HOLY DAYS, Little Workbook

This handy companion volume to ’Holy Days, the Liturgical Year in Practice’, is designed to make it your own: Create a personal reference book to the Orthodox Calendar, or customize it for any given year. With short summaries from the book itself, leaving more room to write - and a special selection of inspirational quotes.Suited for personal use, or as an educational project for study-group, catechism, or home-school.Practical Details:- Based on the traditional Menaion (suitable for Old or New Calendar) - with four spreads per month, noting feasts, fasts & daily commemorations (less than in the main book, leaving more room for local/personal additions).- Special section for the Paschal cycle (Triodion & Pentecostarion), following the ancient Orthodox Paschalion - laid out as in the main book (one or two spreads per week) but with limited notes (leaving more space to write)- Table with dates of Pascha/Easter for the entire 21st century - Julian/OC date & civil/NC date.- Inspirational quotes on most spreads in the calender sections.- Traditional Year, from Sep-Aug (similar to the academic year) - with additional pages for the preceding weeks (inc. full spreads from 16/29 Aug), and a few pages at the end (for next Sep-Dec).Room for Local/Personal Additions:Calendar pages in this Little Workbook are designed to offer more room for local/personal additions (local saints, new canonizations, church and/or personal events etc). Can be used independently, but assumes basic familiarity with the material set forth in the main book - which also offers additional tables, to make customizing even easier: HOLY DAYS, THE LITURGICAL YEAR IN PRACTICE (same page size, 279 pages, ISBN 978-1-917556-00-2). Suggested uses: Keep the main book for general reference (any year) and customize the Little Workbook for the particular year, and/or some particular theme/purpose.+ + +HOLY DAYS, LITTLE WORKBOOK-- Table of Contents -->> the first page offers room for personalization(p.2) List of Abbreviations(p.4) Introductory Note(p.5) How to Use this Workbook(p.6) Practical Reference:- How to Customize the Calendar for a Particular Year- Overview of the Paschal Cycle- Tables for the 21st Century >> Paschal dates: Julian/OC & civil/NC- A Simple Calculation in Case of Need >> derive the Paschal date from the year AD- Fasting and Dispensation- Honouring the Feasts (notes on weddings and memorials)(p.19) The Liturgical Calendar- Menaion (until Feb & pages for Mar-Apr)- Feasts of the Menaion during the Paschal Cycle- The Paschal Cycle: Triodion & Pentecostarion- Continuing the Menaion (from May onwards)(p.171) Overview of the Year (Menaion: full year, Sep-Aug) >> with some room to write(p.198) In short: Holy Orthodox Councils & Ranks of the Holy Angels+ + +