This calendar is non-exhaustive and reflects current commemorations in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, with some additions relevant to the modern American context (e.g., St. Herman of Alaska, St. Olga of Kwethluk). Key:= feast, forefeast, aferfeast, or other major festive day;= fasting day;✶= commemorations of saints;●= general days of importance.
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Friday, 13 November 2026
🍇 Traditional Friday Fast
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Friday, 13 November 2026
🔹 St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople (407); Martyrs Antoninus, Nicephorus, and Germanus of Caesarea in Palestine (308); Martyr Manetha of Caesarea in Palestine (308)
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Saturday, 14 November 2026
🔹 Holy and All-praised Apostle Philip (1st c.); St. Justinian the emperor of Byzantium (565) and his wife St. Theodora (548); St. Gregory Palamas, archbishop of Thessalonica (1360)
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Sunday, 15 November 2026
🍇 Nativity Fast (Day 1 of 40)
The Nativity fast begins November 15th and marks the 40 days of preparation leading up to the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord (Christmas) on 25 December. -
Sunday, 15 November 2026
🔹 Holy Martyrs and Confessors Gurias (299), Samonas (306), and Abibus (322); Martyr Demetrius (307); Martyrs Elpidius, Marcellus, and Eustochius (361)
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Monday, 16 November 2026
🍇 Nativity Fast (Day 2 of 40)
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Monday, 16 November 2026
🔹 Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew (60); St. Fulvianus, prince of Ethiopia, in holy baptism Matthew (1st c.)
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Tuesday, 17 November 2026
🍇 Nativity Fast (Day 3 of 40)
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Tuesday, 17 November 2026
🔹 St. Gregory the Wonderworker of Neo-Caesarea (266); St. Hilda, abbess of Whitby (680); Venerable Lazarus the iconographer of Constantinople (857)
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Wednesday, 18 November 2026
🍇 Nativity Fast (Day 4 of 40)
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Wednesday, 18 November 2026
🔹 Martyr Platon of Ancyra (302); Martyr Romanus the deacon of Caesarea and child-martyr Barulas of Antioch (303); Martyrs Zacchaeus the deacon and Alphaeus, of Caesarea in Palestine (303)
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Thursday, 19 November 2026
🍇 Nativity Fast (Day 5 of 40)
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Thursday, 19 November 2026
🔹 Prophet Obadiah (9th c. B.C.); Martyr Barlaam (304); Martyr Heliodorus (273); Martyr Azes, and with him 150 soldiers (284); Venerables Barlaam and Monk Ioasaph, prince of India, and St. Abenner the King, father of St. Ioasaph (4th c.); Venerable Hilarion of Georgia, wonderworker of Thessalonica (875); Venerable Barlaam, abbot of the Kyiv Caves (1065)
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Friday, 20 November 2026
☦️ Forefeast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple
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Friday, 20 November 2026
🍇 Nativity Fast (Day 6 of 40)
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Friday, 20 November 2026
🔹 St. Edmund, king of East Anglia and martyr (869); Venerable Gregory Decapolites (816); St. Proclus, archbishop of Constantinople (447); Martyr Dasius (303); Martyrs Eustace, Thespesius, and Anatolius of Nicaea (312); Hieromartyrs Nerses and Joseph, and John, Saverius, Isaac, and Hypatius, bishops of Persia; Martyrs Azades, Sasonius, Thecla, and Anna (343)
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Saturday, 21 November 2026
☦️ Feast of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple
The Feast of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple commemorates the young Virgin Mary being brought by her parents Joachim and Anna to live and be raised in the Temple in Jerusalem, in fulfillment of their vow to God. -
Saturday, 21 November 2026
🍇 Nativity Fast (Day 7 of 40)
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Saturday, 21 November 2026
🔹 Venerable Columbanus of Bobbio, abbot and founder of Luxeuil Abbey (615)
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Sunday, 22 November 2026
☦️ Afterfeast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos
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Sunday, 22 November 2026
🍇 Nativity Fast (Day 8 of 40)
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Sunday, 22 November 2026
🔹 Apostles Philemon and Archippus, and Martyr Apphia (1st c.); Martyrs Cecilia, Valerian, Tiburtius, and Maximus at Rome (230); Martyr Menignus at Parium (250); Martyr Procopius the Reader at Caesarea in Palestine (303); Venerable Agabbas of Syria (5th c.); Righteous Michael the Soldier of Bulgaria (866); St. Yaropolk-Peter, prince of Volodymyr in Volyn (1086)
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Monday, 23 November 2026
☦️ Afterfeast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos
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Monday, 23 November 2026
🍇 Nativity Fast (Day 9 of 40)
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Monday, 23 November 2026
🔹 St. Columbanus, abbot of Luxeuil and Bobbio (615); St. Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium (394); St. Gregory, bishop of Agrigentum (680); St. Sisinius the confessor, bishop of Cyzicus (325); Martyr Theodore of Antioch (4th c.)
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Tuesday, 24 November 2026
☦️ Afterfeast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos
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Tuesday, 24 November 2026
🍇 Nativity Fast (Day 10 of 40)
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Tuesday, 24 November 2026
🔹 Great-martyr Mercurius (259); Great-martyr Catherine (305); Martyrs Augusta, Porphyrius, and 200 soldiers (305); Martyr Philothea of Romania (1060); Venerable Mercurius, the faster of the Kyivan Caves, Far Caves (14th c.)
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Wednesday, 25 November 2026
☦️ Leave-taking of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos
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Wednesday, 25 November 2026
🍇 Nativity Fast (Day 11 of 40)
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Wednesday, 25 November 2026
🔹 Hieromartyr Clement, pope of Rome (101); Hieromartyr Peter, archbishop of Alexandria (311); Venerable Peter the Silent, of Galata, Syria (429)
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Thursday, 26 November 2026
🍇 Nativity Fast (Day 12 of 40)
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Thursday, 26 November 2026
🔹 St. Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis (640); St. James the Solitary of Syria (457); Dedication of the Church of St. George at Kyiv (1051)