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January 1
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Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord
Feast of St. Basil the Great
New Year's Day
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January 6
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Feast of the Theophany of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ
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January 11
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Sunday after Theophany
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January 17
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Sunday of Zacchaeus
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January 24
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Sunday of the Publican & the Pharisee
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January 30
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Three Holy Hierarchs, Saints Basil, Gregory and John Chrysostom
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January 31
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Sunday of the Prodigal Son
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February 2
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Feast of the Encounter of Our Lord with Simeon and Anna (Presentation of Our Lord into the Temple)
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February 6
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First All-Souls Saturday (Memorial Saturday)
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February 7
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Sunday of the Second Coming of Christ (Meat-Fare)
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February 14
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Forgiveness Sunday (Cheese-Fare)
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February 15
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Beginning of the Holy Forty Days Fast
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February 21
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1st Sunday of Great Lent - Sunday of Orthodoxy
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February 27
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2nd All Souls Saturday
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February 28
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2nd Sunday of Great Lent - St. Gregory Palamas
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March 6
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3rd All Souls Saturday
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March 7
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3rd Sunday of Great Lent - Veneration of the Holy Cross
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March 13
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4th All Souls Saturday
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March 14
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4th Sunday of Great Lent - St. John Climacus
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March 18
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Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
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March 20
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Akathistos Saturday
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March 21
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5th Sunday of Great Lent
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March 25
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Feast of the Annunciation to the Mother of God
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March 27-April 4
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Great and Holy Week
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March 27
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Lazarus Saturday
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March 28
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Flowery (Palm) Sunday - Entrance into Jerusalem
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March 29
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Holy and Great Monday
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March 30
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Holy and Great Tuesday
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March 31
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Holy and Great Wednesday
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April 1
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Holy and Great Thursday
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April 2
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Holy and Great Friday
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April 3
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Holy and Great Saturday
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April 4
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PASCHA - The Resurrection of Christ
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April 4-11
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Bright Week
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April 11
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2nd Sunday of Pascha - St. Thomas
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April 23
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Feast of St. George the Great-Martyr
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April 18
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3rd Sunday of Pascha - Ointment Bearing Women
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April 25
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4th Sunday of Pascha - Healing of the Paralytic
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April 28
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Mid-Pentecost
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May 2
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5th Sunday of Pascha - Samaritan Women
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May 9
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6th Sunday of Pascha - Man Born Blind
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May 11
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Feast of Saints Cyril & Methodius
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May 13
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Day 40 - Ascension of Our Lord
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May 16
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7th Sunday of Pascha - Holy Fathers of the 1st Nicean Council
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May 22
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5th All Souls Saturday (Memorial Saturday)
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May 23
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Day 50 - Pentecost - Feast of the Descent of the Holy Spirit
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May 30
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All Saints Sunday
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May 31- June 28
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The Apostles' Fast
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May 31
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Memorial Day (U.S.)
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June 24
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Nativity of St. John the Baptist
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June 29
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Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul
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July 18
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Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils
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July 1
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Canada Day (Canada)
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July 4
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Independence Day (U.S.)
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July 20
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The Holy Prophet Elias
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August 1-14
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Dormition Fast
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August 6
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Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ
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August 15
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Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God
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August 29
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Feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist
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September 1
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Liturgical New Year
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September 6
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Labor Day (U.S. & Canada)
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September 8
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Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God
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September 14
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Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
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October 1
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Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God
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October 11
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Thanksgiving Day (Canada), Columbus Day (U.S.)
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October 17
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Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh and Final Ecumenical Council
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November 8
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Feast of St. Michael and All the Heavenly Hosts
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November 15-
December 24
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Philip's Fast (Nativity Fast)
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November 21
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Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
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November 25
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Thanksgiving Day (USA)
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December 6
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Feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker - Patron of the Byzantine Catholic Church
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December 9
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Feast of the Conception of the Mother of God in the Womb of St. Anne (some Churches celebrate this feast on December 8th)
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December 12
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Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
(Also: Our Venerable Father Spiridon the Wonder-worker, Bishop of Tremithus)
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December 12
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Second Sunday Before Christmas
Holy Forefathers
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December 19
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Sunday Before Christmas - Holy Fathers
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December 25
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Nativity of Our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ (Christmas)
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December 26
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Sunday After Christmas - Feast of the Synaxis of the Mother of God, Commemoration of the Holy and Just Joseph, King David, James the Brother of the Lord and Stephen the First Martyr
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