{"id":2181,"date":"2017-09-12T14:58:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T18:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nativityofchrist.net\/?page_id=2181"},"modified":"2017-09-12T15:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T19:00:29","slug":"feast-days-of-the-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nativityofchrist.net\/?page_id=2181","title":{"rendered":"Feast Days of the Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Feast Days of the Orthodox Church<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ecclesiastical Calendar begins on September 1st \/ 14th. The Feast of Christ&#8217;s Resurrection, Holy Pascha, is the greatest Feast of the Church and stands in a class by itself. The next in importance are the Twelve Great Feasts of the Church which should be treated in reverence just as the Lord&#8217;s Day. Then there are countless other feasts celebrated throughout the year. These feasts can be found in the Synaxarion, an ordered listing of the Saints of the Orthodox Church according to the Ecclesiastical Calendar.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color:#3c728c;\"><span class=\"subhead\">Twelve Great Feast Days of the Church Year<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>September 8 \/ 21 &#8211; Nativity of the Theotokos<br \/>\nSeptember 14 \/ 27 &#8211; Elevation of the Holy Cross<br \/>\nNovember 21 \/ Dec. 4- Presentation of the Theotokos<br \/>\nDecember 25 \/ Jan. 7- Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas)<br \/>\nJanuary 6 \/ 19- Theopany \/ (The Baptism of Christ)<br \/>\nFebruary 2 \/ 15 &#8211; Presentation of the Lord<br \/>\nMarch 25 \/ April 7- Annunciation<br \/>\nSunday before Pascha- Palm Sunday<br \/>\nForty Days after Pascha &#8211; Ascension of the Lord<br \/>\nFifty Days after Pascha &#8211; Pentecost<br \/>\nAugust 6 \/ 19 &#8211; Transfiguration of our Lord<br \/>\nAugust 15 \/ 28 &#8211; Dormition of the Theotokos<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color:#3c728c;\"><span class=\"subhead\">Other Prominent Feast Days of the Church Year<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b>October 1 \/ 14 &#8211; Protecting Veil of the Theotokos<br \/>\nNovember 8 \/ 21 Archangel Michael and all the Heavenly Hosts<br \/>\nDecember 6 \/ 19 St. Nicholas<br \/>\nJanuary 1 \/ 14 &#8211; Circumcision of Christ &amp; St. Basil<br \/>\nJanuary 30 \/ 12 Three holy Hiearchs<br \/>\nJune 24 \/ July 7- Nativity of St. John the Baptist<br \/>\nJune 29 \/ July 12- Sts. Peter &amp; Paul<br \/>\nAugust 29 \/ Sept. 11- Beheading of St. John the Baptist<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feast Days of the Orthodox Church &nbsp; The Ecclesiastical Calendar begins on September 1st \/ 14th. 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