The Ecclesiastical Calendar begins on Sep. 1st. Easter is the greatest Feast of the Orthodox Church and stands in a class by itself. The next in importance are the 12 Great Feasts. Then there are countless other Feasts celebrated throughout the year. These Feasts can be found in The Synaxarion of The Orthodox Church.
Lent and Easter dates from 2003 - 2010
Year 2003 - Lent Begins March 10 - Orthodox Easter April 27
Year 2004 - Lent Begins Feb. 23 - Orthodox Easter April 11
Year 2005 - Lent Begins March 14 - Orthodox Easter May 1
Year 2006 - Lent Begins March 6 - Orthodox Easter April 23
Year 2007 - Lent Begins Feb. 19 - Orthodox Easter April 8
Year 2008 - Lent Begins March 10 - Orthodox Easter April 27
Year 2009 - Lent Begins March 2 - Orthodox Easter April 19
Year 2010 - Lent Begins Feb. 15 - Orthodox Easter April 4
The 12 Great Feastdays of the Orthodox Church
September 8 - Nativity of the Theotokos
September 14 - Elevation of the Holy Cross
November 21 - Presentation of the Theotokos
December 25 - Christmas
January 6 - Epiphany (Blessing of the water)
February 2 - Presentation of the Lord
March 25 - Annunciation
Sunday before Easter - Palm Sunday
Forty days after Easter - Ascension of the Lord
Fifty days after Easter - Pentecost
August 6 - Transfiguration of our Lord
August 15 Dormition of the Theotokos
Other prominent Feastdays
September 3 - Transmission of the relics of St. Nektarios
October 1 - Protecting Veil of the Theotokos
October 26 - Great Martyr Demetrios the myrrhbearer and wonderworker
November 8 - Archangels Michael and Gabriel
November 9 - Nektarios, metropolitan of Pentapolis the wonderworker
November 13 - St. John Chrysostom
November 25 - St. Katherine
December 6 - St. Nicholas
December 15 - St. Eleftherios
January 1 - Circumcision of Christ and St. Basil
January 7 - St. John the Baptist
January - The 30 Three Hiearchs
April 6 - Patriarch Eutychios
April 23 - St. George (If this day falls during Lent, we celebrate the day on the Monday following Easter day).
Sunday after Pentecost - All Saints
May 21 - Constantine and Helen, the great sovereigns and equal-to-the-apostles
June 24 - Nativity of St. John the Baptist
June 29 - St. Peter & St. Paul
June 30 - Holy Apostles
July 26 - St. Paraskevi
August 29 - Beheading of St. John the Baptist
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