Feast Days in The Eastern Orthodox Church
Among the most prominent Marian feast days in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic liturgical calendars are:
- February 2 Purification of the Most Holy Theotokos
- March 25 Annunciation of the Theotokos
- August 15 Dormition of the Theotokos
- September 8 Nativity of the Theotokos
- October 1 Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
- November 21 The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple
- December 9 Feast of the Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos
- December 26 Synaxis of the Theotokos
Note: Feasts ranked among the twelve Great Feasts are in bold face. Minor feasts are in regular face.
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