Church year 2031
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 2031 | Epiphany | fixed date |
| 2 February 2031 | Candlemas | fixed date |
| 26 February 2031 | Ash Wednesday | moves with Easter |
| 25 March 2031 | Annunciation | fixed date |
| 6 April 2031 | Palm Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 10 April 2031 | Maundy Thursday | moves with Easter |
| 11 April 2031 | Good Friday | moves with Easter |
| 13 April 2031 | Easter Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 22 May 2031 | Ascension Day | moves with Easter |
| 1 June 2031 | Pentecost | moves with Easter |
| 8 June 2031 | Trinity Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 12 June 2031 | Corpus Christi | moves with Easter |
| 6 August 2031 | Transfiguration | fixed date |
| 15 August 2031 | Assumption | fixed date |
| 8 September 2031 | Nativity of Mary | fixed date |
| 14 September 2031 | Exaltation of the Cross | fixed date |
| 1 November 2031 | All Saints’ Day | fixed date |
| 30 November 2031 | Advent Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 25 December 2031 | Christmas | fixed date |
Orthodox (Julian Easter)
| Date | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6 January 2031 | Orthodox Christmas Eve | fixed date |
| 7 January 2031 | Orthodox Christmas | fixed date |
| 18 January 2031 | Theophany Eve | fixed date |
| 19 January 2031 | Theophany | fixed date |
| 15 February 2031 | Meatfare Memorial Saturday | moves with Easter |
| 15 February 2031 | Meeting of the Lord (Orthodox) | fixed date |
| 17 February 2031 | Maslenitsa (Cheesefare Week begins) | moves with Easter |
| 23 February 2031 | Forgiveness Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 24 February 2031 | Clean Monday | moves with Easter |
| 8 March 2031 | Memorial Saturday, 2nd week of Lent | moves with Easter |
| 15 March 2031 | Memorial Saturday, 3rd week of Lent | moves with Easter |
| 22 March 2031 | Memorial Saturday, 4th week of Lent | moves with Easter |
| 5 April 2031 | Lazarus Saturday | moves with Easter |
| 6 April 2031 | Orthodox Palm Sunday | moves with Easter |
| 7 April 2031 | Orthodox Annunciation | fixed date |
| 11 April 2031 | Orthodox Good Friday | moves with Easter |
| 13 April 2031 | Orthodox Easter (Pascha) | moves with Easter |
| 22 April 2031 | Radonitsa | moves with Easter |
| 22 May 2031 | Orthodox Ascension | moves with Easter |
| 22 May 2031 | St Nicholas (spring) | fixed date |
| 31 May 2031 | Trinity Memorial Saturday | moves with Easter |
| 1 June 2031 | Orthodox Pentecost (Trinity) | moves with Easter |
| 2 June 2031 | Day of the Holy Spirit | moves with Easter |
| 9 June 2031 | Apostles’ Fast begins | moves with Easter |
| 12 July 2031 | Saints Peter and Paul | fixed date |
| 2 August 2031 | Prophet Elijah’s Day | fixed date |
| 14 August 2031 | Dormition Fast begins | fixed date |
| 19 August 2031 | Orthodox Transfiguration | fixed date |
| 28 August 2031 | Dormition | fixed date |
| 11 September 2031 | Beheading of John the Baptist | fixed date |
| 21 September 2031 | Orthodox Nativity of the Theotokos | fixed date |
| 27 September 2031 | Orthodox Exaltation of the Cross | fixed date |
| 14 October 2031 | Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) | fixed date |
| 1 November 2031 | St Demetrius Memorial Saturday | moves with Easter |
| 4 November 2031 | Kazan Icon of the Theotokos | fixed date |
| 28 November 2031 | Nativity Fast begins | fixed date |
| 4 December 2031 | Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple | fixed date |
| 19 December 2031 | St Nicholas (winter) | fixed date |
Fasts (Orthodox)
| From | To | |
|---|---|---|
| Great Lent | 24 February 2031 | 12 April 2031 |
| Apostles’ Fast | 9 June 2031 | 11 July 2031 |
| Dormition Fast | 14 August 2031 | 27 August 2031 |
| Nativity Fast | 28 November 2031 | 6 January 2032 |
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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