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Eastern Orthodox Events

The date of Easter (Pascha) in the Eastern Orthodox Churches is different to that of the Catholic & Protestant Churches. This is because it is calculated according to the Julian calendar. In addition, "Old Calendarists" also use the Julian calendar for fixed dates.

Selecting + Eastern Orthodox Events from Day Labels menu, marks the following events in the calendar after calculating the date of Orthodox Pascha for the selected year.

The selected language is used for some languages including Greek, Russian, Romanian, French and German. The text may be in English/Russian or omitted if unavailable.

These are presented using the Day Label font. Where these dates might be confused with western Christian events, ° is appended to the event eg Pentecost°.

For fixed Eastern Orthodox events, either the New Calendar convention or the Old Calendar may be used (Julian or Gregorian). This is set under Preferences (Use Julian Calendar for Eastern Orthodox Events)

Orthodox Events (may include)

Nativity of Theotokos (8 Sep)

The Exaltation of the Honorable and Life-giving Cross (14 Sep)

Presentation of the Theotokos in the Temple (21 Nov)

Nativity of Christ (25 Dec)

Theophany (6 Jan)

Presentation of Our Lord in Temple (2 Feb)

Annunciation of Theotokos (25 Mar)

Palm Sunday

Pascha (Orthodox Easter)

Ascension

Pentecost

Transfiguration of Our Saviour Jesus Christ (6 Aug)

The Dormition of Theotokos (15 Aug)

Clean Monday (beginning of Great Fast)

Fast of the Apostles

Dormition Fast

Christmas Fast

Theotokos means God-bearer and refers to the Mother of God.

You can add other fixed feastdays such as Name Days as user defined labels.

Additional Eastern Orthodox events

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