezh, Zadonsk miracle worker.
August 26 - Icons of the Mother of God of Minsk, Seven Arrows, Passionate.
August 27 - Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos.
August 27 - Transfer of the relics of St. Theodosius of the Caves.
August 28 - End of the Dormition fast.
August 28 -
August 29 - Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
August 29 -
August 29 - Transfer from Edessa to Constantinople miraculous image Jesus Christ.
August 30 - Mch. Myron Presbyter
August 31 -
Orthodox holidays and days of memory in September 2019:
September 1 - and with him 2593 martyrs
September 1 - Don Icon of the Mother of God
September 2 - Prophet Samuel
September 3 - Rev. Avramia, miracle Smolensky
September 4 - Memorial Day of the Georgian Icon of the Mother of God
September 5 - Commemoration of the Feast of the Assumption
September 6 - Shmch. Eutychius, disciple of St. John the Evangelist
September 7 - Transfer of the relics of St. Bartholomew
8 September -
September 9 - Rev. Pimen the Great
September 10 - Rev. Moses Murin
11 September - .
12-th of September - .
September 13 - The position of the honest belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
September 14 - The beginning of the indiction - church new year. Rev. Simeon the Stylite and his mother Martha
September 15th -
September 16 - St. John Vlasaty, Wonderworker of Rostov
September 17 -
September 18 - Prop. Zechariah is right. Elizabeth, parents of St. John the Baptist
September 18 - Prmch. Athanasius of Brest
September 19 - Commemoration of the miracle of the Archangel Michael in Khonekh
September 20 - Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 21 -
September 21 - Icons of Sophia, the Wisdom of God (Kyiv)
September 22nd -
September 23 - Mts. Minodors, Mitrodores and Nymphodors
September 24 - Kaplunovskaya Icon of the Mother of God.
September 26 - Prefeast of the Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross Lord's.
September 26 - Memory of the renewal (consecration) of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem (Resurrection word)
September 27 - .
September 27 - Lesninskaya Icon of the Mother of God
September 28 - Novonikitskaya Icon of the Mother of God
September 29 -
September 30 - Mtsts. Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia
Orthodox holidays and days of memory in October 2019:
October 1 - Icon of the Mother of God of Molchenskaya ("Healer"), Starorusskaya
October 2 - Mchch. Trofim, Savvaty and Dorimedont
October 3 - Vmch. Eustathius Plakida, his wives Theopistia and their children
October 4 - Uncovering the relics of St. Dimitry of Rostov
October 5 - Cathedral of the Tula Saints
October 6 - Conception of the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John
October 7 - Pervomts. equal to ap. Fekla
October 8 - Repose of St. Sergius, hegumen of Radonezh
October 9 - Repose of Ap. and Evangelist John the Theologian
October 10 - Rev. Savvaty of Solovetsky
October 11 - Rev. Khariton the Confessor
October 12 - Rev. Kyriaka the hermit
October 13 - Shmch. Bishop Gregory, Enlightener of Greater Armenia
October 14 -
October 14 - Rev. Roman the Melodist
October 15 - Sshmch. Cyprian and mts. justina
October 16 - Shmchch. Dionysius the Areopagite, ep. Athenian, Rusticus the presbyter and Eleutherius the deacon
October 17 - Shmch. Hierothea, ep. of Athens
October 18 - Mts. Kharitins
October 19 - Apostle Thomas
October 20 - Pskov-Pechersk Icon of the Mother of God "Tenderness"
October 21 - Memorial Day of St. Pelagia
October 22 - Ap. Jacob Alfeev. Korsun Icon of the Mother of God
October 23 - Rev. Ambrose of Optinsky. Cathedral of the Volyn Saints
October 24 - The memory of the holy fathers of the VII Ecumenical Council. Cathedral of the Optina Elders.
October 25 - Transfer from Malta to Gatchina of a part of the Tree of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, the Philermo Icon of the Mother of God and the right hand of John the Baptist.
October 26 - Iberian Icon of the Mother of God.
October 27 - Mchch. Nazaria, Gervasia, Protasia, Kelsia
October 28 - Cathedral of the 23 Belarusian New Martyrs
28 of October -
October 29 - Mch. Longinus centurion, like at the Cross of the Lord
October 30 - Mchch. unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian of Arabia. Icons of the Mother of God "Before Christmas and after Christmas the Virgin" and "The Redeemer"
October 31 -
Orthodox holidays and days of memory in November 2019:
Nov. 1 -
November 2 - Vmch. Artemia
November 3 - Sshmch. Pavlina, archbishop. Mogilevsky
November 4 -
November 5 - brother of the Lord. Rev. Elisha Lavrishevsky.
November 6 - Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow"
November 7 - Dimitriev parental Saturday. Commemoration of the dead.
November 7 - Rights. Tabitha
November 8 -
November 9 - Rev. Nestor the Chronicler
November 10 - Rev. Job, abbot of Pochaev. St. Demetrius, Met. Rostov.
November 11 - Prmts. Anastasia the Romans
November 12 -
November 13 - Mch. Epimakh of Alexandria
November 14 - Unmercenaries and miracle workers Cosmas and Damian of Asia and their mother
15th of November -
November 16 - Memorial Day of the Holy Princess Anna Vsevolodovna
November 17 - Rev. Ioannikios the Great
November 18 - Memorial Day of St. Ion, Archbishop of Novgorod
November 19 - Saint Paul, Archbishop of Constantinople
November 20 - Icons of the Mother of God "Jumping"
November 21 - Cathedral of the Archangel Michael and other Incorporeal Heavenly Forces
November 22 -
November 22 - Matrona of Moscow's birthday
November 23 - Prmch. Nifont and mch. Alexandra
November 24 - Vmch. Mines. Rev. Theodore Studite.
November 25 - Icons of the Mother of God "Merciful"
November 26 - Memorial Day of St. John Chrysostom
November 27 - . Conspiracy for Christmas (Filippov) post
November 28 - Martyrs and Confessors Guri, Samon and Aviv
November 28 - Beginning of Advent
29th of November -
November 30 - St. Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop Neo-Caesarian
Orthodox holidays and days of memory in December 2019:
December 1 - Memorial Day of the Holy Martyr Plato
December 2 - Icons of the Mother of God "Consolation in Sorrows and Sorrows"
December 3 - Prefeast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos
December 4 -
December 5 - Memorial Day of the Holy Prince Michael of Tver
December 6 - Memorial Day blgv. led. book. Alexander Nevsky
December 7 - Vmts. Catherine
December 8 - Commemoration of the Feast of the Entry into the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos.
December 9 - St. Innocent, Ep. Irkutsk
December 10 - Icons of the Mother of God "The Sign"
December 11 - Holy Martyr and Confessor Stephen the New
December 12 - Mch. Paramon and with him 370 martyrs
December 13 - Apostle Andrew the First-Called
December 14 - Rights. Philaret the Merciful
December 15 - Prop. Habakkuk
December 16 - Rev. Savva Storozhevsky
December 17 - Vmts. Barbarians. Rev. John of Damascus
December 18 - Rev. Savva the Sanctified
December 19 - St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia, miracle worker
December 20 - Rev. Nil Stolobensky
December 21 - Rev. Patapia
December 22 - Conception of rights. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos
December 23 - St. Joasaph, ep. Belgorod
December 24 - Rev. Daniel the Stylite
December 25 - St. Spiridon, Ep. Trimifuntsky, miracle worker
December 26 - Mchch. Eustratia, Auxentia, Eugenia, Mardaria and Orestes
December 27 - Mchch. Thirsa, Leukia and Callinice
December 28 - Memorial Day of St. Paul of Latria
December 29 - Memorial Day of the Prophet Haggai
December 30 - Prop. Daniel and three youths: Ananias, Azariah and Mishael.
December 31 - Celebration of rights. Simeon of Verkhotursky.
If you want to always be aware of upcoming Orthodox celebrations, keep a church calendar handy. Here are collected all the holidays, memorable dates, data on multi-day and one day posts respected and valued by the church.
Learn more about everyone church holidays in June 2017 to understand how the Orthodox Church “breathes” and lives.
It is not difficult to follow the traditions and laws of Christianity, on the contrary, by following this way of life, you bring yourself closer to God, which means you ensure a calm and happy existence in heaven after death.
Orthodox holidays in June 2017
June 1, 2017 (Thursday)
- Venerable Cornelius, miracle worker of Komel.
- Memorial Day of the Right-Believing Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy.
June 2, 2017 (Friday)
- Commemoration of the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord.
- Uncovering the relics of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, miracle worker.
- Martyrs Alexander, Thalalea and Asteria.
June 3, 2017 (Saturday)
- Memorial Day or Trinity Parental (Saturday)
- Vladimir icon Mother of God.
- Equal-to-the-Apostles Tsar Constantine and his mother Queen Helena.
- Blessed Prince Konstantin (Yaroslav) and his children Michael and Theodore, Miracle Workers of Murom.
June 4, 2017 (Sunday)
- Pentecost or Holy Trinity Day.
- Memorial Day of the Martyr Basilisk.
- Martyr John Vladimir, Prince of Serbia.
June 5, 2017 (Monday)
- Day of the Holy Spirit (Spirits Day).
- Uncovering the relics of St. Leonty, Bishop of Rostov.
- Celebration of the Cypriot and Tupichevsk Icons of the Mother of God.
- Memorial Day of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk.
June 6, 2017 (Tuesday)
- Glorification of Blessed Xenia of Petersburg.
- Rev. Nikita, Stylite of Pereslavl.
- Venerable Simeon the Stylite on the Marvelous Mountain.
June 7, 2017 (Wednesday)
- III acquisition of the head of the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John.
- Trinity Week - First week after Pentecost.
June 8, 2017 (Thursday)
- Great Martyr George the New, who suffered from Tsar Selim of Turkey.
- Memorial Day of the Apostles from 70 Karp and Alpheus.
- Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God the guarantor of Sinners.
- Trinity Week - First week after Pentecost.
June 9, 2017 (Friday)
- Uncovering the relics of St. Nil of Stolobensky.
- Hieromartyr Ferapont.
- Righteous John of Russia.
- Trinity Week - First week after Pentecost.
June 10, 2017 (Saturday)
- Commemoration of the feast of Pentecost.
- Saint Ignatius, Bishop of Rostov.
- Reverend Elena Diveevskaya.
- Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God "Be Thy Womb, Holy Meal" (Nicene).
- Trinity Week - First week after Pentecost.
June 11, 2017 (Sunday)
- Blessed John, Christ for the sake of the holy fool, Ustyug.
- Sunday of All Saints, First Sunday after Pentecost.
- Saint Luke Voyno-Yasenetsky.
- Venerable Martyr Theodosius virgin.
June 12, 2017 (Monday)
- Petrov post or Apostolic post.
- Memorial Day of St. Isaac.
- Hieromartyr Vasily of Smolensk.
June 13, 2017 (Tuesday)
- Apostle of the Seventy Hermas.
- Martyr Philosopher of Alexandria.
- Icons of the Mother of God of Lugansk and the Indestructible Wall.
- Martyr Hermias of Koman.
June 14, 2017 (Wednesday)
- Glorification of the Holy Righteous John of Kronstadt.
- Venerable Dionysius, hegumen of Glushitsky.
June 15, 2017 (Thursday)
- Great Martyr John the New, Sochavsky.
- Kiev-Bratsk Icon of the Mother of God.
June 16, 2017 (Friday)
- Memorial Day of St. Varlaam Khutynsky.
- Transfer of the relics of the blessed Tsarevich Dimitry from Uglich to Moscow.
June 17, 2017 (Saturday)
- Saint Methodius, hegumen of Peshnoshsky.
- Saint Mitrofan, the first Patriarch of Constantinople.
June 18, 2017 (Sunday)
- Blessed Prince Theodore Yaroslavich of Novgorod, who was the brother of St. Alexander Nevsky.
- Igor Icon of the Mother of God.
- Second week after Pentecost.
June 19, 2017 (Monday)
- Venerable Bessarion, Egyptian miracle worker.
- Saint Jonah, Bishop of Great Perm.
- Pimenovskaya Icon of the Mother of God.
June 20, 2017 (Tuesday)
- Holy Martyr Theodotos of Ancyra.
June 21, 2017 (Wednesday)
- Great Martyr Theodore Stratilates.
- Saint Theodore, Bishop of Rostov.
- Icons of the Mother of God Uryupinskaya, Yaroslavskaya, Kirillo-Belozerskaya.
June 22, 2017 (Thursday)
- Saint Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria.
- Reverend Kirill Abbot Beloezersky.
June 23, 2017 (Friday)
- Cathedral of the Siberian Saints.
- Cathedral of the Ryazan Saints.
- Uncovering the relics of St. Basil, Bishop of Ryazan.
June 24, 2017 (Saturday)
- Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas.
- Icon of the Mother of God "It is worthy to eat."
June 25, 2017 (Sunday)
- Venerable Onufry the Great.
- Venerable Peter of Athos
- Third week after Pentecost.
June 26, 2017 (Monday)
- Martyrs Akilina.
- Reverend Alexandra Diveevskaya.
- Saint Triphyllius, Bishop of Leukusia of Cyprus.
June 27, 2017 (Tuesday)
- Cathedral of the Diveevo Saints.
- Prophet Elisha.
- Saint Methodius, Patriarch of Constantinople.
June 28, 2017 (Wednesday)
- Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, miracle worker.
June 29, 2017 (Thursday)
- Transfer of the relics of Theophan the Recluse.
- Rev. Tikhon of Medyn, Kaluga.
June 30, 2017 (Friday)
Memorial Day of the Martyrs Savel, Manuel and Ismail of Persia.
Church fasts in June 2017
June includes not only Orthodox celebrations, but also fasts - days when a believer consciously refuses worldly joys, temptations and idle meals.
During such a period, it is necessary to spend as much time as possible in prayer, reevaluate your life and ask for forgiveness from the Lord for various sins. Such a pastime allows you to get closer to God and hope for his favor.
Apostolic post (Petrov post). This is a multi-day post that falls in June. It starts on June 12 and lasts until July 11. In Orthodoxy, Petrov fasting is not considered strict.
More about holidays
Or Pentecost - one of the most revered and beloved holidays for all followers Orthodox Church. AT Holy Scripture it is said that on the fiftieth day after Easter, the Holy Spirit descended from heaven to people, which proved the triplicity God's essence. On this day, people rush to visit the church, repent of their sins and ask for forgiveness from the Lord.
This holiday is widely known among Christians and has been celebrated since time immemorial. It is not surprising that for all the time of its existence it has acquired many traditions, signs and rituals. Some of them have survived to this day and are sacredly performed by modern church people.
Consider some of the most significant traditions of the Trinity:
- Mandatory decoration of the house with flowers, herbs, tree branches, in particular, birch. The people believed that such “bouquets” could save the house from evil interference and trouble. At the end of the holidays, the branches were burned at the stake, thereby taking away all the sorrows and sorrows of the family along with the ashes and smoke.
- A visit to the church, where believers listen to festive hymns in honor of this great summer celebration.
In addition to traditions, there are also quite interesting rituals that allow you to righteously have fun on the Trinity and even predict the fate of a person. It's about about weaving wreaths.
Since ancient times, girls who dreamed of a successful marriage wove wreaths of wild flowers, went to the river and let them go with the flow. The one whose wreath floats the farthest and does not sink will marry a good, respectable man earlier.
The acquisition of the head of John the Baptist - the third acquisition falls on this date (as is known, there were only three of these acquisitions). A festive liturgy is held in the churches, the Orthodox celebrate this great event with a small feast.
Let us note that in June Peter's fast begins, established in honor of two saints: Peter and Paul. It is not strict, but still provides for some restrictions on food, entertainment and other joys of life.
People who try to adhere to this post believe that it is easily tolerated due to the fact that it falls in the summer - a period when fruits and vegetables can adequately replace various cereals, meat and other products.
June 2018 is marked for the Orthodox by many important anniversaries. Saints are commemorated this month: Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy, Tsar Constantine and his mother Tsarina Helena, Blessed Xenia of Petersburg, John of Kronstadt and others. Also in June, Peter's fast begins for the Orthodox. Read about these and other Orthodox dates church calendar in June 2018.
Information about these and other Orthodox church holidays and important dates in July, those who observe the laws of the Christian faith are needed - and there are most of them in our country.
Orthodox church holidays in June 2018
Memorial Day of Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy
On this day, Orthodox believers remember the right-believing Grand Duke Dimitry Donskoy, the hero of the Battle of Kulikovo.
Dimitry I Ivanovich, nicknamed Donskoy for the victory in the Battle of Kulikovo, - Prince of Moscow (since 1359) and Grand Duke Vladimirsky (since 1363).
The name of Dmitry Donskoy for several centuries has become a symbol of Russian military glory. Having taken the throne at the age of 12, he devoted himself to the cause of the unification of Russian lands and the liberation of Russia from Tatar-Mongol yoke. The victory in the Battle of Kulikovo on September 8, 1380, which is also called Mamaevo, or the Battle of the Don, brought special glory to the prince. For this victory, Grand Duke Dimitri was nicknamed Donskoy.
Prince Demetrius died in 1389 at the age of 38. He was canonized as a saint in 1988, the year of the celebration of the millennium of the Baptism of Russia.
Also on this day:
Hieromartyrs Patricius of Prussia, Bishop, and with him the three presbyters Akakios, Menander and Polien, presbyters
- Venerable Cornelius, Wonderworker of Komel and Cornelius of Paleostrovsky, Abbot of Olonets
- Blessed Prince John (in monasticism Ignatius) of Uglich, Vologda
- Reverend Sergius Shukhtomsky (Shuhtovsky)
- Troitskaya 5 day
Martyrs Thalalea, Alexander and Asteria
- Uncovering the relics of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow, Wonderworker of All Russia
- Blessed Prince Dovmont (in Holy Baptism Timothy) of Pskov
- Trinity 6 day
Celebration in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God
Established in memory of the salvation of Moscow from invasion Crimean Khan Mahmet Giray in 1521.
In 1521, the Crimean, Nogai and Kazan Tatars, led by Mehmet Giray, moved to Russia and, devastating everything in their path, approached Moscow.
The attack was unexpected, the Russians did not have time to gather troops and everyone was afraid that the capital would be taken and ruined. The townspeople, led by Metropolitan Varlaam, began to frantically pray to the Theotokos for salvation. And she appeared in a vision to the khan, surrounded by a numerous formidable army - themselves heavenly forces stood up for the Russian land and Crimean Tatars themselves fled from Moscow.
The icon of the Mother of God is considered miraculous and, according to legend, was written by the Evangelist Luke on a board from the table at which the Holy Family ate: the Savior, the Mother of God and the righteous Joseph the Betrothed.
Memorial Day of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Tsar Constantine and his mother Queen Helena
Emperor Constantine the Great ruled the Roman Empire in the first half of the 4th century. In 313, he issues the Edict of Milan "On religious tolerance", where he stops the persecution of Christians, and the Christian faith is freed.
Constantine did not leave the capital of the empire Ancient Rome, the former center of a pagan state, but moved its capital to the east, where the city of Constantinople was founded. Constantine was deeply convinced that only christian religion could unify the vast, heterogeneous Roman Empire. He supported the Church in every possible way, returned Christian confessors from exile, built churches, and took care of the clergy.
Also on this day:
Cathedral of the Karelian Saints
- Blessed Princes Konstantin (Yaroslav Svyatoslavich) and his children, Michael and Theodore, - Miracle Workers of Murom
- Venerable Cassian the Greek, Wonderworker of Uglich
- Trinity 7th day
Beginning of Peter's post
Fasting begins on Monday, a week after Holy Spirit Day following Trinity. In other words, on the 57th day after Easter.
Established in memory of the chief apostles Peter and Paul, who fasted, preparing themselves for the gospel sermon. Believers abstain from meat and dairy products, entertainment, and also try to devote more time to prayer and attend worship services regularly.
On this fast, in contrast to the more strict, Great, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and weekends it is allowed to eat fish.
Fasting ends on the Day of the Apostles Peter and Paul on July 12, unless the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is not on Wednesday or Friday.
Also on this day:
Martyr Basilisk
- Martyr John (Vladimir), Prince of Serbia
- Righteous Jacob of Borovichi, Wonderworker of Novgorod
Petrov post 2nd day.
- Cathedral of Rostov-Yaroslavl Saints
- Saint Michael, Bishop of Sinad (Phrygia)
- Uncovering the relics of St. Leonty, Bishop of Rostov
- Venerable Euphrosyne, Abbess of Polotsk
- Reverend Paisios of Galich, archimandrite
- Venerable Martyr Michael Savvait the Chernorites
Memorial Day of Saint Blessed Xenia of Petersburg
Xenia of Petersburg is one of the most revered Russian saints. Left a widow at the age of 26, she gave away all the property she and her husband had acquired and chose for herself the difficult path of foolishness for Christ's sake. Dressed in the costume of her deceased husband, Xenia wandered around the Petersburg side for days on end, and at night, no matter what time of year and weather, she went to the field and stood there in kneeling prayer until the morning.
On another occasion, workers erecting a stone church at the Smolensk cemetery noticed that every night someone was dragging masonry bricks onto the top of the church under construction. For a long time they could not find out who this tireless assistant was. It turned out that it was the servant of God, blessed Xenia.
For her humility and deeds in the name of the faith of Christ, the Lord granted her the ability to see the hearts and the future.
Blessed Xenia died at the age of 71. And many miracles began to take place at her grave. The suffering were healed, broken peace was established in families, the needy received what they needed.
Also on this day:
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- Venerable Simeon the Stylite on the Marvelous Mountain.
- Reverend Nikita the Stylite of Pereyaslavsky.
The Third Finding of the Head of the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John
Around the year 850, during the unrest in Constantinople in connection with the exile of St. John Chrysostom, the head of St. John the Baptist was transferred to the city of Emesa, and from there, during the raids of the Saracens, to Komana, where during the period of iconoclastic persecution it was hidden in the ground.
When icon veneration was restored, Patriarch Ignatius was shown in a vision the place where the head of the Forerunner was hidden. There, in the indicated place, she was found for the third time.
Also on this day:
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- Apostles from 70 Karp and Alpheus
- Martyr George the New
- Uncovering the relics of St. Macarius, Abbot of Kalyazinsky, miracle worker.
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- Righteous John of Russia, confessor
- Hieromartyr Ferapont, Bishop of Sardis
- Venerable Ferapont of Belozersky, Archimandrite and Ferapont of Monzensky
- Transfer of the relics of St. Cyprian, Photius and Jonah, Metropolitans of Moscow
- Uncovering the relics of St. Nil of Stolobensky
- Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God
- Venerable David of Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki)
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- Venerable Nikita the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon
- Saint Ignatius of Rostov, Bishop
- Saint Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia
- Hieromartyr Eutychius, Bishop of Melitinsky
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- Venerable Martyr Theodosius Virgin
- Blessed John, Christ for the sake of the holy fool, Ustyug
- St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky), Archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea
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- Reverend Isaac the Confessor, hegumen of the Dalmatian monastery
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- Apostle from 70 Ermas (Ermia)
Saint's Day righteous John Kronstadt
After graduating with honors from the seminary and the Theological Academy in 1855, he was appointed to the St. Andrew's Cathedral in the city of Kronstadt, where he served all his life.
Kronstadt was the place of expulsion from the capital of various vicious people. In addition, there were many unskilled laborers working in the port. Almost all of them were in poverty, begging and drinking.
Father John was convinced that love and compassion can save any person.
“It is necessary to love every person both in his sin and in his shame,” he said. “There is no need to confuse a person - this image of God - with the evil that is in him” ... With such a consciousness, he went to people, reviving with the power of his truly pastoral compassionate love.
Father John used big love and fame throughout Russia.
Also on this day:
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- Martyrs Justin the Philosopher, Justin of Rome and with them Chariton, Martyr Charita, Martyrs Evelpist, Hierax, Peon and Valerian
- Reverend Dionisy Glushitsky, hegumen
- Reverend Agapit of the Caves, a gratuitous doctor
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- Saint Nicephorus the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Great Martyr John the New, Sochavsky
- Uncovering the relics of the Blessed Princess Juliana Vyazemskaya, Novotorzhskaya
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- Martyrs Lucilliano, Claudius, Hypatia, Paul, Dionysius and Martyrs Pavla the Virgin
- Transfer of the relics of the faithful Tsarevich Dimitry of Uglich and Moscow to Moscow
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- Uncovering the relics of Hieromartyr Peter (Zverev), Archbishop of Voronezh
- Saint Mitrofan, Patriarch of Constantinople
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- Hieromartyr Dorotheus, Bishop of Tyre
- Blessed Prince Theodore Yaroslavich of Novgorod
- Uncovering the relics of St. Vassian and Jonah, Solovetsky wonderworkers
- Transfer of the relics of Prince Igor (in Holy Baptism George) of Chernigov and Kyiv
- Blessed Constantine, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Russia, miracle worker
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- Venerable Bessarion, Egyptian miracle worker
- Reverend Hilarion the New, hegumen
- Saint Jonah
- Reverend Paisius of Uglich, hegumen
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- Martyr Theodotos Korchemnik
Memorial Day of the Holy Great Martyr Theodore Stratilates
Saint Theodore came from the city of Euchait (in present-day Turkey) and was a governor (in Greek - "stratilate").
Many pagans, seeing his virtuous life and meekness, accepted the faith of Christ.
Emperor Licinius, co-ruler of Constantine, having learned about this, arrived in Heraclea and forced Theodore to bow to idols. When Saint Theodore remained unshakable, the angry ruler ordered that the confessor of Christ be subjected to cruel torments.
Theodore was crucified on the cross, and at night an angel appeared to the martyr, removed him from the cross and completely healed him. In the morning the servants of Licinius, who were sent to throw the body of Saint Theodore into the sea, seeing him completely healthy, believed in Christ. Many other pagans who saw the miracle of God also believed.
Upon learning of this, Licinius ordered Saint Theodore to be beheaded, and he died in the year 319.
Also on this day:
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- Saint Theodore, Bishop of Rostov and Suzdal
- Uncovering the relics of the noble princes Vasily and Konstantin Yaroslavsky
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- Saint Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria
- Reverend Cyril of Beloezersky, hegumen
- Righteous Alexy of Moscow Mechev
- Rev. Alexander Kushtsky, hegumen
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- Cathedral of Siberian Saints
- Cathedral of Ryazan Saints
- Saint John (Maximovich), Metropolitan of Tobolsk
- Hieromartyr Timothy, Bishop of Prussia
- Uncovering the relics of St. Basil, Bishop of Ryazan
- Reverend Siluan, hermit of the Caves
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- Apostles Bartholomew (Nathanael) and Barnabas (Joseph)
- Reverend Barnabas of Vetluzhsky
- Transfer of the relics of St. Ephraim of Novotorzhsky, Archimandrite
- Icons of the Mother of God: “It is worthy to eat” (Merciful)
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- Finding of the relics and the second glorification of the Blessed Princess Anna (monastic Euphrosyne) of Kashinsky
- Reverend Arseny Konevsky
- Venerable Onuphrius and Auxentius of Vologda
- Venerable Vassian and Jonah of Pertominsk, Solovetsky
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- Venerable Andronicus, hegumen and Savva, of Moscow
- Saint Triphyllius, Bishop of Leukusia of Cyprus
- Martyrs Akilina the Elder
Cathedral of the Diveyevo Saints
The Cathedral of the Diveevo Saints began to be celebrated in 2008 at the initiative of Patriarch Alexy II. Among the saints of God revered on this day, who labored in Diveevo, are abbesses and nuns. The most famous of them are the founder of the monastery, mother Alexandra (Melgunova), as well as the blessed Paraskeva Diveevskaya, who spent about 30 years in caves near Diveevo, carrying out the feat of foolishness, and only last years life found refuge in the monastery. In addition, among the Cathedral are also commemorated Reverend Seraphim Sarovskiy, former spiritual director of the monastery and Hieromartyr Seraphim Chichagov, who initiated the canonization of this great saint, and also compiled the chronicle of the Diveevo Monastery.
Also on this day:
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- Prophet Elisha and Saint Methodius, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Blessed Prince Mstislav (in Holy Baptism George) the Brave, Novgorod
- Venerable Methodius, hegumen of Peshnoshsky
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- Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, miracle worker
- Prophet Amos
- Venerable Martyrs Gregory, hegumen, and Cassian, Avnezhsky
- Blessed Jerome of Stridon
- Transfer of the relics of St. Theodore Sikeot, Bishop of Anastasiupol
- Blessed Prince Lazar of Serbia
- Saint Ephrem II, Patriarch of Serbia
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- Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Amaphuda
- Venerable Tikhon of Medynsky, Kaluga and Tikhon of Lukhovsky, Wonderworker of Kostroma
- Transfer of the relics of St. Theophan the Recluse Vyshensky
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- Martyrs Manuel, Savel and Ismail.
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Whose birthday is in June? What Orthodox holidays take place in June? Detailed list You can see all female and male names by dates in this article!
Name day in June (how to name boys and girls in June)
Birthdays in June:
1 - Alexander, Anastasia, Anton, Valentin, Vasily, Victor, George, Dmitry, Ivan, Ignatius, Ippolit, Cornelius, Maxim, Matvey, Mitrofan, Mikhail, Nikolai, Pavel, Sergey.
2 - Alexander, Alexei, Ivan, Joseph, Nikita, Timofey.
3 - Andrey, Elena, Kasyan, Kirill, Konstantin, Mikhail, Fedor.
4 - Vladimir, Daniel, Zakhar, Ivan, Makar, Mikhail, Pavel, Sophia, Fedor, Yakov.
5 - Athanasius, Euphrosyne, Leonty, Maria, Michael.
6 - Grigory, Ivan, Xenia, Nikita, Semyon, Stepan, Fedor.
7 - Elena, Ivan, Innokenty, Fedor.
8 - Alexander, George, Elena, Ivan, Karp, Makar.
9 - Anastasia, David, Ivan, Jonah, Leonid, Leonty, Nile, Peter, Fyodor, Ferapont.
10 - Denis, Dmitry, Elena, Zakhar, Ignatius, Makar, Nikita, Nikolai, Pavel, Peter, Sofron.
11 - Alexander, Andrey, Ivan, Konstantin, Luka, Maria, Faina, Fedot, Feodosia.
12 - Vasily.
13 - Boris, Nikolai, Polycarp, Roman, Philip, Christina.
14 - Valerian, Vasily, Vera, Gabriel, David, Denis, Ivan, Pavel, Khariton.
15 - Ivan, Nikifor.
16 - Athanasius, Denis, Dmitry, Lukyan, Mikhail, Pavel, Julian.
17 - Ivan, Maria, Martha, Methodius, Mitrofan, Nazar, Peter, Sofia.
18 - Igor, Jonah, Konstantin, Leonid, Mark, Mikhail, Nikandr, Nikolai, Peter, Fedor.
19 - Vissarion, George, Hilarion, Jonah, Susanna, Thekla.
20 - Alexander, Alexei, Anton, Athanasius, Valentin, Valeria, Benjamin, Victor, Vladimir, Grigory, Zinaida, Ivan, Ignatius, Leo, Maria, Mikhail, Nikolai, Pavel, Peter, Stepan, Taras, Fedot.
21 - Vasily, Ephraim, Konstantin, Fedor.
22 - Alexander, Alexei, Ivan, Cyril, Maria, Martha, Thekla.
23 - Alexander, Alexei, Antonina, Vasily, Ivan, Nikolai, Nikon, Pavel, Timofey, Feofan.
24 - Varlam, Bartholomew, Ephraim, Mary.
25 - Andrei, Anna, Arseny, Ivan, Jonah, Peter, Stepan, Timofey, Julian.
26 - Akulina, Alexander, Alexandra, Andrei, Andronik, Anna, Antonina, Daniel, Dmitry, Ivan, Pelageya, Savva, Yakov.
27 - Alexander, Varlam, George, Elisha, Joseph, Methodius, Mstislav, Nikolai, Pavel.
28 - Grigory, Ephraim, Jonah, Kasyan, Lazar, Mikhail, Modest, Fedor.
29 - Ephraim, Constantine, Michael, Moses, Nicephorus, Peter, Tikhon, Theophanes.
30 - Joseph, Cyril, Clement, Maxim, Nikandr, Nikita, Pelageya, Philip.
