Orthodox Readings

February 2023

  1. 1 WednesdayFast day: strictWednesday. Martyr Tryphon; Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicity, and those with them at Carthage (203); Our Holy Mother Brigid of Kildare (524)
  2. 2 ThursdayThursday. Meeting of Christ in the Temple
  3. 3 FridayFast day: strictFriday. 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 SaturdaySaturday. Ven. Isidore of Pelusium; Venerable Cyril of New Lake (Novoezezrsk) (1532); Nicholas the Confessor
  5. 5 SundaySunday. Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee Beginning of the Lenten Triodion
  6. 6 MondayMonday. St Photios, patriarch of Constantinople (891); Sts Barsanuphius and John the Prophet, monks of Palestine (6th c.); St Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna
  7. 7 TuesdayTuesday. St Parthenius, Bishop of Lampsacus; Our Venerable Father Luke the New of Mount Stirion (ca. 950); George the New Martyr of Crete
  8. 8 WednesdayWednesday. Greatmartyr Theodore Stratelates; Holy Prophet Zechariah (6th c. BC); St Sabbas II, Archbishop of Serbia (1271)
  9. 9 ThursdayThursday. Leavetaking of Meeting
  10. 10 FridayFriday. Hieromartyr Haralambos; St Scholastica of Italy, sister of St Benedict (543); Our Venerable Father Prochorus of the Kiev Caves (1107)
  11. 11 SaturdaySaturday. Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste; Ven. Dimitry of Priluk; St Theodora the Empress (867)
  12. 12 SundaySunday. Sunday of the Prodigal Son
  13. 13 MondayMonday. Ven. Martinian of Caesarea; Holy Apostles and Martyrs Priscilla and Aquila; St Symeon the Myrrh-streamer, founder of the Chilandar Monastery (1200)
  14. 14 TuesdayTuesday. St Cyril, Teacher of the Slavs; Our Holy Father Auxentius (470); What Happened to Valentine's Day?
  15. 15 WednesdayFast day: strictWednesday. Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy; Our Venerable Father Dalmatius of Siberia (1697); Our Venerable Father Anthimos of Chios (1960)
  16. 16 ThursdayThursday. Martyr Pamphylius and His Companions; Romanos the Younger
  17. 17 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Greatmartyr Theodore Tyro; Hieromartyr Germogen, Patriarch of Moscow; Mariamne, Sister of Apostle Philip, and Equal to the Apostles
  18. 18 SaturdaySaturday. Memorial Saturday
  19. 19 SundaySunday. Sunday of Meatfare Sunday of the Last Judgment
  20. 20 MondayFast day: no meatMonday. St Leo, Bishop of Catania; St Bessarion the Great, wonder-worker of Egypt (466); Thirty-four Holy Martyrs of the Monastery of Valaam (1578)
  21. 21 TuesdayFast day: no meatTuesday. St Eustathius, archbishop of Antioch (337); St John the Scholastic, patriarch of Constantinople (577); Saint Zachariah, Patriarch of Jerusalem (632)
  22. 22 WednesdayFast day: no meatWednesday. Unc. Rel. Holy Martyrs at Gate of Eugenius; Ven. Thalassius and Baradates, Hermits of Syria; Anthousa the Martyr & her 12 Servants
  23. 23 ThursdayFast day: no meatThursday. Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna; Saint Gorgonia (372); Our Venerable Father Alexander the Unsleeping (430)
  24. 24 FridayFast day: no meatFriday. 1st and 2nd Finding Honorable Head of St John the Baptist
  25. 25 SaturdayFast day: no meatSaturday. Commemoration of Departed Righteous Monastics
  26. 26 SundayFast day: no meatSunday. Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise Forgiveness Sunday
  27. 27 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Beginning of the Great Fast
  28. 28 TuesdayLenten Fast: strictTuesday. Kyranna the New Martyr of Thessaloniki; Blessed Nicholas of Pskov, fool for Christ (1576); Ven. Basil the Confessor

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