List of movable Eastern Christian observances
This is a chronological list of moveable Eastern Christian observances. Most of these are calculated by the date of Pascha. It includes secular observances which are calculated by religious observances.
''This list does not necessarily imply either official status nor general observance.''
2026 dates
February
11th Sunday before Pascha: February 263 days before Pascha: February 8
10th Sunday before Pascha: February 9
Second Monday before Clean Monday: February 10–13
9th Sunday before Pascha: February 16
Thursday of the 8th week before Pascha: February 20
Sunday of Meatfare week: February 23
Monday to Sunday following the 9th Sunday before Pascha: February 23-February 28
- Meatfare Week
March
Monday to Sunday following Meatfare week: March 1–7Sunday of Cheesefare week : March 1
Monday after Sunday of Forgiveness: March 2
- Great Lent begins
- *Clean Monday
First Sunday of Great Lent: March 8
2nd Saturday of Lent: March 14
5th Sunday before Pascha and 2nd Sunday of Lent: March 15
3rd Saturday of Lent: March 21
4th Saturday of Lent: March 28
4th Sunday before Pascha and 3rd Sunday of Lent: March 29
- Sunday of the Holy Cross
April
5th Saturday of Lent: April 43rd Sunday before Pascha and 4th Sunday of Lent: April 5
Day before Palm Sunday: April 11
5th Sunday of Lent: April 12
Sunday before Pascha: April 12
Monday after Palm Sunday: April 13
Tuesday after Palm Sunday: April 14
Wednesday after Palm Sunday: April 15
Thursday after Palm Sunday: April 16
Friday after Palm Sunday: April 17
Saturday after Palm Sunday: April 18
April 19
- Pascha
- *Fasika
- *Pentecostarion begins.
Tuesday after Pascha: April 21
Wednesday after Pascha: April 22
Thursday after Pascha: April 23
Friday after Pascha: April 24
Saturday after Pascha: April 25
8th day after Pascha: April 26
2nd Tuesday of Pascha, or 2nd Monday of Pascha, depending on region: April 27
May
2nd Sunday following Pascha: May 34th Sunday of Pascha: May 10
Wednesday after the Sunday of the Paralytic: May 13
5th Sunday of Pascha: May 17
6th Sunday of Pascha: May 24
Forty days after Pascha: May 28
- Feast of the Ascension
- *Heroes Day (Romania)
7th Sunday of Pascha: May 31
June
Fifty days after Pascha: June 7Monday after Pentecost: June 8
Tuesday after Pentecost: June 9
First Sunday after Pentecost: June 14
64th day after Pascha: June 14
Second Monday after Pentecost, the day after All Saints' Sunday: July 15