Orthodox Readings

February 2026

  1. 1 SundaySunday. Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee Beginning of the Lenten Triodion
  2. 2 MondayMonday. Meeting of Christ in the Temple
  3. 3 TuesdayTuesday. 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 WednesdayWednesday. Ven. Isidore of Pelusium; Venerable Cyril of New Lake (Novoezezrsk) (1532); Nicholas the Confessor
  5. 5 ThursdayThursday. Holy Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily (251); Our Holy Father Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople (970); Holy New Martyr Antony of Athens (1774)
  6. 6 FridayFriday. St Photios, patriarch of Constantinople (891); Sts Barsanuphius and John the Prophet, monks of Palestine (6th c.); St Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna
  7. 7 SaturdaySaturday. St Parthenius, Bishop of Lampsacus; Our Venerable Father Luke the New of Mount Stirion (ca. 950); George the New Martyr of Crete
  8. 8 SundaySunday. Sunday of the Prodigal Son
  9. 9 MondayMonday. Leavetaking of Meeting
  10. 10 TuesdayTuesday. Hieromartyr Haralambos; St Scholastica of Italy, sister of St Benedict (543); Our Venerable Father Prochorus of the Kiev Caves (1107)
  11. 11 WednesdayFast day: wine and oil allowedWednesday. Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste; Ven. Dimitry of Priluk; St Theodora the Empress (867)
  12. 12 ThursdayThursday. St Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch; St Aleksy, Metr. of All Russia; Antonius, Archbishop of Constantinople
  13. 13 FridayFast day: strictFriday. Ven. Martinian of Caesarea; Holy Apostles and Martyrs Priscilla and Aquila; St Symeon the Myrrh-streamer, founder of the Chilandar Monastery (1200)
  14. 14 SaturdaySaturday. Memorial Saturday
  15. 15 SundaySunday. Sunday of Meatfare Sunday of the Last Judgment
  16. 16 MondayFast day: no meatMonday. Martyr Pamphylius and His Companions; Romanos the Younger
  17. 17 TuesdayFast day: no meatTuesday. Greatmartyr Theodore Tyro; Hieromartyr Germogen, Patriarch of Moscow; Mariamne, Sister of Apostle Philip, and Equal to the Apostles
  18. 18 WednesdayFast day: no meatWednesday. St Leo the Great, Pope of Rome; Agapetus the Confessor, Bishop of Sinai; Flavian the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
  19. 19 ThursdayFast day: no meatThursday. Apostles of the Seventy Archippus and Philemon; Our Venerable Mother Philothea of Athens (1589); Niketas the Younger
  20. 20 FridayFast day: no meatFriday. 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 SaturdayFast day: no meatSaturday. Commemoration of Departed Righteous Monastics
  22. 22 SundayFast day: no meatSunday. Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise Forgiveness Sunday
  23. 23 MondayLenten Fast: strictMonday. Beginning of the Great Fast
  24. 24 TuesdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedTuesday. 1st and 2nd Finding Honorable Head of St John the Baptist
  25. 25 WednesdayLenten Fast: strictWednesday. St Tarasius, Abp. of Constantinople; Reginos, Bishop of Skopelos; Holy Martyr Alexander of Thrace
  26. 26 ThursdayLenten Fast: strictThursday. St Porphyrius, Bishop of Gaza; St Photini the Samaritan Woman, and those with her (66); Holy Martyr Theocletus
  27. 27 FridayLenten Fast: strictFriday. Our Holy Father Procopius of Decapolis (9th c.); Ephraim of Katounakia; Stephen the Monk
  28. 28 SaturdayLenten Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. 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.