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t. e. 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 ...
January 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) The Eastern Orthodox cross. January 6 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - January 8. All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 20 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For January 7th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 25 .
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 ...
Not a public holiday. 23 April. Railway Day, Librarian Day, World Book Day, National Day of the Romanian Tax Consultant. 29 April. War Veterans' Day [ 10] First Sunday in May (May 5 in 2024) Mother's Day. Second Sunday in May (May 12 in 2024) Father's Day, Teenager's Day and National Dress Day.
10th. Kidus Meskel ( Feast of the Holy Cross ) 11th. Hanna we Iyachew (St Anne and St. Joachim, parents of the Holy Virgin Mary) and Fasilides. 12th. Michael the Archangel, Samuel, and Yared. 13th. Feast of Igziabher Ab ( God the Father) and Raphael the Archangel. 14th.
Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, [ 1] is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. [ 2][ 3] Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or "canonical") Eastern Orthodox Church is organised into autocephalous ...
Epiphany (holiday) Epiphany ( / əˈpɪfəni / ə-PIF-ə-nee ), or Eid al-Ghitas ( Arabic: عيد الغِطاس ), [ 4] also known as "Theophany" in Eastern Christian tradition, [ 5] is a Christian feast day commemorating the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, and the wedding at Cana. [ 6]
The Orthodox Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Hamina was completed in 1837. Built in the architectural style of Neoclassicism with some Byzantine-style elements, the exterior was designed in the form of a round-domed temple, while the interior is cruciform. The belfry was built in 1862 in the Neo-Byzantine style.