Ecclesiastical Dates

This chart has the dates of Feast Days and Fasting Days which are determined annually on the basis of the date of Holy Pascha (Easter). This ecclesiastical cycle begins with the first day of the Triodion and ends with the Sunday of all Saints, a total of eighteen weeks.

Feast Days	2017	2018	2019	2020
Triodion Begins	5-Feb	28-Jan	17-Feb	9-Feb
Saturday of Souls 1	18-Feb	10-Feb	2-Mar	22-Feb
Meatfare Sunday	19-Feb	11-Feb	3-Mar	23-Feb
Saturday of Souls 2	25-Feb	17-Feb	9-Mar	Feb-29
Cheesefare Sunday	26-Feb	18-Feb	10-Mar	1-Mar
Beginning of Great Lent	27-Feb	19-Feb	11-Mar	2-Mar
Saturday of Souls 3	4-Mar	24-Feb	16-Mar	7-Mar
Sunday of Orthodoxy	5-Mar	25-Feb	17-Mar	8-Mar
Lazarus Saturday	8-Apr	31-Mar	20-Apr	11-Apr
Palm Sunday	9-Apr	1-Apr	21-Apr	12-Apr
Holy Friday	14-Apr	6-Apr	26-Apr	17-Apr
Great and Holy Pascha	16-Apr	8-Apr	28-Apr	19-Apr
Ascension	25-May	17-May	6-Jun	28-May
Saturday of Souls 4	3-Jun	26-May	15-Jun	6-Jun
Pentecost	4-Jun	27-May	16-Jun	7-Jun
Apostles Fast Begins	12-Jun	4-Jun	24-Jun	15-Jun
Apostles Fast Duration	17 Days	25 Days	5 Days	14 Days

Note: The Holy Apostles Fasting duration varies every year. It begins on Monday following Sunday of all Saints and ends on June 29. Thus, it may last from zero days, if Pascha falls on May 3 or later to twenty nine days, if Pascha falls on April 4 to May 2.