Orthodox calendar for August 2019 for every day

Why are monthly and annual calendars compiled

The Orthodox calendar, compiled for the coming or current year, as well as monthly, with a more detailed presentation, is issued by the Moscow Patriarchate for true believers. For the Orthodox faith is not just going to church on special days, with attributes befitting the occasion.

This is the observance of all church holidays established in memory of glorious events in the history of Orthodoxy, the life of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Most Holy Theotokos, the Virgin Mary, who was his mother.

A list of important dates and prescribed actions for August 2019 has been compiled for every day to visit the temple, not only on holidays, but also at other prescribed times.

The Orthodox calendar is compiled with explanations and posts, because August 2019 is the year of the dates and actions that are especially revered by believers:

Great holidays - the Twelve, to which the Christian religion includes 12 of the most important church dates - the Transfiguration of the Lord, about which three evangelists wrote at once - the appearance of the disciples of Jesus Christ of his divine essence and the gift of foresight. The divine essence and theological interpretation speak of the appearance of the triune Face, the fusion of the Persons of the Holy Trinity into one. This great date is traditionally celebrated 40 days before the Exaltation of the Cross.
Carefully studying the description for each day in the Orthodox calendar for August 2019, you can see the second twelve feast day - the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos. It is dedicated to the date on which the Most Holy Mother of God peacefully departed to eternal life. In the list for every day, with the holy names, you can see that this is an enduring holiday, the date of which does not depend on the coming of other twelve dates, especially revered by Christianity. The Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos always falls on August 28, and the Orthodox calendar for every day always notes that this significant date has the day of the Forefeast and as many as 9 days of the afterfeast.
In 2019, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary falls on Wednesday. In normal cases, the Dormition Fast ends on 28 August. But when it ends on Wednesday or Friday, breaking the fast begins the next day, and strict fasting still continues.
In total, the Orthodox church calendar for August 2019 indicates several one-day fasts required for observance for true believers and one multi-day, Assumption, dedicated to the everlasting Twelve Feast.

The list of conditions for observance of fasts for every day in this case must certainly be observed. After all, this restriction in food and bodily pleasures, reading prayer and visiting the Temple of God, are held in memory of the Mother of God, who fasted and prayed, preparing for the transition to another world.

Posts and important dates for August

In terms of the severity of the requirements for believers, the Dormition Fast is no different from the Great, but it lasts not 40 days, but from August 14, the day when the Savior of Honey is celebrated.

There are three Spas in the month of August 2019. The first traditionally coincides with the beginning of the Dormition Fast. The people have other names for the Honey Savior - Wet, or Savior on Water. This holiday united several great historical events at once - the beginning of the Baptism of Rus, the Coming of the Honest Trees of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord and the beginning of the use of honey, consecrated by the church, along with the start of poppy collection. Hence another name - Macovei.

The church calendar for every day mentions the Apple Savior, which is celebrated by believers on August 19, on the day of the second Twelfth August holiday - the Transfiguration of the Lord. On this day, apples are consecrated and only from this date are they allowed to be eaten. The Third Savior - Nut or Bread, is so called because it was on August 29 that hazelnuts ripened and baked the first bread from new grain harvested from the fields.

The Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos is the eve of the Nut Savior. The church name of this date is Savior of the Image of Christ the Savior Not Made by Hands, an imprint left on the board after washing by Jesus Christ. He worked miracles until he was lost in the crusade.

Each of the August Spas has many folk traditions, rituals and beliefs that were not persecuted by a church loyal to pagan traditions and Slavic mentality. Compliance with dietary restrictions has its own certain common sense - for example, waiting for the full ripeness of apples allowed avoiding stomach upsets from eating unripe ones.

The Assumption Fast begins on August 14 and ends on August 27 (28 in 2019). You can focus on its passage according to the Church calendar - starting with the Savior of Honey, ending on the Day of the Bright Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.

One-day fasts in the last month of summer are observed by believers on the following days:

August 1, in honor of the uncovering of the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov;
August 2 A great Orthodox holiday revered by the people - the Day of Il-Prophet;
August 3 is dedicated to the Prophet Ezekiel;
August 7 - Dormition of the Righteous Anna, who was the mother of the Most Holy Theotokos;
August 9 - Day of the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon
August 29 - Afterfeast of the Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos
August 31 - Martyrs Florus and Laurus.

August is a month in which many important events occur in the Church Calendar, including two Twelve Feasts, celebrated with great reverence in church services.

For example, on the Assumption, a special Canon is read, in parishes where this date is recognized as the patronal, temple Feast, a special burial rite is performed, which resembles the Bogo-bodily Burial, sent on Holy Saturday. In the modern world, the Church is loyal to some deviations, realizing that a person in the cycle of everyday affairs does not always have time to visit the Temple.

Let's take a closer look at the Orthodox calendar:

However, on the Twelve Great Holidays, you should devote time to such a campaign, think about the spiritual, and not only about the everyday and bodily. Observance of the Fast is aimed not only at cleansing the body and restricting food. They are worth nothing without turning to God, strengthening the spirit against temptations and temptations, the prohibition of gluttony, adultery, greed and envy - spiritual improvement.

The Orthodox calendar for August 2019 for every day with explanations and fasting should be studied by every believer in order to comply with the prescriptions in time.