Main Orthodox holidays in June
In Orthodoxy, each year has a certain number of significant dates. Christian holidays in 2017 by month are divided into non-transient and transferable. Events that occur in the same period from year to subsequent year are called non-transient, that is, constant. Moving celebrations change the date of their celebration depending on what date Easter falls on. As you know, in Orthodoxy all calculations of the most important moving events of the year are based on the date of celebration Happy Easter, since this event is dominant in the entire Christian religion. Easter means the holy resurrection of Christ after his execution-crucifixion. The holy resurrection of the Savior itself strengthened the faith of the believing people in the strength and might of the Lord.
Orthodox holidays are also divided according to their meaning. It has been determined that the main events of the religious year are usually divided into those of the Lord and those of the Mother of God. Since the Lord's celebrations directly relate to the life and existence of Christ, the Mother of God celebrations are entirely dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus.
During each month there is enough a large number of Orthodox events. Many of them are well known, but such a celebration as the Nativity of Christ is even included in calendar events as an official state holiday. But the religious calendar consists not only of solemn and significant dates for Orthodoxy; it also necessarily includes the basics of Christian fasts, which are obligatory for believers to fulfill.
Orthodox fasting is a mandatory and important basis of faith for any Christian. During the duration of such a restriction, the believer must abstain from the delights and passions of ordinary human life. Fulfillment of fasting is given as a sign of strength and confident will. Believers adhere to the principles of fasting in honor of respect and veneration of religious traditions.
What religious holidays in 2017 are listed by month in the Christian calendar?
6 - Christmas Eve. A festive event in honor of which believers adhere to strict fasting and completely exclude all food from the diet.
7 - the great Nativity of Christ. Important date, which refers to impermanent, that is, permanent holidays.
14 - in Christian holidays event enabled important- Circumcision of the Lord.
18 - Epiphany Eve - the eve of the meeting of the Epiphany of the Lord.
19 - meeting of the celebration of the Baptism of Christ. Great holiday, which is equipped with various religious rituals.
25 is a date that is completely dedicated to the great martyr Tatiana, the servant of Jesus.
February
15 - celebration of the Presentation of the Lord. The meaning of this significant date for believers lies in the coming of the infant Christ to the holy temple, when this visit was made for the first time.
20 - the beginning of Maslenitsa week - a glorious holiday that lasts 7 days before the start of Lent.
26 - meeting of Forgiveness Sunday. An important date for all believers and ordinary people. On this day, it is customary to sincerely ask for forgiveness from all relatives and friends.
27 — V church holidays In 2017, the tradition of observing Lent was included month by month. Strict restrictions in life as usual for many people will last for 40 days, until Easter.
March
In the first month of spring there are no dates important for Orthodoxy. During this period, believers adhere to the principles of Lent, which personifies the torment of Christ before his crucifixion. In March, every Saturday, believers must honor deceased relatives, in particular, parents, therefore, throughout the entire month there are 3 parental memorial Saturdays, which are designated by the calendar on the 11th, 18th and 25th.
April
7 - meeting of the most important holiday for Christians - the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The celebration is symbolized by the coming of an angel to the Virgin Mary, who brought her the news that she would soon give birth to a baby, the Savior of the world and human destinies.
9 - Christianity celebrates the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. This celebration is popularly known as Palm Sunday.
16 —Bright and joyful Easter is a significant and important day for religion.
25 - memorial Radonitsa. At this moment, cemeteries are visited and deceased relatives are remembered by believers.
May
6 is a date dedicated to the honor and respect of St. George the Victorious.
9 - an event significant for all of Christianity - Voinov, among the common people this is the period of celebration of Victory Day.
25 - Holy Ascension of the Lord. The celebration personifies the miraculous ascension of Christ to Heaven in the form of a white cloud.
June
3 - memorial Trinity Saturday. Memorial Day for relatives, as well as all familiar people.
4 —meeting of the Holy Trinity. Celebration of the great day when praise and honor are given to the Triune God.
12 - during this period, the rules for maintaining Peter's Fast begin. This restriction in the usual human benefits will last until Peter's Day.
July
7 - a glorious and joyful day - the holiday of Ivan Kupala. An event equipped with good traditions and rituals.
7 - The birth of John the Baptist is celebrated.
8th is the day of religious lovers Peter and Fevronia. In common parlance, the date is called the day of family, fidelity and love.
12 - Christian holidays monthly indicate the end of Peter's Fast. During the same period, the celebrations of the day of Saints Paul and Peter occur.
August
2 — believers celebrate Elijah’s Day.
14 - the beginning of the Assumption Holy Fast is scheduled for this day.
19 - holy day - Transfiguration of Christ. The date when Christ took on the guise of the Holy Spirit and appeared in it before his disciples.
28 - the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is celebrated - the date is not sad, on the contrary, it is a period of joy.
September
11 - meeting of the holiday dedicated to the Beheading of John the Baptist, when the holy prophet suffered a terrible and painful death.
21 - The birth of the Mother of God is a great religious event.
27 - Christian holiday - Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord. The day of the establishment of the cross on which Christ was crucified.
October
14 - Holy Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
November
28 - the beginning of the Holy Nativity Fast - a strict restriction of believers in their usual way of life.
December
4 - meeting of the celebration dedicated to the Entry of the Mother of God into the holy temple of the Lord. This event refers to non-transitional dates.
19 — Orthodox holidays in 2017, the months include an event that relates to the tribute of respect and honor to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker- a saint who, with his skills and the power of faith, saved the lives of believers from misfortunes and terrible illnesses.
Oh, all-bright, God-praised Abba David, Holy One of God! By the power of the good Lawgiver, you have appeared to us, bound and overwhelmed by the wiles of the evil one, as a mentor in repentance and an assistant in prayer. For this reason, you have been given many gifts of grace and miracles, the remission of our sins and the remission of sins, the healing of illnesses and the driving away of the devil’s slander. Moreover, by your fatherly mercy in the divine understanding, by your laborious prayers and supplications, and especially by your constant intercession for us, may the Lord God restore us, having fallen into sin, with His power invincible against every visible and invisible enemy, so that by thanking you your holy memory will be fulfilled by desire We desired to worship the Eternal God in the One Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Hieromartyr Onuphrius (Gagalyuk), Archbishop of Kursk
Troparion to Hieromartyr Onuphrius (Gagalyuk), Archbishop of Kursk, tone 2
As a holy vessel of the Divine Spirit / a table and a lamp of the Orthodox Church, you appeared in truth, Hieromartyr Onuphrie, / when all the struggle of the God-fighters of our earth, / by malice Yes, breathing, / rushing to destroy the Church of God. / You, with many confessors of Christ, / the land of Siberia with your bones I have put to shame the demonic insolence of the persecutors of the lawless./ Now, O All-Blessed One, with all the passion-bearers of Holy Russia,/ in the Church of Heaven, triumphantly, Pray to Him who takes away the sins of the world// save our souls.
Translation: You truly appeared as a sacred vessel, the pillar and luminary of the Orthodox Church, Onuphrius, when all the regiments of the God-fighters of our land, breathing the malice of hell, rushed to ruin the Church of God. You and the multitude of Christ have covered the Siberian land with your bones and have put to shame the demonic audacity of the lawless persecutors. Now, O all-blessed one, triumphant with all Holy Rus' in the Heavenly Church, pray to Him who has taken away the sins of the world () for the salvation of our souls.
Kontakion to Hieromartyr Onuphrius (Gagalyuk), Archbishop of Kursk, tone 8
You are brightly clothed with holy grace, / like the chaste Isaac, / You gloriously foreshadowed the Shepherd Christ to serve with your blood, / Onuphrie the God-wise, / The Holy Church, evil consumed by the battle of heresies and wicked schisms,/ and destroyed by the fighters against God, like the Bride of Christ, valiantly defending the path with suffering,/ You have showered those faithful to the Divine wisdom with your teachings, // like a watchful guardian and a faithful friend of Christ.
The Lord blesses the poor, the hungry, the crying, the reviled, under the condition that all this is for the sake of the Son of Man; It means that life is blessed, surrounded by all kinds of needs and deprivations. Joy, contentment, honor, according to this word, do not represent good; Yes it is. But while a person rests in them, he is not aware of it. Only when he frees himself from their charm does he see that they are not representatives of the good, but only its ghosts.
The soul cannot do without consolations, but they are not in the sensual; cannot do without treasures, but they are not in gold and silver, not in luxurious houses and clothes, not in this external fullness; cannot do without honor, but it does not lie in the servile bows of people. There are other joys, other contentment, other honor - spiritual, akin to the soul. Whoever finds them will not want external ones; but not only will he not want to, but will despise and hate them because they block the spiritual, do not allow them to be seen, keep the soul in darkness, intoxication, in ghosts. That is why such people wholeheartedly prefer poverty, sorrow and obscurity, feeling good among them, as if in some kind of safe fence from the charm of the charms of the world. What about those to whom all this comes naturally? To be in relation to all this, according to the word of the Holy Apostle, as having nothing.
For you and me, the temple is our “recharge,” our spiritual “battery,” our “spiritual outlet.” Almost every one of you has it in your pocket cellular telephone, and you know that in a day or two it needs to be recharged, otherwise right moment, when you need to get in touch, it won’t be there because the battery is dead. In the same way, if we haven’t been to church for one or two Sundays, then we have already become spiritually “discharged.” Your connection with heaven is not working, and it is not heaven that is to blame, but you, because your spiritual battery is discharged. Many of us don’t know exactly how the phone works, what happens there, how it charges and how it discharges. But everyone knows that they need to plug the plug into the socket, and everything will work out on its own. So we also need to bring ourselves—our “relics,” our body—to the temple. You know that a Christian's body is on church language are called relics. So we just have to bring our relics here and place them, then our plug will plug into the socket. Even if a person does not understand much about worship, its chants and prayers, his soul is truly nourished.
It is impossible to do this at home, outside the temple. Therefore, the Lord says: “Work for six days and do all your work in them, and the seventh day is for the Lord” (). Think about it: we live once, but the soul is eternal. And we write our “book of life” straight away, there will be no draft, nothing can be rewritten. And we must cherish the time that the Lord has given us.
Archimandrite Melchizedek (Artyukhin)
In a couple of days we will have the feast of the Holy Trinity. It is celebrated on the 50th day after Easter. This year it falls on June 4, Sunday.
On this day, the people have their own signs, traditions and prohibitions.
For example, you cannot schedule a wedding on this bright holiday. They say it’s better to wait, because nothing good awaits such a family. But we can and should talk about the wedding. Those who plan a festive event on this day will live together happily ever after.
It is also better to rest on this day. Sewing, kitchen work and work in the garden needs to be postponed. Previously, they said that those who plow - their cattle will die, and those who sow - hail will destroy their crops. Those who deal with yarn - their sheep will get lost.
Now it's worth listening to next advice- You can’t talk bad about the Trinity, envy or get angry. However, it is better to avoid this on other days.
On the eve of Trinity, parents' Saturday is celebrated - we need to remember those who are no longer with us.
A week after Trinity, Orthodox Christians begin the Apostolic or Petrine Fast. It will last from June 12 to July 11.
Major Orthodox holidays (June 2017)
June 1 - blessed Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy, Venerable Cornelius, Wonderworker of Komel.
June 18 - Righteous Prince Theodore Yaroslavich (brother of St. Alexander Nevsky), Novgorod.
For any Orthodox person, honoring the traditions of his faith is an immutable rule passed down from generation to generation. Every month of the year brings with it various events from church life, which every believer must know about. This article will help you keep abreast of all Orthodox holidays and fasts in June 2017, so as not to miss a single one important event(see church orthodox calendar below).
Main church holidays in June 2017
June 3, 2017 (Sat)- Trinity Saturday. IN Orthodox Church This day is called Ecumenical Parental Saturday. This holiday precedes Trinity. On Parents' Saturday, it is customary to visit the cemetery, clean the graves of relatives and relatives, and remember them with a modest meal.
June 4, 2017 (Sun) – . This holiday is one of the most revered in the Orthodox Church and is celebrated by almost all Christians in the world. It is associated with the events of the New Testament period. IN Holy Scripture it is said that it was on this day, on the 50th, that the Holy Spirit descended from heaven to the apostles, which became proof of the trinity God's essence. On Trinity, it is customary to go to church, listen to the festive service, and then arrange a feast and hold public festivities for the glory of God.
June 5-11, 2017 (Mon-Sun)- Trinity Week. One of the continuous weeks (weeks) of the year, coming after a major church holiday or preceding Lent. During this period, all fasts are canceled: it is allowed to eat any food.
June 7, 2017 (Wed)– Finding the head of John the Baptist. There were three acquisitions in total, and on the indicated date Orthodox world celebrates precisely the third Finding of the Head of John the Baptist. Noted this holiday festive service in church.
Calendar of church holidays for June 2017 
Church Orthodox fasts in June 2017
It should be noted that in June there will be both one-day and multi-day posts. As you know, one-day fasts fall on Wednesday or Friday, but since in the first summer month of 2017, Trinity Solid Week will take place from June 5 to June 11 (fasting on Wednesdays and Fridays is canceled), and then from Peter's Fast begins on June 12, then accordingly the one-day fast in June 2017 will only be on June 2 (Friday).
June 12, 2017 (Mon)– . This fast was established in honor of Saints Peter and Paul, preparing oneself for preaching by fasting and repentance. This non-strict fast has very few prohibitions: you should not eat only meat and dairy foods, and on Wednesdays and Fridays you should give up fish. On weekends and holidays, church wine is allowed.
Also see: as of June 2017
The calendar of church holidays in June plays a huge role in the life of every believer. This religious schedule indicates all the main dates for believers of various religions. In accordance with the calendar data, you can find out about the coming of important celebrations for the church, as well as designate memorable days of grief and sadness. In addition, the calendar religious data includes the dates of long and short-term fasts.
Important Orthodox dates in June
- On June 1, all Orthodox Christians meet at Semik.This event belongs to the memorial period, at this very moment all the deceased people who did not die a natural death are remembered, that is, drowned people, hanged people, suicides, newborns and children who were not baptized before they died. The memorial event is always celebrated on the 7th day after Easter. The festive Semik also has its own Orthodox features, it is believed that the appearance of mythical mermaids is definitely associated with the souls of deceased newborn girls, as well as girls who died before the celebration of their wedding. Significant church holidays in June 2017 indicate that the souls of deceased people necessarily return to the sinful earth on the date of the Trinity in order to be with their families and all loved ones. It is customary to go to Semik Orthodox church and light Orthodox candles in honor of the reassurance of the souls of the departed people.
- On the 3rd Christians meet at Trinity Orthodox Saturday. The second name of this significant event is Parental Trinity Orthodox Saturday. Nowadays, there is a misconception that on the date of the Trinity, it is necessary to remember all the departed. This is fundamentally wrong. It is for the remembrance of deceased friends and relatives that there is a special day - Trinity parent's Saturday, which meets believers before the date of the great Trinity.
On a memorial day, it is customary to visit a church, light an Orthodox candle and, if possible, order a funeral service for the deceased. In the evening, it is important to remember the deceased souls at home; for this purpose, dishes prepared without the participation of the deceased are placed on the table. meat products. As the Christian holidays in June 2017 indicate, the most important memorial days Every year there are 2 Orthodox dates - this is Trinity Parental Saturday, as well as Radonitsa (this year it is celebrated on April 25). - On June 4, an important and great holiday for religion begins - the joyful Trinity.The main essence of this significant celebration is that Jesus made a promise to his followers and disciples about the coming of the Holy Spirit in 10 days in the guise of fiery tongues of fire. And after this event occurred, and the Holy Spirit appeared to believers, people acquired knowledge of all the languages of the world. Since ancient times and to this day, the holiday of the Great Trinity has been considered a beautiful and joyful event. It has a huge number of religious traditions. On the day of the Great Trinity, it is customary to decorate young trees with beautiful ribbons, wreaths and other decorations. It is for this reason that Trinity is popularly called Green Sunday.
- Trinity Week for the Orthodox lasts a whole week, starting from the 5th to June 11 inclusive.These church holidays in June 2017 in Russia are entirely dedicated to the veneration of the Holy Spirit. Directly, the Day of the Holy Spirit is celebrated by Christians on the 5th, the next day after the celebration of the joyful Trinity. Like any other important Orthodox celebration, the Week of the Holy Spirit is equipped with various traditions. It is believed that if you visit fields or forests this week and gain medicinal herbs, then they will gain double healing power, since they will be given to man by God himself. So healing and sacred herbs In ancient times, seriously ill people were treated; there was a ritual when a sick person was given a decoction of medicinal plants, and he subsequently completely got rid of a serious illness.
- In the middle of the week of the Holy Spirit, another holiday is celebrated - this is Nava Trinity,An important event for religion falls on June 8th. The holiday is entirely dedicated to the deceased who did not die a natural death.
- The Great Lent of Peter the Great begins on the 12th of June.This restriction lasts for 30 days and ends in July - on the 11th - on the eve of the meeting of the day of Saints Peter and Paul. Like any other Orthodox restriction, Petrov's fast imposes a strict ban on eating meat food. At this time, believers are not recommended to indulge in the influence of human passions; they cannot have fun, celebrate joyful holiday events, swear, or slander.
- 11 - Catholic Trinity;
- 24 - Nativity of John the Baptist - the date is immovable and is celebrated by Catholics every year in the same period.
