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Ordinary Time

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The church year

Every feast that moves with Easter, and every one that does not, for the Western and the Orthodox calendars.

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Western (Catholic, Anglican, Protestant)

Christmastide · 1 January – 11 JanuaryOrdinary Time · 12 January – 17 FebruaryLent · 18 February – 28 MarchHoly Week · 29 March – 4 AprilEastertide · 5 April – 24 MayOrdinary Time · 25 May – 28 NovemberAdvent · 29 November – 24 DecemberChristmastide · 25 December – 31 DecemberJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSeptOctNovDecEpiphany · 6 January 2026Candlemas · 2 February 2026Ash Wednesday · 18 February 2026Annunciation · 25 March 2026Palm Sunday · 29 March 2026Maundy Thursday · 2 April 2026Good Friday · 3 April 2026Easter Sunday · 5 April 2026Ascension Day · 14 May 2026Pentecost · 24 May 2026Trinity Sunday · 31 May 2026Corpus Christi · 4 June 2026Transfiguration · 6 August 2026Assumption · 15 August 2026Nativity of Mary · 8 September 2026Exaltation of the Cross · 14 September 2026All Saints’ Day · 1 November 2026Advent Sunday · 29 November 2026Christmas · 25 December 2026Easter SundayPentecostAdvent SundayChristmasToday · 28 September 2026202628 September
  • Christmastide1 January – 11 January
  • Ordinary Time12 January – 17 February
  • Lent18 February – 28 March
  • Holy Week29 March – 4 April
  • Eastertide5 April – 24 May
  • Ordinary Time25 May – 28 November
  • Advent29 November – 24 December
  • Christmastide25 December – 31 December

Orthodox (Julian Easter)

the Nativity Fast · 1 January – 6 Januarythe season after Pentecost · 7 January – 22 FebruaryGreat Lent · 23 February – 4 AprilHoly Week · 5 April – 11 Aprilthe Pentecostarion (Pascha to Pentecost) · 12 April – 31 Maythe season after Pentecost · 1 June – 7 Junethe Apostles’ Fast · 8 June – 11 Julythe season after Pentecost · 12 July – 13 Augustthe Dormition Fast · 14 August – 27 Augustthe season after Pentecost · 28 August – 27 Novemberthe Nativity Fast · 28 November – 31 DecemberJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSeptOctNovDecOrthodox Christmas Eve · 6 January 2026Orthodox Christmas · 7 January 2026Theophany Eve · 18 January 2026Theophany · 19 January 2026Meatfare Memorial Saturday · 14 February 2026Meeting of the Lord (Orthodox) · 15 February 2026Maslenitsa (Cheesefare Week begins) · 16 February 2026Forgiveness Sunday · 22 February 2026Clean Monday · 23 February 2026Memorial Saturday, 2nd week of Lent · 7 March 2026Memorial Saturday, 3rd week of Lent · 14 March 2026Memorial Saturday, 4th week of Lent · 21 March 2026Lazarus Saturday · 4 April 2026Orthodox Palm Sunday · 5 April 2026Orthodox Annunciation · 7 April 2026Orthodox Good Friday · 10 April 2026Orthodox Easter (Pascha) · 12 April 2026Radonitsa · 21 April 2026Orthodox Ascension · 21 May 2026St Nicholas (spring) · 22 May 2026Trinity Memorial Saturday · 30 May 2026Orthodox Pentecost (Trinity) · 31 May 2026Day of the Holy Spirit · 1 June 2026Apostles’ Fast begins · 8 June 2026Saints Peter and Paul · 12 July 2026Prophet Elijah’s Day · 2 August 2026Dormition Fast begins · 14 August 2026Orthodox Transfiguration · 19 August 2026Dormition · 28 August 2026Beheading of John the Baptist · 11 September 2026Orthodox Nativity of the Theotokos · 21 September 2026Orthodox Exaltation of the Cross · 27 September 2026Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) · 14 October 2026Kazan Icon of the Theotokos · 4 November 2026St Demetrius Memorial Saturday · 7 November 2026Nativity Fast begins · 28 November 2026Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple · 4 December 2026St Nicholas (winter) · 19 December 2026Orthodox ChristmasOrthodox Easter (Pascha)Orthodox Pentecost (Trinity)Nativity Fast beginsToday · 28 September 2026202628 September
  • the Nativity Fast1 January – 6 January
  • the season after Pentecost7 January – 22 February
  • Great Lent23 February – 4 April
  • Holy Week5 April – 11 April
  • the Pentecostarion (Pascha to Pentecost)12 April – 31 May
  • the season after Pentecost1 June – 7 June
  • the Apostles’ Fast8 June – 11 July
  • the season after Pentecost12 July – 13 August
  • the Dormition Fast14 August – 27 August
  • the season after Pentecost28 August – 27 November
  • the Nativity Fast28 November – 31 December

Today

Date
14 October 2026Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov)Orthodox
1 November 2026All Saints’ DayWestern
4 November 2026Kazan Icon of the TheotokosOrthodox
7 November 2026St Demetrius Memorial SaturdayOrthodox
28 November 2026Nativity Fast beginsOrthodox
29 November 2026Advent SundayWestern
4 December 2026Entry of the Theotokos into the TempleOrthodox
19 December 2026St Nicholas (winter)Orthodox

Western (Catholic, Anglican, Protestant)

Orthodox (Julian Easter)

Other years

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Easter: Meeus/Jones/Butcher and Meeus’s Julian algorithm (Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, 1991). Feast offsets as in the General Roman Calendar and the Orthodox Triodion/Pentecostarion.