2006 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
JANUARY
January 1-Curcumcision of
Our Lord
January 6 -Theophany of Our Lord
January 30-Three Holy Hierarchs
FEBRUARY
February 2-Encounter of Our
Lord with Simeon - Presentation of Our Lord at the Temple. Blessing
of the Candles. This is one of the most ancient of all of the feasts.
February 5-11-Week free fom fast and abstinence.
February 12-Sunday of the Prodigal Son.
February 14-Death of Cyril, Apostle to the Slavs.
February 18-First All Souls Saturday.
February 19-Sunday of Meat fare.
February 26-Sunday of Cheese fare.
February 27-First Day of the Great Fast. Strict fast and abstinence
required. No Meat or Dairy products. Abstinence and other penances traditionally
observed throughout the Great Fast. Monday to Friday in the Great Fast
are aliturgical (without Divine Liturgy) days. The Presanctified Liturgy
is celebrated on Wednesday and Friday.
MARCH
March 5-First Sunday of Great
Fast.
March 11-Second All Souls Saturday.
March 18-Third All Souls Saturday.
March 25-Annunciation of the Mother of God.
APRIL
April 6- Death of Methodius,
Apostle to the Slavs.
April 9-Palm Sunday
April 14-Good Friday. Strict fast and abstinence required. No
meat or dairy products.
April 16-Easter Sunday - Pascha. Resurrection of our Lord. Blessing
of Easter Baskets following the Divine Liturgy
April 17-Bright Monday. Bright week is free from fast and abstinence.
April 18-Bright Tuesday.
April 19-Bright Wednesday.
April 20-Bright Thursday.
April 21-Bright Friday.
April 22-Bright Saturday.
April 23-George - Great Martyr.
April 30-Sunday of the Ointment Bearers.
MAY
May 7-Sunday of the Paralytic
Man.
May 10-Mid Pentecost.
May 11-Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs.
May 14-Sunday of the Samaritan Woman.
May 21-Sunday of the Man Born Blind.
May 19-Patrick, Bishop-Martyr.
May 24-Final Day of Pascha.
May 25-Ascension of Our Lord.
May 26-Third Finding of the Head of John the Baptist.
May 28-Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council.
JUNE
June 3-Fifth All Souls Saturday.
June 4-Pentecost Sunday. Pentecost Week is free from fast and abstinence.
June 5-Pentecost Monday.
June 11-Sunday of All Saints
June 12-Beginning of the Apostles Fast (June 12-28)
June 24-Birth of John the Baptist
June 29-Peter and Paul, Pre-Eminent Apostles.
JULY
July 2-Deposition of the
Robe of the Mother of God.
July 16-Sunday of the Fathers of the Six Ecumenical Council.
July 20-Elijah - Great Prophet.
AUGUST
August 1-Procession of the
Cross. Lesser Blessing of Water. Beginning of the Dormition Fast (August
1-14)
August 6-Transfiguration of Our Lord. Blessing of Fruit.
August 12-Poor Clares, Our Venerable Mother Clare.
August 15-Dormition of the Mother of God. Blessing of Flowers.
August 29-Beheading of John the Baptist. Strict abstinence from
meat and dairy products.
SEPTEMBER
September 1-Beginning of
the Church Year.
September 8-Birth of the Mother of God
September 14-Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Strict abstinence
from meat or dairy products.
September 18-The daily reading of the Gospel of St. Luke begins
on the Monday after the Sunday of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
The Epistles continue to read without interruption. This results in
a two week discrepancy in the reading of the Epistles and Gospels until
the end of December.
OCTOBER
October 1-Protection of the
Mother of God
October 16-27th Anniversary of SS. Cyril & Methodius Byzantine
Catholic Church
NOVEMBER
November 8-Archangel Michael
and all Angels
November 15-Beginning of St. Phillip's Fast (November 15-December
24)
November 21-Entrance of the Mother of God
DECEMBER
December 6-Feast Day of St.
Nicholas
December 8-Feast of St. Anna (Conception of St. Anna)
December 12-Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 25-Christmas. Birth of Our Lord.
December 26-Synaxis of the Mother of God.
December 27-Stephen Protomartyr.
