Lately, Ukraine switched to a new church calendar, and the cycle of winter holy days is already starting on the cob of the brisket. St. Nicholas Day, again and other non-transitional dates have shifted by perhaps two years.
RBC-Ukraine in the material below has collected a shift from all the holy days behind the OCU calendar.
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- How the dates of the saints have changed
- The Holy Day of St. Nicholas, the Feast of the Day and the Generous Supper
- Church calendar for 2024
How the dates of saints have changed
From 1st Spring 2023, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine will follow the New Julian calendar instead of the Julian calendar.
Following the rules of this chronology system, the dates of all saints The “indestructible” date, next to the Great Day and those associated with it, moved 13 days earlier.
In this way, for another period now, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine celebrates the memory of the saints and signifies all the important dates in the new style and at the same time with the Catholics.
Koli St. Nicholas, Rebirth and the Generous Supper
< em>St. Nicholas Day
Traditionally, the winter holidays begin with St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. On this day, the church commemorates a Christian saint, known for his good deeds and for helping those in need. Children know gifts from Mikolay under their pillows, and in places the fires on new skiffs are burning.
According to the new OCU calendar, the date of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker falls on the 6th breast (instead the 19th breast). Before the speech, the main Yalinka of Kiev on Sofiyskaya Ploshcha is planted with the 6th breast, as well as the Tory.
The Birth of Christ
Baghatoric discussions for the “correct” date of the Birth of Christ Ukraine ended after the transition of the Orthodox Church to the New Julian calendar.
The Holy Eve and Holy Eve signify 24 celebrants with an evening liturgy in churches and a holy table with 12 hymns. The Birth of the Lord God and the Savior Jesus Christ – 25 breasts.
Varto note that the holy Birth of Christ is established on the 25 breast and on the sovereign level. In 2023, the “old” date of the 7th century is not the sovereign saint.
Christmas time and Generous Evening
From 25 to 5 sіchnya three Christmastide. There are 12 days of the holiday cycle, when the church commemorates the low and high saints (Mary, Stephen, Melania, Vasily, Vodokhreshch – the baptism of the Son of the Lord in Jordan), and folk traditions include caroling, generous, vlashtovuvat dens and enchant.
One of these holy days is the day of St. Melania (Malanka, the Generous Evening). Falls on the 31st breast (previously 13th birthday) – on the eve of the New Year.
Church calendar for 2024
1 breast – the holy prophet Nahum;
2 breasts – the holy prophet Avakum;
3 breasts – the holy prophet Zephaniah;
4th breast – Holy Great Martyr Barbara: Holy Venerable Damascus;
5th breast – Holy Venerable Savi Consecrated;
6 breasts – St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra Lycia;
7 breasts – Holy Hierarch Ambrose, Bishop of Medyolyansk;
8th breast – Saint Venerable Patapius;
9 breasts – Saint Anne, immaculately conceived by the Blessed Virgin Mary;
10 breasts – holy martyrs Mini, Hermogenes and Evgraf;
11 breasts – Holy Venerable Daniel the Stover;
12 breasts – St. Spyridon, Bishop Trimitia;
13 breasts – holy martyrs Eustratia, Eugene, Auxentia, Mardaria, Orestes;
14 breasts – holy martyrs Thyrsus, Leucia, Philemon, Apollonia, Kalinika;
15 breasts – Holy Hieromartyr Eleutherios; Saint Reverend Paul;
16th breast – the holy prophet Haggai;
17th breast – the holy Forefathers; Holy Prophet Daniel; Saints Ananias, Azarias and Misael;
18 breasts – the holy martyr Sebastian and his warriors;
19 breasts – the holy martyr Bonifatius;
20 breasts – the Holy Resurrection , Holy Hieromartyr Ignatius God-bearer;
21 breasts – holy martyr Juliana;
22 breasts – holy great martyr Anastasia;
23 breasts – holy 10 martyrs of Crete;
< p>24 breasts – Saint Evening; Holy Fathers; of the Holy Martyr Eugene;
25 breasts – The Birth of Christ;
26 breasts – Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph the Betrothed;< /p>
27 Breast – Holy Apostle, First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen;
28 chest – the holy 2000 martyrs in the chambers of Nicodemus;
29 breasts – of the holy children killed in Bethlehem; Saint Marcellus;
30 breasts – holy martyr Anisia; Holy Venerable Zotik the Presbyter;
31 breasts –Saint Venerable Melania; The celebration of the Birthday of Christ.
It seems that in Ukraine all holy days are connected with the war, which lasted until the 7th of 2025.
During the preparation of the material Wikipedia: calendar of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, information from Wikipedia, art. 73 KZpP about holy days and non-working days in Ukraine.
Read terms and important information about the war between Russia and Ukraine on the RBC-Ukraine channel in Telegram.