Calendar of posts 2016
In our calendar, all dates are indicated taking into account the calendar data of the new style
In life, as a rule, in order to get something, you have to sacrifice something. This also applies to holidays. In order to properly celebrate a holiday according to the Orthodox calendar, you need to be ready for it.
The Russian Orthodox Church has several types of fasting in its calendar:
- one-day, throughout the year, on certain days of the week (Wednesday and Friday) and 3 one-day on certain dates;
- multi-day, of which 4 posts with a duration of more than one day.
Great Lent
(observed from 14.03 to 30.04)
Our Savior Jesus Christ began salvation precisely by fighting against temptation in the wilderness; by refusing to eat, he began the so-called tradition. Tempted by the devil, but refusing to eat, he began the salvation of the human race. Therefore, Great Lent is considered to be the fast of the Savior. In addition, the last week is called passionate, in honor of the last days of the Savior's life, his suffering and martyrdom.
The first and last weeks of this post are considered the strictest.
There are some restrictions on food intake on certain days of the week throughout the fast. So on Clean Monday, you must abstain from food completely.
During fasting every other day, food should be lean without oil and not hot (this applies to Monday, Wednesday and Friday). On other days, hot food is allowed, but again without oil (this is on Thursday and Tuesday). On Saturdays and Sundays, there is an even greater relaxation and the use of hot food with the addition of oil (vegetable origin) is allowed.
On the holy feast of the Annunciation in honor of the Most Holy Theotokos, as well as Sunday, which is commonly called Palm, it is allowed to eat fish. On the Saturday of the Holy Lazarus, the use of fish caviar is allowed. But on Friday, called Passionate, food is not consumed until the shroud is taken out.
Peter's fast (Apostolic fasting)
(accounted for from 27.06 to 11.07)
Its beginning falls on the feast of Peter and Paul, on the first day of the week of All Saints. Fasting is also called summer fast because of the season in which it is observed. The duration of this fast may differ depending on what date the feast of Holy Easter falls on.
This fast constantly begins on Monday, the feast of All Saints, and ends on the eleventh of July. The longest Petrov fast can be 6 weeks, and the shortest - 8 days.
The Peter Lent is observed in honor of the Holy Apostles, who devoted themselves to prayer for the worldwide preaching of the Gospel. They prayed for our salvation and prepared successors for salvation ministry.
During this fast, it is customary to observe dry eating on specific days of the week - Wednesday and Friday. On the first day of the week, hot food is allowed without adding oil. All other days, the diet may contain fish, cereals, mushrooms and vegetable oil. If on Monday, Wednesday and Friday falls the day of remembrance of the great saint, then hot food with butter is allowed. On the feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist (July 7), according to the Charter, fish is allowed.
Assumption Fast
(observed from 14.08 to 27.08)
Another post for many days following the Peter Lent is the Dormition Fast. Its duration is 2 weeks. This fast encourages people to remain in prayer and abstinence by the example of the Mother of God, who fasted and prayed all the hour before going to heaven.
Food intake during this fast depends on the days of the week. Every other day, dry food - on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Relaxation on Tuesday and Thursday, hot lean food allowed. On weekends (Saturday and Sunday) - food with the addition of oil (vegetable) is allowed.
In addition, on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, which falls on 08.19, and on the Assumption (which falls on Wednesday or Friday days of the week), you can eat fish.
Christmas or Filippov post
(observed from 28.11 to 6.01)
Observance of the winter fast occurs at the end of autumn and until Christmas. Its duration is 40 days. This post received the additional name Filippov because it begins just after the holiday dedicated to this saint.
Observance of this fast encourages us to make a sacrifice in gratitude for the fruits of earthly good, sent to us by the Lord God.
The rules for observing fasting in food are similar to the rules for Petrov Fast, but only until the day of December 19. On this day is a feast in memory of St. Nicholas. After that, it is customary to eat fish on weekends until the very pre-holiday of Christmas. The forefeast itself restricts the consumption of fish on any day, and on weekends, food with the addition of oil is allowed.
On the day before Christmas, as it is also called - Christmas Eve - food is not consumed until darkness and the appearance of the first stars in the sky. After that, they eat wheat grains boiled with honey or rice cooked with the addition of raisins. This dish is also called sochi.
Continuous weeks
The week is called a full calendar week. Continuous week is a week in which fasting is not observed on Wednesdays and Fridays. In total, there are 5 continuous weeks in the Church calendar, and they fall on the following dates:
1.from 7.01 to 17.01 (Christmastide),
2.from 22.02 to 28.02 (Week of the Publican and Pharisee),
3.from 7.03 to 13.03 (Maslenitsa),
4. from 2.05 to 8.05 (Easter week),
5.from 20.06 to 26.06 (Trinity Week).
Fasting on Wednesdays and Fridays
There are days in the Church calendar that are considered fast throughout the year. This is Wednesday, which is considered a fast day in honor of the betrayal of Christ by Judas, as well as Friday - designed to honor the memory of the suffering of Jesus Christ on the cross and his death.
The rules for observing fasts on these days urge not to eat meat, meat products, as well as milk and dairy products. Relaxation is only allowed if any holiday falls on this day of the week, and then only in the form of adding vegetable oil to food. An exception is the holiday of the Intercession - on this day it is allowed to eat even fish.
In addition, indulgence these days of the week is allowed for the sick, weakened and those who are engaged in hard work. However, the Church does not allow fish to be consumed on inappropriate days, and does not fully encourage non-observance.
One-day posts
There are also so-called one-day fasts, abstinence in food during which calls for cleansing and preparation for a specific holiday. The ban applies to fish and fish products, but oil is allowed.
These include:
- 18.01 - Epiphany Eve,
- 11.09 - Beheading of John the Baptist,
- September 27 - Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord.
Food rules on holidays
The Church Charter implies the observance of certain rules in the use of food and on the days of the holidays. So on Christmas and Epiphany, which fall on Wednesday or Friday, fasting is not observed.
On the days of one-day fasting and on Christmas Eve, it is allowed to eat food with the addition of vegetable oil.
Holidays:
Dormition of the Mother of God,
Meetings of the Lord,
John the Theologian,
Nativity of John the Baptist,
Transfiguration of the Lord,
Nativity of Christ,
Entry of the Blessed Virgin Mary into the temple,
Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos,
Apostles Peter and Paul,
that fell on fast days of the week, as well as in the period from Easter to Trinity - fish and fish people are allowed to be consumed.
Fasting and meal calendar for 2016
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Periods |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
resurrection |
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Great Lent |
xerophagy |
hot without oil |
xerophagy |
hot without oil |
xerophagy |
hot with butter |
hot with butter |
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Spring "meat eater" |
fish |
fish | ||||||
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Petrov post |
hot without oil |
fish |
xerophagy |
fish |
xerophagy |
fish |
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Summer "meat eater" |
hot without oil |
hot without oil | ||||||
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Assumption Fast |
xerophagy |
hot without oil |
xerophagy |
hot without oil |
xerophagy |
hot with butter |
hot with butter |
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Autumn "meat eater" |
hot without oil |
hot without oil | ||||||
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Christmas post From 28.11 to 6.01 |
hot without oil |
fish |
xerophagy |
fish |
xerophagy |
fish |
fish |
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hot without oil |
hot with butter |
xerophagy |
hot with butter |
xerophagy |
fish |
fish |
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xerophagy |
hot without oil |
xerophagy |
hot without oil |
xerophagy |
hot with butter |
hot with butter |
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Winter "meat eater" |
fish |
fish | ||||||
The idea of the Hug Day belongs to the American psychologist Kevin Zaborney, who began to implement it on January 21, 1986. For the first time, the action was held in only one city of Clio, Michigan (USA), and now it has spread to most countries of the world.
As for whether Does Russia celebrate the Day of Hugs on January 21- since in our country there is no other of the officially approved date for such an event, the World Hugs Day (hugs) is celebrated in the Russian Federation at the same time as all over the world.
Who can you hug on this day:
The idea behind World Hug Day on January 21st is to encourage family and friends (relatives, friends) show tenderness and hug each other for a few seconds.Naturally, on this day, couples in love hug each other. But, you must admit, this is nothing special, because they do it all the time.
Children on January 21 should definitely hug their own parents (mom, dad), and parents - their children (daughters, sons). Grandparents hug grandchildren and granddaughters, and vice versa. They'll be okay with a mutual hug friends and girlfriends from one company.
But you should refrain from unexpected embraces of strangers ... Not all citizens of our country are aware that World Hugs Day is celebrated in Russia on January 21, and your actions may be misinterpreted. If the desire to hug on the street with passers-by is irresistible, it is better to prepare a sign with the words "Free hugs", "Hug me!" or "Today is Hug Day, let's hug)" and do it legally and safely.
Orthodox church calendar of fasts and meals for 2019 with an indication and a brief description of multi-day and one-day fasts and continuous weeks.
Church Orthodox calendar of fasting and meals for 2019
Fasting is not in the belly, but in the spirit
Folk proverb
Nothing in life comes without difficulty. And to celebrate the holiday, you need to prepare for it.
In the Russian Orthodox Church, there are four multi-day fasts, fast on Wednesday and Friday throughout the year (with the exception of a few weeks), and three one-day fasts.
During the first four days of the first week of Great Lent (Monday through Thursday), the Great (Penitential) Canon is read during the evening service, a work of the brilliant Byzantine hymnographer of St. Andrew of Crete (8th century).
ATTENTION! Below you will find information on dry eating, eating without oil, and fasting days. All this is a long-standing monastic tradition, which even in monasteries cannot always be observed in our time. Such strict fasting is not for the laity, but the usual practice is abstaining from eggs, dairy and meat foods during fasting and during strict fasting - also abstaining from fish. For all possible questions and about your individual measure of fasting, you need to consult with your spiritual father.
Dates are in the new style.
Fasting and meal calendar for 2019
| Periods | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
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from March 11 to April 27 |
xerophagy | hot without oil | xerophagy | hot without oil | xerophagy | hot with butter | hot with butter | |
| Spring carnivore | a fish | a fish | ||||||
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from June 24 to July 11 |
hot without oil | a fish | xerophagy | a fish | xerophagy | a fish | a fish | |
| Summer carnivore | xerophagy | xerophagy | ||||||
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from 14 to 27 August |
xerophagy | hot without oil | xerophagy | hot without oil | xerophagy | hot with butter | hot with butter | |
| Autumn carnivore | xerophagy | xerophagy | ||||||
| from November 28, 2019 to January 6, 2020 | until December 19 | hot without oil | a fish | xerophagy | a fish | xerophagy | a fish | a fish |
| December 20 - January 1 | hot without oil | hot with butter | xerophagy | hot with butter | xerophagy | a fish | a fish | |
| January 2-6 | xerophagy | hot without oil | xerophagy | hot without oil | xerophagy | hot with butter | hot with butter | |
| Winter carnivore | a fish | a fish | ||||||
in 2019
The Savior himself was led by the spirit into the wilderness, he was tempted by the devil for forty days and did not eat anything during those days. The Savior by fasting began the work of our salvation. Great Lent is a fast in honor of the Savior Himself, and the last, Passion Week of this forty-eight-day fast is established in honor of the remembrance of the last days of earthly life, the suffering and death of Jesus Christ.
Fasting is observed with particular rigor during the first week and during Holy Week.
Complete abstinence from food is accepted on Clean Monday. The rest of the time: Monday, Wednesday, Friday - dry food (water, bread, fruits, vegetables, compotes); Tuesday, Thursday - hot food without oil; Saturday, Sunday - food with vegetable oil.
Fish is allowed on the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos and on Palm Sunday. On Lazarev Saturday, fish caviar is allowed. On Good Friday, food must not be eaten before the Shroud is taken out.
in 2019
From Monday of the week of all Saints, the fast of the Holy Apostles begins, established before the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul. This post is called a summer post. The continuation of the fast is different, depending on how sooner or later Easter happens.
It constantly starts on All Saints Monday and ends on July 12th. The longest Petrov fast includes six weeks, and the shortest one a week with a day. This fast was established in honor of the Holy Apostles, who by fasting and prayer were preparing for the worldwide preaching of the Gospel and preparing their successors in the work of saving ministry.
Strict fasting (dry eating) on Wednesday and Friday. On Monday you can eat hot food without oil. On other days - fish, mushrooms, cereals with vegetable oil.
in 2019
From 14 to 27 August 2019.
A month after the Apostolic Lent, the many-day Dormition Fast begins. It lasts for two weeks - from 14 to 27 August. By this fast, the Church calls us to imitate the Mother of God, who, before Her transfer to heaven, was incessantly in fasting and prayer.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday - dry food. Tuesday, Thursday - hot food without oil. On Saturday and Sunday, food with vegetable oil is allowed.
On the day of the Transfiguration of the Lord (19 August) fish is allowed. Fish day in Assumption, if it falls on Wednesday or Friday.
in 2019
Rozhdestvensky (Filippov) post. At the end of autumn, 40 days before the great feast of the Nativity of Christ, the Church calls us to the winter fast. It is called Filippov, because it begins after the day dedicated to the memory of the Apostle Philip, and Rozhdestvensky, because it happens before the feast of the Nativity of Christ.
This fast was established in order for us to bring a grateful sacrifice to the Lord for the earthly fruits collected and to prepare for the grace-filled union with the born Savior.
The food charter coincides with the charter of St. Peter's Lent, until the day of St. Nicholas (December 19).
If the feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos falls on Wednesday or Friday, then fish is allowed. After the feast day of St. Nicholas and before the prefeast of Christmas, fish is allowed on Saturday and Sunday. On the eve of the feast, you cannot eat fish all the days, on Saturday and Sunday - food with butter.
On Christmas Eve, you cannot eat food until the first star appears, after which it is customary to taste soothing - wheat grains boiled in honey or boiled rice with raisins.
Continuous weeks in 2019
Week- week from Monday to Sunday. These days there is no fasting on Wednesday and Friday.
There are five continuous weeks:
Christmastide- from 7 to 17 January,
Publican and Pharisee- 2 weeks before
Cheese (Shrovetide)- the week before (no meat)
Easter (Light)- week after Easter
- the week after Trinity.
Fasting on Wednesday and Friday
The weekly fast days are Wednesday and Friday. On Wednesday, fasting is established in remembrance of Judas' betrayal of Christ, on Friday - in memory of the sufferings of the Cross and the death of the Savior. On these days of the week, the Holy Church prohibits the consumption of meat and dairy foods, and during the week of All Saints before the Nativity of Christ, abstinence from fish and vegetable oil should also be followed. Only when Wednesday and Friday are the days of the celebrated saints is vegetable oil allowed, and on the biggest holidays, such as the Intercession, fish.
Some indulgence is allowed for those who are sick and engaged in hard work, so that Christians have the strength for prayer and the necessary labor, but the use of fish on the wrong days, and even more so the complete permission of fasting, is rejected by the charter.
One-day fasts
Epiphany eve- January 18, on the eve of the Epiphany of the Lord. On this day, Christians prepare for cleansing and consecration with holy water on the feast of Epiphany.
Beheading of John the Baptist- 11 September. This is the day of remembrance and death of the great prophet John.
Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord- September 27. Memory of the Savior's suffering on the cross for the salvation of the human race. This day is spent in prayer, fasting, contrition for sins.
One-day fasts- days of strict fasting (except Wednesday and Friday). Fish is prohibited, but food with vegetable oil is allowed.
Orthodox holidays. About the meal on holidays
According to the Church Charter, there is no fast on the holidays of the Nativity of Christ and the Epiphany, which happened on Wednesday and Friday. On Christmas and Epiphany Eve and on the feasts of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the Beheading of John the Baptist, food with vegetable oil is allowed. On the feasts of the Meeting, the Transfiguration of the Lord, the Dormition, the Nativity and the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos, Her Entry into the Temple, the Nativity of John the Baptist, the Apostles Peter and Paul, John the Theologian, which happened on Wednesday and Friday, as well as from Easter to Trinity on Wednesday and Friday fish allowed.
When there is no marriage
On the eve of Wednesdays and Fridays of the whole year (Tuesday and Thursday), Sundays (Saturday), Twelve, Temple and Great Feasts; in continuation of the posts: Velikiy, Petrov, Uspensky, Rozhdestvensky; during Christmas time, on Meat Week, during Cheese Week (Maslenitsa) and on Cheese Week; during the Easter (Bright) week and during the Exaltation of the Holy Cross - September 27.
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The total duration of the fast is 48 days. It starts on Monday, seven weeks before Easter and ends on Saturday, before Easter.
The first week of fasting is carried out with special rigor. On the first day, complete abstinence from food is taken. Then, from Tuesday to Friday, dry eating is allowed (they eat bread, salt, raw fruits and vegetables, dried fruits, nuts, honey, drink water), and on Saturday and Sunday - hot food with butter.
In the second to sixth weeks of Great Lent, dry eating is established on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, hot food without oil is allowed on Tuesday and Thursday, and hot food with oil on Saturday and Sunday.
During Passion Week (the last week of fasting), dry eating is prescribed, and on Friday you cannot eat until the shroud is taken out.
On the feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos (April 7) (if it did not fall on Holy Week) and on Palm Sunday (a week before Easter), it is allowed to eat fish. On Lazarev Saturday (before Palm Sunday) you can eat fish caviar.
Begins on Monday, 57th day after Easter (one week after Trinity), and always ends on July 11 (inclusive). In 2016, it lasts 15 days.
On Peter's fast, fish is allowed on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, hot food without oil on Monday, and dry food on Wednesday and Friday.
On the feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist (July 7), you can eat fish (no matter what day it falls on).
During the Dormition Lent on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, dry eating is allowed, on Tuesday and Thursday - hot food without oil, on Saturday and Sunday - hot food with oil.
On the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (August 19), you can eat fish (no matter what day it falls on).
From November 28 to the feast of St. Nicholas (December 19 inclusive), hot food without oil is allowed on Monday, fish is allowed on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, and dry eating is allowed on Wednesday and Friday.
From December 20 to January 1, on Tuesday and Thursday, it is already forbidden to eat fish; instead, hot food with butter is allowed. The rest of the days remain unchanged.
From January 2 to January 6, dry eating is prescribed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, hot food without oil on Tuesday and Thursday, hot food with oil on Saturday and Sunday.
On Christmas Eve (January 6), you cannot eat until the first star appears in the sky, after which it is customary to eat juicy wheat grains boiled in honey or boiled rice with raisins.
On the feast days of the Entry of the Virgin into the Temple (December 4) and St. Nicholas (December 19), fish can be eaten on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Fasting is a complex spiritual practice, coupled with the bodily and spiritual limitations of a person who is a believer and honoring religious traditions. This publication will present a complete calendar of Orthodox fasts in 2016 in order to facilitate the Christian's quest and give him a reliable tool for union with God. It is important to take into account that fasting is not only restrictions on food intake, but additional spiritual practices associated with prayer and the struggle with worldly passions.
Fasting Calendar 2016 and Nutrition Great Lent in 2016
Lent in 2016 falls on the following period of time: the beginning of the fast - March 14, the end of the fast - April 30. This time of asceticism is divided into seven weeks. Moreover, the first and the last involves the most stringent restrictions on food intake. This is due to the fact that on the first day of the first week of fasting and on the fifth day of the last week, Orthodox Christians completely refuse to eat. The second day of the first week involves eating only bread and water, and the first three days of Passion Week, they eat food raw and without oil. In general, the rules for eating are distributed according to the days of the week, which will be presented below.
- Monday. Food is eaten raw and without added oil.
- Tuesday. Cooked foods can be eaten, but without the addition of oil.
- Wednesday. The rules for Monday are repeated.
- Thursday. The rules for Tuesday are repeated.
- Friday. See point 3.
- Saturday. It is allowed to eat cooked food with the addition of oil and drink wine.
- Sunday. The rules for Saturday are repeated.
Petrov post in 2016
This fast is proclaimed in memory of the ascetic preparation of Saints Paul and Peter for the preaching of the Gospel. Peter's fast is not strict and involves a simple abstinence from eating dairy and meat products. It becomes tougher only on Fridays and Wednesdays, when the Orthodox tradition allows the use of boiled fish. Peter's Lent in 2016 falls on the following period: June 27 - July 11. 
Assumption Lent in 2016
This fast is the Christian's ascetic preparation for the celebration of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos. If you are wondering when the Assumption Lent will be in 2016, then it falls on: August 14 - August 27. This fast is not inferior to the Great Fast in terms of the severity of abstinence: Monday, Wednesday, Friday presuppose dry eating; cooked food is allowed on Tuesday and Thursday, but the addition of oil is prohibited. Drinking wine and oil (vegetable) is allowed only on Sunday and Saturday. On the day of the Transfiguration of the Lord, the Orthodox tradition allows the use of fish.
Nativity Fast 2016
This fast is timed to coincide with the Nativity of Christ and falls on November 28 - January 6. Also, this post is sometimes called Filippov, since November 27 is dedicated to the memory of St. Philip. It is worth noting that the start date of the Nativity Fast may vary if November 27 falls on a Friday or Wednesday (i.e. one-day fasts). This is the case this year as well. In this regard, the final fasting time is as follows: November 28, 2016 - January 6, 2017. The prescriptions for prohibitions on eating food are identical to the Dormition Fast. In addition, fish and wine are allowed on 4 December.
One-day fasts in 2016
- Fasting every Wednesday and Friday. The most important thing is to abstain from dairy and meat products.
- Epiphany Eve - falls on January 18, 2016.
- Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord - falls on September 27, 2016.
- Prophet Elijah Day - falls on August 2, 2016.
Thus, the above is a full-fledged calendar of Orthodox fasts for 2016.
Orthodox fasts and their meaning for Christians