Church Holidays in 2008

(first date according to the Church (Julian) Calendar, second - according to the civil calendar)

• April 14/27 -- HOLY PASCHA

The Twelve Movable Feasts

• April 7/20 -- The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem
• May 23/June 5 -- Ascension
• June 2/15 --  Trinity Sunday. Pentecost.

The Twelve Fixed Feasts

• December 25/January 7 -- Nativity of Our Lord
• January 6 /19 -- The Holy Theophany of Our Lord
• February 2 / 15 -- The Meeting of the Lord
• March 25 / April 7 -- Annunciation
• August 6 / 19 -- Transfiguration
• August 15 / 28 -- Dormition of the Holy Theotokos
• September 8 / 21 -- Nativity of the Theotokos
• September 14 / 27 -- Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross
• November 21 / December 4 -- The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple

Great Feasts

• January 1 / 14 -- Circumcision of our Lord Jesus Christ
• June 24 / July 7 -- Nativity of St.John the Baptist
• June 29 / July 12 -- The Holy, Glorious and All-praised Leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul
• August 29 / September 11 -- The Beheading of St.John the Baptist
• October 1 / 14 -- The Protection of Theotokos