The Liturgical Year
Orthodox feast days organize the Church's prayer around the life of Christ, the Theotokos, the saints, and the rhythm of fasting and celebration.
NativityTheophanyGreat LentPaschaPentecostDormition
Orthodox Feast Days
The calendar of the Church and the memory of holiness.
Orthodox feast days are not separate from theology. They teach the Gospel, honor the saints, and shape the Church's prayer through the liturgical year.
The Great Feasts
The Twelve Great Feasts form the main cycle of Orthodox celebration and teach the Gospel through the Church's calendar.
Nativity of ChristTheophanyPresentationAnnunciationTransfigurationPalm Sunday
Saints, Synaxis, And Namedays
Orthodox commemorations remember apostles, martyrs, teachers, monastics, and local saints in the prayer of the Church.
MartyrsConfessorsMonasticsTeachersSynaxisNamedays
The Theotokos And Holy Memory
Feast days around Mary and the saints express the Orthodox confession of the Incarnation, holiness, and communion in Christ.
TheotokosAnnunciationDormitionProtectionIntercessionVeneration
Fasts And Commemorations
Fasting seasons and memorial days frame Orthodox feast keeping, showing that remembrance is joined to repentance and prayer.
Great LentApostles' FastDormition FastNativity FastSoul SaturdaysPanikhida