Orthodox calendar for 2025: dates of the great feasts
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A complete list of church holidays, fasts, and memorial days for 2025. Easter will be celebrated on April 20 together with Catholics and Protestants.
UNN has compiled for you the key church dates for 2025, including festive events, fasts, omnivorous weeks, and memorial days. This material will be a useful guide for believers, helping them better plan important religious rites and traditions throughout the year.
Non-transitional holidays:
- January 6 - Epiphany or Baptism of the Lord
- February 2 - Presentation of the Lord
- March 25 - Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- August 6 - Transfiguration of the Lord
- August 15 - Assumption of the Virgin Mary
- September 8 - Nativity of the Virgin Mary
- September 14 - Exaltation of the Lord's Cross
- November 21 - Entry into the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- December 25 - the Nativity of Christ
When is Easter
This year, Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants will celebrate the Resurrection of Christ together on April 20 .
Transitional holidays
April 13 - The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, or as people say, Palm Sunday. This is the last Sunday before Easter, when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and was welcomed by the citizens.
May 29 is the Ascension of the Lord. This is a remembrance of how Jesus Christ ascended to heaven on the 40th day after his resurrection.
June 8 - Holy Trinity Day, the Day of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost or Green Feasts. It is celebrated on the 50th day after Easter and reminds us of how God appeared to people in all three of His incarnations once.
Fasting and omnivorous weeks
One-day fasts:
- January 5 - Epiphany Eve (Epiphany Eve)
- August 29 - Beheading of St. John the Baptist
- September 14 - Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Multi-day fasts:
- March 3 - April 19 - Lent
- June 16 - July 11 - St. Peter's Day
- August 1 - 14 - Assumption Lent
- November 15 - December 24 - Christmas fast
Omnivorous weeks:
- December 25 - January 4 - Holidays
- February 10 - 16 - Week of the Publican and Pharisee
- February 24 - March 2 - Shrovetide (Cheese Week)
- April 20 - 26 - Easter (Holy Week)
- June 9 - 15 - Trinity Week
Memorial days for parents:
- February 22 - Ecumenical Parents' Saturday (meatless Saturday)
- March 15 - Saturday of the second week of Lent
- March 22 - Saturday of the third week of Lent
- March 29 - Saturday of the fourth week of Lent
- April 29 - Radonitsa
- May 9 - Remembrance of fallen soldiers
- June 7 - Trinity Parents' Saturday
- November 1 - St. Dmitry's Parents' Saturday
