We celebrate public holidays. Public holidays in Russia. Weekends and holidays

These holidays are divided into two categories:

Fixed (non-moving) holidays: they always fall on a strictly defined date of the month, regardless of the day of the week, which changes annually. These include nine twelfth church holidays:

Twelfth Feasts

Movable (movable) holidays. Movable part church calendar moves along with the date of celebration changing from year to year. All “moving” holidays are counted from Easter and move in the space of the “secular” calendar along with it.

Twelfth moving holidays:

The twelfth holidays each have one forefeast day, with the exception of the Nativity of Christ, which has 5 forefeast days, and Epiphany, which has 4 forefeast days.

The number of days of post-feast varies from 1 to 8 days, depending on the greater or lesser proximity of some holidays to others or to days of fasting.
Some of the Lord's holidays, in addition, are preceded and concluded by special Saturdays and weeks (Sundays).

The services of the twelve feasts of the fixed circle are in menstruation. Services for the twelve feasts of the moving circle are located in Lenten and Tsvetnaya.

In Russia, until 1925, the twelfth holidays were both church and civil.

Great non-twelfth holidays:

On the holidays of Christmas and the Beheading of John the Baptist, the Circumcision of the Lord, the Intercession Holy Mother of God, There is no forefeast, afterfeast and giving of the Holy Chief Apostles Peter and Paul.

• Bishop Alexander Mileant
• Yu. Ruban
• Holidays of the Christmas cycle Yu. Ruban
• Twelfth holidays prot. Alexander Men
• Troparions of the Twelve Feasts

Christian holidays

Christian holidays- certain days of the church calendar, marked by services of an individual liturgical nature. This is fixed in the names of holidays and “times of repentance”, the dates and order of their celebration, as well as in the content of the texts sung during the service. Their purpose and meaning is the recollection, glorification and theological interpretation of the key stages of the history of Salvation, which is embodied mainly in the events of the earthly life of Jesus Christ (the Savior) and the Virgin Mary - a real participant in this divine-human process. Hence - an exceptional place in the calendar of holidays dedicated to Him.

The holidays are distributed within two overlapping annual cycles - (Mineaion) and (triode, or Easter-Pentecostal). Celebrations and memorable events of the first cycle are strictly fixed only by the dates of the month (for dates of the Julian calendar in relation to the modern civil calendar, an amendment is necessary: ​​n - 13 days, - for the 20th-21st centuries). The holidays of the second are fixed only by day of the week, being strictly correlated with Easter, which is the starting point for the entire moving annual cycle. The date of the latter moves within 35 days (“Easter limits”): from April 4 (March 22, old style) - to May 8 (April 25, old style).

The most important holidays of the modern Orthodox calendar are called “twelve”, or “twelve” (from the Slavic twelve - “twelve”) (see). , as a “holiday holiday”, is outside this classification.

The second step in the holiday hierarchical ladder is occupied by holidays called “great” in liturgical usage. These include: the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos (October 1/14), the Circumcision of the Lord and the memory of St. Basil the Great (January 1/14), Nativity of John the Baptist (June 24/July 7), memory of the first supreme appanages. Peter and Paul (June 29/July 12), the Beheading of John the Baptist (August 29/September 11), and also, according to some old calendars, the repose (death) of St. John the Theologian (September 26/October 9), memory of the saint. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (December 6/19) and the transfer of his relics from Myra to the Italian city of Bari (May 9/22).

All other numerous holidays are dedicated to ethereal forces (the general holiday is the Council of the Archangel Michael, November 8/21), Old Testament and Christian saints, the remembrance of significant events in Sacred Biblical and Christian history, the appearance of miraculous icons, and the discovery of relics.
The constant canonization of new saints means the continuous replenishment of the Christian calendar.

IN Church Charter(Typikone) provides for the gradation of all holidays into five categories according to the degree of solemnity of their services, which is recorded by special signs (the sixth category has no sign). The patronal feast of any church (whose name it bears) is equated for it in the liturgical aspect to the twelve feasts. The same degree of solemnity may be inherent in “locally revered” holidays, even those having a modest liturgical status at the general church level.

Holidays common to all Christians are, first of all, Easter and Christmas (the latter, as a special calendar celebration, is not celebrated by the Armenian and other Monophysite churches). The most important annual holidays are basically the same among Orthodox and Catholics (because they are based on the same events of sacred history), but they differ in dates, often in names and semantic nuances, as well as in the nature of their celebration.
Many saints of the united Church are equally venerated: Eastern ones - in the West, Western ones - in the East (Basily the Great - Ambrose of Milan, etc.). But saints of one Church who lived after the division of the Churches (1054) can be venerated in another Church mainly at the local level, with the permission of church authorities. The official Catholic calendar, for example, includes the names of Sts. Cyril of Turov (May 11), Anthony of Pechersk (July 24), Equal-to-the-Apostles Olga and Vladimir (July 27 and 28), Boris and Gleb (August 5), Sergius of Radonezh (October 8); The Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God is also honored (September 7).
Protestants, rejecting the veneration of the Mother of God, saints, relics and icons, do not have corresponding holidays in their calendars.

The study of holidays in the context of the general process of formation of the church calendar (lit. “holiday studies”) is an auxiliary historical discipline, one of the sections of academic liturgics.

Liturgical texts are contained in the Service, in 12 volumes (for fixed holidays), Lenten and Tsvetnaya (for moving ones), Menea Festive, as well as in numerous editions of services for individual holidays, often containing historical information, comments, notation and other applications.

“How to celebrate the holiday? We celebrate an event (to delve into the greatness of the event, its purpose, its fruit for believers) or a person, such as, for example: the Lord, the Mother of God, Angels and Saints (to delve into the attitude of that person to God and humanity, into his beneficial influence on the Church of God , at all). It is necessary to delve into the history of an event or person, to approach the event or person, otherwise the holiday will be imperfect and unpleasing. Holidays should have an impact on our lives, they should enliven, warm our faith (hearts) in future blessings and nourish pious, good morals.”

Officially established in Russia holidays, professional holidays , memorable days, memorable dates and days of military glory (victory days) of Russia in 2017.

Currently in Russia are officially celebrated 8 holidays, 7 of which [all except Christmas] are public holidays.
Holidays are fixed by the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. According to Article 112 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation non-working holidays V Russian Federation are:

• January 15- New Year
• Jan. 7- Christmas
• February 23- Defender of the Fatherland Day
• March 8- International Women's Day
• 1st of May- Labour Day
• 9th May- Victory Day
• 12 June- Russia Day
• November 4- National Unity Day
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Ministry of Labor and Social Protection

• Winter holidays are for family
• They ask to make December 31 a day off

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Holidays and weekends in 2017

Industrial calendar for 2017

Other important holidays

Holidays of the Slavs

This folk wisdom was given by our ancestors

Slavism- this is the veneration of the Family, ancestors, and the creation of family ancestral life, according to the ancients Slavic customs.
Traditions of the Russian people- this is the invaluable experience of countless generations of our ancestors. And no matter how many eras pass, no matter how many times they wander in the darkness of foreign traditions, Russian people always return to their native tradition.
Our calendar - or, more correctly, Kolyady Dar- served our ancestors for thousands of years, helping them cultivate the land and harvest the harvest on time.
The year, divided into twelve parts, was depicted on ritual bowls, and each month had a special sign. Annual wheel - Kolo Svarog

- carried a special meaning, which was the eternal rebirth and renewal of all living things. But the calendar is important not only for everyday life, it is always decorated with cheerful holidays.

Traditional Slavic holidays connected with nature and the events occurring in it, they contain and conceal a deep sacred essence and meaning.

Almost all holidays among the Slavs coincide with the cycle of life of the Earth, and therefore have not only a spiritual meaning, but also another - familiarization with Nature, bringing into one’s life the feeling that the Earth is living matter. The rituals that our great ancestors once performed in ancient times are designed to ensure peaceful coexistence and harmony with nature. Sun

has long been especially revered by the Slavs as a symbol and source of life on earth, giving warmth and light to all living things. And this happens every year, constantly, in a continuous circle [circle], in the form of which the ancient Slavs represented our Universe. Names of Slavic months
years reflect those changes in nature that are most characteristic of each of the four seasons. Below is a list of the main holidays and customs of the Slavs.

Seasons symbolize birth [spring], growing up [summer], maturity [autumn], death [winter].

Kologod among the Slavs

divided by four seasons [winter, spring, summer, autumn], in each of which great holidays are especially celebrated: 2 solstices [solstice] in winter and summer - the time when the Sun is reborn: the old Sun fades away, but its place is taken by a new one - the emerging young and 2 equinoxes [spring and autumn].

Calculation of the Slavs

Calendar reform of Peter I
It is no secret that the widespread use of the Russian calendar ceased by order of Peter I. The Tsar, raised by foreigners, introduced a new foreign calendar on the territory of Rus' and ordered to celebrate the advent of 1700 from the Nativity of Christ on the night of January 1st. While in Rus' it was the summer of 7208. The chronological innovation was a nod to the West by Peter I and the theft of five and a half thousand years of history from the Slavic-Aryan culture.

[Watch video online] New Year among the Slavs [New Year]
Before baptism

• the Slavs celebrated the New Year [New Year] in the spring, which symbolized the victory of spring over winter, life over death. Spring, a symbol of new life and rebirth, replaced death and oblivion.

Slavic Kologod [calendar in Rus']

Berezen [March]

• March 01- Day of Madder [Mara Madder is the great goddess of winter and death].
• March 03- Memorial Day of Prince Igor.
• March 14th- Little oatmeal, New Year[met before New Year at first
  spring day - March 1, which according to the new style falls on March 14].
• March 17- Day of Gerasim the Rooker [time of arrival of rooks].
• March 22- Magpies, larks.
• March 24- Komoeditsy, Maslenitsa [ the vernal equinox].
• March 25- Opening of Svarga [spell of spring].
• 30th of March- Palm singing [praising Mother Nature].

Pollen, Kveten [April]

• April 01- Domovoy’s name day [day of Domovoy’s awakening].
• April 03- Vodopol [Vodoyanoy’s name day].
• 07 April- Day of Karna the Mourner. [Karna, Kara, Karina - the goddess of sadness, sorrow and grief].
• 14th of April- Day of Semargl [Fire God].
• April 19- Navy Day [holiday of the resurrection of the dead].
• April 22- Lelnik.
• April 23- Yarilo Veshny.
• April 30- Rodonitsa [spring cold ends].

Traven [May]

• May 01- Zhivin day [Zhiva is alive - the goddess of life, spring, fertility, birth, life-grain].
• May 06- Big oats - the day of Dazhdbog [god of fertility and sunlight, life-giving force].
• May 07- Proletya [awakening the Earth].
• May 10- Vershneye Makoshye [Earth Day].
• 22nd of May- Yarilo Mokry, Troyan, Tribogov day [holiday of the end of spring and beginning of summer].
• May 28- Spirits day [beginning of mermaid week, green yuletide].
• May 25-31- Semik [the boundary between winter and summer, on the last Thursday of May].
• May 25-31- Kumlenie [cuckoo holiday, on the last Sunday of May].

Cherven [June]

• 21st of June- Birth of Vyshnya-Perun.
• 22nd of June- Skipper Snake Day [snake day].
• June 23- Agrafena Swimsuit [beginning of the swimming season].
• June 24- Holiday of Ivan Kupala [ summer solstice].

Lipen [July]

• July 03- Memorial Day of Prince Svyatoslav.
• July, 12- Day of the Sheaf of Veles [the god of wealth and wisdom Veles, taught the land to plow and sow grains].
• July 20- Perun's day.

Serpen [August]

• 07 August- Spozhinki [harvesting ends].
• August 21- Day of Stribog [god of the wind].

Veresen [September]

• 02 September- Memorial Day of Prince Oleg.
• 08 September- Childbirth and Mother in Birth [celebration of family well-being].
• September 14- Closing of Svarga, vyriy [on this day the goddess Zhiva leaves the Earth].
• September 21- Day of Svarog [blacksmith god, father of Dazhdbog].
• September 22nd- Lada Holiday [ autumn equinox].
  Lada is the great goddess of spring and summer fertility and the patroness of weddings and married life.
• September 27- Rodogoshch, tausen [holiday when the harvest is harvested].

Yellow [October]

• October 14- Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
• October 26- Day of the goddess Mokosh [goddess of marriage and childbirth].

Leaf fall [November]

• November 25- Madder [the embodiment of death].

Breast [December]

• December 03- Memorial Day of the hero Svyatogor.
• December 14- Naumov day [wise day].
• 21 December- Karachun, Chernobog [ winter solstice].
• December 25- Kolyada [god of fun]. From December 25 [chest] to January 6 [cold] the Great Veles Christmastide is celebrated - big winter holidays
• , twelve holy days, symbolizing the twelve months of the year [six light ones - the light half of the year, and the other six dark ones - the dark half of the year], starting from the eve of Kolyada [Kolyada itself is not included in the number of holy days] and to Turits [Vodokres]. 31th of December

- Shchedrets [generous evening - the last day of bright Christmastide].

• Cold [January] January 01
• - Day of Morok [god of bitter cold]. January 03
• - Memorial Day of Princess Olga. January 05
• - Tucindan [fat day]. January 06
• - Turitsy, Vodokres [Tur is a sacred bull with magical powers]. January 08
• - Baba's porridge. January 12
• - Day of abductions. January 18
• - Intra [god of springs, wells, snakes and clouds]. January 21
• - Prosinets. January 30

- Day of Father Frost and Snow Maiden.

• Lute [February] 02 February
• - Gromnitsa [the only day in winter when a thunderstorm can occur]. February 10
• - Velesichi, kudesy [day of the Brownie]. 11 February
• February, 15- Veles day [mid-winter].
• - Meeting [the border between winter and spring]. February 16
• - Repairs. 18th of Febuary
• - Troyan Winter [day of military glory]. February 29

- Day of Kashchei-Chernobog [the most evil Slavic deity].

In Russia, state, professional, international, folk, church (Orthodox), and unusual holidays are celebrated.

• New Year
• The most important dates:
• Christmas
• International Women's Day
• Labour Day
• Victory Day
• Russia Day
• National Unity Day

Russian public holidays are proclaimed in honor of a significant historical event in the life of the country. They are established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation. Some of them are declared holidays. Non-working holidays are listed in Art. 112 Labor Code Russia. On these days, official ceremonial events are held and the state flag is raised.

Professional holidays in Russia are established in recognition of the merits of specialists in various fields of activity. Most of them are fixed by decree of the president of the country or other normative act and celebrated at the state level. Some are informal.

Between folk holidays have global significance. They are celebrated all over the planet. Established by international organizations: UN, UNESCO, WHO, etc.

Church (Orthodox) holidays are days of remembrance of sacred events from the life of Jesus Christ, the Most Holy Theotokos, John the Baptist or veneration of the memory of saints.

Folk holidays are the spiritual heritage of our ancestors. Most of them are associated with events on the church calendar. Some arose during pagan times. Folk holidays have rich interesting traditions, customs and signs.

Unusual holidays are events that are distinguished by their originality: dedicated to inventions, funny objects, fairy-tale characters, etc.

taking into account the law of December 24, 2004 “On Amendments to Article 112 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation”.

from 1 to 5 January (non-working days) - New Year holidays
January 7 (non-working day) - Christmas
January 12 - Day of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation
January 13 - Russian Press Day
January 21 - Engineering Troops Day
January 25 - Russian Student Day
January 27 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. Day of lifting the blockade of Leningrad (1944)
February 2 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. The day of the defeat of Nazi troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad (1943)
February 8 - Russian Science Day
February 23 (non-working day) - Defenders of the Fatherland Day.
Day of military glory of Russia. Day of the Red Army's victory over the Kaiser's troops in Germany (1918).
March 8 (non-working day) - International Women's Day Third Sunday in March - Day of Trade Workers, consumer services
population and housing and communal services
April 2 - Day of Unity of Nations
First Sunday in April- Geologist's Day
April 12 - Cosmonautics Day
Second Sunday in April- Day of the country's air defense troops
April 18 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. Day of the victory of Russian soldiers of Prince Alexander Nevsky over the German knights on Lake Peipus (Battle of the Ice, 1242)
April 26 - Day of Remembrance for those killed in radiation accidents and disasters
April 30 - Firefighter Day
May 1 (non-working day) - Spring and Labor Day
May 7 - Radio Day, a holiday for workers in all communications sectors
May 9 (non-working day) - Day of Military Glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (1945)
Last Sunday in May- Chemist's Day
May 24 - Day of Slavic Literature and Culture
May 27 - All-Russian Library Day
May 28 - Border Guard Day
June 6 - Pushkin Day of Russia
June 12 (non-working day) - Day of adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Federation
Second Sunday in June- Day light workers industry
Third Sunday in June- Medical Worker Day
Last Saturday in June- Inventor and Innovator Day
June 22 - Day of Remembrance and Sorrow (Day of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945)
June 27 - Youth Day
First Sunday of July- Day of Sea and River Fleet Workers
July 10 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia.
Victory Day of the Russian army under the command of Peter the Great over the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava (1709) Second Sunday of July
- Fisherman's Day Russian Post Day Third Sunday of July
- Metallurgist Day Last Sunday of July
- Navy Day First Sunday in August
- Railwayman's Day
August 6 - Day of the Railway Troops of the Russian Federation August 9 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. Day one in Russian history
naval victory of the Russian fleet under the command of Peter the Great over the Swedes at Cape Gangut (1714) August 12 - Air Force Day (celebratory events, dedicated to the Day Air Force, held on the Day Air Fleet
Russia) Second Saturday in August
- Sportsman's Day Second Sunday in August
- Builder's Day Third Sunday in August
- Russian Air Fleet Day
August 22 - Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation
August 23 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. The day of the defeat of Nazi troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Kursk (1943) Last Sunday in August
August 27 - Cinema Day
1 September is the day of knowledge
September 3 - Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism
First Sunday in September- Day of Oil and Gas Industry Workers
September 8 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. Day of the Battle of Borodino of the Russian army under the command of M.I. Kutuzov with the French army (1812)
September 11 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Russian squadron under the command of F.F.
Ushakova over the Turkish squadron at Cape Tendra (1790) Second Sunday in September
- Tanker Day
September 21 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Russian regiments led by Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy over the Mongol-Tatar troops in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380) Third Sunday in September
- Forest Workers Day Last Sunday of September
- Mechanical Engineer Day
October 1 - Older People's Day
October 4 - Military Space Forces Day
October 5 - Teacher's Day
October 25 - Customs Day of the Russian Federation Second Sunday in October
- Day of Agricultural and Processing Industry Workers Last Sunday of October - Workers' Day road transport
and road facilities
October 30 - Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression
November 4 (non-working day) - National Unity Day
November 7 is the Day of the October Revolution of 1917.
November 10 - Police Day- Day Third Sunday in November Missile Forces
and artillery Last Sunday of November
- Mothers Day
December 1 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Russian squadron under the command of P.S.
Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Sinop (1853)
December 5 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. The day of the start of the counteroffensive of Soviet troops against Nazi troops in the Battle of Moscow (1941)
December 12 - Constitution Day of the Russian Federation
December 17 - Strategic Missile Forces Day December 20 - Day of the Security Agencies Worker of the Russian Federation
Third Sunday in December
- An energy worker's day

December 24 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. The day of the capture of the Turkish fortress of Izmail by Russian troops under the command of A.V. Suvorov (1790) December 27 - Rescuer Day Russia - a change in ideology, the acquisition of sovereignty. A significant part of holidays in Russia are professional holidays. These days, representatives of a certain profession, a certain field of activity are honored.

Non-working holidays in Russia- additional days off due to holidays.
Professional holidays- are established as a sign of recognition of the merits of workers in sectors of the national economy and various fields activities.
Memorable days- established in honor of significant events and significant dates in world history or Russian history.
Days of military glory (victory days) of Russia- are installed to commemorate the glorious victories of the Russian troops, which played a decisive role in the history of Russia.
Memorable dates in Russia- officially established memorable dates in the history of the Fatherland, associated with the most important historical events in the life of the state and society.

Russian holidays Orthodox Church dedicated to one or another church event that is important for Orthodox people. Church Orthodox holidays include such important holiday dates as the Epiphany, the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem and others. Some Orthodox holidays known even to those who are far from religion.

Russian national holidays are Christmas, Maslenitsa, Easter, Trinity, Ivan Kupala. Today, Russian folk holidays and church traditions are so closely intertwined that even in the folk and Orthodox calendars, many holidays coincide - the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Intercession, Epiphany, Annunciation and others.

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