Orthocalendar

April 2012

  1. 1 SundayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. Fifth Sunday of Lent
  2. 2 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Ven. Titus the Wonderworker; Holy Martyrs Amphianus and Aedesius (ca. 306); Theodora the Virgin-martyr of Palestine
  3. 3 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. Ven. Nicetas the Confessor; Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (886); Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa (1949) (March 21 OC)
  4. 4 WednesdayLenten Fast: strictWednesday. St Zosimas, monk, of Palestine (523); Ven. Joseph the Hymnographer; George the Righteous of Maleon
  5. 5 ThursdayLenten Fast: strictThursday. Martyrs Agathopedes, Theodulus and Their Companions; Our Holy Father Mark of Trache (ca. 400); Monk-Martyrs Claudius, Diodore, Victor, Victorinus, Pappias, Nicephorus, and Serapion
  6. 6 FridayLenten Fast: strictFriday. St Methodius, Enlightener of the Slavs; St Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (582); 120 Martyrs of Persia
  7. 7 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine, oil and caviar allowedSaturday. Lazarus Saturday Repose St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow, Enlightener N. America
  8. 8 SundayLenten Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedSunday. Palm Sunday: Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem
  9. 9 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Great and Holy Monday
  10. 10 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. Great and Holy Tuesday
  11. 11 WednesdayLenten Fast: strictWednesday. Great and Holy Wednesday
  12. 12 ThursdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedThursday. Great and Holy Thursday
  13. 13 FridayLenten Fast: strictFriday. Great and Holy Friday
  14. 14 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine allowedSaturday. Great and Holy Saturday
  15. 15 SundaySunday. Holy Pascha The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
  16. 16 MondayMonday. Bright Monday
  17. 17 TuesdayTuesday. Bright Tuesday
  18. 18 WednesdayWednesday. Bright Wednesday
  19. 19 ThursdayThursday. Bright Thursday
  20. 20 FridayFriday. Bright Friday The Life-Giving Spring of the Most-holy Theotokos
  21. 21 SaturdaySaturday. Bright Saturday
  22. 22 SundaySunday. Antipascha: 2nd Sunday of Pascha St Thomas Sunday
  23. 23 MondayMonday. Holy Greatmartyr, Victorybearer and Wonderworker George
  24. 24 TuesdayTuesday. Day of Rejoicing (Radonitsa)
  25. 25 WednesdayFast day: wine and oil allowedWednesday. Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark
  26. 26 ThursdayThursday. Hieromartyr Basil of Amasea; St Stephen, Bishop of Perm; Justa the Nun
  27. 27 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Hieromartyr Simeon, Kinsman of the Lord; Our Holy Father Stephen, Abbot of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Vladimir (1094); Burning of the relics of St Sava I of Serbia by the Turks (1594)
  28. 28 SaturdaySaturday. John the Martyr of Romania; Memnon the Wonderworker; The Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus
  29. 29 SundaySunday. 3rd Sunday of Pascha Myrrhbearing Women
  30. 30 MondayMonday. Holy Apostle James, Brother of St John

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