The Orthodox calendar contains several specific weeks, called Continuous Weeks. This is the period of time when the church charter cancels fasting on Wednesday and Friday.
The naming of the seven-day week as a week, which is accepted in modern society, corresponds to the church concept of the week. Continuous weeks are certain days when the Church of Christ triumphs in honor of the holiday or allows a person to abolish fasting on Wednesday and Friday in preparation for a multi-day period of abstinence.
Among Continuous Weeks, there are rolling and non-rolling weeks.
Intransitive Continuous Week
One of the main holidays of the Christian faith is the Nativity of Christ. This event, celebrated in Orthodoxy on January 7th, continues with the Christmastide period, during which fasting on Wednesday and Friday is canceled. In calendar terms, this period is the period from January 7th to January 17th inclusive.
Rolling Continuous Weeks
All rolling Continuous weeks depend on the date of Easter (the date of Easter can be viewed in Easter).
After the week of the publican and the Pharisee (the 4th Sunday before the beginning of Great Lent), a continuous week follows. In 2016, it falls on the 22nd - 28th February.
Cheese week (Maslenitsa) is a continuous week. This is the last week before entering Lent. The charter permits any food other than meat. In 2016, Maslenitsa falls on the 7th - 13th of March.
The most solemn Continuous week is Bright Week - the time when the Church triumphs in honor of the risen Lord Jesus Christ. This week immediately follows the Easter holiday. For 2016, the time of this Easter week is determined by the following numbers: from May 2nd to 8th.
The feast of the Holy Trinity implies the presence of the Trinity Week in the calendar, during which fasting on Wednesday and Friday is also canceled. The Feast of Pentecost is celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter, so Trinity Week begins on the Monday after Trinity Day. In 2016, this week falls on the time from June 20th to 26th.
