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Below you can find detailed information about what church holiday is celebrated by Christians in Russia and the world tomorrow, July 25, 2021, as well as find out the upcoming Christian holidays according to the Orthodox calendar 2021 this week. You can read the history and traditions of each divine event by clicking on the link after the description.

What church holiday is tomorrow July 25, 2021?

Important events and holidays celebrated on July 25, 2021 by Orthodox Christians according to the church calendar:

• Proclus the Mourner

Proclus the Mourner

Old Slavonic folk holidays harmoniously combine elements of pre-Christian pagan beliefs and church Orthodox rituals. An example here is the folk festival Proclus the Mourner. It is celebrated every year on July 25 (Old Calendar on July 12). According to the church calendar, at this time the memory of the martyred brothers Proclus and Hilary is honored.

The brothers lived at the turn of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. in the Greek city of Kalypta. They were artists and also painted the basilicas of Christian monasteries and churches.

At this time, the Roman throne was occupied by the pagan emperor Troyan, whose first decree instituted mass persecution of Christians. Proclus and Hilary were famous masters: their frescoes and paintings decorated many Christian churches.

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Below is the Orthodox church calendar for each month of 2020.

Calendar for 2021

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• When you hover your cursor over a date, information about holidays and events for that day is displayed.
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Color conventions:

• The Great and Twelfth Holidays are highlighted in bold red font
• in bold blue font .
• with a gray background .

Also read: Posting calendar for 2021

January

In January 2021, Orthodox believers celebrate three great holidays:

• Christmas (January 7)
• Circumcision of the Lord (January 14)
• Epiphany (January 19)

The year begins with the Nativity (Filippov) fast, the last week of which will last from January 1 to January 6. After it comes a series of holiday non-fasting days ( Christmas, Circumcision of the Lord, Christmastide from January 8 to 17) until Epiphany Christmas Eve (this is a strict one-day fast). On Christmas Eve, believers prepare for Epiphany; after the first star appears in the sky, they can break their fast with Epiphany. January 19 - Epiphany of the Lord .

February

A significant date for believers in February is Candlemas . Celebrated on February 15 (fixed date), the fortieth day after Christmas. The holiday is dedicated to the meeting (“meeting” means “meeting”) of the baby Jesus by the God-Receiver Simeon. The world was waiting for a savior, his appearance was predicted. Elder Simeon received this honor - to meet the Savior.

Another important event in February is Ecumenical Parents Saturday (February 22). This is the second All Souls Day of the year. The first day of remembrance in 2021 is February 9 (they remember those who suffered and died during the time of persecution for their faith)

There are only four fast days in February. These are one-day posts on February 5, 7, 19 and 21.

March

Throughout March, Orthodox believers will experience Great Lent , 1-5 weeks. This month is significant for three days of remembrance - Parents' Saturdays on March 14, 21 and 28.

April

April is rich in church holidays. This month, Orthodox Christians are looking forward to Great Easter , which falls on April 19 in 2021. And three more significant days - the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on April 7, Palm Sunday on April 12, Radonitsa on April 28 (All Souls Day).

Lent continues in April . From April 1 to April 12 are the fifth and sixth weeks, from April 13 until Easter the strictest fast is Holy Week .

May

Details for May

May 28, 2021 - Ascension of the Lord. This twelfth holiday is dedicated to the ascension of the Savior into heaven. Moving day is always celebrated on Thursday.

May 9 is the day of remembrance of deceased soldiers.

June

Details for June

June 7, 2021 is Trinity Day. This is a moving holiday, always celebrated on Sunday, the 50th day after Easter.

Trinity is preceded by Trinity Parents' Saturday , which this year falls on June 6. On this day they remember the deceased and their parents.

On June 15, Peter's fast begins, which will last 27 days (or four weeks)

July

Details for July

Events of the Orthodox calendar in July 2021:

• July 7 - Nativity of John the Baptist . Life of the Baptist >>>
• On July 8, the recently acquired secular holiday “Day of Family, Love and Fidelity” is celebrated. And it is timed to coincide with the Christian small doxological holiday - the day of remembrance of the spouses Peter and Fevronia.
• July 12 is the Day of the Apostles Peter and Paul.
• Although July 18 is not marked graphically in our calendar, many believers revere this date as the Day of the Finding of the Relics of the Wonderworker Sergius of Radonezh .

From July 1 to July 11 - Petrov fast.

August

Details for August

Brief Orthodox calendar for August 2021:

• August 2 is the day of remembrance of the Prophet Elijah, better known among the people as Elijah's day .
• August 14 - Feast of the All-Merciful Savior and the Most Holy Theotokos, Honey Spas .
• August 19 - Transfiguration of the Lord.
• August 28 is the Feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the day of remembrance of the Icons of the Mother of God.

September

Details for September

Main events in September 2021:

• September 11 - Beheading of John the Baptist .
• September 21 - Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary .
• September 27 - Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
• September 30 is the day of remembrance of the martyrs Vera, Nadezhda, Lyubov and their mother Sophia.

October

Details for October

The main holiday of October is the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary . In 2021 it falls on Wednesday, October 14th.

Fast days in October are only Wednesdays and Fridays.

November

Details for November

• November 7 is the day of remembrance of the dead, Dimitrievskaya parental Saturday .
• On November 28, the forty-day Filippov Nativity Fast .

December

• December 4 - Presentation of the Virgin Mary into the temple (full title - “Introduction of the Most Holy Lady Ever-Virgin Mary into the temple of our Mother of God”). The holiday is dedicated to the event when three-year-old Mary was brought to the temple to be tonsured as a nun. The twelfth permanent holiday. In 2021 it falls on Friday.
• December 13 is the day of remembrance of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called .
• December 19 is the day of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker .

The Nativity Fast continues throughout December .

Details for December

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• Posting calendar for 2021
• Church calendar for June 2021

Saints' Day according to the Orthodox calendar

According to the Christian church calendar, tomorrow is the day of remembrance of the saints:

• Arseny of Novgorod, Fool for Christ's sake
• Veronica the Bleeding
• Gabriel Svyatogorets, Iversky (Athos)
• Golindukha (in Baptism Mary) Persian
• Hilary of Kalipta
• John of Pechersk, Kiev, youth, first martyr of Russia
• John of Svyatogorets, Iversky (Athos)
• Mikhail Malein, abbot
• Simon Volomsky, Ustyug, abbot
• Theodore Varyag, Kyiv

The days of remembrance of saints according to the church calendar are taken as the basis when choosing a name for a person’s baptism. In accordance with them, a person’s Christian name day or, more simply put, the day of an angel is determined. In Orthodoxy, it is customary to honor the memory of one’s saint through prayer.

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Notes

1. Orthodox church calendar // Mchedov M. [fb2gratis.com/read/298407 Dictionary “Religions of the Peoples of Modern Russia”] - M.: Respublika, 2002
2. ↑ 12
   [www.pagez.ru/jc/006.php Discussion on the calendar issue at the All-Russian Local Council of 1917-18]
3. Quote from: “Orthodox calendar for 1922” — Edition by E. G. Parfenov M., first flyleaf.
4. [www.cerkiew.pl/index.php?id=wiad_kraj&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=2&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=20929&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=30&cHash=5ec51ccc106ce7f6ac935f0e00e93cc9 Zmiana kalendarza liturgicznego.] (Polish)

Church holidays this week

Monday 19 July 2021

Celebration of the Council of Radonezh Saints

Sysoev day

Tuesday July 20, 2021

Avdotya Senognoika

July 21, 2021 Wednesday

Kazan summer

Thursday 22 July 2021

Pankraty and Kirill

Celebration in honor of the Koloch and Cyprus miraculous icons of the Mother of God

Friday 23 July 2021

Anthony the Thunderbearer

Celebration in honor of the Konevskaya Icon of the Mother of God

Celebration in honor of the position of the honorable robe of our Lord Jesus Christ in Moscow

Venerable hermits of Egypt, killed by fire and smoke

Saturday 24 July 2021

Olga Stradnitsa

February

February 6. Memorial Day of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg (XIX century).

February 7. Day of the “Soothe My Sorrows” Icon.

February, 15. Meeting of the Lord. A holiday in honor of the meeting (“presentation”) of the Infant Jesus by Elder Simeon. At Candlemas, soldiers who died in Afghanistan are remembered.

February 22. Ecumenical parental Saturday (meat-free).

February 24 - March 1. Cheese week (Maslenitsa). They don't eat meat. Eggs, milk, butter, cheese are allowed.

Photo: ITAR-TASS / Vladimir Smirnov

July

July 2. Memorial Day of St. John, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, miracle worker (1966)*.

Photo: Donat Sorokin / TASS

July 7. Nativity of John the Baptist.

July, 12. Memorial Day of the Apostles Peter and Paul (67)*.

July 17th. Memorial Day of the Venerable Andrei Rublev, icon painter (15th century), the passion-bearers Emperor Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, Tsarevich Alexy, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and the passion-bearer righteous Eugene the doctor (1918)*.

July 18. Memorial Day of St. Sergius of Radonezh (1392)*, Reverend Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth and nun Varvara (1918)*.

21 July. Appearance of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in the city of Kazan.

26 July. Cathedral of the Archangel Gabriel.

July 28th. Memorial Day of Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir (1015)*.

April

April 7. Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

11 April. Lazarev Saturday.

12th of April. Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday).

Photo: RIA Novosti www.ria.ru

April 13-18. Holy Week.

April 19. Easter (Resurrection of Christ).

April 20-26. Bright week.

April 28. Radonitsa. Remembrance of the dead.

October

October 6. Conception of the Prophet John the Baptist. Memorial Day of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Apostle of Siberia and America (1879)*.

October 8. Memorial Day of St. Sergius of Radonezh (1392)*.

Photo: Sergey Mikheev

October 9. Memorial Day of the Apostle John the Theologian (beginning of the 2nd century)*.

October 14. Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

October 19. Memorial Day of the Apostle Thomas (1st century)*.

October 23. Memorial Day of St. Ambrose of Optina (1891)*.

October 24. Cathedral of the Venerable Optina Elders.

August

August 1. Memorial Day of Seraphim of Sarov, wonderworker (1833)*.

August 2. Memorial Day of the Prophet Elijah. (Ilya's day).

August 14. Carrying of the Honest Trees of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (The First One Saved, on this day honey is blessed).

August 14-27. Dormition Fast, in honor of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. Strict fasting, even fish is prohibited.

August 19. Transfiguration of the Lord (Apple Savior).

Photo: RIA Novosti www.ria.ru

August 28. Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

August 29. Transfer of the Image of the Lord Jesus Christ Not Made by Hands to Constantinople (944) (Third Savior, “nut”).