Church holidays in August 2022

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-12 17:37

In Russia, a significant part of the population is Orthodox, so a detailed calendar of church holidays in August 2022 will be useful to those who have been going to church for a long time, and those who have just become a religious person. In the last month of summer, believers fast and celebrate a great holiday.

Main church events in August

The end of summer is marked by the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos and the preceding two-week fast. These church days in August 2022 are no less important than the celebrations associated directly with Jesus Christ.

Assumption Fast

Two-week and shortest fasting of the year. Some fasts have rolling dates, and not all believers can say for sure from what date to what date of the Assumption Fast. This period has exact dates. Each time it runs from 14 to 27 August.

Church charter prohibits eating meat, fish, eggs and dairy products at this time. Fish is allowed only on the feast of the Transfiguration (August 19).

Interesting! What can laymen eat on days of the week on the Dormition Fast in 2022

Not only bodily, but also spiritual abstinence matters. Alcohol and noisy entertainment will be superfluous during the fast, as well as the use of obscene language. More time should be devoted to worship and prayer. In addition, fasting is the best time to get rid of bad, unhealthy habits.

Also, during this period, it is impossible to get married, while the church is not forbidden to marry. The ceremony can be held in the registry office, and the sacrament in the temple will have to be postponed.

Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos

The ancient Slavic word "Assumption" means falling asleep. In the case of the Most Pure Virgin, death. It is not difficult to remember what date the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is in 2022, because the date is not rolling. The celebration begins immediately after the end of the fast - on August 28.

This event became a great church holiday for several reasons. Having resurrected, Jesus presented mankind with the way to salvation. Therefore, the transition of the Mother of God from earthly life to the afterlife was unusual.

Sources say that instead of the woman's body, only her burial shroud was found. That is why death in Christianity is considered not the end, but the beginning of a new life.

The exact time periods when the Assumption of the Virgin happened are not indicated. It is only known that everything happened even before the persecution of Christians, organized by the Roman emperor Nero.

Thus, the triumph of the Assumption is a celebration of eternal life. On this day, you cannot work either at home or in the field. It is forbidden to cut something and cook food. It is undesirable to quarrel with your close circle, this can bring bad luck to the house.

Unmarried girls are strictly prohibited from cutting their hair. On this day, the church advises against wearing old shoes. If you rub your foot on the day of the Assumption, you can attract many failures.

Calendar with dates

The church calendar for every day in August 2022 can become a reliable guide for believers. It will allow you not to forget a single date that a Christian should mark at home or in the temple.

1.08

Remembered:

• blessings. Roman Ryazansky;
• blessed. Stefan Serbsky;

The relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov.

2.08

Pray for:

• Rev. Abraham Chukhlomsky;
• prop. Elijah.

The relics of the Venerable-Much. Afanasy of Brest.

3.08

They pray for St. Onesimus of the Caves and Simeon of Palestine.

4.08

They remember Equalap. Mary Magdalene.

Moved the relics of the sacred-torment. Focky of Sinopsky.

5.08

They pray for torment. Trofime.

6.08

Remember:

• torment. book David, Roman, as well as Christina of Tire;
• Rev. Polycarp.

7.08

Celebrate the Assumption of the Mother of the Blessed Virgin.

They pray for St. Macarius Unzhensky.

8.08

Remember:

• priest Ermolaya;
• Rev. Moses of Pechersky.

9.08

They pray for such saints:

• blessed. Nikolay Novgorodsky;
• Great-Much. Panteleimone;
• Rev. Herman of Alaska.

10.08

They remember ap. Nikanor.

11.08

They pray for such saints:

• torment. Seraphim;
• Rev. Konstantin Kosinsky;
• prep.-much. Feognoste.

12.08

Remember:

• ap. Andronicus and Siluan;
• torment. John the Warrior.

The relics of St. Herman Solovetsky.

13.08

They pray for such saints:

• right. Evdokim the Cappadocian;
• prep.-much. Sergius of Petrograd.

14.08

Notice:

• The origin of the Cross of the Lord;
• The first day of the Assumption Lent.

Remember torment. Elezar and Salome.

15.08

They pray for blessedness. Vasily of Moscow.

They glorify the icon of the Mother of God of Achair.

Moved the powers of the ap. Stefan.

Found relics of rights. Aviva.

16.08

Remembrance of St. Anthony the Roman, Dalmatian and Faust.

17.08

Pray for St. Antonina, Iamblichus and Martiniana.

18.08

Remember torment. Eusignius of Antioch.

19.08

Celebrating the Transfiguration of the Lord.

20.08

Remember:

• Rev. Mercury of Smolensk and Pimen two;
• prep.-much. Dometiya Persianina.

The relics of saints were found. Macarius of Voronezh.

21.08

They pray for saint. Emilianne Kizicheskiy.

They glorify the icon of the Mother of God of Tolgskaya.

The relics of St. Zosima and Savvaty.

22.08

They remember ap. Matthias.

23.08

They pray for such saints:

• blessed. Lawrence Kaluga;
• Priest-Much. Agapite and Lawrence.

24.08

Remember:

• Rev. Theodore of Ostrog;
• Priest-Much. Euplus of Sicily.

25.08

They pray for torment. Anikita and Photia.

26.08

Remember:

• Rev. Maximus the Confessor;
• sanctifies. Tikhon Voronezhsky.

The icons are famous: the Virgin "Passionate" and "Mitigation of Evil Hearts."

Found relics of bliss. Maxim of Moscow.

27.08

The last day of the Dormition Lent is celebrated.

They pray for such saints:

• Rev. Arcadia Novotorzhsky;
• prop. Micah.

They glorify the icon of the Mother of God "Besednaya".

The relics of St. Theodosius of Pechersky.

28.08

Celebrating the Assumption of the Virgin.

29.08

Celebrate the Departure to Constantinople of the Image of the Lord Not Made by Hands.

They pray for torment. Diomede.

They glorify the icon of the Mother of God "The Triumph of the Theotokos".

30.08

Remember:

• Rev. Alipy Pechersky;
• St.-Much. Miron Kizichesky.

31.08

They pray for such saints:

• torment. Lavra and Flora;
• Rev. John of Rylsky.

They glorify the icon of the Mother of God "The Tsaritsa".

Let's summarize

Orthodox church holidays in August 2022 occupy a special place in this calendar. The Feast of the Dormition and the fasting preceding it are of great importance, because they refer to the holy virgin Mary. The calendar for this month will help you not to forget what event or whose memorial day is celebrated today.