Holidays and Feast Days for the Year 2015JanuaryDecember 19/January 1 – New Year’s DayDecember 22/January 4 – Holy Great Martyr Anastasia of Rome, Alleviatrix of Captives.Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. AnastasiaDecember 25/January 7 – Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus ChristJanuary 1/14 –New Year’s Day according to the Julian CalendarJanuary 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)FebruaryJanuary 19/February 1 – Enthronement of His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow and All RussiaFebruary 2/15 – Meeting of the Lord Jesus Christ in the TempleFebruary 3/16 – Synaxis of St. Simeon the Receiver of the Lord and St. Anna the Prophetess.Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. AnnaFebruary 9/22 – Forgiveness SundayFebruary 10/23 – Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of the FatherlandMarchFebruary 17/March 2 – Holy Martyr Patriarch Hermogen – the Inspirer of the Liberators of the Fatherland from the Time of Troubles and from Foreign Occupation (1612)February 21/March 6 – Proclamation of Mikhail Fedorovich Romanoff as Tsar, and of the House of Romanoff as the ruling dynasty, by the Great Assembly (1613)February 22/March 7 – 20th anniversary of the translation of the holy remains of Emperor-in-Exile Kirill I and Empress Victoria Feodorovna from Coburg to St. Petersburg (1981)February 23/March 8 – International Women’s DayFebruary 28/March 13 – St. Nicholas Salos of Pskov. Birthday of H.I.H. The Heir, Tsesarevich, and Grand Duke George of Russia (1981)March 2/15 – 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 IuriiVsevolodovich 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 him by the Assembly of the Land (1613)AprilMarch 23/April 5 – Palm SundayMarch 25/April 7 – AnnunciationMarch 30/April 12 – THE BRIGHT FEAST OF THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. HOLY PASCHAMarch 31/April 13 – Holy HieromartyrHypatios, 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 4/17 – Day of Remembrance of the Lena Goldfields Massacre (1912)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. 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 WladimirKirillovich (1992)MayApril 18/May 1 – Spring and Labor DayApril 23/ May 6 –Holy Great Martyr and Victory-Bearer George. Name day of H.I.H. The Heir, Tsesarevich, and Grand Duke George of RussiaApril 25/May 8 – Feast Day of the Imperial and Royal Order of St. StanislawApril 26/May 9 – 70th anniversary of victory in World War IIMay 6/19 –Holy Prophet Job the Much-Suffering.Birthday of the Holy Passion-Bearer Emperor Nicholas II (1868)May 8/21–Ascension of the LordMay 10/23 –Repose of H.I.H. Grand Duchess LeonidaGeorgievna (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 RussiaMay 18/31 –Trinity SundayJuneMay 20/June 2 – Commemoration of the workers who were shot during demonstrations in Novocherkassk (1962).Day of Remembrance for all victims of totalitarianism in RussiaMay 28/June 10 – 200th anniversary of the signing of the General (Final) Act of the Congress of Vienna (1815; June 9 according to the Gregorian Calendar)May 30/June 12 – St. Isaac, Abbot of the Monastery of Dalmatos in Constantinople.Birthday of Emperor Peter the Great (1672).Russia Day.June 9/22 – Day of Remembrance and Mourning. Beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941 – 1945JulyJune 25/July 8 – Holy Right-Believing Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia of Murom.Day of Family, Love, and FidelityJune 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 Nevskii over the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva (1240).Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. VladimirAugustJuly 19/August 1 – Day of Remembrance and Mourning.Beginning of the First World War, 1914 – 1918July 22/August 4 – Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene.Name day of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria of RussiaJuly 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 LordAugust 7/20 – Repose of Tsaritsa Anastasia Romanovna (1560).Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. AnastasiaAugust 9/22 – Flag DayAugust 15/28 – Dormition of the Most Pure Mother of GodSeptemberAugust 19/September 1 – Knowledge DayAugust 23/September 5 – Day of Remembrance of the victims of the “Red Terror” in Russia (1918). 100th anniversary the assumption of direct command of the Russian armed forces in World War I by the Holy Royal Passion-Bearer Emperor Nicholas II (1915)August 26/September 8 – Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God.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 Nevskii from the city of Vladimir to St. Petersburg.Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. Alexander NevskiiAugust 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. DmitriiDonskoi over Mamai in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380)September 14/27 – Elevation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord. 200th anniversary of the formation of the Holy Alliance by Emperor Alexander I of Russia (1815; September 26according to the Gregorian calendar)OctoberSeptember 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)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 relativesOctober 17/30 – Day of Remembrance of all victims of political repressionNovemberOctober 22/November 4 – Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.Victory of the Volunteer Army of KuzmaMinin and Prince DmitriiPozharskii (1612).Day of National UnityNovember 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. MichaelNovember 11/24 – Stand on the Ugra River: the end of the Mongol Yoke (1480). Day of the Sovereignty of the Russian StateDecemberNovember 21/December 4 – Entry of the Mother of God into the TempleNovember 24/December 7 – Holy Great Martyr Catherine.Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. CatherineNovember 26/December 9 – Consecration of the Cathedral of the Holy Great Martyr George in Kiev (1036).Foundation by Catherine the Great of the Military Order of St. George (1769). Feast Day of the Imperial Order of St. George. Day of the Russian ArmyNovember 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. AndrewDecember 6/19 – St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia the Wonderworker.Feast Day of the Imperial Military Order of St. NicholasDecember 10/23 – St. Ioasaf, bishop of Belgorod.Birthday of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. TheGrand Duchess Maria of Russia (1953)
