Orthodox Readings

March 2022

  1. 1 TuesdayFast day: no meatTuesday. Martyr Eudoxia of Heliopolis; The Holy Righteous Martyr Eudocia the Samaritan; Andonina the New Martyr
  2. 2 WednesdayFast day: no meatWednesday. Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia; St Arseny, Bishop of Tver; The Four Hundred and Forty Martyrs of Lombardy (579)
  3. 3 ThursdayFast day: no meatThursday. Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus; An Unknown Girl in Alexandria (?); Theodoretos the Holy Martyr of Antioch
  4. 4 FridayFast day: no meatFriday. Ven. Gerasimus of the Jordan; Rt. Blv. Prince Daniel of Moscow; St James the Faster of Phoenecia (6th c.)
  5. 5 SaturdayFast day: no meatSaturday. Commemoration of Departed Righteous Monastics
  6. 6 SundayFast day: no meatSunday. Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise Forgiveness Sunday
  7. 7 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Beginning of the Great Fast
  8. 8 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. St Theophylactus, Bishop of Nicomedia; Hieromartyr Theodoretus (362); Dometios the Righteous
  9. 9 WednesdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedWednesday. Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
  10. 10 ThursdayLenten Fast: strictThursday. Martyr Quadratus and Companions; Our Holy Mother Anastasia (563); Michael Mauroudes the New-Martyr
  11. 11 FridayLenten Fast: strictFriday. St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem; St Euthymius, Bishop of Novgorod; St John Moschos, author of the Spiritual Meadow (622)
  12. 12 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Ven. Theophanes the Confessor; St Gregory the Great (the Dialogist), Pope of Rome (604); Repose of St Symeon the New Theologian (1021)
  13. 13 SundayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. First Sunday of Lent Sunday of Orthodoxy
  14. 14 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Ven. Benedict of Nursia; St Theognostus, Metropolitan of Kiev (1353); Euschemon the Confessor, Bishop of Lampasakos
  15. 15 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. Martyr Agapius and Seven with Him; Holy Martyr Alexander (270-275); Manuel the New Martyr of Crete
  16. 16 WednesdayLenten Fast: strictWednesday. 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 ThursdayLenten Fast: strictThursday. Ven. Alexius the Man of God; Ven. Makary of Kalyazinsk; St Patrick, Enlightener of Ireland (ca. 461)
  18. 18 FridayLenten Fast: strictFriday. St Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem; Rep. St Nikolaj of Zhicha; St Ananias (Aninus) the Wonderworker (?)
  19. 19 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Memorial Saturday
  20. 20 SundayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. Second Sunday of Lent
  21. 21 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Our Holy Father Serapion (366); St James the Confessor, Bishop of the Studion; St James the Confessor of Catania
  22. 22 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra; Martyr Drosida of Antioch, and five nuns (104); Kalliniki & Vassilisa the Martyrs
  23. 23 WednesdayLenten Fast: strictWednesday. Martyr Nikon and 199 Disciples; Anatolios & Protoleon the Martyrs converted by the martyrdom of St. George; Luke the New Martyr of Mytilene
  24. 24 ThursdayLenten Fast: strictThursday. Forefeast of Annunciation
  25. 25 FridayLenten Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedFriday. Annunciation Most Holy Theotokos
  26. 26 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Memorial Saturday
  27. 27 SundayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. Third Sunday of Lent Veneration of the Precious Cross
  28. 28 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Ven. Hilarion the New; Repose of Gerontissa Gavrilia (1992) (March 15 OC); Herodion the Apostle of the 70
  29. 29 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Arethusa; Our Holy Father John the Hermit (4th c.); The Holy Martyrs Jonas and Barachesius
  30. 30 WednesdayLenten Fast: strictWednesday. Ven. John Climacus; Commemoration of an Uncondemning Monk; Zacharias the New Martyr
  31. 31 ThursdayLenten Fast: strictThursday. 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.