Feasts and fasts
The Apostles' Fast
The fast before the day of Peter and Paul. It begins a week after Pentecost and always ends on 11 July, so its length varies from eight to forty-two days.
Feasts and fasts
Что означают слова, которые звучат в храме: облачения, богослужения, таинства, устройство храма.
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The church year
The yearly round of feasts and fasts. It begins on 14 September and is woven from two overlapping cycles: one fixed to calendar dates, one moving with Pascha.
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The Dormition Fast
A two-week fast before the Dormition, 14–27 August: the shortest of the multi-day fasts and as strict as Great Lent.
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The Nativity Fast
A forty-day fast before the Nativity, 28 November – 6 January, also called St Philip's Fast after the day on which it begins.
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The Paschalion
The rule by which the date of Pascha is found — the first Sunday after the first spring full moon — and the tables that set out that rule for centuries ahead.
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The Twelve Great Feasts
The twelve chief feasts of the year after Pascha: nine fall on fixed dates, three are counted from Pascha.