January

December 19/January 1 — New Year’s Day

December 22/January 4 — Holy Great Martyr Anastasia of Rome, Alleviatrix of Captives. Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. Anastasia

December 25/January 7 — Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

January 1/14 — New Year’s Day according to the Julian Calendar

January 6/19 — Epiphany (Baptism of the Lord)

January 9/22 — Day of Remembrance of “Bloody Sunday” (1905)

January 12/25 — Holy Martyr Tatiana. National Day of the Student (since 1755)

January 16/29 — 470th anniversary of the coronation of Ivan IV as Tsars (1547)

February

January 19/February 1— Anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia

January 29/February 11 — 180th anniversary of the death of the great Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin (1837)

January 30/February 12 — Synaxis of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. Commemoration of all those who suffered and lost their lives for their Christian Faith in the times of religious persecution.

February 2/15 — Meeting of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple

February 3/16 — Synaxis of St. Simeon the Receiver of the Lord and St. Anna the Prophetess. Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. Anna

February 10/23 — Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of the Fatherland

February 13/26 — Forgiveness Sunday

March

February 17/March 2 — Holy Martyr Patriarch Hermogen, the Inspirer of the Liberators of the Nation from Foreign Occupation during the Time of Troubles (1612)

February 18/March 3 — anniversary of the repose of Empress-in-Exile Victoria Feodorovna (1936)

February 21/March 6 — Proclamation of Mikhail Fedorovich Romanoff as Tsar, and of the House of Romanoff as the ruling dynasty, by the Assembly of the Land (1613)

February 22/March 7 — Anniversary of the translation of the holy remains of Emperor-in-Exile Kirill I and Empress Victoria Feodorovna from Coburg to St. Petersburg (1995)

February 23/March 8 — International Women’s Day

February 28/March 13 — Feast day of St. Nicholas Salos of Pskov. Birthday of H.I.H. The Heir, Tsesarevich, and Grand Duke George of Russia (1981)

March 2/15 — Feast Day of the Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God “Enthroned.” National Day of Mourning. Abdication of the Holy Passion-Bearer Emperor Nicholas II (1917)

March 4/17 —Day of Commemoration of the Holy Right-Believing Grand Prince Iurii Vsevolodovich and of those who perished with him at the Battle of the Sit River (1238)

March 14/27 — Feast Day of the Feodorovskaia Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God. Acceptance by Mikhail Fedorovich Romanoff, for himself and his descendants, of the Throne of Russia, which was offered to him by the Assembly of the Land (1613)

April

March 25/April 7 — Annunciation

March 27/April 9 — Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)

March 31/April 13 — Holy Hieromartyr Hypatios, Bishop of Gangra, Wonderworker. Commemoration of the miraculous saving of the first Emperor-in-Exile, Kirill I, during the sinking of the Russian battleship “Petropavlovsk” (1904)

April 3/16 — THE BRIGHT FEAST OF THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. HOLY PASCHA

April 5/18 — Victory of St. Alexander Nevskii over the Livonian Knights in the Battle on the Ice (1242). Promulgation by Emperor Paul I at his coronation of the Law of Succession (1797)

April 8/21 — Assumption by H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia of the rights and duties of the Head of the Russian Imperial House (1992). Repose of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. Grand Duke Wladimir Kirillovich (1992)

May

April 18/May 1 — Spring and Labor Day National Holiday

April 23/ May 6 — Holy Great Martyr and Victory-Bearer George. Name day of H.I.H. The Heir, Tsesarevich, and Grand Duke George of Russia

April 25/May 8 — Feast Day of the Imperial and Royal Order of St. Stanislaw

April 26/May 9 — Anniversary of victory in World War II

May 6/19 — Holy Prophet Job the Much-Suffering. Birthday of the Holy Passion-Bearer Emperor Nicholas II (1868)

May 10/23 — Anniversary of the Repose of H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna (2010)

May 11/24 — Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Ss. Cyril and Methodius. Name Day of His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow and All Russia

May 12/25 — Ascension of the Lord

June

May 20/June 2 — Commemoration of the workers who were shot during demonstrations in Novocherkassk (1962). Day of Remembrance for all victims of totalitarianism in Russia

May 22/June 4 — Trinity Sunday

May 30/June 12 — St. Isaac of Dalmatos. Birthday of Emperor Peter the Great (1672). Russia Day National Holiday.

June 9/22 — Day of Remembrance and Mourning. Beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941 — 1945

July

June 19/July 2 — 50th Anniversary of the Repose of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, the loyal friend and spiritual father of the Imperial Family in Exile (1966)

June 25/July 8 — Holy Right-Believing Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia of Murom. Day of Family, Love, and Fidelity

June 27/July 10 —Victory of Peter the Great over the Swedes at the Battle of Poltava (1709)

July 4/17 — Holy Royal Passion-Bearers Emperor Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, Tsarevich Alexei, Tsarevnas Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, and those who perished with them (1918)

July 11/24 — Coronation of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich Romanoff (1613)

July 15/28 — Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Prince Vladimir Sviatoslavich. The Baptism of Rus’ (988). Victory of St. Alexander Nevsky over the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva (1240). Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. Vladimir

August

July 19/August 1 — Day of Remembrance and Mourning. Beginning of the First World War, 1914 — 1918

July 22/August 4 — Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene. Name day of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia

July 27/August 10 — Victory of the Russian Navy over the Swedes at the Battles of Gangut (1714) and Grengam (1720)

August 6/19 — Transfiguration of the Lord

August 7/20 — Repose of Tsaritsa Anastasia Romanovna (1560). Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. Anastasia

August 9/22 — Flag Day (1991)

August 15/28 — Dormition of the Most Pure Mother of God

August 17/30 — 100th anniversary of the birth of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. The Grand Duke Wladimir Kirillovich

September

August 19/September 1 — Knowledge Day

August 23/September 5 — Day of Remembrance of the victims of the “Red Terror” in Russia (1918).

August 26/September 8 — Feast Day of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. Anniversary of the Battle of Borodino (1812). Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Siege of Leningrad (1941)

August 30/September 12 — Translation of the Holy Relics of St. Alexander Nevsky from the city of Vladimir to St. Petersburg. Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevsky

August 31/September 13 — Publication of the Manifesto by the Curator of the Imperial Throne, Grand Duke Kirill Wladimirovich, declaring his assumption of the title Emperor-in-Exile, in accordance with the Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire (1924)

September 8/21 — Nativity of the Most Pure Mother of God. Victory of the Holy Right-Believing Grand Prince St. Dmitrii Donskoi over Mamai in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380)

September 14/27 — Elevation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord. Anniversary of the formation of the Holy Alliance by Emperor Alexander I of Russia (1815; September 26, according to the Gregorian calendar)

October

September 28/October 11 — Victory of Peter the Great over the Swedes in the Battle of Lesnaya (1708)

September 29/October 12 — Repose of Emperor-in-Exile Kirill I (1938)

September 30/October 13 — 140th anniversary of the birth of Emperor-in-Exile Kirill I (1876)

October 1/14 — Intercession of the Mother of God. Repose of His Holiness, Patriarch Filaret of Moscow and All Russia (1633). Commemoration of all members of the House of Romanoff and their relatives

October 17/30 — Day of Remembrance of all victims of political repression

November

October 22/November 4 — Feast Day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. Victory of the Volunteer Army of Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitrii Pozharsky (1612). Anniversary of the adoption of the title emperor by Peter the Great (1721). Day of National Unity

October 23/November 5 — 25th anniversary of the beginning of the first visit to Russia of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. The Grand Duke Wladimir Kirillovich and H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna (1991), the first visit of a Head of the Dynasty since the Russian Revolution

November 7/20 — St. Kirill of Novozero. Birthday of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow and All Russia (1946)

November 8/21 — Synaxis of the Holy Archangel Michael and all the Bodiless Powers. Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. Michael

November 11/24 — Anniversary of the Stand on the Ugra River: the end of the Mongol Yoke (1480). Day of the Sovereignty of the Russian State

November 13/26 — 140th anniversary of the birth of Empress-in-Exile Victoria Feodorvna (1876)

December

November 21/December 4 — Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple

November 24/December 7 — Holy Great Martyr Catherine. Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. Catherine

November 26/December 9 — Consecration of the Cathedral of the Holy Great Martyr George in Kiev (1036). Founding by Catherine the Great of the Military Order of St. George (1769). Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. George. State Holiday for the Heroes of the Fatherland

November 29/December 12 — Constitution Day (1993)

November 30/December 13 — Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called. Day of Remembrance of the Russian hero Ivan Susanin, who gave his life to save Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich Romanoff, and of all those who have given their lives in the service of Tsar and country. Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. Andrew

December 6/19 — St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia the Wonderworker. Feast Day of the Imperial Military Order of St. Nicholas

December 10/23 — St. Ioasaf, bishop of Belgorod. Birthday of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia (1953)

 

Legal Holidays (in addition to Sundays) of the Russian Empire

 

January 1/14	New Years
January 6/19	Holy Epiphany (Baptism of the Lord)
February 2/15	Meeting of the Lord
February 28/ March 12	Birthday of the Heir, Tsesarevich, and Grand Duke George of Russia
April 8/21	Assumption by H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia of the rights and duties of the Head of the Russian Imperial House (1992).
	Friday and Saturday of Cheesefare Week (Maslenitsa)
	Thursday, Friday and Saturday of Holy Week
	Bright Week
April 23/ May 6	Holy Great Martyr and Victory-Bearer George. Name day of H.I.H. The Heir, Tsesarevich, and Grand Duke George of Russia
May 9/22	Translation of the Holy Relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra in Lycia
	Ascension of the Lord
	Trinity Sunday
	Feast day of the Holy Spirit
June 29/ July 12	Feast day of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
July 22/ August 4	Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene. Name day of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia
August 6/19	Transfiguration of the Lord
August 15/28	Dormition of the Most Pure Mother of God
August 29/ September 11	Beheading of the Holy Forerunner and Baptist John
August 30/ September 12	Translation of the Holy Relics of St. Alexander Nevsky from the city of Vladimir to St. Petersburg
September 8/21	Nativity of the Most Pure Mother of God
September 14/27	Elevation of the Precious and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord
September 26/ October 9	Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
October 1/14	Intercession of the Most Pure Mother of God
October 22/ November 4	Feast day of the Icon of the Kazan Mother of God
November 21/ December 4	Entry into the Temple of the Most Pure Mother of God
December 6/19	St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra in Lycia
December 10/23	Birthday of the Head of the Russia Imperial House, H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia
December 25/ January 7; December 26/ January 8; December 27/ January 9	Nativity of the Lord. Yuletide