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List of movable Eastern Christian observances
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This is a chronological list of moveable Eastern Christian observances. Most of these are calculated by the date of Pascha. It includes secular observances which are calculated by religious observances.
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This list does not necessarily imply either official status nor general observance.
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February
11th Sunday before Pascha: February 2
63 days before Pascha: February 8[2]
10th Sunday before Pascha: February 9[3]
Second Monday before Clean Monday: February 10–13[4]
9th Sunday before Pascha: February 16[3]
Thursday of the 8th week before Pascha: February 20 [5]
Sunday of Meatfare week: February 23
Monday to Sunday following the 9th Sunday before Pascha: February 23-February 28 [1]
Saturday of Meatfare Week: February 29
March
Monday to Sunday following Meatfare week: March 1–7[6]
Sunday of Cheesefare week (Eastern Christianity): March 1[6]
Monday after Sunday of Forgiveness: March 2[6]
- Great Lent begins
First Saturday of Great Lent: March 7
First Sunday of Great Lent: March 8
2nd Saturday of Lent: March 14
5th Sunday before Pascha and 2nd Sunday of Lent: March 15
3rd Saturday of Lent: March 21
4th Saturday of Lent: March 28
4th Sunday before Pascha and 3rd Sunday of Lent: March 29
April
5th Saturday of Lent: April 4
3rd Sunday before Pascha and 4th Sunday of Lent: April 5
Day before Palm Sunday: April 11
5th Sunday of Lent: April 12
Sunday before Pascha: April 12
Monday after Palm Sunday: April 13
Tuesday after Palm Sunday: April 14
Wednesday after Palm Sunday: April 15
Thursday after Palm Sunday: April 16
Friday after Palm Sunday: April 17[7]
Saturday after Palm Sunday: April 18
April 19
Monday after Pascha: April 20
Tuesday after Pascha: April 21
Wednesday after Pascha: April 22
Thursday after Pascha: April 23
Friday after Pascha: April 24
Saturday after Pascha: April 25
8th day after Pascha: April 26
2nd Tuesday of Pascha, or 2nd Monday of Pascha, depending on region: April 27
May
2nd Sunday following Pascha: May 3
4th Sunday of Pascha: May 10
Wednesday after the Sunday of the Paralytic: May 13
5th Sunday of Pascha: May 17
6th Sunday of Pascha: May 24
Forty days after Pascha: May 28 [1]
7th Saturday of Pascha: May 30
7th Sunday of Pascha: May 31
June
Fifty days after Pascha: June 7
Monday after Pentecost: June 8
Tuesday after Pentecost: June 9
First Sunday after Pentecost: June 14
64th day after Pascha: June 14 [8]
Second Monday after Pentecost, the day after All Saints' Sunday: July 15
July
98 days/14 weeks after Pascha: July 19
August
Sunday closest to August 15: August 16
September
Saturday closest to Sept.23, the Conception of Saint John the Forerunner, Russian Orthodox only: September 20
October
Saturday closest to October 26, feast day of Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Russian Orthodox only: October 25
November
Sunday closest to November 11: November 14
- Remembrance Sunday (Cyprus only)
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