Orthodox posts in 2016 - dates. Church calendar of holidays, fasts, meals. A photo. Video.

Calendar of Orthodox fasts and meals for 2016

With the help of such a calendar, you can always determine which post is currently in progress, as well as learn about other important dates of the Orthodox Church.

The Great Lent (March 14 - April 30, 2016)

Easter is one of the most important religiousholidays for Christians. However, the Lent Christ Sunday is preceded by the Great Lent or the Holy Tzéredesatelnitsa, lasting almost seven weeks. The Great Lent is a fast in honor of the Savior - especially the first and last week (the week), during which it is necessary to adhere to special rules in the diet.

Eating during Lent 2016

According to the Church calendar of Lent on2016, believers need to adhere to dry eating on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This means that you can eat only bread, fruits, vegetables, and drink water or compotes. On Tuesday and Thursday, hot food without oil is allowed, and on Saturdays and Sundays - with vegetable oil.

According to church canons, on holidays of the Annunciation andon Palm Sunday (April 7 and 24, respectively) you can eat fish and fish dishes, and in Lazarev Saturday (April 23) - caviar. But on Good Friday, the day of the memory of the crucifixion, the death of Christ and His burial, it is not allowed to eat until the shroud is removed.

Petrov Post (June 27 - July 11)

This summer post, following the Great Lent, is notrequires strict restrictions on food from believers. The main purpose of Petrov's fast is the preparation of Orthodox Christians for the bright feast of the apostles Peter and Paul, which in 2016 is celebrated on June 12.

Orthodox Petrov Post - meal calendar

The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul were disciplesJesus Christ is among his seventy disciples. Thanks to their virtues, Peter and Paul were awarded special proximity to the Lord - along with the apostles James and John the Theologian. In the New Testament it is described that the apostles Peter and Paul roamed the world and carried the word of God to men. However, according to legend, the saints were killed as martyrs for God's faith - on the same day Peter was crucified on the cross, and Paul was beheaded.

According to the food calendar, on Monday, Wednesdayand Friday Petrova fasting should abandon the use of animal products - butter, milk, eggs, cheese, poultry. To forbidden drinks is wine. Fish and fish dishes can be eaten on Tuesdays, Thursdays and weekends.

What foods in the Petrov Post 2016 are allowed to take in food for the Orthodox? Here is the main list:

• 
  vegetables (fresh or stewed)


• 
  fruits and dried fruits


• 
  nuts


• 
  porridge


• 
  beans and soybeans


• 
  salting


• 
  Fish and vegetable oil (on certain days)


• 
  bread (whole-grain)

During the Orthodox fast, you can cooka lot of tasty and healthy dishes from the allowed products. Especially since Petrov fasts for the summer season, with its abundance of fresh vegetables, fruits and greens.

Lenten menu for every day includes: salad of cucumbers with tomatoes, salad of radish and pepper, vinaigrette, squash caviar, tomato soup, pea soup, green cabbage soup, cold okroshka, pancakes from potatoes or zucchini, stuffed pepper with rice and mushrooms, boiled fish, stewed fish with vegetables, fish cutlets, fruit sorbet.

In all these dishes on certain days you can add vegetable oil.

The Assumption Post (August 14 - August 27)

The duration of this religious fastis only two weeks. The beginning of the fast coincides with the Honey Savior, then comes the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (August 19), and ends the day before the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin.

Assumption Orthodox fasting 2016 - food specialties

The Assumption Post is considered almost as strict,like the Lent - during this period it is not allowed to eat fish and fish dishes, except for the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. According to the church canons, the Assumption Post is a preparatory stage for the great church holiday - the Assumption of the Most-holy Lady of Our Lady and Ever-Virgin Mary.

As the church tradition says, it was on this daythe ascension of the Most-Holy Theotokos to the Kingdom of Heaven, about which Gabriel, who appeared to her, appeared. On the appointed day of the repose of the Mother of God, the apostles performed the burial of Her body in the cave of the Garden of Gethsemane. However, opening the tomb three days later, the apostles saw that it was empty - only funeral veils remained.

The holiday is called Uspi (Slavic "dream", ""Falling asleep") because the death of the Mother of God was quiet and calm - like falling asleep. And three days later God's will accomplished the miraculous ascension of Her body Heaven.

What kind of food can be taken to the Assumption Post in 2016? According to the church calendar, believers should adhere to such a food system:

• 
  on Monday, Wednesday and Friday are allowed to eat vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, rusks, nuts, honey. You can drink water, and from the seasonings only salt is allowed.


• 
  on Tuesday and Thursday, believers add hot dishes (without butter) to the menu. These include soups from vegetables and mushrooms, tea, coffee, compote, herbal and berry decoctions.


• 
  on Saturday and Sunday allows the consumption of sunflower oil and wine in small quantities.


• 
  on the day of the Transfiguration of the Lord you can fish and seafood.

The Assumption Post is called upon to purify the souls of the Orthodox by prayer, repentance and renunciation of bodily and spiritual pleasures.

Christmas post (November 28 - January 6, 2017)

The beginning of the Christmas fast falls on 28November 2016, and the end - as early as January 6, 2017. This winter Orthodox fast continues from late autumn until Christmas. Another name for the Christmas fast is the Philippi Post, as it begins just after St. Philip's day, celebrated on November 27th.

The main purpose of Christmasis to bring gratitude to the Lord God for the fruits of earthly goods - in the form of abstinence spiritual and bodily. The basic principles of nutrition in the Nativity Post (for the period until December 19) fully coincide with the Petrov Lent. But after the St. Nicholas Day, it is permitted to eat fish on weekends.

Eating in an Orthodox fast before Christmas

On the feast of the Nativity, the Church's charterimposes restrictions on fish on weekdays, and on weekends, it is allowed to have hot food with vegetable oil. In addition, before the first star in the sky on Christmas Eve (before Christmas), you should refrain from food. Then, when the hour comes, you can eat boiled wheat grains or rice, seasoned with honey, dried fruits or jam. This dish is called "kutya" or "osovo".

Solid week - 2016 year

Sedmitsa is a full seven-day week, on Wednesday and Friday there is no post. According to the church calendar, in 2016 there are five continuous weeks:

• 
  7 - 18 January - Christmas Eve


• 
  22 - 28 February - The Publican and the Pharisee


• 
  7 - 13 March - cheese Maslenitsa


• 
  May 2 - 8 - Holy Easter Week


• 
  June 20 - 26 - Trinity Week

One-day posts - 2016 year

One-day posts are called days of strict fastingon the eve of important religious holidays, with the exception of Wednesday and Friday. During these days, the use of vegetable oil is allowed, but fish are prohibited. Here is the schedule of the Orthodox one-day posts for 2016:

• 
  January 18 (Epiphany Eve) - fast before the day of Epiphany


• 
  September 11 - The beheading of John the Baptist


• 
  September 27 - Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord

Days of special commemoration of the dead - 2016

• 
  5.03 - Saturday Meat-Vessel (Parental Saturday)


• 
  26.03 - Saturday of the 2nd week of Great Lent


• 
  2.04 - Saturday of the 3rd week of Great Lent


• 
  9.04 - Saturday of the 4th week of Great Lent


• 
  9.05 - Commemoration of the Dead Soldiers


• 
  10.05 - Radonica


• 
  18.06 - Holy Trinity Parent Saturday


• 
  5.11 - Dimitrievskaya parental Saturday

Orthodox posts in 2016 - periods are notonly the restrictions in food, but also the great spiritual work of the believer. This is the time of expiation of sins, forgiveness, correction of the soul, prayers and meditation on spiritual things. Fasting in Orthodoxy induces a person's soul to "wake up", find spiritual joy and become closer to God.

Orthodox Church Calendar for 2016