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Holy Cross, tone 4

Ascend to the Cross by will,/ to Thy namesake new residence,/ grant Thy bounty, O Christ God,/ make us glad with Thy power,/ giving us victories for our peers,/ benefit to those who have Thy it is a weapon of peace, // invincible victory.

Translation: Ascended to the Cross voluntarily, grant Thy mercy to the new people named after You, O Christ God; make your faithful people glad with your power, giving them victories over their enemies - may they have help from you, a weapon of peace, an invincible sign of victory.

Venerable Leo, Bishop of Catania

Troparion to Venerable Leo, Bishop of Catania, tone 4

The rule of faith and the image of meekness,/ the self-control of the teacher/ will show you to your flock/ even the truth of things,/ for this reason you have acquired high humility,/ rich in poverty,/ Father Leo ,/ pray to Christ God // to save our souls.

Translation: The rule of faith and the image, the teacher, showed you to your flock as immutable. Therefore you have acquired high things, and through poverty you have acquired riches. Father Leo, pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.

Kontakion to Venerable Leo, Bishop of Catania, tone 8

Like a great lamp, the Church is, all-blessed, / to you, more than the shining sun, / with your prayers preserve, O blessed one, / invincible, and unshakable from all heresies, and not filth, // like the ever-memorable one.

Translation: As a great luminary, the Church honors you, O all-blessed one, shining brighter than the sun. Preserve Her with your prayers, O blessed one, invincible and unshakable from all, and undefiled, as always remembered.

To the Blessed Prince Yaroslav the Wise

Troparion to the blessed prince Yaroslav the Wise, tone 4

Like the pious root of the most honorable branch you were, / blessed Prince Yaroslav, / having lived well in piety, / you kept the faith immaculate, / and the temple is wonderful to the Wisdom of God and having established it in the capital city of Kiev,/ now in Heaven you stand before the Throne of the Holy Trinity, // praying to send down We have great and rich mercy.

Translation: As a precious branch of the pious root, blessed Prince Yaroslav, having lived well, preserved the impeccable faith, and having built an amazing temple of the Wisdom of God in the capital city of Kiev, you now stand in Heaven, pray to send us great and rich mercy.

Kontakion to the Blessed Prince Yaroslav the Wise, tone 4

Thou didst appear from early days, the godly wise Yaroslav, / The divine vessel was chosen by God, / having lived in piety, / Thou hast built many holy churches; / Moreover, we praise thee, the prince of sh,/ for you are a fertilizer to your people, // Glory to Kiev and the affirmation of the whole Russian land .

Translation: From your youth, you became, God-wise Yaroslav, a divine vessel chosen by God, living in piety, you built many holy churches, therefore we glorify you, our prince, as the adornment of our people, the glory of Kiev and the strength of the entire Russian land.

Prayer to the blessed prince Yaroslav the Wise

Oh, holy, blessed Grand Duke Yaroslav, you are the gracious intercessor and patron of all who honor you with love! Offer this small prayer of your unworthy servants to the Master Christ, that the living spirit of the Orthodox faith, love, piety, and excellence in good deeds may establish in His Holy Church singing; may the shepherds be given zeal to care for the salvation of people, to enlighten the unbelievers, guide those who have gone astray, and convert those who have fallen away; rather, so that all the children of the Orthodox Church will remain pure from worldly temptations, superstition, superstition and the obsessions of enemies. Hey, saint of God, do not despise us who pray to you, but help us with your speedy intercession, so that all troubles, misfortunes and sorrows in this temporary life have been avoided, the end of the fasts One day we will find and, having lived well on earth on earth, we will be worthy of the life of paradise in heaven, where Together with you, we will glorify humanity and generosity in the Trinity, glorifying God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

Venerable Mark, Jonah and Cornelius of Pskov-Pechersk

Troparion to Saints Mark, Jonah and Cornelius of Pskov-Pechersk, tone 8

Like lamps, the All-Light appeared / in the den of the Queen of the Mother of God, / our reverend fathers Marco, Jono and Cornelius, / you, the cross of Christ on the frame of the earth, / diligently after that you are filled with joy / and, having drawn near to the purity of God, / from there you are enriched with the powers of miracles, / thereby and we kindly come running to you and tenderly say: / O veneration, pray to Christ God / to save our souls.

Translation: Our fathers Mark, Jonah and Cornelius appeared like bright lamps in the caves of the Queen of the Mother of God (in the caves of the Holy Dormition Pskov-Pechersk Monastery), because you, having lifted the cross of Christ on your shoulders, boldly followed Him and approached God in purity, from Him they were enriched with the power of miracles. Therefore, we also zealously run to you and cry: “O saints, pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.”

Troparion to the Venerable Martyr Cornelius, Abbot of Pskov-Pechersk, tone 6

The Pskov-Pechersk monastery, / since ancient times glorious, the miracles of the icon of the Mother of God, / many monks brought up God, / there the Monk Cornelius / fought a good fight, / the wonderful Mother of God with loving,/ enlightening non-believers,/ saving monks and many people,/ wonderfully decorating their monastery and fencing./ There and the crown of martyrdom/ for many years of his shepherding is more valiantly accepted./ Moreover, let us sing, people,/ of Christ God and His Most Pure Mother, let us give thanks,/ for having given us the venerable The disciple is glorious // and the prayer book for our souls is worthy.

Translation: The Pskov-Pechersk monastery, since ancient times famous for the miracles of the icon of the Mother of God, raised many monks to God, and there the Monk Cornelius fought a good fight, glorifying the wonderful Mother of God, enlightening the Gentiles, saving monks and many people, and beautifully decorating and protecting his monastery. There, after many years of your shepherding, you valiantly accepted the crown of martyrdom. Therefore, people, let us sing to Christ God and His Most Pure Mother, as they have given us the glorious venerable martyr and prayer book for our souls worthy of bliss.

Kontakion to Saints Mark, Jonah and Cornelius of Pskov-Pechersk, tone 2

Vulnerable to the love of Christ, the reverends,/ and His cross on the frame of the earth,/ naturally Divine, armed against invisible enemies/ and unceasing prayers, like a spear, in the hand Our possessions are strong, / we have defeated the natural demonic armies, / therefore we call to you: / rejoice, Our Reverend Fathers Marco, Jono and Cornelius, // fertilizer of the faithful.

Translation: Having captured your hearts with the love of Christ and lifted His cross onto your shoulders, you carried it, saints, armed against invisible enemies and having unceasing prayer, like a spear in your hands, you defeated the demonic militias. Therefore we appeal to you: “Rejoice, our venerable fathers Mark, Jonah and Cornelius, adornment of the believers.”

Kontakion to the Venerable Martyr Cornelius, Abbot of Pskov-Pechersk, tone 4

You were the bright lamp of Orthodoxy/ and the great defense of the Pskov land,/ eradicating polytheism and instructing people to God./ The house of the Mother of God was strengthened and glorified by you,/ decorated with virtues, Vienna You have received the martyr, // remember us, your children, and with the Lord , Venerable Martyr Cornelius.

Translation: You were a bright luminary of Orthodoxy and a special protector of the Pskov land, eradicating polytheism and directing people to God. The house of the Mother of God was strengthened and glorified by you, adorned with virtues, you received the crown of martyrdom, remember us, your children, from the Lord, Venerable Martyr Cornelius.

Kontakion to the Venerable Martyr Cornelius, Abbot of Pskov-Pechersk, tone 2

From a young age, wonderful Cornelius, / having betrayed himself through labor and feat, / you were appointed abbot of the Pskov-Pecherst monastery, / by the image of faith and fasting life, you became all, / many people to You brought it to God./ For your own great virtues/ Envy of the evil ones we are persecuting,/ you have betrayed your soul as a martyr to God./ For this sake let us cry out in faith:/ O most glorious venerable martyr Cornelius,// pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved.

Translation: From your youth, amazing Cornelius, having devoted yourself to labors and exploits, you were appointed abbot of the Pskov-Pechersk monastery, you were the image of faith and fasting life for everyone, you led many people to God. For your great virtues, persecuted by the envy of your ill-wishers, you gave your life as a martyr to God. Therefore, we cry with faith: “Reverend Martyr Cornelius, worthy of glorification, pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.”

Prayer to the Venerable Martyr Cornelius, Abbot of Pskov-Pechersk

Oh, holy venerable martyr Cornelius! We humbly fall before the race of your relics and tenderly pray to you: graciously look upon our spiritual and physical sorrows and grant us deliverance; Help us, Holy One of God, from the slander of evil people, from whom you yourself suffered innocently on earth. Protect us from the violence of the devil, who passionately fights in our weak lands, beg the Lord God and His Most Pure Mother to grant us a quiet and sinless life, mutual fraternal impersonality loving love and a peaceful Christian death, so that with a clear conscience we may present ourselves to the unhypocritical terrible judgment seat of Christ, and glorify Him in the Kingdom Life-giving Trinity, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

Hieromartyr Zadok, Bishop of Persia

Kontakion to the Hieromartyr Zadok, Bishop of Persia, tone 4

The Lord’s speech is diligent in the likeness of the successor, / as the good shepherd you laid down your soul for Christ’s sheep, / Hieromartyr Sadotha, we pray to you, the long-suffering one, / pray as a shepherd Christ's flax / and us to honor the right hand of the sheep, / let us sing to you: / Rejoice, Holy Father Sadotha, // who poured out his blood for Christ.

Translation: You diligently followed the words of the Master in likeness, for as a good man he gave his life for the sheep of Christ (), Hieromartyr Zadok, we pray to you, who suffered much, pray to the chief of the shepherds of Christ and us to be numbered among the sheep on His right side (), so that we may sing to you: “ Rejoice, holy father Zadok, who shed his blood for Christ.”

The total duration of fasting is 48 days. It begins on the Monday, seven weeks before Easter, and ends on the Saturday before Easter.

The first week of fasting is carried out with particular strictness. On the first day, complete abstinence from food is accepted. Then, from Tuesday to Friday, dry eating is allowed (eat bread, salt, raw fruits and vegetables, dried fruits, nuts, honey, drink water), and on Saturday and Sunday - hot food with butter.

In the second to sixth weeks of Lent, dry eating is established on Monday, Wednesday and Friday; hot food without oil is allowed on Tuesday and Thursday, and hot food with butter is allowed on Saturday and Sunday.

During Holy Week (the last week of Lent), dry eating is prescribed, and on Friday you cannot eat until the shroud is taken out.

On the Feast of the Annunciation Holy Mother of God(April 7) (if it did not fall on Holy Week) and on Palm Sunday(a week before Easter) it is allowed to eat fish. On Lazarus Saturday (before Palm Sunday) you can eat fish caviar.

It begins on Monday, the 57th day after Easter (a week after Trinity), and always ends on July 11 (inclusive). In 2016 it lasts 15 days.

During Petrov's Fast, fish is allowed on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, hot food without oil on Monday, and dry eating on Wednesday and Friday.

On the Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist (July 7), you can eat fish (regardless of what day it falls on).

During the Dormition Fast, dry eating is allowed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, hot food without butter on Tuesday and Thursday, hot food with butter on Saturday and Sunday.

On the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (August 19), you can eat fish (regardless of what day it falls on).

In the period from November 28 to the feast of St. Nicholas (December 19 inclusive), hot food without oil is allowed on Monday, fish is allowed on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, and dry eating is allowed on Wednesday and Friday.

From December 20 to January 1, on Tuesday and Thursday it is already prohibited to eat fish; instead, hot food with butter is allowed. The remaining days remain unchanged.

From January 2 to 6, dry eating is prescribed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, hot food without oil on Tuesday and Thursday, hot food with butter on Saturday and Sunday.

On Christmas Eve (January 6), you cannot eat until the first star appears in the sky, after which it is customary to eat sochi - wheat grains boiled in honey or boiled rice with raisins.

On the holidays of the Entry of the Virgin Mary into the Temple (December 4) and St. Nicholas (December 19), you can eat fish on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The most important Orthodox holidays They are distinguished by particularly solemn worship. The biggest and brightest event in the Christian church calendar is Easter. It has a special status and the most solemn service. The date of celebration is determined by solar-lunar calendar and is unique for each year (falls between April 4 and May 8).

The remaining great holidays are divided into twelfth and non-twelfth holidays.

Twelve's- These are the 12 most important holidays of the Orthodox calendar, dedicated to the events of the earthly life of Jesus Christ and the Mother of God. They are divided into two categories:

• Intransient
  They have a fixed date and fall on the same date every year. These include 9 twelve holidays.
• Transitional
  They have a unique date for each year, which depends on the date of Easter and moves with it. These include 3 twelve holidays.

Non-Twelfths– these are 5 great holidays Orthodox Church, dedicated to the birth and death of John the Baptist - the baptizer of Jesus Christ, the apostles Peter and Paul, the appearance of the Mother of God, the circumcision of the Lord and the memory of St. Basil.

Orthodox fasts and continuous weeks

Fast– a period of food restriction during which you should refrain from eating food of animal origin.

There are 4 multi-day fasts: Great, Petrov (Apostolic), Assumption, Christmas and 3 one-day fasts: Epiphany Eve, Beheading of John the Baptist and Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord. There is also a fast on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Solid weeks- these are the weeks during which fasting on Wednesdays and Fridays is canceled. There are 5 such weeks in a year: Christmastide, Publican and Pharisee, Cheese (meat is prohibited), Easter, Trinity.

Days of special remembrance of the dead

On days of general remembrance of all deceased Christians, it is customary to visit the graves of deceased relatives and pray for them. In the circle of the liturgical year, such dates are: Ecumenical Parental Saturday, 2-4 Saturdays of Great Lent, Radonitsa, Commemoration of the Deceased Soldiers, Trinity and Dimitrievskaya Parental Saturdays.

True believers honor the traditions of their church, therefore they look forward to the onset of Lent - a time when they can repent, cleanse themselves spiritually and completely devote themselves to God. That is why it is very important for Orthodox Christians to know what dates the fasts will fall on in 2020.

What is fasting

The first fast was God's commandment to Adam not to eat the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. What happened in the end is known to everyone, even people who are not so deep in faith: the covenant broken by Adam led to the distortion of man by sin. To renounce everyday problems is exactly what fasting in memory of a person’s first sin involves. Many people see it as a regular diet and limit themselves only to food, but, in fact, this time is given in order to understand themselves and find their way to faith. Orthodoxy adheres to multi-day and one-day abstinence.

One-day

Friday and Wednesday are weekly fast days. Exceptions - Great Weeks:

• Christmas time - January 7-18;
• The Publican and the Pharisee - February 10-16;
• Maslenitsa week – February 24 – March 1;
• Bright Week – April 20-26;
• Trinity Week – June 8-14.

Why were Wednesday and Friday especially highlighted? This is connected with the historical events of the life of Christ. On Wednesday Judas betrayed his teacher, and on Friday the Savior was crucified. Weekly abstinence trains fortitude, prepares the body for longer fasts and strengthens faith. These days, meat, fish (you can eat meat in winter and spring), eggs, milk and fermented milk products are unacceptable. As for sunflower oil and hot-cooked food, this issue is usually discussed with the priest. Strict Orthodox canons presuppose dry eating these days, but most often, due to the characteristics of human life and health, connivance in strictness is permissible. If possible, during one-day fasts you should refrain from noisy parties and watching entertainment programs.

In 2020, Orthodox Christians will have 70 days when they need to maintain spiritual purity and adhere to food restrictions.

Multi-day

According to the church calendar there are four such periods. They take place on the eve of major holidays. Two of them are movable and are counted from Easter, the rest are clearly fixed in the calendar.

Lent

It begins 48 days before Easter and is considered the strictest. Its second name is Holy Pentecost. In 2020, Lent will take place from March 2 to April 18.

It was installed in memory of Christ's forty-day journey through the desert. All this time the Savior did not eat or drink anything, and struggled with the temptations of the devil. Like Jesus, every Orthodox Christian must strengthen his fortitude and maintain his purity.

Rules of the Holy Pentecost:

• Taboo on all food of animal origin.
• In the first week, hot food and vegetable oil are prohibited.
• During Lent, the requirements for weekly fasting days are strengthened and Mondays are added to them: only cold food without oil is allowed and only after Vespers. You can eat dried fruits, raw vegetables, bread.
• Tuesday and Thursday - hot, but without oil and only in the evening. In 2020, April 7 (Tuesday) is the twelfth feast of the Annunciation. The church allows fish on this day.
• If the date of memory of great saints falls on fast days, hot food with butter is acceptable. If on Wednesday and Friday - cold food with wine.
• On Saturday and Sunday you can consume vegetable oil. On Saturdays, except Great Saturday, wine is acceptable.
• April 11 – Lazarus Saturday. On this day you can eat fish caviar.
• April 12 (Sunday) – Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. Fish is allowed by the church.
• Holy Week is a time to commemorate the last days of Christ’s earthly life. She is as strict as she was the first seven days. Regarding food, Good Friday is prohibited, when even dry eating is not allowed.
• On Saturday before Easter Sunday, a single meal of raw food is allowed.
• All days you should refrain from entertainment, watch less TV, and have empty conversations.

Petrov post

Also refers to transitional and begins a week after Trinity. In 2020, it will begin on June 15 and end on July 11. The Church honors it in memory of those who received the Holy Spirit after Trinity and, through labor and hunger, prepared themselves to preach the Gospel. Peter's Fast is less strict than the Great Fast, but still it has its own characteristics.

• The requirements for meals on Wednesdays and Fridays are increased: on these days you should eat cold food without oil and unheated drinks.
• On Monday - hot food cooked in vegetable oil.
• On all other days, fish is allowed.
• Fasting is considered apostolic, so the church instructs believers to devote this time to understanding the apostolate as a whole and to cleanse their souls.

Christmas post

It always starts on November 28th and ends on January 6th. This time is given to Christians to prepare themselves to meet the Savior who appeared in the world and offer him their pure soul as gifts. Prayer, bodily abstinence, forgiveness of offenses, repentance - this is exactly what the life of a true Christian should be like during this period. There are no weddings during the 40 days before Christmas, and people try to abstain from social holidays. The Church does not set too strict limits, as in the Great Pentecost. From November 28 to December 21, the meal is similar to the days of Peter's Lent: dry eating on Wednesdays and Fridays and hot dishes with vegetable oil on Mondays. On other days, fish is acceptable. The exception is the day of memory of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (December 19), when wine is allowed in the meal. From December 21 to January 6, a complete ban on fish and seafood is introduced. The strictest day is January 6, Christmas Eve, when you cannot eat food until the first star appears in the sky.

Dormition post

The shortest of all, lasts from August 14 to 27 and ends with the celebration of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the 28th. According to a long-standing Christian tradition, it ends the year: September 14 is the church new year. The Assumption Fast is the only one dedicated to the Mother of God. Usually, strict days of abstinence are defined as a sign of purification before the holidays, but before the Assumption they repeat the preparation for the eternal sleep of the Mother of God. In gastronomic terms, this is the most laxative of all fasts: dry eating, cold food without oil should only be on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The exception is August 19 (in 2020 this is Wednesday), the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, its second name is Apple Saving. On this day the church allows eating fish.

In 2016, the Orthodox calendar consists of fixed events and events of the Easter circle, the dates of which are tied to the day of the celebration of Easter Sunday.

The calendar contains:

• holidays whose date does not change from year to year;
• holidays whose date is correlated with the day on which Easter falls;
• fasts, multi-day and daily;
• days when the dead are remembered.

Traditionally, the calendar contains twelfth and great holidays.

Great Orthodox holidays

January

14–Circumcision of the Lord

July

7–John the Baptist Christmas

12–Holy Apostles Paul and Peter

September

11th day of execution of John the Baptist, when believers keep a particularly strict fast

October

14–Protection of the Virgin Mary

Among the twelve holidays, the events most revered by the church gospel history.

January

2-6 church calendar establishes a strict fast on the 6th, on Christmas Eve, they do not eat until the first star, and then break their fast with kutia made from wheat with honey and fruit.

7 – Orthodox Christmas.

7-17 – it’s Christmas time, when any dishes are served on the table.

14 – Celebrate the Circumcision of the Lord.

18 – Epiphany water is prepared.

19 – Baptism (Theophany or Epiphany), water and reservoirs are blessed.

20 – meat-eating begins. During this period, meat is allowed every day. Only on Wednesdays and Fridays it is better to replace it with fish.

February

15 – Meeting, which marks the unification of the Old Testament with the New.

March

8 – day of the 1st and 2nd discovery of the head of John the Baptist.

14 – begins. During the first week, everyone without exception abstains from fast food; you can eat only in the evening - once. For the first few days, it is advisable to avoid eating altogether.

22 – day of the 40th Sebastian Martyrs who died for the faith. Also, for the day of the spring equinox, cookies in the shape of birds are baked - they welcome spring.

April

7 – Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.

23 – Lazarus Saturday, on this holiday caviar is served on the table.

24 – Palm or Palm Sunday – celebrated on the last Sunday of Lent. Today, believers can serve fish and grape wine to the table.

30 – end of Lent.

May

1 – Bright Sunday of Christ, Easter. Today all believers celebrate the most significant event in gospel history - the resurrection of Christ. The entire week after Easter is the Bright Week of Easter, when Orthodox Christians celebrate without restrictions. Easter cakes and dyeing eggs are obligatory attributes of the celebration. Many Orthodox holidays are tied to the day on which, in accordance with the lunar cycle and the Gregorian calendar, Easter Sunday falls.

8-14 – Red Hill.

10 – Parents’ Day, when deceased relatives and friends are remembered with joy.

23 is the day of remembrance of Simon the Zealot, the apostle.

June

7 - the day when Patriarch Ignatius, during prayers, received knowledge of the location of the head of John the Baptist; this was the 3rd miraculous discovery of the head of the saint.

9 – Ascension of the Lord, on the 40th day after Easter, the appearance of the Holy Trinity to the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin.

16 – Semik, day of remembrance of those who died violent deaths, suicides.

18 – Parents' Saturday.

19 – Holy Trinity, Pentecost.

20-26 – Trinity Week.

27 (to July 11) – . On Monday, Wednesday and Friday they eat only bread and plant foods, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays they also serve fish.

July

6 (the night of the 7th) – the night of Ivan Kupala.

7 – Nativity of John the Baptist.

8th is the day of the patrons of Orthodox marriage and family, Fevronia and Peter.

12 – day of Paul and Peter. The summer meat-eating season begins until August 13th. Unlike the winter meat-eater, on Wednesdays and Fridays only plant foods and bread are served at the table.

August

2nd day of the prophet Elijah, after which a ban on swimming was imposed.

14 – saved by honey, after which, people believe, bees do not carry honey. Today they eat honey and poppy seeds. The Assumption Fast begins (until the 27th), when only plant foods and bread are consumed, and on weekends vegetable oil is added to the diet.

19 – Transfiguration of the Lord, saved by the apple tree. Today fish, apples and grapes are served on the table.

29 – saved by nut.

September

11 is the day of remembrance of John the Baptist and the soldiers who died for their homeland.

21 – birthday of the Most Holy Mary, Mother of God.

27 – Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Diet is limited to plant foods.

October

8 – Sergius of Radonezh is commemorated.

14 – Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

November

5 – commemoration of deceased parents.

21 – memory of Michael, the archangel.

28 – Nativity Fast begins.

December

4 - the day when the Presentation of young Mary into the temple took place, whom her parents dedicated to God.

9 – St. George’s Day, in memory of St. George the Victorious.

19 – memory of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

25 – memory of Saint Spyridon.

Posts

The 2016 Orthodox fasting calendar establishes one-day and multi-day fasts. Refusal of certain types of food or complete abstinence from food, together with prayer, spiritual quest and good deeds, help cleanse the soul and strengthen the body.

Throughout the year, believers fast every Wednesday and Friday except those that fall on Christmastide, the week of the publican and the Pharisee, Maslenitsa, Easter and Trinity week. On these days (Wednesdays and Fridays) there is no fasting; any dishes can be on the table. These are the following dates:

• January 8, 13, 15
• February 24, 26
• March 9, 11
• May 4, 6
• June 22, 24.

Daytime posts

January 18 - on the eve of Epiphany, September 11 - the day of the execution of John the Baptist, 27 - on the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Long posts during 2016

Great Lent: March, 14 - April, 30 Peter's Fast: June, 27 - July, 11 Dormition Fast: August, 14-27

Remembrance of the Dead

On certain days, Orthodox Christians remember with love and fond memory deceased relatives and friends.

March

5 – parent’s Saturday, meat-free Saturday

26 – Saturday for the 2nd week of Lent

April

2 – Saturday for the 3rd week of Lent

9 – Saturday for the 4th week of Lent

May

9 – Day of Remembrance of Deceased Warriors

10 - Radonitsa

June

18 – Trinity Saturday

November

5 – Dmitrievskaya Saturday

Orthodox calendar for 2016 is little different from other years. Only the date of Easter and the events associated with it are shifted.