Church Calendar

Pascha & the Major Holy Days for 2009

Nativity of our Lord	January 7
Epiphany	January 19
Meeting of our Lord	February 15
Annunciation	April 7
Palm Sunday	April 12
Easter/Pascha	April 19
Ascension of our Lord	May 28
Pentecost	June 7
Transfiguration of our Lord	August 19
Dormition of the Mother of God	August 28
Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary	September 21
Elevation of the Holy Cross	September 27
Protection of the Holy Virgin Mary	October 14
Entry of the Holy Virgin Mary	December 4

Memorial Days

(Special Days when the Deceased are Commemorated)

Second, Third and Fourth Saturdays of Great Lent
and Saturday before Pentecost.

Meatfare Saturday	February 22
St. Thomas Sunday	April 26
Commemoration of Famine Victims	May 11
Prayers for those who died in for Ukraine	November 3

Feast Days

Especially Honored By The Ukrainian Orthodox Church

The Synaxis of the Holy Mother of God	January 8
St. Stephen the Protomartyr	January 9
Naming of our Lord. St. Basil	January 14
Synaxis of St. John the Baptist	January 20
Three Hierarchs	February 12
Great Martyr St. George	May 6
Venerable Theodosius of the Kyivan Caves	May 16
Venerable Job of Pochaiv	May 19
Sts. Cyril and Methodius	May 24
Synaxis of the Fathers of the 2nd Ecumenical Council	June 4
Synaxis of the Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council	June 16
Nativity of St. John the Baptist	July 7
Holy Apostles Peter and Paul	July 12
St. Antony of the Kyivan Caves	July 23
St. Olha, the Baptizer of Ukraine	July 24
St. Volodymyr, Equal-to-the-Apostles	July 28
Holy Prophet Elijah	August 2
Baptism of Ukraine	August 14
Synaxis of Venerables of the Theodosian Kyivan Caves	September 10
Beheading of St. John the Baptist	September 11
Venerable Martyr Athanasius of Berest	September 18
Repose of St. John Divine	October 9
Protection of the Holy Mother of God	October 14
Synaxis of the Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council	October 27
Holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki	November 8
Holy Archangel Michael	November 21
St. Andrew the First Called Apostle	December 13
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker	December 19

Fasting Periods

All Wednesdays and Fridays, except during fast free periods

Nativity Eve	January 6
Epiphany Eve	January 18
Great Lent and Holy Week	March 2 - April 18
Apostolic Lent	June 15 - July 12
Dormition Lent	August 14 - 27
Beheading of St. John the Baptist	September 11
Elevation of the Holy Cross	September 27
Philip's Fast / Advent	Nov 28 - Jan 6

Fast Free Periods

From Nativity Day to Epiphany Eve	January 7 - 18
Week Following the Sunday of Publican and Pharisee
Resurrection Week
Holy Trinity Week