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The Great Feasts
Pascha — the Feast of Feasts — and the Twelve Great Feasts that shape the Church’s year. When each falls on your parish’s calendar, and what it keeps.
Guidelines, not law — your priest’s word comes first. Fasting practice varies by jurisdiction, parish, and person. These pages show the common traditional guideline (the monastic standard most calendars print); where jurisdictions differ, that is a question for your priest, not for an app.
Pascha & the Twelve
The feasts
Pascha — the Resurrection of Christ
Next: May 2, 2027 (New)
Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem
Next: April 25, 2027 (New)
Ascension of the Lord
Next: June 10, 2027 (New)
Pentecost
Next: June 20, 2027 (New)
Nativity of the Theotokos
Next: September 8, 2026 (New)
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Next: September 14, 2026 (New)
Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple
Next: November 21, 2026 (New)
Nativity of Christ
Next: December 25, 2026 (New)
Theophany of the Lord
Next: January 6, 2027 (New)
Meeting of the Lord in the Temple
Next: February 2, 2027 (New)
Annunciation of the Theotokos
Next: March 25, 2027 (New)
Transfiguration of the Lord
Next: August 6, 2026 (New)
Dormition of the Theotokos
Next: August 15, 2026 (New)
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