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1–7 January – New Year's Day and Holidays; 7 January – Christmas (Orthodox) 23 February – Defender of the Fatherland Day; 24 February – Defender of the Fatherland Holiday; 8 March – International Women's Day; 10 March – International Women's Day Holiday; 1 May – Spring and Labour Day; 17 May – Constitution Day; 29 May ...
The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church.Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days.
Russian Orthodox Christmas Service in St. Petersburg on 7 January 2019. Christmas in Russia (Рождество Христово, Rozhdestvo Khristovo) is celebrated on 25 December (Julian calendar) which falls on 7 January (Gregorian calendar) and commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ.
The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates St. Tatiana's feast on 12 January Julian, which corresponds to 25 January Gregorian in the 20th and 21st centuries. In Russia , the day is known as Students Day, commemorating the end of the winter university exams session.
The Orthodox feast of the Dormition is analogous to what Roman Catholicism calls the Assumption of Mary. According to Orthodox Tradition, Mary died like all humanity, "falling asleep", so to speak, as the name of the feast indicates. (Catholic theologians are divided on the issue of whether Mary died.
2025 federal holidays New Year's Day - Wednesday, Jan. 1Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Monday, Jan. 20Washington's Birthday / Presidents Day - Monday, Feb. 17Memorial Day - Monday, May 26 Juneteenth ...
But the Russian Orthodox Church, the largest communion in Eastern Orthodoxy, has stayed on the old calendar, observing Christmas on Jan. 7 on the new calendar, as have Serbian, Georgian and some ...
While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the world's 200 million Orthodox Christians, the birth of Jesus Christ is marked on 7 January.