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 |
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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.