List of movable Eastern Christian observances
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This is a chronological list of moveable Eastern Christian observances. Most of these are calculated by the date of Pascha. It includes secular observances which are calculated by religious observances.
This list does not necessarily imply either official status nor general observance.
2020 dates
[edit]February
[edit]11th Sunday before Pascha: February 2
63 days before Pascha: February 8[2]
10th Sunday before Pascha: February 9[3]
Second Monday before Clean Monday: February 10–13[4]
9th Sunday before Pascha: February 16[3]
Thursday of the 8th week before Pascha: February 20 [5]
Sunday of Meatfare week: February 23
Monday to Sunday following the 9th Sunday before Pascha: February 23-February 28 [1]
Saturday of Meatfare Week: February 29
March
[edit]Monday to Sunday following Meatfare week: March 1–7[6]
Sunday of Cheesefare week (Eastern Christianity): March 1[6]
Monday after Sunday of Forgiveness: March 2[6]
- Great Lent begins
First Saturday of Great Lent: March 7
First Sunday of Great Lent: March 8
2nd Saturday of Lent: March 14
5th Sunday before Pascha and 2nd Sunday of Lent: March 15
3rd Saturday of Lent: March 21
4th Saturday of Lent: March 28
4th Sunday before Pascha and 3rd Sunday of Lent: March 29
April
[edit]5th Saturday of Lent: April 4
3rd Sunday before Pascha and 4th Sunday of Lent: April 5
Day before Palm Sunday: April 11
5th Sunday of Lent: April 12
Sunday before Pascha: April 12
Monday after Palm Sunday: April 13
Tuesday after Palm Sunday: April 14
Wednesday after Palm Sunday: April 15
Thursday after Palm Sunday: April 16
Friday after Palm Sunday: April 17[7]
Saturday after Palm Sunday: April 18
April 19
Monday after Pascha: April 20
Tuesday after Pascha: April 21
Wednesday after Pascha: April 22
Thursday after Pascha: April 23
Friday after Pascha: April 24
Saturday after Pascha: April 25
8th day after Pascha: April 26
2nd Tuesday of Pascha, or 2nd Monday of Pascha, depending on region: April 27
May
[edit]2nd Sunday following Pascha: May 3
4th Sunday of Pascha: May 10
Wednesday after the Sunday of the Paralytic: May 13
5th Sunday of Pascha: May 17
6th Sunday of Pascha: May 24
Forty days after Pascha: May 28 [1]
7th Saturday of Pascha: May 30
7th Sunday of Pascha: May 31
June
[edit]Fifty days after Pascha: June 7
Monday after Pentecost: June 8
Tuesday after Pentecost: June 9
First Sunday after Pentecost: June 14
64th day after Pascha: June 14 [8]
Second Monday after Pentecost, the day after All Saints' Sunday: July 15
July
[edit]98 days/14 weeks after Pascha: July 19
August
[edit]Sunday closest to August 15: August 16
September
[edit]Saturday closest to Sept.23, the Conception of Saint John the Forerunner, Russian Orthodox only: September 20
October
[edit]Saturday closest to October 26, feast day of Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Russian Orthodox only: October 25
November
[edit]Sunday closest to November 11: November 14
- Remembrance Sunday (Cyprus only)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Lenten and Paschal Cycle".
- ^ "2020 FEASTS « Western Prelacy".
- ^ a b "Lenten and Paschal Cycle". oca.org.
- ^ "2020 – Coptic Fasts & Feasts – Coptic Orthodox".
- ^ "Feast of Saint Vartan in Armenia".
- ^ a b c "Lenten and Paschal Cycle".
- ^ "Orthodox Good Friday in the United States".
- ^ "Armenia. List of Holidays".