Eastern Orthodox liturgical days

Epiphany, also known as Theophany in Eastern Christian tradition, is a Christian feast day commemorating the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, and the wedding at Cana.

annual weeklong Christian religious observance preceding Easter

Maundy Thursday, also referred to as Holy Thursday, or Thursday of the Lord's Supper, among other names, is a Christian feast during Holy Week that marks the beginning of the Paschal Triduum, and commemorates the Washing of the Feet (Maundy) and Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles, as described in the canonical gospels.

the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life, dogma of the Catholic Church

feast day in some Christian denominations

Saturday before Easter Sunday

day after Easter Sunday

New Testament parable

feast day

Maslenitsa (; ; ; ), also known as Butter Lady, Butter Week, Crepe week, or Cheesefare Week, is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday which has retained a number of elements of Slavic mythology in its ritual. It is celebrated during the last week before Great Lent; that is, the eighth week before Eastern Orthodox Pascha, equivalent to the West's Sexagesima.

Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches

Christian story of Mary visiting Elizabeth

anniversary

liturgical feast

Wednesday before Easter

parable of Jesus

day before Palm Sunday in the Orthodox Church

thumb|250px|A Haysmavurk (Synaxarion) in Armenian language|Armenian restored and kept in [[Matenadaran]]

Christian holy day and dedication

Second Sunday after Easter

Christmas celebrations and traditions in Ukraine

period of abstinence and penance practiced by the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches

holiday spanning December 25th to January 5th

feast day in the Roman Catholic Church

liturgical calendar used within Eastern Orthodox churches

service for the deceased in the Eastern Orthodox Church

The Menaion (, , ; , ) is the liturgical book used by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, containing the propers for fixed dates of the calendar year, i.e. entities not dependent on the date of Easter.

Slavic religious holiday. valiant of Saint George's Day. Slavic folk Christianity

Orthodox religious holiday

Feast observed in Orthodox Christianity

the first day of Great Lent throughout Eastern Christianity

fast observed by Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christians; begins on the 2nd (In the Byzantine tradition) or 1st (in the Coptic/Syriac traditions) 2nd Monday after Pentecost; ends on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul

Christmas celebrations and traditions in Russia

Christian celebration

aspect of the Virgin Mary in Byzantine cult and iconography

Seven days beginning on Easter in Eastern Christianity

in Slavic tradition

Tuesday following Easter

calendar date

Christmas celebrations and traditions in Romania

thumb|Icon of the Synaxis of the [[Theotokos (Pskov, 17th century)]] A synaxis ( "gathering"; Slavonic: собор, sobor) is a liturgical assembly in Eastern Christianity (the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite).

Slavic folk Christianity holiday

thumb|200px|Icon of the Fifth Sunday of Pascha, commemorating the Samaritan woman ([[Photina), meeting Jesus by the well. Note that the well is cross-shaped; most of the Sundays of the Pentecostarion deal with the subject of water, a reference to Baptism.]]

aspect of history

Mid-Pentecost or Midfeast, also Meso-Pentecost (from ; ) is a feast day which occurs during the Paschal season in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches and Eastern Lutheran Churches that follow the Byzantine Rite.

Eastern Orthodox Christian feast day

Saturday 6 days after Easter Sunday. Sometimes confused with Holy Saturday

The Polyeleos is a festive portion of the Matins or All-Night Vigil service as observed on higher-ranking feast days in the Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Lutheran, and Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches. The Polyeleos is considered to be the high point of the service, and contains the reading of the Matins Gospel. Because of its liturgical importance, settings for the Polyeleos have been composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff and others.

Day for commemoration of the dead