Orthodox Readings

March 2020

  1. 1 SundayFast day: no meatSunday. Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise Forgiveness Sunday
  2. 2 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Beginning of the Great Fast
  3. 3 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus; An Unknown Girl in Alexandria (?); Theodoretos the Holy Martyr of Antioch
  4. 4 WednesdayLenten Fast: strictWednesday. Ven. Gerasimus of the Jordan; Rt. Blv. Prince Daniel of Moscow; St James the Faster of Phoenecia (6th c.)
  5. 5 ThursdayLenten Fast: strictThursday. Martyr Conon of Isauria; St Mark of Athens (4th c.); St Mark the Ascetic (5th c.)
  6. 6 FridayLenten Fast: strictFriday. Forty-two Martyrs of Ammoria; Finding the Precious Cross by St. Helen; Hesychios the Wonderworker
  7. 7 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Seven Hieromartyrs of Cherson; Lavrentios of Megara, the Righteous; Paul the Simple
  8. 8 SundayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. First Sunday of Lent Sunday of Orthodoxy
  9. 9 MondayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedMonday. Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
  10. 10 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. Martyr Quadratus and Companions; Our Holy Mother Anastasia (563); Michael Mauroudes the New-Martyr
  11. 11 WednesdayLenten Fast: strictWednesday. St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem; St Euthymius, Bishop of Novgorod; St John Moschos, author of the Spiritual Meadow (622)
  12. 12 ThursdayLenten Fast: strictThursday. Ven. Theophanes the Confessor; St Gregory the Great (the Dialogist), Pope of Rome (604); Repose of St Symeon the New Theologian (1021)
  13. 13 FridayLenten Fast: strictFriday. Trans. Rel. Nicephorus, Patr. Constantinopole; Pouplios the Martyr, Bishop of Athens; Christina the Martyr of Persia
  14. 14 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Memorial Saturday
  15. 15 SundayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. Second Sunday of Lent
  16. 16 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Martyr Sabinas of Egypt; Our Holy Father Christodoulos, Wonderworker of Patmos (1111); Holy Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, first Bishop of Britain (1st c.)
  17. 17 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. Ven. Alexius the Man of God; Ven. Makary of Kalyazinsk; St Patrick, Enlightener of Ireland (ca. 461)
  18. 18 WednesdayLenten Fast: strictWednesday. St Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem; Rep. St Nikolaj of Zhicha; St Ananias (Aninus) the Wonderworker (?)
  19. 19 ThursdayLenten Fast: strictThursday. Martyrs Chrysanthius and Daria; Demetrios the New Martyr
  20. 20 FridayLenten Fast: strictFriday. Holy Fathers Slain at St Sabbas Monastery; St Photine the Samaritan Woman (66); St Cuthbert the Wonderworker, Bishop of Lindisfarne (687)
  21. 21 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Memorial Saturday
  22. 22 SundayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. Third Sunday of Lent Veneration of the Precious Cross
  23. 23 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Martyr Nikon and 199 Disciples; Anatolios & Protoleon the Martyrs converted by the martyrdom of St. George; Luke the New Martyr of Mytilene
  24. 24 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. Forefeast of Annunciation
  25. 25 WednesdayLenten Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedWednesday. Annunciation Most Holy Theotokos
  26. 26 ThursdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedThursday. Leavetaking of Annunciation; Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel; 26 Martyrs in Crimea
  27. 27 FridayLenten Fast: strictFriday. Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica; Paul, Bishop of Corinth
  28. 28 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Memorial Saturday
  29. 29 SundayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. Fourth Sunday of Lent
  30. 30 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Ven. John Climacus; Commemoration of an Uncondemning Monk; Zacharias the New Martyr
  31. 31 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. St Innocent, enlightener of Alaska and Siberia (1879); Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra (326); St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow (1461)

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