Orthodox days in June. Name days in June, Orthodox holidays in June. Important church events in May

June 2018 was marked for Orthodox Christians with many important memorable dates. This month they remember the saints: Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy, Tsar Constantine and his mother Queen Elena, Blessed Xenia of Petersburg, John of Kronstadt and others. Also in June, Peter's Fast begins for Orthodox Christians. Read about these and other dates in the Orthodox church calendar in June 2018.

Information about these and other Orthodox church holidays and important dates in July is needed by those who observe the laws of the Christian religion - and there are the majority 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 blessed Grand Duke Dimitry Donskoy, the hero of the Battle of Kulikovo.

Dmitry I Ivanovich, nicknamed Donskoy for his victory in the Battle of Kulikovo, is Prince of Moscow (from 1359) and Grand Duke of Vladimir (from 1363).

The name of Dmitry Donskoy has become a symbol of Russian military glory over several centuries. Having taken the throne at the age of 12, he devoted himself to the cause of unifying Russian lands and liberating Rus' from the 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 particular glory to the prince. For this victory, Grand Duke Dimitri was nicknamed Donskoy.

Prince Dimitri died in 1389 at the age of 38. Canonized in 1988, the year of the celebration of the millennium of the Baptism of Rus'.

Also on this day:

Hieromartyrs Patrick of Prussia, bishop, and with him three presbyters Acacius, Menander and Polyenus, presbyters
- Venerable Cornelius, wonderworker of Komel and Cornelius of Paleostrovsky, abbot of Olonetsky
- Blessed Prince John (monastically Ignatius) of Uglich, Vologda
- St. Sergius of Shukhtomsky (Shukhtovsky)
- Troitskaya 5 day

Martyrs Thalalea, Alexander and Asterius
- Finding the relics of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow, Wonderworker of All Russia
- Blessed Prince Dovmont (in Holy Baptism Timothy) of Pskov
- Troitskaya 6 day

Celebration in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

Installed in memory of the rescue of Moscow from the invasion of the Crimean Khan Makhmet-Girey in 1521.

In 1521, the Crimean, Nogai and Kazan Tatars, led by Mehmet Giray, moved to Rus' 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 Mother of God for salvation. And she appeared in a vision to the khan, surrounded by a numerous formidable army - the heavenly forces themselves stood up for the Russian land and the Crimean Tatars fled from Moscow of their own accord.

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.

Day of Remembrance of the Saints 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 Tolerance,” where he ends the persecution of Christians and the Christian faith gains freedom.

Constantine did not leave ancient Rome, which was the center of a pagan state, as the capital of the empire, but moved his capital to the east, where the city of Constantinople was founded. Constantine was deeply convinced that only the Christian religion could unite the huge, heterogeneous Roman Empire. He supported the Church in every possible way, brought back Christian confessors from exile, built churches, and took care of the clergy.

Also on this day:

Cathedral of Karelian Saints
- Blessed Princes Constantine (Yaroslav Svyatoslavich) and his children, Mikhail and Theodore, - Murom miracle workers
- St. Cassian the Greek, Uglich wonderworker
- Trinity 7th day

Beginning of Peter's Lent

Lent begins on Monday, a week after the Day of the Holy Spirit following Trinity. In other words, on the 57th day after Easter.

Installed in memory of the supreme apostles Peter and Paul, who fasted in preparation for the Gospel preaching. Believers abstain from meat and dairy products, entertainment, and also try to devote more time to prayer and regularly attend worship services.

During this fast, unlike the more strict Lent, it is allowed to eat fish on Tuesdays, Thursdays and weekends.

Lent ends on the Day of the Apostles Peter and Paul on July 12, unless the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is on Wednesday or Friday.

Also on this day:

Martyr Basilisk
- Martyr John (Vladimir), Prince of Serbia
- Righteous Jacob of Borovichi, Novgorod Wonderworker

Petrov fast day 2.
- Cathedral of Rostov-Yaroslavl Saints
- St. Michael, Bishop of Sinada (Phrygia)
- Discovery of the relics of St. Leontius, Bishop of Rostov
- Venerable Euphrosyne, Abbess of Polotsk
- Venerable Paisius of Galich, Archimandrite
- Reverend Martyr Michael Savvait the Monk

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, Ksenia wandered around the St. Petersburg side all day long, and at night, regardless of the time of year and weather, she went to the field and stood here in kneeling prayer until the morning.

Another time, workers erecting a stone church at the Smolensk cemetery noticed that every night someone was dragging bricks for masonry onto the top of the temple under construction. For a long time they could not figure out who this tireless assistant was. It turned out that it was the servant of God, blessed Ksenia.

For her humility and deeds in the name of the faith of Christ, the Lord gave her the ability to gain insight into hearts and the future.

Blessed Ksenia died at the age of 71. And many miracles began to happen at her grave. The suffering received healings, broken peace was restored in families, the needy received what they needed.

Also on this day:

Petrov fast day 3.
- Venerable Simeon the Stylite on Divnaya Mountain.
- Venerable Nikita the Stylite of Pereyaslavl.

The Third Finding of the Head of the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John

Around 850, during 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 Saracen raids, to Comana, where during the period of iconoclastic persecutions 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:

Petrov fast 4th day.

Petrov fast 5th day
- Apostles from the 70 Carp and Alpheus
- Martyr George the New
- Finding the relics of St. Macarius, abbot of Kalyazinsky, wonderworker.

Petrov fast day 6
- Righteous John the Russian, confessor
- Hieromartyr Ferapont, Bishop of Sardis
- Venerable Ferapont of Belozersky, Archimandrite and Ferapont of Monza
- Transfer of the relics of St. Cyprian, Photius and Jonah, Metropolitans of Moscow
- Discovery of the relics of St. Neil of Stolobensky
- Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God
- Venerable David of Thessalonica (Thessalonica)

Petrov fast 7th day
- Venerable Nikita the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon
- Saint Ignatius of Rostov, bishop
- Saint Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia
- Hieromartyr Eutyches, Bishop of Melitino

Petrov fast 8th day
- Reverend Martyr Theodosius Virgin
- Blessed John, Christ for the sake of the holy fool, Ustyug
- St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky), Archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea

Petrov fast 9th day
- St. Isaac the Confessor, Abbot of the Dalmatian Monastery

Petrov fast 10th day
- Apostle Hermas (Hermias) from the 70th

Day of glorification of the holy righteous John of Kronstadt

After graduating with honors from the seminary and the Theological Academy in 1855, he was appointed to St. Andrew's Cathedral in the city of Kronstadt, where he served all his life.

Kronstadt was the place where various vicious people were expelled from the capital. In addition, many laborers worked there in the port. Almost all of them were poor, begging and drinking.

Father John was convinced that love and compassion can save any person.

“You need to love every person both in his sin and in his shame,” he said. “There is no need to confuse man - this image of God - with the evil that is in him”... With such a consciousness, he went to people, reviving them with the power of his truly pastoral compassionate love.

Father John enjoyed great love and fame throughout Russia.

Also on this day:

Petrov fast day 11
- Martyrs Justin the Philosopher, Justin of Rome and with them Chariton, the martyr Charita, the martyrs Evelpist, Hierax, Paeon and Valerian
- Venerable Dionysius of Glushitsky, abbot
- Venerable Agapit of Pechersk, free doctor

Petrov fast 12th day
- St. Nikephoros the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Great Martyr John the New, Sochava
- Discovery of the relics of the blessed princess Juliania of Vyazemskaya, Novotorzhskaya

Petrov fast 13th day
- Martyrs Lucillian, Claudius, Hypatius, Paul, Dionysius and the virgin martyr Paula
- Transfer of the relics of the blessed Tsarevich Dimitri of Uglich and Moscow to Moscow

Petrov fast 14th day
- Discovery of the relics of the Holy Martyr Peter (Zverev), Archbishop of Voronezh
- Saint Mitrofan, Patriarch of Constantinople

Petrov fast 15th day
- Hieromartyr Dorotheos, Bishop of Tire
- Blessed Prince Theodore Yaroslavich, Novgorod
- Finding the relics of Saints Vassian and Jonah, Solovetsky wonderworkers
- Transfer of the relics of the blessed Prince Igor (in Holy Baptism of George) of Chernigov and Kyiv
- Blessed Constantine, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Russia, wonderworker

Petrov fast 16th day
- Venerable Vissarion, Wonderworker of Egypt
- Venerable Hilarion the New, abbot
- St. Jonah
- Venerable Paisius of Uglich, abbot

Petrov fast day 17
- Martyr Theodotus the Tavern

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 - “stratelate”).
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 worship idols. When Saint Theodore remained unshaken, the angry ruler ordered that the confessor of Christ be subjected to cruel torture.

Theodore was crucified on the cross, and at night an angel appeared to the martyr, took him down from the cross and completely healed him. The next morning, the servants of Licinius, 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.

Having learned about this, Licinius ordered Saint Theodore to be beheaded, and he died in 319.

Also on this day:

Petrov fast 18th day
- Saint Theodore, Bishop of Rostov and Suzdal
- Finding the relics of the blessed princes Vasily and Konstantin Yaroslavsky

Petrov fast 19th day
- St. Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria
- Venerable Kirill Beloezersky, abbot
- Righteous Alexy of Moscow Mechev
- Venerable Alexander of Kushtsky, abbot

Petrov fast 20th day
- Cathedral of Siberian Saints
- Cathedral of Ryazan Saints
- Saint John (Maximovich), Metropolitan of Tobolsk
- Hieromartyr Timothy, Bishop of Prussia
- Finding the relics of St. Basil, Bishop of Ryazan
- Venerable Silouan, schema-monk of Pechersk

Petrov fast 21st day
- Apostles Bartholomew (Nathanael) and Barnabas (Joseph)
- Venerable Barnabas of Vetluga
- Transfer of the relics of St. Ephraim of Novotorzh, archimandrite
- Icons of the Mother of God: “It is worthy to eat” (Merciful)

Petrov fast 22nd day
- Finding of the relics and second glorification of the blessed princess Anna (monastically Euphrosyne) Kashinskaya
- Venerable Arseny Konevsky
- Venerable Onuphrius and Auxentius of Vologda
- Saints Vassian and Jonah of Pertomin, Solovetsky

Petrov fast 23rd day
- Venerable Andronicus, Abbot and Savva, Moscow
- Saint Triphyllius, Bishop of Leukusia of Cyprus
- Martyr Aquilina the Elder

Cathedral of Diveyevo Saints

The Council of Diveyevo Saints began to be celebrated in 2008 on the initiative of Patriarch Alexy II. The number of saints of God who worked in Diveevo, revered on this day, includes abbess and nuns. The most famous of them are the founder of the monastery, Mother Alexandra (Melgunova), as well as blessed Paraskeva Diveevskaya, who spent about 30 years in caves near Diveevo, carrying out the feat of foolishness, and only the last years of her life found refuge in the monastery. In addition, among the Council, the Monk Seraphim of Sarov, who was the spiritual leader of the monastery, and the holy martyr Seraphim Chichagov, who initiated the canonization of this great saint, and also compiled the chronicle of the Diveyevo Monastery, are also commemorated.

Also on this day:

Petrov fast 24th day
- Prophet Elisha and Saint Methodius, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Blessed Prince Mstislav (in Holy Baptism of George) the Brave, Novgorod
- Venerable Methodius, Abbot of Peshnoshsky

Petrov fast 25th day
- Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, wonderworker
- Prophet Amos
- Reverend Martyrs Gregory, Abbot, and Cassian, of Avnezh
- Blessed Jerome of Stridon
- Transfer of the relics of St. Theodore Sikeot, Bishop of Anastasioupol
- Blessed Prince Lazar of Serbia
- St. Ephraim II, Patriarch of Serbia

Petrov fast 26th day
- St. Tikhon, Bishop of Amathous
- Venerable Tikhon of Medynsky, Kaluga and Tikhon of Lukhovsky, Kostroma Wonderworker
- Transfer of the relics of St. Theophan the Recluse of Vyshensky

Petrov fast 27th day
- Martyrs Manuel, Savel and Ismail.

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Orthodox worship and holidays

The soul is like a traveler crossing a shaky bridge. A helping hand is extended to her from the other shore, but in order to accept this help, the traveler must extend his hand himself. Such a hand, extended towards the forces of Light, is every good choice, every right deed and every bright movement of the soul, including prayer. This is the grain of the answer to the question: why prayer? And why worship? “Prayer” (see) is a solitary conversation of the soul with God or with the forces of Light that create for Him; this is also a state of tenderness, reverence and spiritual delight that covers the heart when contemplating the Beautiful, the High or the Great; this is also the catharsis through which inspiring works of art lift a person’s soul; this is also her participation in the cleansing and uplifting actions of the temple.
What is a ritual?
This is a sacred act, established on the basis of a person’s inner experience, for the sake of gaining help from supersensible light forces or for the sake of preventing hostile influences on him from supersensible dark forces.
What is a sacrament?
This is a sacred act during which the superconscious roots of the human will receive divine grace, that is, they are filled with strength to move towards harmony between the individual and the universe, spirit and flesh, man and the Divine.
Therefore, 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 non-believers, seriously ill people 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) - blessing by the church before God, sanctification of marital ties; .

Historically established worship includes:
1. daily cycle;
2. seven-day circle;
3. fixed annual circle;
4. moving annual circle formed around the holiday of Easter.

The most important public service in Orthodoxy is the Divine Liturgy (in Russia also called “liturgy”), during which the sacrament of the Eucharist is celebrated - 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 exclusive position among the holidays.
(Easter) – April 28, 2019.

Twelfth holidays. In the liturgy of the Orthodox Church there are twelve great holidays of the annual liturgical cycle (except for Easter). They are divided into the Lord's, dedicated to Jesus Christ, and the Theotokos, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. According to the time of celebration, the twelve holidays are divided into fixed (non-transitionable) and mobile (transitionable). The former are constantly celebrated on the same dates of the month, the latter fall on different dates every year, depending on the date of Easter.

Orthodox holidays

Twelfth non-transitionable holidays 2019
LORD'S holidays:
Jan. 7 - .
January 19 -
February, 15 -
August 19 -
September 27 -

Theotokos holidays:
April 7 -
August 28 -
September 21 -
December 4 -

Twelfth moving holidays 2019:
April 21 -
June 6 -
June 16 -

GREAT HOLIDAYS:
January 14 - Circumcision of the Lord;
July 7 - ;
July 12 - Holy Chief Apostles and;

October 14 -

Church one-day fasts:
Wednesday and Friday of the whole year, with the exception of continuous weeks and Christmastide;
January 18 - Epiphany Eve (Epiphany Eve);
September 11 - Beheading of John the Baptist;
September 27 - Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

Days of special remembrance of the dead:
March 2, 2019 - Meat Saturday ( ;
March 23, 2019 - Saturday of the 2nd week of Lent;
March 30, 2019 - Saturday of the 3rd week of Lent;
April 6, 2019 - Saturday of the 4th week of Lent;
May 7, 2019 - ;
May 9 - Commemoration of deceased soldiers;
June 15, 2019 - Trinity Saturday;
November 2, 2019 - Saturday Dimitrievskaya.

Continuous weeks:
Solid week or Omnivore - a week (that is, a week in the church calendar) in which there are no fasts, that is, the church allows the consumption of fast food throughout the week, even on Wednesday and Friday - traditionally fast days.
January 7 - 17 - Christmastide;
February 17-23, 2019 - The Publican and the Pharisee;
March 4-10, 2019 - Cheese ();
April 29 – May 4, 2019 - Easter (Light);
June 16-22, 2019 - Trinity.

Orthodox holidays and memorial days in January 2019:
1st of January -
January 2 -
January 2 -
January 2 - Hieromartyr Ignatius the Theologian
January 2 - Venerable Ignatius, Archimandrite of Pechersk
January 3 - Nativity Fast. Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ.
January 3 - Martyr Juliana and with her 500 husbands and 130 wives, victims in Nicomedia
January 4 - Nativity Fast. Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ.
January 4 - Great Martyr Anastasia the Pattern Maker
January 5 - Nativity Fast. Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ.
January 5 - Sschmch. Basil the presbyter and martyr. Macarius and John
January 6 - Lent. Eve of the Nativity of Christ (Christmas Eve)
Jan. 7 -
January 7 - Adoration of Sts. Magi: Melchior, Gaspar and Belshazzar
January 8 - (no post)
January 8 - Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary
January 9 - Apostol
January 10 - Mchch. 20,000, in Nicomedia in the church of those burned and there outside the church victims
January 11 - 14,000 babies killed by Herod in Bethlehem
January 12 - St. Makaria, Met. 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 - Forefeast of Epiphany.
January 15 - Repose and second discovery of the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov
January 16 - Prophet. Malachi
January 17 - Council of the 70 Apostles
January 18 - Epiphany Eve (Epiphany Eve)
January 18 - Sschmch. Theopempta, bishop Nicomedia, and martyr. Pheons of the Magus
January 19 - (Epiphany)
January 20 - After-Celebration of Epiphany
January 20 - Cathedral of the Baptist and Baptist John
January 21 - St. Gregory, the Wonderworker of Pechersk, in the Near Caves
January 22 - St. Philippa, Metropolitan Moscow and all Russia, miracle worker
January 23 -
January 24 - St. Theodosius the Great, general lives of the chief
January 24 -
January 25 - Martyr Tatiana
January 25 - Icons of the Mother of God, called "Akathist" and "Mammal"
January 26 - Mchch. Ermila and Stratonika
January 27 - Commemoration of the Feast of Epiphany
January 27 - , educators of Georgia
January 28 - Rev. Paul of Thebes and John Kushchnik
January 29 - Worship of the honorable chains of the Apostle Peter
January 29 - Blazh. Maxim, priest of Totemsky
January 30 - St. 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 - St. Efimiya the Great
February 3 - St. Maxim Grek
February 4 - Ap. Timofey
February 4 - Commemoration of all the departed who suffered during the time of persecution for the faith of Christ
February 4 - Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
February 5 - Cathedral of Kostroma Saints
February 5 - , and martyr. Agathangela
February 6 -
February 6 - Venerable Xenia the Roman
February 7 - St. Gregory the Theologian
February 7 - St. Anatoly (senior) Optinsky
February 7 -
February 8 - Rev. Xenophon, his wife Mary and their sons Arkady and John
February 8 - Council of 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 Sschmch. Ignatius the God-Bearer
February 11 - St. Lawrence, recluse of Pechersk, bishop. Turovsky
February 12 - Council of Ecumenical Teachers and Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom
February 13 - St. Nikita, recluse of Pechersk, bishop. Novgorodsky
February 14 - Forefeast of the Presentation of the Lord
February, 15 -
February 15 - Sschmch. Vasily Presbyter, martyr. Mikhail
February 16 - Afterfeast of the Presentation of the Lord
February 16 - Right. Simeon the God-Receiver and Anna the Prophetess
February 17 - Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
February 17 - St. Isidore of Pelusiot
February 17 - Right. Kirill Novoezersky
February 18 - Icons of the Mother of God "Seeking the Lost"
February 18 - Mt. Agathia
February 19 - Rev. 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 - Martyr. Theodore Stratelates
February 22 - Mt. Nikephoros, from Antioch of Syria
February 22 - Finding of the relics of St. Innocent, bishop Irkutsk
February 23 - Cathedral of Novgorod Saints
February 23 - Icons of the Mother of God "Fire-shaped"
February 24 - Week
February 24 - Sschmch. Blasius, ep. Sebastian (c. 316)
February 24 - St. Dmitry Prilutsky
February 25 - Metropolitan. Moscow and all Russia, miracle worker
25 February -
25 February -
February 26 - Shchmchch. Basil and Gabriel presbyters
February 27 - St. Auxentia
February 27 - Equal. Kirill, Slovenian teacher
February 28 - Ap. from 70 Onesimus

Orthodox holidays in March 2019:
March 1 - St. Macarius Met. Moscow and Kolomenskoe
March 2 - Shchmch. Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, wonderworker
March 2 - Meat Saturday (.
March 3 - Meat Week. .
March 3 - St. Leo, Pope
March, 3rd -
March 4 – Cheese Serdmitsa (), Solid Week, no meat
March 4 - App. from 70 Archippus and Philemon and MC. equal to Apphii (I)
5th of March -
March 5 - Blgv. book
March, 6 -
March 7 -
March 8 - Shchmch. Polycarp, bishop Smirnsky
March 8 - St. Polycarp of Bryansk
March 9 - To all the reverend fathers who shone in feat (movable celebration)
March 9 - First (IY) and second (452)
March 10 - Cheese Week. Remembering Adam's Exile
10th of March - . Conspiracies for Great Lent.
March 10 - St. Tarasiya, archbishop. of Constantinople
March 10 - Shchmch. Alexander the Presbyter, Primts. Mstislavs
March 11 - Beginning of Lent. Clean Monday
March 11 - St. Porfiria, Archbishop. Gazsky
March 11 - St. Sevastian Poshekhonsky
March 12 - St. Procopius Decapolita, Spanish.
March 13 - St. Vasily Spanish
March 14th -
March 14 - Mchch. Nestor and Trivimia
March 15th -
March 15th -
March 16 - (movable celebration on Saturday of the 1st week of Lent)
March 16 -
March 17 - 1st Week of Lent. Triumph of Orthodoxy
March 17 - Parent's Saturday. Remembrance of the Dead
March 1 - Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus (rolling celebration during the 1st Sunday of Great Lent)
March 17 - Blessed
March 18 - 2nd week of Lent
18th of March -
March 19 - Queen Helena in Jerusalem
March 19 - Icons of the Mother of God "Czestochowa" and "Blessed Heaven"
March 20 - Icons of the Mother of God "Support of Sinners"
March 21 - St. Theophylact of Spain, bishop. Nicomedia
March 22 - Saints
March 23 - Ecumenical Parental Saturday of the 2nd week of Lent. March 23 - Mchch. Codratus of Nicomedia, Satorinus, Rufinus and others (III).
March 24 - 2nd Sunday of Lent
March 4 - Ven. Eugene and Macarius Confessors, Presbyters of Antioch
March 24 - St. Euphemia, Archbishop. Novgorod, miracle worker
March 25 - 3rd week of Lent
March 25 - Lydda, not made by hands (on a pillar) icon of the Mother of God
March 26 - Transfer of the relics of St. Nikifor, Patr. of Constantinople
March 27 -
March 28 - Shchmch. Alexy presbytera
March 29 - St. Christodoulus the Wonderworker of Patmos.
March 30 - Ecumenical Parental Saturday of the 3rd week of Lent
March 30 - St. Alexy, man of God
March 31 - St. Kirill, Archbishop. Jerusalem
March 31 - 3rd Week of Lent. Cross veneration

Orthodox holidays in April 2019:
April 1 - 4th week of Lent, Worship of the Cross
April 1 - Govt. Sofia, book. Slutskaya
April 1 - Icons of the Mother of God
April 2 - St. Euphrosynus of Sinozersky, Novgorod
April 3 - St. Thomas, Patr. of Constantinople
April 4 - Izborsk Icon of the Mother of God
April 5 - Prmch. Nikon ep. and 199 of his disciples
April 6 - Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
April 6 - Ecumenical Parental Saturday of the 4th week of Lent
April 7 - Week 4 of Lent. St. John Climacus
April 7 -
April 7 - Icons of the Annunciation of the Mother of God - Moscow (XVI) and Kyiv.
April 8 - 5th week of Lent
April 8 - Cathedral of the Archangel Gabriel
April 9 - Mts. Matrona of Solunskaya
April 10 - St. Stephen the Wonderworker, Spanish, Abbot of Triglia
April 11 - St. Eustathia isp., ep. Bithynian
April 12 - St. John Climacus, abbot of Sinai
April 13 - (movable celebration)
April 13 -
14th of April - 5th week of Lent
April 14 - St. Mary of Egypt
April 15 - 6th week of Lent (vai)
April 15 - St. Titus the Wonderworker
April 16 -
April 17 - Icon of the Mother of God called
April 17 – Icon of the Mother of God called .
April 18 - Transfer of the relics of St. Job, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'
April 19 - St. Equal to the Apostles. Methodius, Archbishop. Moravian, first teacher of the Slavs
April 20 - Byzantine icon of the Mother of God.
20 April -
April 21 - Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. Week of Vai, 6th of Lent. .
April 22 - Holy Week.
April 22 - Mt. Eupsychia
April 23 - Mchch. Terentia, Pompius, Africanus, Maximus, Zenon, Alexander, Theodore
April 23 - Holy Week.
April 24 - Shchmch. Antipas, bishop Pergamum 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 Constantinople
April 25 - Holy Week. . Memories of the Last Supper.
April 26 - Shchmch. Artemon, presbyter of Laodicea
April 26 - Holy Week. Remembering the Passion of the Lord.
April 27 -
April 27 -
April 27 - . Descent into hell.
April 28 - App. from 70 Aristarchus, Pud and Trofimus
April 28 - Shchmch. Sergius the Presbyter
April 28 - EASTER. END OF GREAT LENT.
April 29 – May 4 - The post is canceled.
April 29 - .
April 29 -

April 30 - (movable celebration on Tuesday of Holy Week)
April 30 - Finding of the relics of St. Alexander Svirsky (1641)

Orthodox holidays in May 2019:
1st of May -
May 1 - (rolling celebration on Wednesday of Holy Week)
May 2 -
May 2 - St. John of the Old Cave
May 3 - Mt. baby Gabriel of Slutsky (Bialystok)
May 3 - Icon of the Mother of God "Pochaevskaya" (movable celebration on Friday of Bright Week)
May 3 - Easter blessing of water in churches. Commemoration of the renewal (consecration) of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Life-Giving Source in Constantinople.
May 4 - Sschmch. John the Presbyter
May 5 - St. Theodora Sikeota, bishop. Anastasiopolsky
5 May - 2nd week of Easter, Antipascha or St. Thomas.
May 5 - Icon of the Mother of God called "Sweet Kiss" (celebration on the Sunday of Antipascha)
the 6th of May -
May 7 -
May 7 -
May 8 -
May 9 - St. Stephen, bishop Velikopermsky
May 9 - Commemoration of deceased soldiers
May 10 - Ap. and sschmch. Simeon, bishop Jerusalem, relative of the Lord
May 11 - St. Kirill, Bishop of Turov
May 12 - St. Memnon the Wonderworker
May 12 - Blgv. Tamara, Queen of Georgia (rolling celebration of the Week of Myrrh-Bearing Women)
12 May - 3rd week of 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 Blessed Virgin Mary. knn. And
May 15 -
May 16 - Mt. Pavel Vilniussky
May 17 - Old Russian Icon of the Mother of God
May 18 -
May 19 - Govt. Job the Long-Suffering
May 19 - 4th Sunday of Easter, about the paralytic
May 20 - Remembrance of the appearance in heaven of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem
May 20 -
May 21st -
May 22 - Transfer of relics from Myra Lycia to Bar
May, 23rd -
May 24 - Equal App. Methodius and Cyril, Slovenian teachers
May 25 - Shchmch. Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', wonderworker
May 26 - 5th Sunday of Easter, about the Samaritan
May 26 - Mts. Glyceria the maiden and the martyr with her. Laodicea, jailer
May 27 - Mt. Isidora
May 28 - St. Pachomius the Great
May 29 - Transfer of the relics of St. Ephraim of Perekom, Novgorod miracle worker
May 29 - St. Theodore the Sanctified
May 30 - St. Euphrosyne, in the world of Evdokia, led. book Moscow
May 31 - Memory of the Holy Fathers of the Seven Ecumenical Councils.

Orthodox holidays in June 2019:
June 1st - .
June 2 - Mchch. Falalea, Alexandra and Asteria
may 13 -
June 3 - Celebration
June 3 - Equal App. Tsar Constantine and his mother Queen Helena
June 4 - Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council
June 4 - Pskov-Pechersk Icon of the Mother of God, called “Supportress of Sinners”
June 5 - St. Euphrosyne, princess and abbess of Polotsk
June 6 - Venerable Simeon the Stylite
June 6 -
June 6 -
June 7 -
June 8 - Mchch. Averkiya and Elena
June 9 - Righteous John the Russian
May 20 - 7th Sunday of Easter, Fathers I Sun. Cathedral
June 10 - St. Elena Diveevskaya
June 11 -
June 12 - Mt. Natalia
June 13 - Mt. Ermia Komansky
June 14 -
June 15 - Kiev-Brotherly Icon of the Mother of God
June 15 - Trinity Parents' Saturday
June 16 - . Pentecost.
June 16 - Transfer of the relics of the Blgv. Tsarevich Dimitri from Uglich to Moscow
June 17 - St. Mitrophan, 1st Patriarch of Constantinople
June 17 - Holy Spirit Day. 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 - Shchmch. Theodotus of Ancyra
June 20 -
June 21 - Martyr. Theodore Stratelates
June 22 - St. Kirill, abbot of Beloezersky
June 23 - Cathedral of Ryazan Saints. Cathedral of Siberian Saints
June 23 - 1st Sunday after Pentecost. All saints. Order for Petrov fast (meat fast)
June 24 - Beginning of Peter's Lent
June 24 - Icons of the Mother of God “It is Worthy to Eat” (“Merciful”)
June 25 - St. Onuphrius the Great
June 26 - Mts. Akilina
June 27 - Cathedral of Diveyevo Saints
June 28 - Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', miracle worker
June 29 - St. Tikhon Lukhovsky, Kostroma Wonderworker
June 29 - St. Tikhon, bishop Amafuntsky
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 Rus'
July 3 - St. Mina, Bishop of Polotsk
July 3 - Sschmch. Methodius, bishop Patarsky
July 4 - Mt. Julian of Tarsus
July 5 - Sschmch. Eusebius, bishop Samosatsky
July 6 - . .
July 7 - 3rd Sunday after Pentecost. Cathedral of Belarusian Saints
July 7 -
July 8 - Blgvv.
July 8 -
July 9 - Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God
July 10 - St. Martin Turovsky
July 10 -
July 11 - Rev. Sergius and Herman, Valaam wonderworkers
July 12 - End of Peter's Fast
July 12 - Glorious and all-validated chief apostles and
July, 12 -
July 13 -
July 14 - 4th Sunday after Pentecost. Cathedral of the Reverend Fathers of Pskov-Pechersk
July 14 - Unmercenary Cosmas and Damian, victims in Rome
July 15 - Position of the honorable robe of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Blachernae
July 16 - Transfer of the relics of St. Philippa, Metropolitan Wonderworker of Moscow and all Russia
July 17 - Memory of St. Royal Martyrs: Tsar-Martyr Nicholas II
July 18 - Finding of relics
July 19 -
July 19 - Finding the relics of rights. Virgin Juliana, book. Olshanskaya
July 20 - St. Foma, Maleina
July 21 - Apparition
21 July -
July 22 - Sschmch. Pankratia, ep. Tavromensky
July 23 - Position of the honorable robe of the Lord Jesus Christ in Moscow
July 24 - Equal. Olga, lead. book Russian, in Holy Baptism of Helena
July 24 - Rudny Icon of the Mother of God.
July 25 -
July 26 - Cathedral of the Archangel Gabriel
July 27 -
July 28 - Equal. . .
July 29 - Cathedral of Russian Wonderworkers
July 29 - Blzh. confession Matrona (Belyakova), Anemnyasevskaya, Spanish.
June 10 - 2nd Sunday after Pentecost. All Russian Saints
July 30 - VMC. Marinas (Margaritas)
July 31 - .

Orthodox holidays and memorial days in August 2019:
August 1 - Finding of the relics of St. miracle worker.
August 2 - .
August 2 - Finding of the relics of the great saint. Afanasy of Brest
August 3 - Sschmch. Peter the Presbyter
August 4 -
5th of August -
August 6 - Mts. Christina. Mchch. blgvv. knn. And
August 7 - Assumption, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary
August 8 - Shchmchch. Hermolai, Hermippos and Hermocrates, priests of Nicomedia
August 9 - Great Patriotic War. and healer Panteleimon
August 10 - Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, called “Hodegetria” (Guide Book)
August 11 - Mt. Callinika
August 12 - St. Anatoly Otptinsky
August 13 - Right. Evdokima Cappadocian
August 14 - Beginning of the Dormition Fast
August 14 -
August 14 - Feast of the All-Merciful Savior. .
August 15 - .
August 16 - Rev. Isaac, Dalmata and Favsta
August 17 - Seven Youths of Ephesus
August 18 - Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
August 19 -
August 20 - After the Celebration of the Transfiguration
August 20 - Finding of relics
August 21 - St. Emilian the Confessor, Bishop. Kizichesky
August 22 - Apostle Matthias. Cathedral of Solovetsky Saints.
August 23 - Blzh. Lavrenty, Christ for the sake of the holy fool, Kaluga
August 24 - Mt. Archdeacon Eupla
August 25 - Mchch. Photius and Anicetas and many with them
August 26 - Commemoration of the Feast of the Transfiguration.
August 26 - Repose, second discovery of the relics of St. Tikhon, bishop Voronezh, Zadonsk miracle worker.
August 26 - Icons of the Mother of God of Minsk, Semistrelnaya, Passionate.
August 27 - Forefeast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
August 27 - Transfer of the relics of St. Theodosius of Pechersk.
August 28 - End of the Assumption Lent.
August 28 -
August 29 - Afterfeast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
August 29 –
August 29 - Transfer of the Image of Jesus Christ Not Made by Hands from Edessa to Constantinople.
August 30 - Mt. Myron the presbyter
August 31 -

Orthodox holidays and memorial days in September 2019:
September 1 - and with it 2593 martyrs
September 1 - Donskaya Icon of the Mother of God
September 2 - Prophet Samuel
September 3 - St. Abraham, miracle worker. Smolensky
September 4 - Memorial Day of the Georgian Icon of the Mother of God
September 5 - Celebration of the Feast of the Assumption
September 6 - Sschmch. Eutychius, student of St. John the Evangelist
September 7 - Transfer of the relics of St. Bartholomew
8 September -
September 9 - St. Pimen the Great
September 10 - St. Moisey Murin
11 September - .
12-th of September - .
September 13 - Position of the honorable belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
September 14 - Beginning of the indictment - the church new year. St. Simeon the Stylite and his mother Martha
September 15th -
September 16 - John Vlasaty, Rostov Wonderworker
September 17 -
September 18 - Prophet. Zechariah and rights. Elizabeth, parents of St. John the Baptist
September 18 - Prmch. Afanasy of Brest
September 19 - Remembrance of the miracle of Archangel Michael in Khoneh
September 20 - Forefeast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 21 -
September 21 - Icons of Sophia, the Wisdom of God (Kyiv)
September 22nd -
September 23 - Mtsts. Minodora, Mitrodora and Nymphodora
September 24 - Kaplunovskaya Icon of the Mother of God.
September 26 - Forefeast of the Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord.
September 26 - Commemoration of the renovation (consecration) of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem (Resurrection)
September 27 - .
September 27 - Lesninskaya Icon of the Mother of God
September 28 - Novonikitsk Icon of the Mother of God
September 29 -
September 30 - Mtsts. Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia

Orthodox holidays and memorial days in October 2019:
October 1 - Icon of the Mother of God of Molchenskaya (“Healer”), Starorusskaya
October 2 - Mchch. Trophima, Savvatiya and Dorimedonta
October 3 - Great Patriotic War. Eustathia Placida, his wife Theopistia and their children
October 4 - Finding of the relics of St. Dimitry of Rostov
October 5 - Cathedral of Tula Saints
October 6 - Conception of the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John
October 7 - First Day. equal to Thekla
October 8 - Repose of St. Sergius, abbot of Radonezh
October 9 - Death of St. and Evangelist John the Theologian
October 10 - St. Savvaty Solovetsky
October 11 - St. Chariton the Confessor
October 12 - St. Cyriacus the hermit
October 13 - Sschmch. Gregory Bishop, Enlightener of Greater Armenia
October 14 -
October 14 - St. Roman Sladkopevets
October 15 - Sshmch. Cyprian and MC. Justina
October 16 - Shchmchch. Dionysius the Areopagite, bishop. of Athens, Rusticus the presbyter and Eleutherius the deacon
October 17 - Sschmch. Hierothea, bishop Athens
October 18 - Mts. Kharitins
October 19 - Thomas the Apostle
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 - St. Ambrose of Optina. Cathedral of Volyn Saints
October 24 - 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 Philermos Icon of the Mother of God and the gum of the hand of John the Baptist.
October 26 - Iveron Icon of the Mother of God.
October 27 - Mchch. Nazaria, Gervasia, Protasia, Kelsia
October 28 - Council of the 23 Belarusian New Martyrs
28 of October -
October 29 - Mt. Longinus the centurion, like those at the Cross of the Lord
October 30 - Mchch. the unmercenary Cosmas and Damian of Arabia. Icons of the Mother of God “Before Christmas and after Christmas the Virgin” and “Deliverer”
October 31 -

Orthodox holidays and memorial days in November 2019:
Nov. 1 -
November 2 - Martyr. Artemia
November 3 - Sshmch. Pavlina, Archbishop Mogilevsky
November 4 -
November 5 - , Brother of the Lord. St. Elisha Lavrishevsky.
November 6 - Icons of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”
November 7 - Dimitrievskaya parents' Saturday. Remembrance of the dead.
November 7 - Right. Tabitha
November 8 -
November 9 - St. Nestor the Chronicler
November 10 - St. Job, abbot of Pochaev. St. Demetrius, Met. Rostovsky.
November 11 - Prmts. Anastasia Romanyni
November 12 -
November 13 - Mt. Epimachus of Alexandria
November 14 - Unmercenary and miracle workers Cosmas and Damian of Asia and their mothers
15th of November -
November 16 - Memorial Day of the Holy Princess Anna Vsevolodovna
November 17 - St. Ioannicia the Great
November 18 - Memorial Day of St. Jonah, Archbishop of Novgorod
November 19 - St. Paul, Archbishop of Constantinople
November 20 - Icons of the Mother of God “Leaping”
November 21 - Council of the Archangel Michael and other Ethereal Heavenly Powers
November 22 -
November 22 is the birthday of Matrona of Moscow
November 23 - Prmch. Nifont and martyr. Alexandra
November 24 - Martyr. Mines. St. Theodora Studite.
November 25 - Icons of the Mother of God “Merciful”
November 26 - Memorial Day of St. John Chrysostom
November 27 - . Order for the Nativity (Filippov) Fast
November 28 - Martyrs and Confessors of Guria, Samon and Aviv
November 28 - Beginning of the Nativity Fast
29th of November -
November 30 - St. Gregory the Wonderworker, bishop. Neocaesarea

Orthodox holidays and memorial days 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 - Forefeast of the Entry into the Temple of the Blessed Virgin Mary
December 4 -
December 5 - Memorial Day of the Holy Blessed Prince Mikhail of Tverskoy
December 6 - Remembrance Day of the Blgv. led book Alexander Nevsky
December 7 - VMC. Catherine
December 8 - Celebration of the Feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
December 9 - St. Innocent, bishop Irkutsk
December 10 - Icons of the Mother of God “The Sign”
December 11 - Holy Martyr and Confessor Stephen the New
December 12 - Mt. Paramona and with him 370 martyrs
December 13 - Apostle Andrew the First-Called
December 14 - Right. Philaret the Merciful
December 15 - Prophet. Habakkuk
December 16 - St. Savva Storozhevsky
December 17 - VMC. Barbarians. St. John of Damascus
December 18 - St. Savva the Sanctified
December 19 - St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, wonderworker
December 20 - St. Neil Stolobensky
December 21 - St. Patapia
December 22 - Conception of rights. Anna of the Blessed Virgin Mary
December 23 - St. Joasapha, bishop Belgorodsky
December 24 - St. Daniel the Stylite
December 25 - St. Spyridon, ep. Trimifuntsky, the miracle worker
December 26 - Mchch. Eustratia, Auxentia, Eugenia, Mardaria and Orestes
December 27 - Mchch. Thirsa, Leucia and Callinice
December 28 - Memorial Day of St. Paul of Latria
December 29 - Memorial Day of the Prophet Haggai
December 30 - Prophet. Daniel and three youths: Ananias, Azariah and Mishael.
December 31 - Celebration of rights. Simeon of Verkhoturye.

Whose name day is in June? What Orthodox holidays take place in June? You can see a detailed list of all female and male names by date in this article!

Name day in June (what to name boys and girls in June)

Name days in June:

1 – Alexander, Anastasia, Anton, Valentin, Vasily, Victor, Georgy, Dmitry, Ivan, Ignatius, Ippolit, Korniliy, Maxim, Matvey, Mitrofan, Mikhail, Nikolay, Pavel, Sergey.

2 – Alexander, Alexey, 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 – Gregory, Ivan, Ksenia, Nikita, Semyon, Stepan, Fedor.

7 – Elena, Ivan, Innocent, Fedor.

8 – Alexander, Georgy, Elena, Ivan, Karp, Makar.

9 – Anastasia, David, Ivan, Jonah, Leonid, Leonty, Nil, Peter, Fedora, 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 – Afanasy, Denis, Dmitry, Lukyan, Mikhail, Pavel, Julian.

17 -Ivan, Maria, Martha, Methodius, Mitrofan, Nazar, Peter, Sophia.

18 – Igor, Jonah, Konstantin, Leonid, Mark, Mikhail, Nikandr, Nikolai, Peter, Fedor.

19 – Vissarion, George, Hilarion, Jonah, Susanna, Thekla.

20 – Alexander, Alexey, Anton, Afanasy, Valentin, Valeria, Veniamin, Victor, Vladimir, Gregory, Zinaida, Ivan, Ignatius, Lev, Maria, Mikhail, Nikolay, Pavel, Peter, Stepan, Taras, Fedot.

21 – Vasily, Ephraim, Konstantin, Fedor.

22 – Alexander, Alexey, Ivan, Kirill, Maria, Martha, Thekla.

23 – Alexander, Alexey, Antonina, Vasily, Ivan, Nikolai, Nikon, Pavel, Timofey, Feofan.

24 – Varlam, Bartholomew, Ephraim, Mary.

25 – Andrey, Anna, Arseny, Ivan, Jonah, Peter, Stepan, Timofey, Julian.

26 – Akulina, Alexander, Alexandra, Andrey, Andronik, Anna, Antonina, Daniil, Dmitry, Ivan, Pelageya, Savva, Yakov.

27 – Alexander, Varlam, George, Elisha, Joseph, Methodius, Mstislav, Nikolai, Pavel.

28 – Gregory, Ephraim, Jonah, Kasyan, Lazar, Mikhail, Modest, Fedor.

29 – Ephraim, Constantine, Michael, Moses, Nikephoros, Peter, Tikhon, Theophanes.

30 – Joseph, Cyril, Clement, Maxim, Nikander, Nikita, Pelageya, Philip.

Many citizens of our country consider themselves Orthodox Christians. They honor the traditions of their ancestors and celebrate Orthodox holidays. They will probably be interested to know what church holidays will be in May 2018.

Important church events in May

In the last month of spring, all Orthodox Christians 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 remembrance of the dead:

09.05.18	Day of Remembrance of Dead Soldiers
26.05.18	Trinity Saturday

From 05.28.18 to 06.03.18, a continuous Trinity Week will take place. It is notable for the fact that there will be no need to fast on Friday and Wednesday.

Ascension of the Lord

This holiday is widely known to all Orthodox Christians in Russia. It is always celebrated on Thursday, so it occurs on the fortieth day from Easter Sunday. In 2018, the holiday falls on May 17, 2018.

In different places this celebration has different names:

Saved;
Spasov day;
Ascension Day;
Ascension.
In the church calendar it is listed as the Ascension of the Lord.

Very often it is associated with farewell to spring.
When this day is mentioned, some moments associated with this celebration are immediately remembered:

funeral bread;
solemn worship in churches;
"Heavenly stairs";
commemoration of the dead;
funeral pancakes, etc.

This day belongs to the twelve holidays and is celebrated not only in Russia, but also in Europe. This holiday reminds us of how the Son of God ascended to heaven about two thousand years ago. The 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 arrived, he asked them to gather in the ancient city of Jerusalem. In the presence of his apostles, he ascended again into heaven. True, after this, two angels descended from heaven, dressed all in white. They told the students that their teacher would definitely return. In fact, the Gospels of Mark and Luke tell us that Jesus told his disciples about his Ascension in advance.

Until the end of the fourth century, Trinity and 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. All churches perform the rite of commemoration of the Holy Resurrection. The service lasts all night. The clergy read the stichera of the Colored Triodion. In the morning, paremias from the Gospel of Mark are heard. The following days are called after-feast. In churches, priests glorify the Ascension of the Savior into heaven. On Friday the Ascension ceremony takes place. From Easter until Ascension, the clergy wear white robes.

Among other actions on this day, it is customary to remember the deceased. In Russia, there used to be a tradition - housewives made “heavenly ladders” from dough so that deceased relatives could more easily get to heaven. It was customary to bring them to the graves of their ancestors. Sometimes they were taken directly to the field. It was believed that this contributed to a good harvest. The ladders helped the grain rise to the sky faster.

Also in Rus' there was a tradition of baking “Christ’s Lapotki” - these are pancakes made in a special way. Ancient legends said that Jesus goes around all believers between Easter and Ascension. These culinary products were baked “for him.”

You are not allowed to work on Ascension. Usually believers go to visit or invite the closest people to their home.

Even on this day there was a tradition of helping 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 was walking among living people under the guise of a beggar.

Signs for the Ascension

Day of the Holy Trinity

Also refers to the twelve feasts. It has a moving date and is celebrated on the fiftieth day from Easter Sunday. In 2018, the holiday falls on 05/27/18, Sunday.

This celebration has special features:

decorating homes with flowers, tree branches and field herbs;
special worship service;
blessing of water;
baking special flour products, 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, declaring 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 Easter Sunday, the Holy Spirit descended on the mother of Jesus and his disciples. This happened in Jerusalem in the Upper Room of Zion. First, everyone present heard an extraordinary noise, then the Holy Fire appeared. After these events, the followers of Jesus began to be able to speak different languages. At the behest of God, this was done so that the apostles could carry Christian teaching to different peoples living on Earth.

How Trinity is celebrated in Russia

This holiday is celebrated for three days. Temples and homes of believers are decorated with green tree branches, meadow herbs and flowers. The clergy wear green clothes, which personify life-giving.

Church services begin on Saturday and continue throughout the night. On Trinity itself a solemn liturgy sounds. The third day is dedicated to the Holy Spirit. During the service, the water is blessed.

Parishioners dry the blessed branches, flowers and herbs and use them as a talisman throughout the year.

On Trinity days, in addition to churches, Christians must visit the graves of their ancestors in order to treat the spirits.

Before the holiday, general cleaning is done. Housewives decorate their homes with a variety of greenery and prepare festive dishes. Among them there must be a loaf, which should bring prosperity and well-being to the house.

After the church and cemetery, it is time for folk festivities. First, family, relatives and friends gather around a round table to congratulate each other on the Trinity and taste the hostess’s festive dishes. After the meal, the people go outside into nature, where they dance and sing ritual songs. In some places it is customary to light a fire at this time.

On this day, healers collect herbs. These days they are believed to have special healing properties.

Even on Trinity Day, it is customary to tell fortunes. Young girls perform all sorts of rituals and tell fortunes about their future life and groom. In doing so, they use collected herbs and tree branches.

On Trinity you cannot:

work and do household chores;
sew, wash and cut hair;
swear and quarrel;
swim in natural reservoirs. They say that these days there are mermen, mermaids and other evil spirits there.

Signs of the Trinity

Complete church calendar for May 2018

May 1, Tuesday
St. John of Thessalonica (Thessaloniki), disciple of St. Gregory Dekapolite
May 2, Wednesday
Venerable John Palaeolavrite of the Ancient Cave, hieromonk
Blessed Matrona of Moscow
May 3, Thursday
Venerable Theodore Trikhina
Venerable Alexander Oshevensky, abbot
Martyr of the Child Gabriel of Bialystok
May 4, Friday
Discovery of the relics of St. Theodore of Sanaksar
Hieromartyr Iannuarius, Bishop of Benevento, and with him the martyrs Proculus, Sossius, Faustus, deacons, Disiderius, reader, Eutyches, Akution
May 5, Saturday
Venerable Theodore Sikeot, Bishop of Anastasioupol
Transfer of the relics of the blessed Prince Vsevolod (at the Baptism of Gabriel) of Novgorod, Pskov wonderworker
Apostle Bartholomew (Nathanael), apostles of the 70 Luke and Clement
Venerable Vitaly of Alexandria
May 6, Sunday
Great Martyr George the Victorious
Martyr of Queen Alexandra of Rome
Iveron Icon of the Mother of God
May 7, Monday
Martyr Sava Stratilates and with him 70 soldiers
Venerable Savva of Pechersk, and Alexy, the recluse of Pechersk
May 8, Tuesday
Apostle and Evangelist Mark (John)
Venerable Sylvester of Obnor
May 9, Wednesday
Commemoration of deceased warriors
Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of Amasia
Saint Stephen, Bishop of Perm (Velikoperm)
Venerable Ioannikis of Devichensky
Righteous Glafira Virgin
May 10, Thursday
Apostle of the 70 Simeon of Jerusalem, relative of the Lord
Venerable Stephen, Abbot of Pechersk, Bishop of Vladimir-Volyn
May 11, Friday
Apostles from the 70 Jason, Sosipater, the virgin martyr of Kerkyra and others who suffered with them
Martyrs Dada, Maximus and Quintilian
Saint Cyril, Bishop of Turov
May 12, Saturday
Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus
Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker, Abbot of Egypt
Saint Basil of Ostrog, Metropolitan
May 13, Sunday
Apostle James Zebedee
Discovery of the relics of St. Nikita, recluse of Pechersk, Bishop of Novgorod
Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov), Bishop of the Caucasus
Saint Donatus, Bishop of Europe
May 14, Monday
Prophet Jeremiah
Venerable Paphnutius Borovsky, abbot
Hieromartyr Macarius, Metropolitan of Kyiv
Blessed Tamara, Queen of Georgia
Venerable Martyrs of Athonite Euthymius, Ignatius, Akakios
May 15, Tuesday
Saint Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria (373)
Transfer of the relics of the martyrs of the blessed princes Boris (in the Holy Baptism of Roman) and Gleb (in the Holy Baptism of David)
Saint Athanasius Seated, Patriarch of Constantinople, Wonderworker of Lubensk
Blessed and Equal-to-the-Apostles Tsar Boris (in Holy Baptism of Michael)
May 16, Wednesday
Martyr Timothy and Martyr Maura
Venerable Theodosius, abbot of Kiev-Pechersk
May 17, Thursday
Ascension of the Lord
Martyr Pelagia the Virgin of Tarsus
Saints Nikita (Nifont), Cyril, Nikifor, Clement, Isaac, brothers Alfanov (Sokolnitsky) in Novgorod
May 18, Friday
Great Martyr Irene of Macedonia
Discovery of the relics of St. Jacob of Zheleznoborovsk
May 19, Saturday
Righteous Job the Long-Suffering
Venerable Micah of Radonezh
Martyr Vukashin Jasenovac
Martyr Barbara of Lukan, former robber
May 20, Sunday
Remembrance of the appearance in heaven of the Lord's Cross in Jerusalem
Martyr Akakios, centurion
Venerable Nile of Sorsky
May 21, Monday
Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
Venerable Arseny the Great
Venerable Arseny the Hardworking and Pimen the Faster, Pechersk
May 22, Tuesday
Prophet Isaiah
Martyr Christopher of Lycia
Transfer of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Venerable Shio (Simeon) of Mgvimsky
Venerable Joseph of Optina
May 23, Wednesday
Apostle Simon the Zealot
Saint Simon of Pechersk, Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal
Blessed Simon, Christ for the sake of the holy fool, Yuryevetsky
May 24, Thursday
Equal to the Apostles Methodius and Cyril, Slovenian teachers
Hieromartyr Mokiya
Hieromartyr Joseph, Metropolitan of Astrakhan
Saint Nicodemus, Archbishop of Serbia
Venerable Sophrony of Pechersk, recluse
May 25, Friday
Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, wonderworker
Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus
Saint Herman, Patriarch of Constantinople
Venerable Dionysius of Radonezh, Archimandrite
May 26, Saturday
Saturday Trinity
Martyr Glyceria virgin and with her, martyr Laodicea of Heraclea, prison guard
Transfer of the relics of the Venerable Martyr Macarius of Kanevsky, Abbot of Pinsk, Pereyaslavl Wonderworker
Martyr Alexander of Rome
May 27, Sunday
Trinity Day (Pentecost)
Martyr Isidore of Chios
Blessed Isidore, Christ for the Fool's Sake, Rostov Wonderworker
Saint Nikita, recluse of Pechersk, Bishop of Novgorod

May 28, Monday
Trinity Week 1 day
Venerable Pachomius the Great
Saint Isaiah, Bishop of Rostov, wonderworker
Blessed Tsarevich Dimitri of Uglich and Moscow
Venerable Euphrosynus and his disciple, Serapion, of Pskov
May 29, Tuesday
Trinity Week Day 2
Venerable Theodore the Sanctified, abbot
Transfer of the relics of St. Ephraim of Perekom, abbot, Novgorod wonderworker
May 30, Wednesday
Trinity Week Day 3
Apostle Andronicus of the 70 and Saint Junia (Junia)
Venerable Euphrosyne (in nuns Evdokia), Grand Duchess of Moscow
May 31, Thursday
Trinity Week Day 4
Memory of the Holy Fathers of the Seven Ecumenical Councils
Martyr Theodotus Korchemnik and seven virgins, martyrs Alexandra, Tecusa, Claudia, Faina, Euphrasia, Matrona and Julia
Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Andrew, Paul and Martyr Christina

If you want to always be aware of upcoming Orthodox celebrations, keep the church calendar handy. Here are collected all the holidays, memorable dates, data on multi-day and one-day fasts that the church respects and values.

Find out more about everyone church holidays in June 2017 to understand how the Orthodox Church “breathes” and lives.

It is not difficult to observe the traditions and laws of Christianity; on the contrary, 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, wonderworker of Komel.
Memorial Day of the Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy.

June 2, 2017 (Friday)

Celebration of the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord.
Finding the relics of St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia, wonderworker.
Martyrs Alexander, Thalalea and Asterius.

June 3, 2017 (Saturday)

All Souls' Day or Trinity Day (Saturday)
Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God.
Equal to the Apostles Tsar Constantine and his mother Queen Helena.
Blessed Prince Constantine (Yaroslav) and his children Mikhail and Theodore, Murom miracle workers.

June 4, 2017 (Sunday)

Pentecost or Trinity Day.
Memorial Day of the Martyr Basilisk.
Martyr John Vladimir, Prince of Serbia.

June 5, 2017 (Monday)

Holy Spirit Day (Spirit Day).
Discovery of the relics of St. Leontius, Bishop of Rostov.
Celebration of the Cyprus and Tupichevskaya icons of the Mother of God.
Memorial Day of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk.

June 6, 2017 (Tuesday)

Glorification of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg.
Venerable Nikita, Stylite of Pereslavl.
Venerable Simeon the Stylite on Divnaya Mountain.

June 7, 2017 (Wednesday)

III Finding 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 King Selim of Turkey.
Memorial Day of the Apostles from the 70th Carp and Alpheus.
Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God, Helper of Sinners.
Trinity Week - First Week after Pentecost.

June 9, 2017 (Friday)

Finding the relics of St. Neil of Stolobensky.
Hieromartyr Ferapont.
Righteous John the Russian.
Trinity Week - First Week after Pentecost.

June 10, 2017 (Saturday)

Celebration of the Feast of Pentecost.
Saint Ignatius, Bishop of Rostov.
Venerable Elena Diveevskaya.
Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God “Thy Womb Was the 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 Voino-Yasenetsky.
Virgin Martyr Theodosius.

June 12, 2017 (Monday)

Peter's Fast or Apostolic Fast.
Memorial Day of St. Isaac.
Hieromartyr Vasily of Smolensk.

June 13, 2017 (Tuesday)

Apostle from seventy Hermas.
Martyr Philosopher of Alexandria.
Icons of the Mother of God of Lugansk and the Unbreakable Wall.
Martyr Hermias of Koman.

June 14, 2017 (Wednesday)

Glorification of the Holy Righteous John of Kronstadt.
Venerable Dionysius, abbot of Glushitsky.

June 15, 2017 (Thursday)

Great Martyr John the New, Sochava.
Kiev-Brotherly Icon of the Mother of God.

June 16, 2017 (Friday)

Memorial Day of St. Varlaam of Khutyn.
Transfer of the relics of the blessed Tsarevich Dimitri from Uglich to Moscow.

June 17, 2017 (Saturday)

Venerable Methodius, abbot of Peshnoshsky.
Saint Mitrophan, the first Patriarch of Constantinople.

June 18, 2017 (Sunday)

Blessed Prince Theodore Yaroslavich of Novgorod, who was the brother of Saint Alexander Nevsky.
Igor's Icon of the Mother of God.
Second Sunday after Pentecost.

June 19, 2017 (Monday)

Venerable Vissarion, Egyptian miracle worker.
Saint Jonah, Bishop of Great Perm.
Pimenovskaya Icon of the Mother of God.

June 20, 2017 (Tuesday)

Holy Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra.

June 21, 2017 (Wednesday)

Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates.
Saint Theodore, Bishop of Rostov.
Icons of the Mother of God Uryupinsk, Yaroslavl, Kirillo-Belozersk.

June 22, 2017 (Thursday)

Saint Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria.
Venerable Kirill, abbot of Beloezersk.

June 23, 2017 (Friday)

Cathedral of Siberian Saints.
Cathedral of Ryazan Saints.
Discovery of 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 Onuphrius the Great.
Venerable Peter of Athos
Third Sunday after Pentecost.

June 26, 2017 (Monday)

Martyrs Aquilina.
Venerable Alexandra Diveevskaya.
Saint Triphyllius, Bishop of Leukusia of Cyprus.

June 27, 2017 (Tuesday)

Cathedral of Diveyevo Saints.
Prophet Elisha.
Saint Methodius, Patriarch of Constantinople.

June 28, 2017 (Wednesday)

Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia, wonderworker.

June 29, 2017 (Thursday)

Transfer of the relics of Theophan the Recluse.
Venerable 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 fasting - days when a believer consciously renounces worldly joys, temptations and idle dishes.

During such a period, it is necessary to spend as much time as possible in prayer, reevaluate your life and ask forgiveness from the Lord for various sins. Such a pastime allows you to get closer to God and hope for his favor.

Apostolic Fast (Peter's Fast). This is a multi-day fast that falls in June. It starts on June 12 and lasts until July 11. In Orthodoxy, Peter's Fast is not considered strict.

More about holidays

Or Pentecost is one of the most revered and beloved holidays for all followers of the Orthodox Church. The Holy Scripture says that on the fiftieth day after Easter, the Holy Spirit descended from heaven to people, who proved the trinity of God’s essence. On this day, people rush to visit 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’s no wonder that throughout its existence it has acquired many traditions, customs and rituals. Some of them have survived to this day and are religiously performed by modern church people.

Let's look at some of the most significant traditions of the Trinity:

It is mandatory to decorate the house with flowers, herbs, tree branches, in particular birch branches. People believed that such “bouquets” could protect the house from evil interference and troubles. At the end of the holidays, the branches were burned on a fire, thereby carrying 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 chants 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 Trinity and even predict a person’s fate. We are talking about weaving wreaths.

For a long time, girls who dreamed of getting married successfully wove wreaths from wild flowers, went to the river and let them go with the flow. The one whose wreath floats farthest and does not sink will marry a good, respectable man first.

The discovery of the head of John the Baptist - the third discovery falls on this date (as we know, there were only three of these acquisitions). A festive liturgy is held in churches; Orthodox Christians celebrate this great event with a small feast.

Let us note that Peter's fast begins in June, established in honor of two saints: Peter and Paul. It is not strict, but still provides for some restrictions on nutrition, entertainment and other pleasures of life.

People who try to adhere to this fast 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.