Liturgical Calendar
🕯️ Orthodox
✝️ Catholic
January
| Jan 1 |
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Catholic)
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| Jan 6 |
Theophany — Baptism of Christ (Orthodox — new calendar) / Epiphany of the Lord (Catholic)
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| Jan 7 |
Nativity of Christ — Christmas (Orthodox — old/Julian calendar)
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| Jan 19 |
Theophany — Baptism of Christ (Orthodox — old/Julian calendar)
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February
| Feb 2 |
Presentation of the Lord — Candlemas (Catholic) (Orthodox — new calendar)
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| Feb 15 |
Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Orthodox — old/Julian calendar)
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| Feb 17 |
Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras (Catholic)
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| Feb 18 |
Ash Wednesday — beginning of Lent (Catholic)
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| Feb 22 |
Forgiveness Sunday / Cheesefare Sunday (Orthodox)
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| Feb 23 |
Clean Monday — beginning of Great Lent (Orthodox)
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March
| Mar 19 |
Solemnity of Saint Joseph (Catholic)
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| Mar 25 |
Annunciation (Catholic) (Orthodox — new calendar)
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April
| Apr 2 |
Holy Thursday — Last Supper (Catholic)
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| Apr 3 |
Good Friday (Catholic)
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| Apr 5 |
Easter Sunday (Catholic)
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| Apr 5 |
Palm Sunday (Orthodox)
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| Apr 7 |
Annunciation of the Theotokos (Orthodox — old/Julian calendar)
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| Apr 9 |
Holy Thursday — Last Supper (Orthodox)
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| Apr 10 |
Great & Holy Friday (Orthodox)
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| Apr 12 |
Pascha — Holy Resurrection of Christ (Orthodox)
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May
| May 14 |
Ascension of the Lord (Catholic — Holy Day of Obligation in some states)
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| May 21 |
Ascension of the Lord (Orthodox)
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| May 24 |
Pentecost Sunday (Catholic)
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| May 31 |
Trinity Sunday (Catholic) / Pentecost (Orthodox)
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June
| Jun 7 |
Corpus Christi — Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Catholic)
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| Jun 8 |
Apostles' Fast begins (Orthodox)
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| Jun 12 |
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Catholic)
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| Jun 24 |
Nativity of St. John the Baptist (Catholic) (Orthodox — new calendar)
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| Jun 29 |
Feast of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Catholic) (Orthodox — new calendar)
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July
| Jul 7 |
Nativity of St. John the Baptist (Orthodox — old/Julian calendar)
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| Jul 12 |
Holy Apostles Peter and Paul — end of Apostles' Fast (Orthodox — old/Julian calendar)
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August
| Aug 1–14 |
Dormition Fast (Orthodox)
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| Aug 6 |
Transfiguration of the Lord (Catholic) (Orthodox — new calendar)
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| Aug 15 |
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Catholic) / Dormition of the Theotokos (Orthodox — new calendar)
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| Aug 19 |
Transfiguration of the Lord (Orthodox — old/Julian calendar)
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| Aug 28 |
Dormition of the Theotokos (Orthodox — old/Julian calendar)
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September
| Sep 1 |
Church New Year — beginning of liturgical year (Orthodox)
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| Sep 8 |
Nativity of the Theotokos (Orthodox — new calendar) / Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Catholic)
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| Sep 14 |
Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Catholic) (Orthodox — new calendar)
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| Sep 21 |
Nativity of the Theotokos (Orthodox — old/Julian calendar)
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| Sep 27 |
Elevation of the Holy Cross (Orthodox — old/Julian calendar)
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October
| Oct 1 |
Protection of the Theotokos — Pokrov (Orthodox — new calendar)
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| Oct 14 |
Protection of the Theotokos — Pokrov (Orthodox — old/Julian calendar)
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| Oct 31 |
Eve of All Saints (Catholic)
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November
| Nov 1 |
All Saints' Day — Holy Day of Obligation (Catholic)
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| Nov 2 |
All Souls' Day (Catholic)
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| Nov 15 |
Nativity Fast begins (Orthodox)
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| Nov 21 |
Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (Orthodox — new calendar) / Presentation of the Virgin Mary (Catholic)
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| Nov 22 |
Solemnity of Christ the King (Catholic)
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| Nov 29 |
First Sunday of Advent (Catholic)
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December
| Dec 4 |
Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (Orthodox — old/Julian calendar)
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| Dec 8 |
Immaculate Conception — Holy Day of Obligation (Catholic)
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| Dec 12 |
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic)
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| Dec 25 |
Nativity of Christ — Christmas (Catholic) (Orthodox — new calendar)
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Orthodox old/Julian calendar: Russian, Serbian, Georgian, Jerusalem churches.
Orthodox new calendar: Greek, Romanian, Antiochian, OCA churches.
Catholic dates follow the Gregorian calendar per USCCB 2026.