2026

FAST DAYS AND LENT PERIODS

  • Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the year (except those marked as days of relaxation, indicated with asterisks)
  • The Eve of the Epiphany (Monday, January 5)
  • The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (Saturday, August 29)
  • The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Monday, September 14)
  • Lent (Monday, February 23 – Saturday, April 11)
  • The Fast of Saints Peter and Paul (Monday, June 8 – Sunday, June 28)
  • The Fast of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Friday, July 31 – Friday, August 14)
  • The Nativity Fast (Sunday, November 15 – Thursday, December 24)

NON LITURGICAL DAYS AND DAYS WITH DIFFERENT LITURGIES

Alliturgical days (on which no Mass is celebrated):

  • Wednesday and Friday, during Cheesefare Week (February 18 and 20);
  • Monday and Tuesday, during the first week of Great Lent (February 23 and 24);
  • on Holy and Great Friday (April 10).

The Mass of St. Basil the Great is celebrated 10 times a year: January 1 and 5; March 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29; April 9 and 11; December 24.

The Liturgy of the Presanctified Offerings is celebrated on the ordinary days of Lent (Monday-Friday), beginning on Wednesday in the first week of Lent, up to and including Holy and Great Wednesday, except on the Feast of the Annunciation.

The Mass of St. John Chrysostom is celebrated on all other days.

DAYS ON WHICH NO MEMORIALS ARE CELEBRATED

  • on all Sundays throughout the year;
  • on the Great Feasts (on the Ascension of the Lord, only the special commemoration of the martyrs is celebrated);
  • on weekdays (Monday–Friday) during Great Lent (only the Small Litany for the Dead is celebrated);
  • on aliturgical days; during the period from Palm Sunday to the Sunday of St. Thomas the Apostle (April 5–19);
  • during the period from Christmas to Epiphany (December 25–January 6).

IMPORTANT DAYS AND DATES

  • National Culture Day (Thursday, January 15)
  • Unification of the Romanian Principalities Day, a national holiday (Saturday, January 24)
  • Day of Anti-Communist Political Prisoners in Romania from 1944 to 1989 (Monday, March 9)
  • Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania – 1918, national holiday (Friday, March 27)
  • Christian Women’s Sunday (Sunday, April 26)
  • Romania’s Independence Day – 1877, Anti-Nazi Victory Day – 1945, and Europe Day – 1950 (Saturday, May 9)
  • May 10 – National Holiday (Sunday, May 10)
  • National Day of Remembrance for the Martyrs of Communist Prisons (Thursday, May 14)
  • National Family Day (Sunday, May 17)
  • Parents and Children Sunday (Sunday, June 7)
  • National Flag Day (Friday, June 26)
  • Romanian National Anthem Day (Wednesday, July 29)
  • National Day for the Commemoration of the Brâncoveanu Martyrs and Awareness of Violence Against Christians (Sunday, August 16)
  • Sunday of Romanian Migrants (Sunday, August 16)
  • Romanian Language Day (Monday, August 31)
  • Beginning of the Church Year; Day of Prayer for the Environment (Tuesday, September 1)
  • Romanian Village Day (Sunday, September 27)
  • Elderly Persons’ Day (Thursday, October 1)
  • Military Clergy Day (Monday, October 26)
  • Bible Day (Friday, November 13)
  • Consecration of the Altar of the National Cathedral – 2018 (Wednesday, November 25)
  • Romanian National Day (Tuesday, December 1)

ROMANIAN NATIONAL CHURCH HOLIDAYS

  • Ascension Day – Heroes’ Day (Thursday, May 21)
  • Saint Andrew the First-Called, Patron Saint of Romania (Monday, November 30)

DAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ON WHICH NO WORK IS PERFORMED IN ROMANIA

  • New Year’s Day (Thursday, January 1, and Friday, January 2)
  • The Epiphany (Tuesday, January 6)
  • Feast of Saint John the Baptist (Wednesday, January 7)
  • Unification of the Romanian Principalities Day (Saturday, January 24)
  • Good Friday (Friday, April 10)
  • Easter Sunday and Easter Monday (Sunday, April 12, and Monday, April 13)
  • International Labor Day (Friday, May 1)
  • Children’s Day (Monday, June 1)
  • Pentecost Sunday and Pentecost Monday (Sunday, May 31, and Monday, June 1)
  • The Dormition of the Mother of God (Saturday, August 15)
  • St. Andrew the First-Called, Patron Saint of Romania (Monday, November 30)
  • Romanian National Day (Tuesday, December 1)
  • Christmas Day and Boxing Day (Friday, December 25, and Saturday, December 26)

NO WEDDINGS (IN 2026)

  • On all days of fasting and during the annual fasts;
  • on all Wednesdays and Fridays;
  • from the Monday following the end of the Lenten fast for the Fast of St. Thomas the Apostle through the end of that fast (February 16 – April 19);
  • during the Fast of Saints Peter and Paul (June 8–28);
  • during the Fast of the Dormition of the Mother of God (July 31–August 14);
  • on the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (August 29);
  • during the Nativity Fast (November 15–December 24);
  • on the eve and during the days of the Royal Feasts (February 1–2; May 20–21; May 30–June 1; August 15; September 13–14);
  • from Christmas to Epiphany (December 25–January 6).

NO WEDDINGS (IN 2027)

  • On all days of fasting and during the fasts throughout the year;
  • on all Wednesdays and Fridays;
  • from the Monday after the end of the Lenten Fast for Holy Pascha until St. Thomas Sunday inclusive (March 8 – May 9);
  • during the Fast of Saints Peter and Paul (June 22–28);
  • during the Fast of the Dormition of the Mother of God (August 1–14);
  • on the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (August 29);
  • during the Nativity Fast (November 15–December 24);
  • on the eve and during the days of the Royal Feasts (February 1–2; June 9–10; June 19–21; August 15; September 13–14);
  • from Christmas to Epiphany (December 25–January 6).

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