Church holidays in March 2022

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

All church holidays in March 2022 are very important dates in the Christian calendar. In the first month of spring, there are no big twelve celebrations, instead of them there are holidays revered by the people. This is Maslenitsa or Great Lent.

Main church events in March

Even those who do not regularly attend church services are very familiar with the main church days of March 2022.

Pancake week

This is an old Slavic folk celebration - a ritual of farewell to the winter season and an official meeting of the spring period. There is no specific established date in the church calendar, but it is not difficult to calculate the exact date of the beginning of the festive week.

What is the date of Maslenitsa in 2022, it is easy to remember. It starts on the Monday before Forgiveness Sunday - February 28th. The festivities end on March 6.

The holiday was originally pagan. However, with the arrival of the church, Maslenitsa became a kind of preparation for Lent. Previously, the Slavs walked all week, and on the last day they burned a straw effigy, symbolizing winter.

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It is also easy to remember from what date and to what date Great Lent lasts. The period of abstinence begins immediately after the end of Shrovetide.

In 2022, Lent will last from March 7 to April 23.

Strict rules are adhered to in memory of the forty-day fasting of Jesus in the wilderness. Main goal: preparation for the most important day for believers - Easter.

This is the most important of all fasts in Orthodoxy. The essence of the event lies in the cleansing of the body and soul from mortal deeds and temptations that interfere with the path of spiritual enrichment. This is facilitated by:

• strict diet;
• daily prayers;
• forgiveness of enemies and enemies;
• cleansing from envy.

This brings a person closer to the church and God himself.

The strictest of all posts begins. For the seven weeks before Easter, you can only eat vegetables and fruits, including also dried fruits and various pickles.

On the first day, no food is taken at all. On weekends, in addition to the products mentioned, bread and cereals with butter are allowed.

Calendar with dates

Below is the church calendar for every day in March 2022, so that believers will never forget what important dates are celebrated on certain days.

1.03

Holiday: Maslenitsa (2nd day)

Remembered:

• torment. Valens, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Paul, Porphyry, Seleucia, Theodula;
• sanctifies. Macarius.

2.03

Remember:

• velik.-much. Theodore Tiron;
• Priest-Much. Hermogen.

3.03

Remembered:

• Rev. Kosma Yakhromsky;
• sanctifies. Leo the First.

4.03

Remember:

• ap. Archippus and Philemon;
• torment. Equalap. Apphia.

5.03

Remembered:

• Rev. Agafon of Pechersky;
• prep.-much. Cornelius of Pskovsky.

6.03

Holiday: the last day of Pancake Week, Forgiveness Sunday.

Remember:

• Rev. Timofey Olympic;
• sanctifies. Eustathius.

The icon of Our Lady of Kozelshchanskaya is commemorated.

7.03

Holiday: the first day of Great Lent.

8.03

They remember: only sacred-torment. Polycarp of Smirnsky.

Have found the power of bliss. Matrona of Moscow.

9.03

Holiday: Midsummer's Day.

10.03

Remember the holy ones. Tarasia.

11.03

They commemorate the holy ones. Porfiry Gazsky.

12.03

Remembrance of St. Procopius of the Decapolite.

13.03

Feast: Completion of the first week of Lent.

Remembered:

• blessed. Nikolai Pskovsky;
• Rev. John the Roman;
• Priest-Much. Arseny Rostovsky.

Icons are remembered: the Virgin of Devpeteruvskaya and Stromynskaya.

14.03

Remember the teacher. - Much. Evdokia Iliopolskaya.

15.03

Remembered:

• sanctifies. Arseny Tverskoy;
• Priest-Much. Theodotus of Cyrene.

I remember the icon of the Mother of God, called "Reigning".

16.03

They remember: torment. Basilisk and Cleonica.

I remember the icon of the Virgin of Volokolamsk.

17.03

Remembered:

• blessings. Vyacheslav Czech and Daniel of Moscow;
• Rev. two Gerasims - Vologda and Jordan.

18.03

Remember:

• torment. Konon of Isauria;
• prep.-much. Adrian Poshekhonsky.

Have gained power: blessings. Theodore the Black, as well as David and Constantine.

I remember the icon of the Mother of God "Education".

19.03

Celebrated: Memorial Day.

Remembrance: Much. Aetia, Vasoya, Callista, Constantine, Melissen, Theodore and Theophilus.

Icons are remembered: the Virgin of Czestochowa and Shestokovskaya.

20.03

Holiday: Completion of the second week of fasting.

They remember: priest-torment. Agaphodor, Basil, Elpidius, Ephraim and Kapiton.

I remember the icon of the Mother of God "Help of sinners".

21.03

Remembrance of St. Theophylact of Nicomedia.

I remember the icon of the Mother of God "Sign", Kursk-Root.

22.03

They remember: 40 torment. Sevastiysk lake.

I remember the icon of the Mother of God "The Word was flesh", Albazinskaya.

23 march

They commemorate torment. Kondrat.

24.03

Remember:

• Rev. Sophrony of Pechersky;
• sanctifies. Euthymius of Novgorod, as well as two Sofronievs - Vratsa and Jerusalem.

25.03

Remembered:

• Rev. Simeon the Theologian;
• sanctifies. Grigory Dvoeslov.

I remember the icon of the Mother of God "On a Pillar in Lydda".

26.03

A memorial day is celebrated.

Moved relics: holy. Nicephorus of Constantinople.

27.03

Feast: Completion of the third week of Lent.

Remembrance of St. Benedict of Nursi.

I remember the icon of the Mother of God Feodorovskaya.

28.03

Remember:

• torment. Agapia and seven more;
• Priest-Much. Alexander of Pamphilisky.

29.03

Remembered:

• torment. Pope of Laranda and Savin of Ermopolsky;
• sanctifies. Serapion of Novgorod.

30.03

They remember: St. Alexy Bozhiya and Makarii Kalyazinsky.

31.03

Remembered: only sanctifies. Cyril of Jerusalem.

Let's summarize

In Russia, church holidays in March 2022 are celebrated in accordance with the calendar of Orthodox celebrations. This is a great option for believers who cannot remember all the dates or have recently started observing fasts and attending church services.