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The Orthodox Church calendar for 2022 is not only a complete list of all church holidaysthat await Christians during 2022, but also information about current and upcoming fasts, detailed recommendations on how to live these fasts and holidays.
Why do we need a church calendar with holidays and fasts separately for 2022, if the holidays are the same from year to year? The fact is that many church dates in the Orthodox calendar are transitional or mobile, that is, they are counted from the date of Easter and therefore are celebrated at different times every year. These, for example, include the Ascension of the Lord and the Day of the Holy Trinity.
In addition, in the Orthodox Church calendar for 2022, dates are marked for the general commemoration of the dead, or the so-called Parental Saturdays. At the same time, on different days the Orthodox Church commemorates the dead in a slightly different way. On some days, with special prayers, they remember all those who were killed for their faith, on others – those who died in battle for their homeland. A special day is Trinity parental Saturday, because on this day the Church is allowed to pray for the repose of the souls of even those who committed suicide.
What holiday is today according to the church calendar
Below you will find the church calendar for 2022, which can be printed.
Church holidays and fasts in 2022
- Easter in 2022 – April 24 (Holy Resurrection of Christ).
- Nativity – January 7, 2022.
- Baptism of the Lord (Theophany) – January 19, 2022.
- Candlemas – February 15, 2022.
- Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday) — April 17, 2022.
- Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos — April 7, 2022.
- Ascension — June 2, 2022
- Holy Trinity Day (Pentecost) — June 12, 2022.
- Transfiguration – August 19, 2022.
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – August 28, 2022.
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin – September 21, 2022.
- Exaltation of the Cross – September 27, 2022.
- Introduction to the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary – December 4, 2022.
Great church holidays in 2022
- Circumcision of the Lord (St. Basil the Great) — holiday January 1, 2022.
- St. John the Baptist — holiday July 7, 2022.
- Apostles Peter and Paul — holiday July 12, 2022.
- The beheading of John the Baptist — holiday on September 11, 2022.
- Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos — holiday on October 14, 2022.
Average church holidays in 2022
- Three saints – Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom — February 14, 2022
- Great Martyr George the Victorious — May 6, 2022
- Apostle John the Evangelist — May 21, 2022
- Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker (Summer Nicholas) — May 22, 2022
- Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius — May 24, 2022
- Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir — July 28, 2022
- Apostle John the Evangelist — October 9, 2022
- Saint John Chrysostom – November 26 2022 of the year
- Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker (Winter Nicholas) – December 19 2022 of the year
Church fasts in the Orthodox calendar for 2022 and for any other year are an important part of the life of a good Christian. They act as a mechanism for purifying the soul and body, clarifying, subordinating bodily needs to the mind.
The rule of fasting has come to us since time immemorial, when God forbade Adam and Eve to eat apples from the sacred tree. By violating this order, the first people committed a sin. Now, with the help of fasting, we go the opposite way – we are cleansed of sins by refusing food.
In the Orthodox calendar, church fasting has several purposes at once. First, by asceticism we show our Lord that we are devoted to Him and ready to make sacrifices for Him. Secondly, it is understood that the products saved during the fast (or the money that could be spent on them) will go to charity. Thirdly, we return to our body the form that the Lord gave us and which we often lose during periods of idleness and gluttony.
It is fundamentally wrong to think that fasting is just a refusal to eat. Without prayers and spiritual searches, this is just a diet, and harmful. Only with prayers, humility and charitable deeds fasting turns into a benefit for the body and spirit. Bad carnal desires drag our soul down, and fasting gives spiritual sweetness and lightness to the soul, which is able to raise the body along with it.
During fasting, a Christian should help the destitute and the poor and do more good deeds. Monks and clergy on such days try to spend more time talking with parishioners, answering their questions.
Since anger is one of the most common sins, anger should also be pacified during fasting and conflicts should be avoided.
Church Orthodox posts in 2022
Multi-day posts
- Great Lent in 2022 from March 7th to May 23rd.
- Petrov post in 2022 – from June 20 to July 11.
- Assumption post in 2022 – from 14 to 27 August.
- Advent — from November 28, 2020 to January 6, 2022.
Day positions
- Wednesday and Friday throughout the year, with the exception of continuous weeks and Christmas.
- Epiphany eve – January 18, 2022.
- The beheading of John the Baptist – September 11, 2022.
- Exaltation of the Cross – September 27, 2022.
Continuous weeks in which there is no post
- Christmas time in 2022 – from 7 to 17 of January.
- Week of the Publican and Pharisee in 2022 – from 7 to 17 of January.
- Maslenitsa in 2022 (Cheese Week) from February 28th to March 6th.
- Bright Easter week in 2022 from 25 April to 30 April.
- Trinity Week in 2022 – from 13 to 19 June.
Parental Saturdays in 2022 (All Souls’ Days)
- Universal Parent Saturday (meat-fat) in 2022 – February 26, Saturday.
- Commemoration of all the dead who suffered for the faith – February 6, 2022.
- Saturday 2nd week of Lent – March 19, 2022.
- Saturday 3nd week of Lent — April 26, 2022.
- Saturday 4nd week of Lent — April 2, 2022.
- Fifth Memorial Day – Day of Remembrance for all those who died during the Great Patriotic War – 9 May.
- Workshop in 2022 — May 3, 2022.
- Trinity parent Saturday in 2022 — June 11, 2022.
- Dimitriev parental Saturday – November 5, 2022.
- The seventh memorial day in the calendar of 2022 is the Day of Remembrance of Orthodox Warriors, for Faith, the Tsar and the Fatherland, killed on the battlefield – 11-th of September.