Calendar Ortodox 2025 / 2026 1.290

Discover the Orthodox Christian holidays within the 2025 calendar, along with the relevant ecclesiastical guidelines. Below are the fasting periods and significant observances marked in the Orthodox Calendar for 2025.

📌 Fasting Days and Periods - Orthodox Calendar 2025

• Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the year, except those designated for dispensation.
• Eve of Theophany (January 5)
• The Beheading of St. John the Baptist (August 29)
• The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14)
• The Holy Pascha Fast (March 18 - May 4)
• Fast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (June 27 - June 28)
• Fast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (August 1 - August 14)
• Fast of the Nativity of Christ (November 14 - December 24)

Days on Which the Divine Liturgy is Not Celebrated

• Wednesdays and Fridays during the week preceding Holy Pascha (May 1 and May 3)
• Monday and Tuesday in the first week of Holy Pascha (May 6 and May 7)
• Friday in Passion Week (May 3)

Days on Which Weddings Are Not Conducted

• All days of fasting throughout the year
• On days of Major Feasts and their eves
• During Meat-Fare Week (March 10 - March 16)
• During Holy Pascha (March 17 - May 5)
• During Bright Week (May 6 - May 12)
• During the Fast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (June 27 - June 28)
• During the Fast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (August 1 - August 15)
• During the Nativity Fast (November 14 - December 24)
• The period from Christmas to Theophany (December 25 - January 6)

National Ecclesiastical Holidays - Orthodox Calendar 2025

• The Ascension of the Lord - Day of Heroes (June 13)
• St. Andrew, the First-Called Apostle – Patron Saint of Romania (November 30)

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