Choosing a wedding date is a responsible and important moment.

Someone is just looking for a good combination of numbers, and someone is checking the church wedding calendar.

Here it is important to consider all the pros and cons, as well as pay attention to make the day comfortable not only for the bride and groom, but also for their parents and guests.

Wedding calendar 2023

Believers often look at the church's wedding calendar to understand on which days it is possible to get married, and on which days the Church categorically forbids it.

Weddings are never held in churches:

  • all year round on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays;

  • on some major holidays and on the eve of major holidays;

  • during four fasts (Great Lent, Peter's Fast, Assumption Fast and Christmas Fast);

  • during Easter and Palm Sunday;

  • in solid weeks (weeks of the year when the Church allows believers not to fast on Wednesday and Friday).

The list of major church holidays

in 2023, on which you cannot get married:

  • Christmas (January 7 according to the Julian calendar);

  • Baptism of the Lord (January 19);

  • Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (April 7);

  • Palm Sunday (the Lord's Entry into Jerusalem) (April 9);

  • Easter (April 16);

  • Ascension of the Lord (May 25);

  • Transfiguration of the Lord (August 19);

  • Exaltation of the Holy Cross of the Lord (September 27);

  • Introduction to the Church of the Holy Mother of God (December 4).

Couples who respect traditions and plan to get married according to Orthodox customs should not schedule a wedding on the days

of multi-day fasts

.

In 2023, they fall on the following dates:

  • Great Lent — February 27 - April 15;

  • Peter's or Apostolic Lent — June 12 - July 11;

  • Assumption Fast — August 14-27;

  • Christmas Lent — November 28 - January 6, 2024.

On what days can you get married in 2023

  • January

    - 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 30.

  • February

    - 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17.

  • April

    - 16, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30.

  • May

    - 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, 31.

  • June

    - 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11.

  • July

    - 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31.

  • August

    - 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 28, 30.

  • September

    - 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 13, 15, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 29.

  • October

    - 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 30.

  • November

    - 7, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27.

The best days for a wedding in 2023 that fall on romantic or family holidays

If you and your significant other have a romantic attitude and want to choose a wedding date that will be associated with some beautiful holiday, you should pay attention to the following:

  • 21.01.23 – Day of hugs;

  • 14.02.23 – St. Valentine's Day;

  • 12.03.23 – Day of Love (in some countries);

  • 03/23/23 – Saint George's Day and Valentine's Day in Spain;

  • 05/16/23 - St. John of Nepomuck Day (a great wedding day for those who want to keep their relationship a secret from others);

  • 07/06/23 - World Kiss Day;

  • 07/08/23 – Day of family, love and loyalty.

Favorable dates for a wedding in 2023: visually beautiful days

  • January

    — 20.01, 21.01 or 22.01.

  • February

    — 3.02, 10.02, 12.02.

  • March

    — 3.03, 10.03, 12.03.

  • April

    — 1.04, 2.04, 22.04, 23.04, 30.04.

  • May

    — 13.05, 20.05, 21.05.

  • June

    — 3.06, 23.06.

  • July

    — July 1 and July 23.

  • August

    — 13.08 and 20.08.

  • September

    — 2.09, 3.09, 22.09, 23.09.

  • October

    — 13.10, 20.10, 22.10.

  • November

    — 3.11 and 11.11.

  • December

    — 2.12, 3.12, 22.12 and 23.12.