Orthodox Christians will celebrate several church holidays in November 2021

Memorial Day of St. Hilarion the Great November 3, 2018

The monk was born in 291 in the Palestinian village of Tawafa. He received his education in Alexandria, where he met Christians and was baptized there. Having heard about Anthony the Great, he retired to the desert to receive lessons in ascetic life.

When Hilarion returned to his homeland, he no longer found his parents alive. He distributed all his property to the poor, and he himself went into the desert. There he was subjected to various tests, but he did not abandon his feat. When they learned about the monk, residents from nearby villages began to come to him to receive healing. He healed everyone for free, saying that the grace of God is not for sale. Those who wanted to become his students also came to him. One day the saint was attacked by robbers, but he was able to convince them to leave their robber lifestyle and take the true path. With the blessing of St. Hilarion, monasteries with a strict way of life began to appear throughout Palestine. 7 years before his death, the monk moved to the island of Cyprus, where he engaged in heroic deeds until his death.

Important Orthodox holidays

Below you will find the most important Christian Orthodox holidays in 2021: movable, immutable and great.

Twelfth Immovable Holidays

• January 7, 2021 - Christmas;
• January 19, 2021 - Epiphany;
• February 15, 2021 - Presentation of the Lord;
• April 7, 2021 - Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
• May 21, 2021 - Day of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian;
• May 22, 2021 - Day of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker;
• August 19, 2021 - Transfiguration of the Lord;
• August 28, 2021 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
• September 21, 2021 - Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
• September 27, 2021 - Exaltation of the Holy Cross;
• December 4, 2021 — Entry into the Temple of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Twelve's rolling

• February 26, 2021 - Forgiveness Sunday;
• April 1, 2021 - Palm Sunday;
• April 8, 2021 - Easter;
• May 17, 2021 - Ascension of the Lord;
• May 27, 2021 - Trinity (Pentecost).

Great Christian holidays

• January 14, 2021 is the day of the circumcision of the Lord;
• July 7, 2021 - Nativity of John the Baptist;
• July 12, 2021 - Day of the Apostles Peter and Paul;
• September 11, 2021 - Day of the beheading of John the Baptist;
• October 14, 2021 - Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God November 4, 2021

The Icon of the Kazan Mother of God is one of the most beloved and revered icons in Russia. The event in honor of which the icon was erected is one of the greatest facts in the history of the country. The name Kazanskaya comes from the miraculous intercession for Rus' in troubled times.

In the past, the Poles attacked Rus' and their army was countless. The Russian squads could not defeat their enemies without the help of God, without the patronage of the Queen of Heaven. Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, who was at the head of the Russian militia, asked that a miraculous icon be brought from the city of Kazan. When this icon arrived in Moscow, Patriarch Hermogenes appealed to the entire Russian people to rise up to defend their native land. They brought this icon to the Kremlin, carried it around the city of Moscow and undertook a three-day fast, constantly praying that the Most Holy Theotokos would protect them from their enemies. Their prayers were heard, and Russian soldiers were able to push back the enemy invasion.

On this day, solemn liturgies are celebrated in all churches. They pray to the Mother of God for salvation and prosperity. She is considered the Savior from mental and physical torment.

Nativity fast in 2018-2019: rules

For those who want to enter the Nativity Fast as the church teaches, you need to know what rules should be followed during this period:

• A few days before the start, you can repent and receive a blessing from the priest.
• You cannot allow anger, envy, or despondency in your soul. If you have any doubts about whether you will be able to endure it to the end, you need to go to church for advice. It is important to remember that God does not give everyone more than they can handle.
• During these months, you should avoid entertainment events, holidays, and entertaining shows. This is important both from a spiritual point of view and from a practical point of view: during the holidays it is easier to be tempted and break the fasting diet.
• You should abstain from intimate relationships.
• During this period, you need to attend church as often as possible.

Day of celebration of the Council of the Archangel Michael and other ethereal Heavenly Forces November 21, 2021

This celebration was established at the beginning of the 4th century at the local Council of Laodicea on the eighth day of the ninth month. In those days, the months in church theology were counted from March. The holiday was established in order to streamline the worship and praise of angelic powers.

Some Christians worshiped them as gods and considered them to be the creators of the visible world. Therefore, the church established a holiday so that everyone would know that angels are not gods, that they have one Master and Lord with people. They pray with people and also pray for the salvation of humanity. The Church names many names of Angels and divides them into 9 ranks in the heavenly hierarchy. Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, who was a disciple of the Apostle Paul and the first bishop of Athens, wrote a lot about this. Based on the Holy Scriptures, Dionysius names 9 angelic ranks: Cherubim, Seraphim, Thrones, Dominions, Principalities, Powers, Powers, Angels and Archangels. Each of the ranks of angels bears a certain obedience before God and their names correspond to the way they act. Some constantly arrive in heaven, praising God, others are messengers for people.

According to church tradition, a Christian is given a Guardian Angel during the sacrament of baptism, who protects him throughout his life. Above those ranks of angels stands the Archangel Michael, whose name means “who is like God.” The Gospel fully shows the participation of angels in the life of the human race and in the history of our salvation.

Orthodox holiday calendar for November 2021

What church holidays will there be in November 2021? This question is especially relevant now, because the last month of autumn has recently begun. Russians do not want to miss this or that Orthodox holiday, so they are keenly interested in this moment.

Particularly revered divine holidays in November 2021 fall on the following dates of the month:

November 3, 2021 - Dmitrievskaya Parents' Saturday

November 21, 2021 - Michaelmas Day or Remembrance Day of Arch. Mikhail

Orthodox church holidays in October 2021

Monday October 1, 2021

• Memorial Day of St. Evmenios.
• Venerable Hilarion of Optina.
• Venerable Euphrosyne of Suzdal.
• Molchenskaya, called the Healer, and the Old Russian Icon of the Mother of God.

Tuesday October 2, 2021

• Reverend Alexy Zosimovsky.
• Blessed princes Theodore of Smolensk and his children David and Constantine, Yaroslavl miracle workers.
• Martyrs Trophimus, Savvatius and Dorimedont.

October 3, 2021 Wednesday

• Great Martyrs Eustathius Placida, his wife Theopistia and their children Agapius and Theopist.
• Martyrs and confessors of Michael, Prince of Chernigov, and his boyar Theodore, miracle workers.
• Fast day.

October 4, 2021 Thursday

• Commemoration of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord.
• Finding the relics of St. Demetrius of Rostov.
• Apostle of the 70, Codratus.

Friday October 5, 2021

• Fast day.
• Blessed Paraskeva of Diveyevo.
• Hieromartyr Phokas of Sinope.
• Prophet Jonah.
• Cathedral of Tula Saints.
• Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God “Hearer”.

October 6, 2021 Saturday

• Glorification of Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow.
• Slovenian icon of the Mother of God.
• The conception of the honest, glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John.
• The Reverend Wives of Xanthippe and Polyxenia.

October 7, 2021 Sunday

• Mirozhskaya Icon of the Mother of God.
• First Martyr Equal to the Apostles Thekla.

Monday October 8, 2021

• The repose of St. Sergius of Radonezh, wonderworker of all Rus'.
• Venerable Euphrosyne of Alexandria.
• Transfer of the relics of St. Herman, Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk.

October 9, 2021 Tuesday

• Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.
• The repose of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.
• Hieromartyr Vladimir of Vyatsky, presbyter.

Wednesday October 10, 2021

• Fast day.
• Venerable Savvaty of Solovetsky.
• Martyrs of Callistratus and his squad: Gymnasium and others.
• Holy Martyr Peter, Metropolitan of Krutitsky.

October 11, 2021 Thursday

• Reverend Schemamonk Kirill and Schemanun Maria.
• Venerable Chariton the Confessor.
• Cathedral of the Reverend Fathers of the Kiev Pechersk, resting in the Near Caves.
• Prophet Baruch.

October 12, 2021 Friday

• Fast day.
• Venerable Cyriacus the hermit.
• Venerable Theophan the Merciful.
• Martyrs Dada, Gaveddaya and Martyr Kazdoi.

October 13, 2021 Saturday

• Venerable Gregory of Pelshem, Vologda wonderworker.
• Hieromartyr Gregory Bishop, enlightener of Greater Armenia.
• Saint Michael, first Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus'.

October 14, 2021 Sunday

• Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
• Venerable Savva of Vishera, Novgorod.
• Celebration of the icons of the Mother of God Kasperovskaya, Myatinskaya, Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Gerbovetskaya, Bravetskaya, Lublinskaya, Pskov-Pokrovskaya.
• Apostle Ananias of the 70.
• Venerable Roman the Sweet Singer, deacon.

Monday October 15, 2021

• Blessed Princess Anna Kashinskaya.
• Hieromartyr Cyprian, Martyr Justina and Martyr Theoctistus.
• Blessed Andrew, the holy fool.

October 16, 2021 Tuesday

• Venerable Dionysius Shchepa, recluse of Pechersk.
• Hieromartyrs Dionysius the Areopagite, Bishop of Athens, Rusticus the Presbyter and Eleutherius the Deacon.
• Trubchevskaya Icon of the Mother of God.

Wednesday October 17, 2021

• Fast day.
• Cathedral of Kazan Saints.
• Discovery of the relics of Saints Guria, Archbishop of Kazan, and Barsanuphius, Bishop of Tver.
• Hieromartyr Hierotheos of Athens.
• Blessed Prince Vladimir Yaroslavovich, Novgorod Wonderworker.

October 18, 2021 Thursday

• Saints Peter, Alexy, Jonah, Philip, Hermogen and Tikhon, of Moscow and all Rus', miracle workers.
• Martyr Charitina of Amisia.

October 19, 2021 Friday

• Fast day.
• Apostle Thomas.
• Arapet Icon of the Mother of God.

October 20, 2021 Saturday

• Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus.
• Discovery of the relics of St. Martinian of Belozersky.
• Pskov-Pechersk (“Tenderness”) Icon of the Mother of God.
• Hieromartyr Nicholas of Kazan, presbyter.

Sunday October 21, 2021

• Venerable Pelagia of Antioch.
• Memorial Day of the Holy Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council.
• Cathedral of Vyatka Saints.
• Venerable Taisia ​​of Egypt.

Monday October 22, 2021

• Apostle James Alfeev.
• Korsun Icon of the Mother of God.
• Venerable Adronik and Athanasius.

Tuesday October 23, 2021

• Venerable Ambrose, Elder of Optina and wonderworker of all Russia.
• Martyr Eulampia and Martyr Eulampia.
• Cathedral of Volyn Saints.
• Icons of the Mother of God “Forerunner”.

Wednesday October 24, 2021

• Fast day.
• Cathedral of the Reverend Elders of Optina.
• Apostle Philip of the 70th.
• Icon of the Mother of God “Water-Giver”.

October 25, 2021 Thursday

• Memorial Day of St. Cosmas, Bishop of Maium.
• Martyrs Provos, Tarakh and Andronikos.
• Transfer from Malta to Gatchina of a part of the Tree of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, the Philermos Icon of the Mother of God and the gum of the hand of John the Baptist.
• Celebration of the icons of the Mother of God of Rudnenskaya, Mokhnatinskaya, Kaluga, Jerusalemskaya, Yermanskaya, Yaroslavlskaya.

Friday October 26, 2021

• Iveron Icon of the Mother of God.
• Fast day.
• Sedmiezernaya (“Hodegetria”) icon of the Mother of God.
• Hieromartyr Carp of Thyatira.
• Venerable Benjamin of Pechersk.

October 27, 2021 Saturday

• Venerable Paraskeva of Serbia.
• Day of Remembrance of the Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius and Kelsia.
• Yakhromskaya Icon of the Mother of God.
• Venerable Nikola Svyatoshi, Prince of Chernigov.

Sunday October 28, 2021

• Memorial Day of the Venerable Martyr Lucian of Antioch.
• Venerable Euthymius the New.
• Saint Athanasius.
• Icon of the Mother of God “Spreader of the Loaves”.

Monday October 29, 2021

• Venerable Longinus of Yarenga.
• Martyr Longinus the Centurion, like the one at the Cross of the Lord.

October 30, 2021 Tuesday

• Venerable Martyr Andrew of Crete.
• Memorial Day of the Prophet Hosea.
• Icons of the Mother of God “Before Christmas and after Christmas, the Virgin”, “Deliverer”.

October 31, 2021 Wednesday

• Fast day.
• Finding the relics of St. Joseph, the wonderworker.
• Apostle and Evangelist Luke.