Orthodox Feast & Fast Resources
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*Over time, we hope to add booklists, readings, lesson plans, and resources for as many of the major liturgical days and seasons as we can, and will link to them in the following menu:
| Nativity Fast/ Advent | Great Lent | Holy Week | Apostles' Fast | Dormition Fast |
*Cycle Specific: Cycle 4 Advent Readings
| Nativity of the Virgin Mary | Elevation of the Precious Cross | Entrance of the Virgin Mary into the Temple | Nativity of Our Lord | Theophany of Our Lord | Meeting of Our Lord into the Temple | Annunciation of the Virgin Mary | Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem | Pascha | Ascension of Our Lord | Pentecost | Transfiguration of Our Lord | Dormition of the Virgin Mary |
Feasts & Fasts of the Church:
The Great Feasts
Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Sep. 8)
Elevation of the Precious Cross (Sep. 14)
Entrance of the Virgin Mary into the Temple (Nov. 21)
Nativity of Our Lord (Dec. 25)
Theophany of Our Lord (Jan. 6)
Meeting of Our Lord into the Temple (Feb. 2)
Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (Mar. 25)
Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem (Sun. before Pascha)
*Pascha
Ascension of Our Lord (40 days after Pascha)
Pentecost (50 days after Pascha)
Transfiguration of Our Lord (Aug. 6)
Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Aug. 15)
Fasting Seasons
Nativity Fast (St. Philip’s Fast) - Nov. 15 through Dec. 24
Meatfast - Monday after the Sunday of Last Judgment through Cheesefare Sunday
Great Lent & Holy Week - 1st Monday of Great Lent through Great and Holy Saturday
Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast - Varies by year (determined by the Paschal Cycle / Pentecostarion)
Dormition (Theotokos) Fast - Aug. 1 through Aug. 14
Fast Days
The Wednesdays and Fridays of the Year, except for Fast-Free Weeks
The Eve of Theophany - January 5
The Beheading of St. John the Baptist - August 29
The Elevation of the Cross - September 14
*Concerning Fasting (OCA)
Fast-Free Weeks
Afterfeast of the Nativity of Christ to Theophany Eve - Dec. 25 through Jan. 4
The week following the Sunday of the Publican & Pharisee - 2nd Week of the Lenten Triodion
Bright Week - The week after Pascha until St Thomas Sunday
Trinity Week - The week after Pentecost until the Saturday before All Saints Sunday
Lesser Feasts
*See lesser feasts of the church year here
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