Orthocalendar

February 1999

  1. 1 MondayMonday. Martyr Tryphon; Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicity, and those with them at Carthage (203); Our Holy Mother Brigid of Kildare (524)
  2. 2 TuesdayTuesday. Meeting of Christ in the Temple
  3. 3 WednesdayWednesday. Righteous Simeon the Godbearer and Anna the Prophetess; Our Father among the Saints, Nikolai (Nicholas), Archbishop and Enlightener of Japan (1912); Stamatios, John, & Nicholas, New Martyrs of Spetses
  4. 4 ThursdayThursday. Ven. Isidore of Pelusium; Venerable Cyril of New Lake (Novoezezrsk) (1532); Nicholas the Confessor
  5. 5 FridayFriday. Holy Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily (251); Our Holy Father Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople (970); Holy New Martyr Antony of Athens (1774)
  6. 6 SaturdaySaturday. St Photios, patriarch of Constantinople (891); Sts Barsanuphius and John the Prophet, monks of Palestine (6th c.); St Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna
  7. 7 SundaySunday. Sunday of the Prodigal Son
  8. 8 MondayMonday. Greatmartyr Theodore Stratelates; Holy Prophet Zechariah (6th c. BC); St Sabbas II, Archbishop of Serbia (1271)
  9. 9 TuesdayTuesday. Leavetaking of Meeting
  10. 10 WednesdayFast day: wine and oil allowedWednesday. Hieromartyr Haralambos; St Scholastica of Italy, sister of St Benedict (543); Our Venerable Father Prochorus of the Kiev Caves (1107)
  11. 11 ThursdayThursday. Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste; Ven. Dimitry of Priluk; St Theodora the Empress (867)
  12. 12 FridayFast day: strictFriday. St Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch; St Aleksy, Metr. of All Russia; Antonius, Archbishop of Constantinople
  13. 13 SaturdaySaturday. Memorial Saturday
  14. 14 SundaySunday. Sunday of Meatfare Sunday of the Last Judgment
  15. 15 MondayFast day: no meatMonday. Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy; Our Venerable Father Dalmatius of Siberia (1697); Our Venerable Father Anthimos of Chios (1960)
  16. 16 TuesdayFast day: no meatTuesday. Martyr Pamphylius and His Companions; Romanos the Younger
  17. 17 WednesdayFast day: no meatWednesday. Greatmartyr Theodore Tyro; Hieromartyr Germogen, Patriarch of Moscow; Mariamne, Sister of Apostle Philip, and Equal to the Apostles
  18. 18 ThursdayFast day: no meatThursday. St Leo the Great, Pope of Rome; Agapetus the Confessor, Bishop of Sinai; Flavian the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
  19. 19 FridayFast day: no meatFriday. Apostles of the Seventy Archippus and Philemon; Our Venerable Mother Philothea of Athens (1589); Niketas the Younger
  20. 20 SaturdayFast day: no meatSaturday. Commemoration of Departed Righteous Monastics
  21. 21 SundayFast day: no meatSunday. Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise Forgiveness Sunday
  22. 22 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Beginning of the Great Fast
  23. 23 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna; Saint Gorgonia (372); Our Venerable Father Alexander the Unsleeping (430)
  24. 24 WednesdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedWednesday. 1st and 2nd Finding Honorable Head of St John the Baptist
  25. 25 ThursdayLenten Fast: strictThursday. St Tarasius, Abp. of Constantinople; Reginos, Bishop of Skopelos; Holy Martyr Alexander of Thrace
  26. 26 FridayLenten Fast: strictFriday. St Porphyrius, Bishop of Gaza; St Photini the Samaritan Woman, and those with her (66); Holy Martyr Theocletus
  27. 27 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Our Holy Father Procopius of Decapolis (9th c.); Ephraim of Katounakia; Stephen the Monk
  28. 28 SundayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. First Sunday of Lent Sunday of Orthodoxy

Strict fast Fast, with some foods allowed. Open a day to see what is allowed.