Church year 2026
Computed from the rule for Easter, for both calendars. Western dates follow the Gregorian Easter, Orthodox ones the Julian.
Western (Catholic, Anglican, Protestant)
Orthodox (Julian Easter)
Western (Catholic, Anglican, Protestant)
| Date | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6 January 2026 | Epiphany | fixed date |
| 2 February 2026 | Candlemas | fixed date |
| 18 February 2026 | Ash Wednesday | moves with Easter |
| 25 March 2026 | Annunciation | fixed date |
| 29 March 2026 | Palm Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 2 April 2026 | Maundy Thursday | moves with Easter |
| 3 April 2026 | Good Friday | moves with Easter |
| 5 April 2026 | Easter Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 14 May 2026 | Ascension Day | moves with Easter |
| 24 May 2026 | Pentecost | moves with Easter |
| 31 May 2026 | Trinity Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 4 June 2026 | Corpus Christi | moves with Easter |
| 6 August 2026 | Transfiguration | fixed date |
| 15 August 2026 | Assumption | fixed date |
| 8 September 2026 | Nativity of Mary | fixed date |
| 14 September 2026 | Exaltation of the Cross | fixed date |
| 1 November 2026 | All Saints’ Day | fixed date |
| 29 November 2026 | Advent Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 25 December 2026 | Christmas | fixed date |
Orthodox (Julian Easter)
| Date | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6 January 2026 | Orthodox Christmas Eve | fixed date |
| 7 January 2026 | Orthodox Christmas | fixed date |
| 18 January 2026 | Theophany Eve | fixed date |
| 19 January 2026 | Theophany | fixed date |
| 14 February 2026 | Meatfare Memorial Saturday | moves with Easter |
| 15 February 2026 | Meeting of the Lord (Orthodox) | fixed date |
| 16 February 2026 | Maslenitsa (Cheesefare Week begins) | moves with Easter |
| 22 February 2026 | Forgiveness Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 23 February 2026 | Clean Monday | moves with Easter |
| 7 March 2026 | Memorial Saturday, 2nd week of Lent | moves with Easter |
| 14 March 2026 | Memorial Saturday, 3rd week of Lent | moves with Easter |
| 21 March 2026 | Memorial Saturday, 4th week of Lent | moves with Easter |
| 4 April 2026 | Lazarus Saturday | moves with Easter |
| 5 April 2026 | Orthodox Palm Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 7 April 2026 | Orthodox Annunciation | fixed date |
| 10 April 2026 | Orthodox Good Friday | moves with Easter |
| 12 April 2026 | Orthodox Easter (Pascha) | moves with Easter |
| 21 April 2026 | Radonitsa | moves with Easter |
| 21 May 2026 | Orthodox Ascension | moves with Easter |
| 22 May 2026 | St Nicholas (spring) | fixed date |
| 30 May 2026 | Trinity Memorial Saturday | moves with Easter |
| 31 May 2026 | Orthodox Pentecost (Trinity) | moves with Easter |
| 1 June 2026 | Day of the Holy Spirit | moves with Easter |
| 8 June 2026 | Apostles’ Fast begins | moves with Easter |
| 12 July 2026 | Saints Peter and Paul | fixed date |
| 2 August 2026 | Prophet Elijah’s Day | fixed date |
| 14 August 2026 | Dormition Fast begins | fixed date |
| 19 August 2026 | Orthodox Transfiguration | fixed date |
| 28 August 2026 | Dormition | fixed date |
| 11 September 2026 | Beheading of John the Baptist | fixed date |
| 21 September 2026 | Orthodox Nativity of the Theotokos | fixed date |
| 27 September 2026 | Orthodox Exaltation of the Cross | fixed date |
| 14 October 2026 | Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) | fixed date |
| 4 November 2026 | Kazan Icon of the Theotokos | fixed date |
| 7 November 2026 | St Demetrius Memorial Saturday | moves with Easter |
| 28 November 2026 | Nativity Fast begins | fixed date |
| 4 December 2026 | Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple | fixed date |
| 19 December 2026 | St Nicholas (winter) | fixed date |
Fasts (Orthodox)
| From | To | |
|---|---|---|
| Great Lent | 23 February 2026 | 11 April 2026 |
| Apostles’ Fast | 8 June 2026 | 11 July 2026 |
| Dormition Fast | 14 August 2026 | 27 August 2026 |
| Nativity Fast | 28 November 2026 | 6 January 2027 |
Fast days are those of the Russian Orthodox calendar: the four fasts, Wednesdays and Fridays outside the five fast-free weeks, and three strict single days (Theophany eve, the Beheading of John the Baptist, the Exaltation of the Cross).
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.
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