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Eastern Orthodox Calendar 2026

Great feasts, saints, and the slava days of the Serbian Orthodox year.

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The Eastern Orthodox year keeps the great feasts of the church and the saint days that Serbian families mark as their slava. Fixed feasts follow the Julian calendar, thirteen days behind the civil one, so Orthodox Christmas falls on 7 January and Epiphany on 19 January. The dates shown here are the Gregorian dates people actually keep.

Common Questions

Why do Orthodox feasts fall on different dates than Catholic ones?
The Serbian Orthodox Church follows the Julian calendar for fixed feasts, which currently runs thirteen days behind the Gregorian civil calendar. Orthodox Christmas falls on 7 January and Epiphany on 19 January. The dates here are the Gregorian (civil) dates people keep, with the older Julian reckoning behind them.
What is a slava?
The slava is the feast of a family’s patron saint, kept by Serbian Orthodox households and handed down from father to son. A candle is lit before the saint’s icon, wheat (koljivo) is blessed, and the family hosts a meal. Petrovdan, Đurđevdan, Nikoljdan and Aranđelovdan are among the most common slava days.
Is this the same as the Slavic folk calendar?
No. This is the Orthodox church calendar, the great feasts and saint days. The Slavic folk calendar tracks the older pre-Christian layer, the deities and seasonal customs (Perun, Veles, Kupala, Marzanna) that ran alongside and beneath the church year.