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| Publican and Pharisee (Beginning of the Lenten Triodion) |
January 28 |
| Meatfare | February 11 |
| Cheesefare (Forgiveness Sunday) |
February 18 |
| Palm Sunday | April 1 |
| Pascha (Beginning of the Pentecostarion) |
April 8 |
| Midfeast | May 2 |
| Ascension | May 17 |
| Pentecost | May 27 |
| Ss. Peter and Paul Fast begins: Length of Fast: |
June 4 25 days |
| Meatfast | February 12 - February 18 |
| Great Lent and Holy Week | February 19 - April 7 |
| Apostles' (Peter and Paul) Fast | June 4 - June 28 |
| Dormitiom (Theotokos) Fast | August 1 - August 14 |
| Nativity (Saint Philip's Fast) | November 15 - December 24 |
| Afterfeast of the Nativity of Christ to Theophany Eve | December 25 - January 4 |
| The week following the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee | January 28 - February 3 |
| Bright Week | April 8 - April 14 |
| Trinity Week | May 27 - June 2 |
| The Entrance of Our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday) | Dependant on Paschal Cycle |
| The Ascension of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ | Dependant on Paschal Cycle |
| The Descent of the Holy Spirit | Dependant on Paschal Cycle |
| The Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos | September 8 |
| The Universal Elevation of the Life-giving Cross | September 14 |
| The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple | November 21 |
| The Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ | December 25 |
| The Theophony of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ | January 6 |
| The Meeting of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple | February 2 |
| The Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos | March 25 |
| The Transfiguration of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ | August 6 |
| The Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos | August 15 |
| Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ; Saint Basil the Great | January 1 |
| Saint Anthony the Great | January 17 |
| Three Holy Hierarchs: Ss. Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom | January 30 |
| Saint Raphael, Bishop of Brooklyn | February 27 |
| Saint Nikolai of Zhicha | March 18 |
| Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostles to the Americas | March 31, October 6 |
| Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North Anerica | April 7, October 9 |
| Holy Great Martyr, Victorybearer and Wonderworker George | April 23 |
| Saint Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America | May 7 |
| Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian | May 8 |
| Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius | May 11 |
| Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine and his mother, Saint Helen | May 21 |
| Nativity of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John | June 24 |
| Holy Apostles Peter and Paul | June 29 |
| Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Wonderworker of All Russia | July 5, September 25 |
| Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, Enlightener of Russia | July 15 |
| Saint Seraphim of Sarov | July 19, January 2 |
| Holy, Glorious Prophet Elijah | July 20 |
| Saint Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska | July 26 |
| Procession of the Honorable Wood of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord | August 1 |
| Venerable Herman, Wonderworker of Alaska and All America | August 9, December 13 |
| Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia | August 13 |
| Beheading of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John | August 29 |
| Church New Year | September 1 |
| Holy New Martyrs of Alaska, Hieromonk Juvenaly and Peter the Aleut | September 24 |
| Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos | October 1 |
| Hieromartyr Archpriest John Kochurov | October 31 |
| Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and Other Bodiless Powers | November 8 |
| Hieromartyr Protopresbyter Alexander Hotovitzky | December 4 |
| Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia | December 6 |
| Akathist | January 12, March 27 |
| Assuage My Sorrow | January 25, October 9 |
| Axion Estin ("It is Truly Meet") | June 11, July 13 |
| Donskaya | August 19 |
| Iveron | February 12, March 31, October 13 |
| Joy of All Who Sorrow | July 23, October 24 |
| Kazan | July 8, October 22 |
| Kursk-Root | September 8, November 27 |
| Life-giving Spring | Friday of Bright Week |
| Passion | April 30, August 13 |
| Pochaev | July 23, September 8 |
| She Who is Quick To Hear | November 9 |
| Sitka Mother of God | July 8 |
| Smolensk (Hodigitria) | July 28 |
| Tikhvin | February 17, June 26 |
| Vladimir | May 21, June 23, August 26 |
| Znameniye | November 27 |
This material is presented for informational purposes only, as wide variance exists in local custom and practice. This instruction is based on the current practice of the Russian orthodox Church and on the material presented in the Chapter, "The Color of Vestments for Divine Services. The Symbolism of Color" in Nastol'naia kniga sviashchennosluz hitelia, vol. 4, Moscow, 1983, p. 148 ff.
* All information taken from "Liturgical Calendar and Rubrics for the Year of our Lord 2006" published by Saint Tikhon's Monastery.