Church year 2028
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 2028 | Epiphany | fixed date |
| 2 February 2028 | Candlemas | fixed date |
| 1 March 2028 | Ash Wednesday | moves with Easter |
| 25 March 2028 | Annunciation | fixed date |
| 9 April 2028 | Palm Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 13 April 2028 | Maundy Thursday | moves with Easter |
| 14 April 2028 | Good Friday | moves with Easter |
| 16 April 2028 | Easter Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 25 May 2028 | Ascension Day | moves with Easter |
| 4 June 2028 | Pentecost | moves with Easter |
| 11 June 2028 | Trinity Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 15 June 2028 | Corpus Christi | moves with Easter |
| 6 August 2028 | Transfiguration | fixed date |
| 15 August 2028 | Assumption | fixed date |
| 8 September 2028 | Nativity of Mary | fixed date |
| 14 September 2028 | Exaltation of the Cross | fixed date |
| 1 November 2028 | All Saints’ Day | fixed date |
| 3 December 2028 | Advent Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 25 December 2028 | Christmas | fixed date |
Orthodox (Julian Easter)
| Date | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6 January 2028 | Orthodox Christmas Eve | fixed date |
| 7 January 2028 | Orthodox Christmas | fixed date |
| 18 January 2028 | Theophany Eve | fixed date |
| 19 January 2028 | Theophany | fixed date |
| 15 February 2028 | Meeting of the Lord (Orthodox) | fixed date |
| 19 February 2028 | Meatfare Memorial Saturday | moves with Easter |
| 21 February 2028 | Maslenitsa (Cheesefare Week begins) | moves with Easter |
| 27 February 2028 | Forgiveness Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 28 February 2028 | Clean Monday | moves with Easter |
| 11 March 2028 | Memorial Saturday, 2nd week of Lent | moves with Easter |
| 18 March 2028 | Memorial Saturday, 3rd week of Lent | moves with Easter |
| 25 March 2028 | Memorial Saturday, 4th week of Lent | moves with Easter |
| 7 April 2028 | Orthodox Annunciation | fixed date |
| 8 April 2028 | Lazarus Saturday | moves with Easter |
| 9 April 2028 | Orthodox Palm Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 14 April 2028 | Orthodox Good Friday | moves with Easter |
| 16 April 2028 | Orthodox Easter (Pascha) | moves with Easter |
| 25 April 2028 | Radonitsa | moves with Easter |
| 22 May 2028 | St Nicholas (spring) | fixed date |
| 25 May 2028 | Orthodox Ascension | moves with Easter |
| 3 June 2028 | Trinity Memorial Saturday | moves with Easter |
| 4 June 2028 | Orthodox Pentecost (Trinity) | moves with Easter |
| 5 June 2028 | Day of the Holy Spirit | moves with Easter |
| 12 June 2028 | Apostles’ Fast begins | moves with Easter |
| 12 July 2028 | Saints Peter and Paul | fixed date |
| 2 August 2028 | Prophet Elijah’s Day | fixed date |
| 14 August 2028 | Dormition Fast begins | fixed date |
| 19 August 2028 | Orthodox Transfiguration | fixed date |
| 28 August 2028 | Dormition | fixed date |
| 11 September 2028 | Beheading of John the Baptist | fixed date |
| 21 September 2028 | Orthodox Nativity of the Theotokos | fixed date |
| 27 September 2028 | Orthodox Exaltation of the Cross | fixed date |
| 14 October 2028 | Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) | fixed date |
| 4 November 2028 | St Demetrius Memorial Saturday | moves with Easter |
| 4 November 2028 | Kazan Icon of the Theotokos | fixed date |
| 28 November 2028 | Nativity Fast begins | fixed date |
| 4 December 2028 | Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple | fixed date |
| 19 December 2028 | St Nicholas (winter) | fixed date |
Fasts (Orthodox)
| From | To | |
|---|---|---|
| Great Lent | 28 February 2028 | 15 April 2028 |
| Apostles’ Fast | 12 June 2028 | 11 July 2028 |
| Dormition Fast | 14 August 2028 | 27 August 2028 |
| Nativity Fast | 28 November 2028 | 6 January 2029 |
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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