Immovable Feasts of the Nazarani Church

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Immovable Feasts of the Nazarani Church

These are the immovable feasts and fasts of the Nazarani Church. They are known as 'immovable' because the dates on which they are celebrated do not change from year to year. The Nazarani Church celebrates the feasts of our spiritual ancestors and the events which took place during the life of Yeshue in order help us remember and define who we are and where we come from as a people.

This list is compiled using the Julian calendar dates, so you will need to add an additional 13 days to the date noted to obtain the Gregorian calendar date. The fact that there are presently 13 days separating the Julian and the Gregorian Calendars means that those feasts scheduled to take place on Sundays (Julian) will actually take on Saturdays (Gregorian). For the Nazarani way of thinking, this discrepancy works as a temporary bridge between the Biblical requirement that the Sabbath be regarded as Holy, and the temporal reality that most Christians are still celebrating their Sabbath on the Pagan Greek's "Day of the Sun" (Sunday).

Contents

• 1 November
  • 1.1 1 November
  • 1.2 13 November
  • 1.3 19 November
  • 1.4 28 November
  • 1.5 29 November
  • 1.6 30 November
• 2 December
  • 2.1 2 December
  • 2.2 3 December
  • 2.3 4 December
  • 2.4 5 December
  • 2.5 7 December
  • 2.6 12 December
  • 2.7 16 December
  • 2.8 18 December
  • 2.9 20 December
  • 2.10 21 December
  • 2.11 25 December
  • 2.12 26 December
  • 2.13 27 December
• 3 January
  • 3.1 1 January
  • 3.2 2 January
  • 3.3 6 January
  • 3.4 7 January
  • 3.5 8 January
  • 3.6 10 January
  • 3.7 15 January
• 4 February
  • 4.1 1 February
  • 4.2 2 February
  • 4.3 3 February
  • 4.4 8 February
  • 4.5 14 February
  • 4.6 15 February
  • 4.7 19 February
  • 4.8 24 February
  • 4.9 28 February
• 5 March
  • 5.1 5 March
  • 5.2 6 March
  • 5.3 8 March
  • 5.4 9 March
  • 5.5 10 March
  • 5.6 15 March
  • 5.7 18 March
  • 5.8 25 March
• 6 April
  • 6.1 8 April
  • 6.2 24 April
  • 6.3 27 April
• 7 May
  • 7.1 8 May
  • 7.2 12 May
  • 7.3 15 May
  • 7.4 19 May
  • 7.5 28 May
• 8 June
  • 8.1 10 June
  • 8.2 11 June
  • 8.3 15 June
  • 8.4 28 June
  • 8.5 29 June
  • 8.6 30 June
• 9 July
  • 9.1 1 July
  • 9.2 2 July
  • 9.3 3 July
  • 9.4 15 July
  • 9.5 17 July
  • 9.6 24 July
  • 9.7 30 July
• 10 August
  • 10.1 2 August
  • 10.2 9 August
  • 10.3 10 August
  • 10.4 15 August
  • 10.5 20 August
  • 10.6 24 August
• 11 September
  • 11.1 1 September
  • 11.2 8 September
  • 11.3 9 September
  • 11.4 14 September
  • 11.5 15 September
• 12 October
  • 12.1 1 October
  • 12.2 3 October
  • 12.3 7 October
  • 12.4 16 October
  • 12.5 18 October
  • 12.6 22 October
  • 12.7 23 October

November

1 November

• Nazarani "New Year" is celebrated on the 1 November according to the Julian Calendar.

13 November

• John Chrysostom (†407)

19 November

• Prophet Obadiah

28 November

• Mar Shabur and Mar Aphroth of Akapparampu (9th Century A.D.)
• Mar Dionysius Bar Salibi (†1171)

29 November

• Mor Ya‛qub of Sarug (†521)

30 November

• Andrew the First Called

December

2 December

• Prophet Nachum

3 December

• Prophet Habbakuk

4 December

• Prophet Zephaniah

5 December

• Iyasus Mo'a (†1294)

7 December

• Ignatius Mar Barsoum of Kuwaykhat (Patriarch Michael II) (†1312)

12 December

• Revelation to Saint Joseph the Protector

16 December

• Haggai the Prophet

18 December

• Daniel the Prophet
• Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah

20 December

• Ignatius of Antioch (†107)

21 December

• Martyrdom of Saint Thomas the Apostle (†64)

25 December

• NATIVITY OF JESUS

26 December

• THE LULLABIES

27 December

• Killing of the Infants

January

1 January

• Baselius of Caesarea (†379)
• Gregory of Nyssa (†395)

2 January

• CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD
• Eight days after Nativity

6 January

• THE FEAST OF THE MANIFESTATION also known as the “Epiphany”

7 January

• Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (†31)
  If the 7th of January is a Sunday then the feast is celebrated then. Otherwise it is celebrated on the next Sunday.

8 January

• Saint Stephen the Archdeacon (†34)

10 January

• Feast of Saint Gregory of Nyssa (†395)

15 January

• INTERCESSION OF THE VIRGIN MARY FOR SEEDS
• Anba Lucius
• Mar Ahathalla (†1653 A.D.)
• Koonan Kurishu Sathyam at Mattanchery (†1653 A.D.)
• Commemoration of the Addis Ababa Conference (†1965 A.D.)

February

1 February

• Gewargi, bishop of the Arabs (†725)

2 February

• PRESENTATION OF YESHUE AT THE TEMPLE
• Mar Shimun Sobo (Simon the Elder) and St. Hanna

3 February

• ALL DEPARTED HOLY FATHERS
• Mar Barsoma, Head of the Anchorites (†457)

8 February

• Mar Severus of Antioch (†538)

14 February

• Auxentius of Bithynia (†470)

15 February

• Julian Saba (i.e. "the Old") (†367)

19 February

• Moses Bar Keepa (†903)

24 February

• Matthew the Evangelist
• Mar Ephrem the Persian (†373)

28 February

• Abercius of Hieropolis (†167)

March

5 March

• Theodore Bar Koni (†845)

6 March

• Thomas Uzhunnalil (†2016)

8 March

• Eighty Martyrs of Kessab (†2014)

9 March

• Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (†320)
  If the date is not a Saturday or Sunday, this occurs on the next Sunday

10 March

• Abgar Hemisaya Ukkama (†50)

15 March

• Martyr Mary Sameh George (†2014)

18 March

• Seventy Martyrs of Lahore (†2016)

25 March

• ANNUNCIATION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

April

8 April

• Mar Asitathius Abdel Nour Aaron (†1877)

24 April

• Feast of Mar Gwaris (St. George)

27 April

• Mar Gregorios Abdul al-Jaleel of Jerusalem (†1671)
• Mor Ya‛qub, son of Zebedee, the Apostle of Our Lord

May

8 May

• John the Evangelist

12 May

• Mar Yacob the Bishop of Nisibin (†338)

15 May

• BLESSING THE HARVEST

19 May

• Shimun Bar Yonah, the Apostle of Yeshue

28 May

• Mar Aaron, Chief among the ascetics

June

10 June

• Mar Timothios of Selucia-Çtiphon (†823 A.D.)

11 June

• Mar Bartholomew Apostle of Our Lord

15 June

• Mar Kuriakos and His Mother Yuliti
• Mar Abahay, bishop of Nicea (†455)

28 June

• Mar Yacoub, the brother of Yeshue

29 June

• Peter & Paul - The holiday celebrating the Christian and Nazarani unity.

30 June

• MEMORY OF THE TWELVE DISCIPLES

July

1 July

• Moses the Black (†405)

2 July

• Martyr John George Mattar (†2014)

3 July

• Thomas the Apostle (†64)

15 July

• Mar Abhai Suroyo(†351)

17 July

• Marta Marina (†270)

24 July

• 21 Martyrs of Al-Qaryatain (†2015)

30 July

• ALL SAINTS
• Yaqoub Bar Adai (†578)
• Mar Gregorios Bar Ebraya (†1286)

August

2 August

• Abel the stylite (of Kartamin) the patron saint of the blind and lame

9 August

• Martyrs of Urakami (†1945)

10 August

• Fast for the Intercession of the Virgin Mary begins

15 August

• Ascension of the Mother of God, a.k.a., the Intercession of Virgin Mary for Vines

20 August

• Child Martyrs of Al-Shifa, Sudân (†1998)

24 August

• Matthias the Apostle of Our Lord

September

1 September

• Abibion d’Bet-Coryph (†439)

8 September

• THE BIRTH OF THE VIRGIN MARY

9 September

• Yuyakim and Hannah, Parents of Virgin Mary

14 September

• SLEEBA - Festival of the Holy Cross. If it is not a Sunday then it is moved to the Sunday immediately after

15 September

• Ewosṭatewos ኤዎስጣቴዎስ (†1352)

October

1 October

• Mar Abai (†363)

3 October

• Abd al-Masih (9th century)

7 October

• Sergius and Bacchus (†297)

16 October

• Longinus the Centurion

18 October

• Luke the Evangelist

22 October

• Aaron the Illustrious (of Sarug in Osherone)

23 October

• Mor Yacoub Bar Alphaeus