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The Classification of Feasts According to their point of view, feasts may be divided into several classes: Objects of the Feasts: Feasts are divided into feasts of our Lord, feasts of His Mother, and feasts of the saints following the order of the liturgical year. Feasts are either movable or immovable. Moveable feast days depend on Easter. Immovable feasts are those which are celebrated every year on the same day of the month. The following are Immovable Feasts. The Feasts of our Lord: September 14 – the Exaltation of the Holy Cross December 25 – The Nativity of our Lord (Christmas) January 1 – the circumcision of our Lord January 6 – the Epiphany (the Baptism of our Lord) February 2 – the Presentation of our Lord Palm Sunday – the triumphal Entrance of our Lord into Jerusalem Good Friday – the Death of our Lord Easter Sunday – the Resurrection of our Lord Ascension Day – the Ascension of our Lord into Heaven Pentecost Sunday – The Descent of the Holy Spirit August 6 – The Transfiguration of our Lord The Feasts of the Mother of God are: September 8 – the Nativity of the Mother of God October 1 – the Patronage of the Mother of God November 21 – the Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple December 9 – the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God December 26 – The Synaxis of the Mother of God March 25 – The Annunciation of the Mother of God August 15 – The Assumption to the Mother of God The Feasts of the saints of: November 8 – the Feast of St. Michael November 12 – The Feast of St. Josaphat of Polotsk December 6 – The Feast of St. Nicholas December 27 – The Feast of St. Stephen, the Protomartyr January 1 – the Feast of St. Basil the Great January 30 – the Feasts of the Three Holy Hierarchs April 23 – the Feast of St. George, the Great Martyr June 24 – the Nativity of St. John the Baptist June 29 – the Feasts of Saints Peter and Paul July 20 – the Feast of the Prophet Elias August 29 – The Beheading of St. john the Baptist The Movable FeastsEaster and the Sacred seasons connected with Easter Basil Shereghy |