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== The Twelve Great Feasts ==
Eight Seven greats feasts in honor of our [[Lord ]] [[Jesus Christ]] and four five great feasts honoring the [[Theotokos]] comprise ''The constitute the Twelve Great Feasts''.
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The '''Great Feasts''' (major feasts) of the [[Orthodox Church]] are the major liturgical celebrations throughout the [[Church Calendar|liturgical year]]. While various [[saint]]s and events are celebrated with significance on the local level, the entire Church celebrates together thirteen feasts [[feast]]s above all the rest, '''[[Pascha]] ''' and the '''Twelve Great Feasts'''.
== Pascha ==
[[Image:Resurrection.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Feast of Feasts]]The feast of the [[Resurrection]] of [[Jesus Christ]], called [[Pascha]] (Easter), is the greatest of the feasts of the [[Orthodox Church]]. It is not counted among the twelve major feasts of the Church since it is considered by itself as the "Feast of Feasts." It is celebrated on the first [[Sunday]] after the Paschal Full Moon (see ''[[Paschalion]]'').
== Pascha The Twelve Great Feasts ==The feast of the [[Resurrection]] of [[Jesus Christ]], called [[Pascha]] (Easter), is the greatest of the feasts of the [[Orthodox Church]]. It is also called the '''Feast of Feasts'''. It is celebrated on the first [[Sunday]] after the first full moon after the vernal equinox (which is calculated according to the Julian Calendar).
There are other days of great importance in the life of the Church -- the '''Twelve Great Feasts''', which commemorate and present us again to the historic presence of major events in the lives of our Lord [[Jesus Christ]] and his [[Theotokos|Holy Mother]].
#September 21 / [[September 8]], the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]]#September 27 / [[September 14]], the [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]]#December 4 / [[November 21]], the [[Presentation of the Theotokos]]#January 7 / [[December 25]], the [[Nativity]] of Christ (Christmas)#January 19 / [[January 6]], [[Theophany]], the Baptism of Christ#February 15 / [[February 2]], the [[Presentation]] of Christ#April 7 / [[March 25]], the [[Annunciation]]
#The Sunday before Pascha, [[Palm Sunday]]
#Forty Days after Pascha, the [[Ascension]] of Christ
#Fifty Days after Pascha, [[Pentecost]]
#August 19 / [[August 6]], the [[Transfiguration]]#August 28 / [[August 15]], the [[Dormition]] (Falling Asleep) of the Theotokos ==Icons of the Twelve Great Feasts==<gallery>Image:Nativity_Theotokos.jpg|The Nativity of the Theotokos Image:Elevation.jpg|The Elevation of the Cross Image:Entrance.jpg|The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple Image:Nativity htm.jpg|[[Nativity icon|Nativity of Christ]] Image:Theophany.jpg|Theophany Image:Presentation.jpg|Presentation Image:Annunciation.jpg|AnnunciationImage:Palm Sunday.jpg|Palm SundayImage:Ascension.jpg|[[Ascension icon|Ascension]]Image:Pentecost.jpg|[[Pentecost icon|Pentecost]]Image:Transfiguration.jpg|TransfigurationImage:Dormition.jpg|Dormition</gallery>
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