April 2006

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Memorial Saturday
15. 2 SundayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. Fourth Sunday of Lent
16. 3 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Ven. Nicetas the Confessor; Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (886); Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa (1949) (March 21 OC)
17. 4 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. St Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (523); Ven. Joseph the Hymnographer; George the Righteous of Maleon
18. 5 WednesdayLenten Fast: strictWednesday. Martyrs Agathopedes, Theodulus and Their Companions; Our Holy Father Mark of Trache (ca. 400); Monk-Martyrs Claudius, Diodore, Victor, Victorinus, Pappias, Nicephorus, and Serapion
19. 6 ThursdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedThursday. Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete
20. 7 FridayLenten Fast: strictFriday. Repose St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow, Enlightener N. America
21. 8 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Saturday of the Akathist to the Most-Holy Theotokos
22. 9 SundayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. Fifth Sunday of Lent
23. 10 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Martyrs Terence, Pompeius, Africanus and Companions; Six Thousand Holy Martyrs in Georgia (1615); New Hieromartyr Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople (1821)
24. 11 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum; Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.); Pharmuthios the Anchorite
25. 12 WednesdayLenten Fast: strictWednesday. St Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium; St Isaac the Syrian, abbot of Spoleto, Italy (ca. 550); Our Holy Mother Athanasia (860)
26. 13 ThursdayLenten Fast: strictThursday. Hieromartyr Artemon, Presbyter of Laodicea; St Martin the Confessor, pope of Rome (655); Theodosios the Martyr
27. 14 FridayLenten Fast: strictFriday. Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus of the Seventy; Holy Martyr Ardalion the Actor (3rd c.); St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome
28. 15 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine, oil and caviar allowedSaturday. Lazarus Saturday
29. 16 SundayLenten Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedSunday. Palm Sunday: Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem
30. 17 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Great and Holy Monday
31. 18 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. Great and Holy Tuesday
32. 19 WednesdayLenten Fast: strictWednesday. Great and Holy Wednesday
33. 20 ThursdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedThursday. Great and Holy Thursday
34. 21 FridayLenten Fast: strictFriday. Great and Holy Friday
35. 22 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine allowedSaturday. Great and Holy Saturday
36. 23 SundaySunday. Holy Pascha The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
37. 24 MondayMonday. Bright Monday
38. 25 TuesdayTuesday. Bright Tuesday Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark
39. 26 WednesdayWednesday. Bright Wednesday
40. 27 ThursdayThursday. Bright Thursday
41. 28 FridayFriday. Bright Friday The Life-Giving Spring of the Most-holy Theotokos
42. 29 SaturdaySaturday. Bright Saturday
43. 30 SundaySunday. Antipascha: 2nd Sunday of Pascha St Thomas Sunday

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