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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.
This year, Orthodox Easter is on Sunday, May 5, 2024. ... While most Western countries and Christian denominations refer to the Gregorian calendar, the date for Orthodox Easter comes from the old ...
In several cases, Easter falls onto the latest possible, 17th Sunday of the year. The first time that Easter will fall on April 24 in a leap year will be in 4292 which is also the 115th day of the year. The second latest date for Easter, April 24 or day 114, occurred in 2011. The last time this occurred before was in 1859 and it will not happen ...
February 12, 2024 at 6:03 AM. The Christian celebration of Easter is a movable feast that is observed on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25. However, Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate ...
March 1, 2024 at 6:01 AM. Those in the Christian faith are firmly in the Lenten season and, soon, it will be Easter. For millions of Christians, the holiday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus ...
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the feast of the death and Resurrection of Jesus, called Pascha (Easter), is the greatest of all holy days and as such it is called the "feast of feasts". Immediately below it in importance, there is a group of Twelve Great Feasts (Greek: Δωδεκάορτον). Together with Pascha, these are the most ...
March 21, 2024 at 12:13 PM. For millions of Christians worldwide, Easter is an important day for members of the faith. The holiday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which occurs after ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 September 2024. Second-largest Christian church This article is about the Eastern Orthodox Church as an institution. For its religion, doctrine and tradition, see Eastern Orthodoxy. For other uses of "Orthodox Church", see Orthodox Church (disambiguation). For other uses of "Greek Orthodox", see Greek ...