List of movable Eastern Christian observances


This is a chronological list of moveable Eastern Christian observances. Most of these are calculated by the date of Pascha. It includes secular observances which are calculated by religious observances.
This list does not necessarily imply either official status nor general observance.

2020 dates

[February]

11th Sunday before Pascha: February 2
63 days before Pascha: February 8
10th Sunday before Pascha: February 9
Second Monday before Clean Monday: February 10-13
9th Sunday before Pascha: February 16
Thursday of the 8th week before Pascha: February 20
  • Feast of Saint Vartan
Sunday of Meatfare week: February 23
  • Sunday of Last Judgement
Monday to Sunday following the 9th Sunday before Pascha: February 23-February 28
  • Meatfare Week
Saturday of Meatfare Week: February 29 '''
Monday to Sunday following Meatfare week: March 1-7
  • Cheesefare Week
Sunday of Cheesefare week : March 1
  • Sunday of Forgiveness
Monday after Sunday of Forgiveness: March 2
  • Great Lent begins
  • *Clean Monday
First Saturday of Great Lent: March 7
  • St. Theodore Saturday
First Sunday of Great Lent: March 8
  • Feast of Orthodoxy
2nd Saturday of Lent: March 14
  • Saturday of Souls
5th Sunday before Pascha and 2nd Sunday of Lent: March 15
  • Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas
3rd Saturday of Lent: March 21
  • Saturday of Souls
4th Saturday of Lent: March 28
  • Saturday of Souls
4th Sunday before Pascha and 3rd Sunday of Lent: March 29
  • Sunday of the Holy Cross

    [April]

5th Saturday of Lent: April 4
  • Saturday of the Akathist
3rd Sunday before Pascha and 4th Sunday of Lent: April 5
  • Sunday of St. John Climacus
Day before Palm Sunday: April 11
  • Lazarus Saturday
  • *Lazareva Subota
5th Sunday of Lent: April 12
  • Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
Sunday before Pascha: April 12
  • Palm Sunday
  • *Flower's Day
Monday after Palm Sunday: April 13
  • Great and Holy Monday
Tuesday after Palm Sunday: April 14
Wednesday after Palm Sunday: April 15
  • Great and Holy Wednesday
Thursday after Palm Sunday: April 16
  • Great and Holy Thursday
Friday after Palm Sunday: April 17
  • Great and Holy Friday
Saturday after Palm Sunday: April 18
  • Great and Holy Saturday
April 19
  • Pascha
  • *Fasika
  • *Pentecostarion begins.
Monday after Pascha: April 20
Tuesday after Pascha: April 21
Wednesday after Pascha: April 22
Thursday after Pascha: April 23
Friday after Pascha: April 24
Saturday after Pascha: April 25
8th day after Pascha: April 26
2nd Tuesday of Pascha, or 2nd Monday of Pascha, depending on region: April 27 '''
2nd Sunday following Pascha: May 3
4th Sunday of Pascha: May 10
Wednesday after the Sunday of the Paralytic: May 13
5th Sunday of Pascha: May 17
6th Sunday of Pascha: May 24
Forty days after Pascha: May 28
7th Saturday of Pascha: May 30
7th Sunday of Pascha: May 31
Fifty days after Pascha: June 7
Monday after Pentecost: June 8
Tuesday after Pentecost: June 9
First Sunday after Pentecost: June 14
64th day after Pascha: June 14
Second Monday after Pentecost, the day after All Saints' Sunday: July 15
98 days/14 weeks after Pascha: July 19
Sunday closest to August 15: August 16
Saturday closest to Sept.23, the Conception of Saint John the Forerunner, Russian Orthodox only: September 20
Saturday closest to October 26, feast day of Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Russian Orthodox only: October 25
  • Demetrius Saturday