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Orthodox church calendar of fasts and meals for 2020 with an indication and brief description of multi-day and one-day fasts and continuous weeks.

Church Orthodox calendar of fasts and meals for 2020

Fasting is not in the belly, but in the spirit
Popular proverb

Nothing in life comes without difficulty. And in order to celebrate the holiday, you need to prepare for it.
In the Russian Orthodox Church there are four multi-day fasts, fasting on Wednesday and Friday throughout the year (except for a few weeks), and three one-day fasts.

In the first four days of the first week of Great Lent (from Monday to Thursday), the Great (Repentant) Canon, the work of the brilliant Byzantine hymnographer St. Andrew of Crete (8th century), is read during the evening service.

ATTENTION! Below you will find information about dry eating, food without oil and days of complete abstinence from food. All this is a long-standing monastic tradition, which even in monasteries cannot always be observed in our time. Such strictness of fasting is not for the laity, and the usual practice is abstaining from eggs, dairy and meat foods during fasting and during strict fasting also abstaining from fish. For all possible questions and about your individual measure of fasting, you need to consult your confessor.

Dates are indicated according to the new style.

Calendar of fasts and meals for 2020

Periods		Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
from March 2 to April 18		xerophagy	hot without oil	xerophagy	hot without oil	xerophagy	hot with butter	hot with butter
Spring meat eater				fish		fish
from June 15 to July 11		hot without oil	fish	xerophagy	fish	xerophagy	fish	fish
Summer meat eater				xerophagy		xerophagy
from 14 to 27 August		xerophagy	hot without oil	xerophagy	hot without oil	xerophagy	hot with butter	hot with butter
Autumn meat eater				xerophagy		xerophagy
from November 28, 2020 to January 6, 2021	until December 19	hot without oil	fish	xerophagy	fish	xerophagy	fish	fish
	December 20 - January 1	hot without oil	hot with butter	xerophagy	hot with butter	xerophagy	fish	fish
	January 2-6	xerophagy	hot without oil	xerophagy	hot without oil	xerophagy	hot with butter	hot with butter
Winter meat eater				fish		fish

in 2020

The Savior himself was led by spirit into the desert, was tempted by the devil for forty days and did not eat anything during these days. The Savior began the work of our salvation by fasting. Great Lent is a fast in honor of the Savior Himself, and the last, Holy Week of this forty-eight-day fast is established in honor of the memory of the last days of earthly life, the suffering and death of Jesus Christ.
Fasting is observed with particular strictness during the first and Holy weeks.
On Clean Monday, complete abstinence from food is customary. The rest of the time: Monday, Wednesday, Friday - dry food (water, bread, fruits, vegetables, compotes); Tuesday, Thursday – hot food without oil; Saturday, Sunday – food with vegetable oil.
Fish is allowed on the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and on Palm Sunday. Fish caviar is allowed on Lazarus Saturday. On Good Friday you cannot eat food until the Shroud is taken out.

in 2020

On Monday of the Week of All Saints, the Fast of the Holy Apostles begins, established before the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul. This post is called summer. The continuation of fasting varies depending on how early or late Easter occurs.
It always starts on All Saints Monday and ends on July 12th. The longest Petrov fast consists of six weeks, and the shortest one is a week and a day. This fast was established in honor of the Holy Apostles, who, through fasting and prayer, prepared for the worldwide preaching of the Gospel and prepared their successors in the work of saving service.
Strict fasting (dry eating) on Wednesday and Friday. On Monday you can have hot food without oil. On other days - fish, mushrooms, cereals with vegetable oil.

in 2020

From August 14 to August 27, 2020.
A month after the Apostolic Fast, the multi-day Dormition Fast begins. It lasts two weeks - from August 14 to 27. With this fast, the Church calls us to imitate the Mother of God, who, before Her relocation to heaven, constantly remained in fasting and prayer.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday – dry eating. Tuesday, Thursday – hot food without oil. On Saturday and Sunday, food with vegetable oil is allowed.
On the day of the Transfiguration of the Lord (August 19), fish is allowed. Fish day in Assumption, if it falls on Wednesday or Friday.

in 2020

Christmas (Filippov) fast. At the end of autumn, 40 days before the great feast of the Nativity of Christ, the Church calls us to winter fasting. It is called both Filippov, because it begins after the day dedicated to the memory of the Apostle Philip, and Rozhdestvensky, because it occurs before the feast of the Nativity of Christ.
This fast was established in order for us to offer a grateful sacrifice to the Lord for the collected earthly fruits and to prepare for a gracious union with the born Savior.
The charter about food coincides with the charter of Peter's Fast, until the day of St. Nicholas (December 19).
If the Feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Blessed Virgin Mary falls on Wednesday or Friday, then fish is allowed. After the day of remembrance of St. Nicholas and before the forefeast of Christmas, fish is allowed on Saturday and Sunday. On the eve of the feast, you cannot eat fish on all days; on Saturday and Sunday - food with oil.
On Christmas Eve you cannot eat food until the first star appears, after which it is customary to eat sochivo - wheat grains boiled in honey or boiled rice with raisins.

Solid weeks in 2020

Week– week from Monday to Sunday. These days there is no fasting on Wednesday and Friday.
There are five continuous weeks:
Christmastide– from January 7 to January 17,
Publican and Pharisee– 2 weeks before
Cheese (Maslenitsa)– week before (no meat)
Easter (Light)– week after Easter
- week after Trinity.

Fasting on Wednesday and Friday

Weekly fast days are Wednesday and Friday. On Wednesday, fasting was established in memory of the betrayal of Christ by Judas, on Friday - in memory of the suffering on the cross and death of the Savior. On these days of the week, the Holy Church prohibits the consumption of meat and dairy foods, and during the week of All Saints before the Nativity of Christ, one should also abstain from fish and vegetable oil. Only when the days of celebrated saints fall on Wednesday and Friday is vegetable oil allowed, and on the biggest holidays, such as Intercession, fish.
Those who are sick and engaged in hard work are allowed some relief, so that Christians have the strength to pray and do the necessary work, but eating fish on the wrong days, and especially the full permission of fasting, is rejected by the charter.

One-day posts

Epiphany Christmas Eve– January 18, on the eve of the Epiphany. On this day, Christians prepare for cleansing and consecration with holy water on the feast of Epiphany.
Beheading of John the Baptist- 11 September. This is the day of remembrance and death of the great prophet John.
Exaltation of the Holy Cross- September 27. The memory of the Savior's suffering on the cross for the salvation of the human race. This day is spent in prayer, fasting, and contrition for sins.
One-day posts– days of strict fasting (except Wednesday and Friday). Fish is prohibited, but food with vegetable oil is allowed.

Orthodox holidays. About meals on holidays

According to the Church Charter, there is no fasting on the holidays of the Nativity of Christ and Epiphany, which happened on Wednesday and Friday. On Christmas and Epiphany Eves and on the holidays of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord and the Beheading of John the Baptist, food with vegetable oil is allowed. On the feasts of the Presentation, Transfiguration of the Lord, Dormition, Nativity and Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, Her Entry into the Temple, the Nativity of John the Baptist, the Apostles Peter and Paul, John the Theologian, which occurred on Wednesday and Friday, as well as in the period from Easter to Trinity on Wednesday and Friday Fish allowed.

When marriage is not performed

On the eve of Wednesday and Friday of the whole year (Tuesday and Thursday), Sundays (Saturday), twelve days, temple and great holidays; in continuation of the posts: Veliky, Petrov, Uspensky, Rozhdestvensky; in continuation of Christmastide, on Meat Week, during Cheese Week (Maslenitsa) and on Cheese Week; during Easter (Bright) week and on the days of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross - September 27.

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The total duration of fasting is 48 days. It begins on the Monday, seven weeks before Easter, and ends on the Saturday before Easter.

The first week of fasting is carried out with particular strictness. On the first day, complete abstinence from food is accepted. Then, from Tuesday to Friday, dry eating is allowed (eat bread, salt, raw fruits and vegetables, dried fruits, nuts, honey, drink water), and on Saturday and Sunday - hot food with butter.

In the second to sixth weeks of Lent, dry eating is established on Monday, Wednesday and Friday; hot food without oil is allowed on Tuesday and Thursday, and hot food with butter is allowed on Saturday and Sunday.

During Holy Week (the last week of Lent), dry eating is prescribed, and on Friday you cannot eat until the shroud is taken out.

On the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (April 7) (if it does not fall during Holy Week) and on Palm Sunday (a week before Easter), it is allowed to eat fish. On Lazarus Saturday (before Palm Sunday) you can eat fish caviar.

It begins on Monday, the 57th day after Easter (a week after Trinity), and always ends on July 11 (inclusive). In 2017 it lasts 30 days.

During Petrov's Fast, fish is allowed on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, hot food without oil on Monday, and dry eating on Wednesday and Friday.

On the Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist (July 7), you can eat fish (regardless of what day it falls on).

During the Dormition Fast, dry eating is allowed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, hot food without butter on Tuesday and Thursday, hot food with butter on Saturday and Sunday.

On the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (August 19), you can eat fish (regardless of what day it falls on).

In the period from November 28 to the feast of St. Nicholas (December 19 inclusive), hot food without oil is allowed on Monday, fish is allowed on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, and dry eating is allowed on Wednesday and Friday.

From December 20 to January 1, on Tuesday and Thursday it is already prohibited to eat fish; instead, hot food with butter is allowed. The remaining days remain unchanged.

From January 2 to 6, dry eating is prescribed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, hot food without oil on Tuesday and Thursday, hot food with butter on Saturday and Sunday.

On Christmas Eve (January 6), you cannot eat until the first star appears in the sky, after which it is customary to eat sochi - wheat grains boiled in honey or boiled rice with raisins.

On the holidays of the Entry of the Virgin Mary into the Temple (December 4) and St. Nicholas (December 19), you can eat fish on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Fasting is a religious tradition of temporary abstinence from eating (totally or selectively) and spiritual cleansing (spending time in prayer, visiting temples, pure thoughts). Believers refuse to engage in entertainment (going to the cinema, listening to cheerful music, etc.).

Posting calendar 2020

During the fasting period, fasting foods are prohibited - dairy and meat products. Fish is allowed on certain days. On strictly fasting days, fish, hot food and food cooked in vegetable oil are prohibited. You can eat cold food cooked without oil and cold drinks. Throughout the year there are:

four multi-day;
three one-day ones;
post on Wednesday and Friday.

Orthodox multi-day fasts in 2020:

From March 2 to April 19 – Lent
From June 15 to July 11 – Petrov fast.
From August 14 to August 27 – Assumption Fast.
From November 27 to January 6 – Nativity Fast.

Orthodox one-day fasts in 2020:

Wednesday and Friday of the whole year, with the exception of continuous weeks and.

January 18 – (Epiphany Eve).
11 September -
September 27 -

IN one-day posts You cannot eat lean food and fish, but you are allowed to eat food with vegetable oil

Fasting on Wednesday and Friday established due to the fact that on Wednesday Judas betrayed Jesus, and on Friday Christ was crucified. There is no fasting on these days during the period of Continuous Weeks:

Christmastide (from 7.01 to 18.01);
two weeks before Lent - a week about the publican and the Pharisee;
– the week before the start of Lent;
Easter – the week after Easter;
Trinity is the week before Peter's Lent, coming after Trinity.

On Wednesday and Friday dry eating is established during the period:

the winter meat-eater, which comes after and ends before Lent;
spring meat-eater, starting at the end of Petrov's fast and ending before;
autumn meat-eater (between the Assumption and Nativity fasts).

At this time, foods are taken raw, and cold drinks are allowed.

On Cheese Week, any food without meat is allowed.

In the first week after the Week of the Publican and the Pharisee, on Wednesday and Friday you can eat hot food without oil. On Wednesdays and Fridays, which fall on major church holidays, you can eat fish dishes. On and on the day, if these dates fall on Wednesday and Friday, the post is canceled.

In 2020 it lasts from March 2 to April 19. Its total duration is 48 days. It starts on Monday, 7 weeks before Easter and ends on Saturday a week before the holiday.

In the first week, fasting is especially strict. On Monday you need to completely abstain from food. From Tuesday to Friday, dry eating is allowed (you can eat bread, non-heat-treated fruits and vegetables, nuts, honey, and drink plain water). On Saturday and Sunday, hot lean food with added oil is allowed.

During the second and sixth weeks of Lent, dry eating is established on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Hot food without oil can be eaten on Tuesday and Thursday, and hot food with added oil is allowed on weekends.

During the last week of Lent (Holy Week), dry eating is prescribed. And on Friday you cannot eat before the removal of the shroud.

On the feast of the Annunciation (April 7) and on Palm Sunday, you can eat fish dishes, and on Lazarus Saturday (the day before Palm Sunday) you can eat fish caviar.

During Lent, you need to clear your thoughts of negativity, make peace with those with whom you are in a quarrel, realize your sins and repent of them.

Petrov or Apostolic Fast(June 15-July 11, 2020) was established in honor of the apostles Peter and Paul, who prepared for the preaching of the Holy Scriptures through fasting and prayer. Lent begins on the 57th day after Easter on All Saints Monday (June 15) and always ends on July 11 (inclusive). Each year the length of the fast is different. It all depends on the date on which Easter falls. The shortest lasts a week and one day, and the longest lasts six weeks. In 2020, the duration of Petrov's fast is 27 days.

On Mondays, hot food without oil is allowed. On Tuesday, Thursday and on weekends you can eat fish, mushrooms and hot food with butter; on Wednesdays and Fridays you can eat dry food.

On July 7, the Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist, you can eat fish dishes, regardless of what day of the week this date falls on.

Dormition post comes a month after Petrov. In 2020, it starts on August 14 and ends on August 27. Duration – 14 days. Installed in honor of the holiday of U. This post is often the shortest of all multi-day posts.

On Monday, Wednesday and Friday you can eat bread, fruits and vegetables raw, and drink water. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, hot food without oil is allowed. On weekends, you can add vegetable oil to hot food.

Christmas post begins at the end of autumn, 40 days before the Nativity of Christ (November 28-January 6). Duration – 40 days. Installed in honor of the Nativity of Christ.

From November 28 until St. Nicholas Day () on Mondays you can eat hot food with butter, and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and weekends fish dishes are allowed, and on Wednesdays and Fridays - dry eating.

From December 20 to January 1, you cannot eat fish on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but you can eat hot lenten dishes with butter. On other days, the food does not change.

From January 2 to 6, dry eating is prescribed on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; on Tuesdays and Thursdays, hot food without oil is allowed; on weekends, a little oil can be added to dishes.

On January 6, before the first star appears in the sky, you cannot eat, after which you eat something juicy - boiled rice with raisins or wheat porridge boiled with honey.

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Orthodox church calendar of fasts and meals for 2020 with an indication and brief description of multi-day and one-day fasts and continuous weeks.

Church Orthodox calendar of fasts and meals for 2020

Fasting is not in the belly, but in the spirit
Popular proverb

Dates are indicated according to the new style.

Calendar of fasts and meals for 2020

Periods		Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
from March 2 to April 18		xerophagy	hot without oil	xerophagy	hot without oil	xerophagy	hot with butter	hot with butter
Spring meat eater				fish		fish
from June 15 to July 11		hot without oil	fish	xerophagy	fish	xerophagy	fish	fish
Summer meat eater				xerophagy		xerophagy
from 14 to 27 August		xerophagy	hot without oil	xerophagy	hot without oil	xerophagy	hot with butter	hot with butter
Autumn meat eater				xerophagy		xerophagy
from November 28, 2020 to January 6, 2021	until December 19	hot without oil	fish	xerophagy	fish	xerophagy	fish	fish
	December 20 - January 1	hot without oil	hot with butter	xerophagy	hot with butter	xerophagy	fish	fish
	January 2-6	xerophagy	hot without oil	xerophagy	hot without oil	xerophagy	hot with butter	hot with butter
Winter meat eater				fish		fish

in 2020

Solid weeks in 2020

Fasting on Wednesday and Friday

One-day posts

Orthodox holidays. About meals on holidays

When marriage is not performed

You just read the article Church Orthodox calendar for 2019. If you want to know more about Orthodox posts, then pay attention to the article.

Church holidays and fasts in 2020

Great Church holidays in 2020

Middle Church holidays in 2020

February 12, 2020 - Three saints - Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom

Church Orthodox fasts in 2020

Multi-day posts

One-day posts

Wednesday and Friday throughout the year, with the exception of continuous weeks and Christmastide.

Continuous weeks with no fasting

Note! According to the Church Charter, there is no fasting on the feasts of the Nativity of Christ and Epiphany, which occurred on Wednesday and Friday. On Christmas and Epiphany Eves and on the holidays of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord and the Beheading of John the Baptist, meals with vegetable oil are allowed.

On the feasts of the Presentation, Transfiguration of the Lord, Dormition, Nativity and Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, Her Entry into the Temple, the Nativity of John the Baptist, the Apostles Peter and Paul, John the Theologian, which occurred on Wednesday and Friday, as well as in the period from Easter to Trinity on Wednesday and Friday Fish allowed.

Parents' Saturdays in 2020 (All Souls' Day)

Church calendar for 2020 by month

Church holidays, fasts, days of remembrance of saints in January 2020

Orthodox church holidays in January 2020

January 1, 2020, Wednesday

Memorial Day of the Martyr Boniface of Tarsus.

Memorial Day of Ilya of Murom the Wonderworker.

Martyrs Polyeuctus and Timothy, deacon.

The week before Christmas.

Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ.

Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-Bearer.

Righteous John of Kronstadt, wonderworker.

Saint Anthony (Smirnitsky), Archbishop of Voronezh.

Novodvorskaya; “Savior of the Drowning” (Lenkovskaya, Novgorod-Severskaya) - icons of the Mother of God.

The Nativity Fast continues.

Glorification of the great martyr Juliana.

The Repose of Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', Wonderworker.

Blessed Princess Juliania of Vyazemskaya, Novotorzhskaya.

The Nativity Fast continues.

Saturday before Christmas.

Great Martyr Anastasia the Pattern Maker.

The Nativity Fast continues.

The week before Christmas, Holy Father.

Ten Cretan martyrs: Theodulus, Sathorninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunicianus, Zotikos, Pompius, Agathopus, Basilides and Evarestes.

Day of remembrance of the Hieromartyr Basil and the Reverend Martyrs Macarius and John.

The Eve of the Nativity of Christ (Christmas Eve).

Memorial Day of the Venerable Martyr Eugenia and others like her.

St. Nicholas the Slav, schemamonk.

The Nativity Fast continues.

Nativity of Christ (Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ).

Worship of the holy Magi: Melchior, Gaspar and Belshazzar.

After-feast of the Nativity of Christ.

Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Hieromartyr Euthymius, Bishop of Sardis.

Ostrobramskaya Vilna; "Three Joys" Baybuzskaya; "Gracious"; Barlovskaya (Blessed Womb); "Assistant in childbirth"; “Rejoices in You” - icon of the Mother of God.

Apostle of the First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen.

Venerable Feodor the Inscribed, confessor.

Memorial Day for 20,000 martyrs who suffered in Nicomedia.

Saturday after the Nativity of Christ.

14,000 infant martyrs, killed by Herod in Bethlehem.

Venerable Marcellus of Apamea, abbot of the monastery of the “Unsleeping Ones”.

Week after the Nativity of Christ.

Saint Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow.

The righteous Joseph the Betrothed, King David and Jacob, the brother of the Lord according to the flesh.

Celebration of the Nativity of Christ.

Venerable Melania the Roman.

Saint Peter (Mogila), Metropolitan of Kyiv.

Circumcision of the Lord.

Day of Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia.

Forefeast of Epiphany.

Repose, second discovery of the relics of St. Seraphim, Sarov wonderworker.

Righteous Juliana Lazarevskaya, Murom.

Memorial Day of the Holy Prophet Malachi. They predicted the appearance of the Savior, the Forerunner and the Last Judgment.

Martyr Gordius of Cappadocia.

Council of the 70 Apostles.

Memorial Day of St. Theoctistus, Abbot of Kukum of Sicelia.

Saturday before Epiphany.

The Eve of Epiphany (Epiphany Christmas Eve).

Strict fasting should be observed on this day.

Hieromartyr Theopemptos, Bishop of Nicomedia, and Martyr Theona the Magus.

Holy Epiphany. Baptism of the Lord (Baptism of the Lord Jesus Christ).

The Repose of Saint Theophan, the Recluse of Vyshensky.

After-feast of Epiphany.

Council of the honest and glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John.

Venerable Gregory, wonderworker of Pechersk.

Memorial Day of Saints George Khozevit and Emilian the Confessor.

Venerable Domnica of Constantinople, Abbess.

Saint Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', miracle worker.

Fast day.

Saint Theophan, the Recluse of Vyshensky.

Venerable Paul of Komel (Obnorsky).

Venerable Theodosius the Great, director of the general lives.

Reverend Michael of Klopsky, Novgorod.

Yeletskaya - icon of the Mother of God.

Fast day.

Saturday after Epiphany.

Tatyana's Day - the day of the holy martyr Tatyana, who suffered for her faith.

Saint Sava, Archbishop of Serbia.

Akathist; Popskaya (Priest); “Mammal” - icon of the Mother of God.

Week of Epiphany.

Day of Remembrance of the Martyrs Yermil and Stratonik.

Venerable Irinarch, recluse of Rostov.

Celebration of the Feast of Epiphany.

Day of Equal-to-the-Apostles Nina, enlightener of Georgia.

The venerable father, who were beaten in Sinai and Raifa: the venerable martyrs Isaiah, Savva, Moses and his disciple Moses, Jeremiah, Paul, Adam, Sergius, Domnus, Proclus, Hypatius, Isaac, Macarius, Mark, Benjamin, Eusebius, Elijah and others with them.

Reverends Paul of Thebes and John Kushchnik.

Worship of the chains that bound the Apostle Paul.

Righteous Maxim of Totemsky, presbyter.

Fast day.

Worship of the first desert dweller and monk Anthony the Great.

Venerable Anthony of Dymsky.

Saints Athanasius and Cyril, Archbishops of Alexandria.

Reverend Schemamonk Cyril and Schemanun Maria, parents of St. Sergius of Radonezh.

Fast day.

Fast days in January 2020

Multi-day fast in January 2020- The Nativity fast (multi-day) will begin on November 28, 2019 and end only on January 6, 2020.

In the period from January 7 to January 19, there are no one-day fasts, since Christmastide is celebrated on these days.

Church holidays, fasts, days of remembrance of saints in February 2020

Orthodox church holidays in February 2020

Memorial Day of St. Macarius the Great of Egypt.

Memorial Day of St. Mark Eugenicus, Archbishop of Ephesus.

Memorial Day of St. Euthymius the Great.

Saints Euthymius the schema-monk and Lavrentiy the recluse, Pechersk, in the Far Caves.

Week about Zacchaeus.

Venerable Maximus the Greek.

Venerable Maximus the Confessor.

"Hodegetria" by Xenofskaya; Ktitorskaya; "Sacrifice"; "Otrada" ("Consolation") of Vatopedi - icons of the Mother of God.

Apostle Timothy.

Martyr Anastisius Persianina.

Memorial Day of St. Macarius of Zhabynsky.

Hieromartyr Clement of Ancyra.

Cathedral of Kostroma Saints.

Fast day.

Memorial Day of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg.

Venerable Xenia (in the world Eusevia) of Milas, deaconess.

Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God "Quiet my sorrows."

Saint Gregory the Theologian.

Hieromartyr Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kyiv.

Fast day.

Memorial Day of St. Xenophon of Robey, abbot.

Venerable Simeon the Old, abbot.

Week about the publican and the Pharisee in 2020. Beginning of preparations for Lent.

Transfer of the relics of St. John Chrysostom.

Memory of the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church.

Venerable Ephraim the Syrian.

Memorial Day of St. Theodosius of Totem.

Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God of Totemskaya-Sumorinskaya.

Transfer of the relics of the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-Bearer.

Saint Lawrence, recluse of Pechersk, Bishop of Turov.

Cathedral of Komi Saints.

Cathedral of Ekaterinburg Saints.

Blessed Pelagia Diveyevo (Serebrennikova).

Council of Ecumenical Teachers and Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom.

Saint Nikita, recluse of Pechersk, Bishop of Novgorod.

Forefeast of the Presentation of the Lord.

Memorial Day of the Martyr Tryphon.

Meeting of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Afterfeast of the Presentation of the Lord.

Cathedral of Saints of the Perm Metropolis.

Equal to the Apostles Nicholas (Kasatkin).

Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God “Softening Evil Hearts.”

Week of the Prodigal Son.

Venerable Isidore of Pelusiot.

Venerable Kirill of Novoezersk, wonderworker.

The blessed one of Prince George (Yuri) Vsevolodovich Vladimirsky.

Saint Theodosius of Chernigov.

Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God "Seeking the Lost."

Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God of Yelets-Chernigov.

Memorial Day of Saint Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople.

Venerable Vukol of Smyrna.

Fast day.

Venerable Parthenius.

Venerable Luke of Greece.

Prophet Zechariah the Sickle-Seer from the 12 minor prophets.

Fast day.

Celebration of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.

Martyr Nicephorus, from Antioch of Syria.

Finding the relics of St. Innocent (Kulchitsky), Bishop of Irkutsk.

Finding the relics of St. Tikhon (Belavin), Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.

Ecumenical parental (meat-free) Saturday.

Memorial Day of the Blessed Princess Anna of Novgorod.

Righteous Galina.

Celebration of the Fire-shaped Icon of the Mother of God.

Meat week. About the Last Judgment

Blessed Prince Vsevolod, in Holy Baptism of Gabriel, Pskov.

Venerable Demetrius of Prilutsky, Vologda.

Iveron Icon of the Mother of God.

Saint Alexy of Moscow.

Maslenitsa.

Saint Seraphim (Sobolev), Archbishop of Bogucharsky.

Venerable Martinian of Caesarea (Palestinian).

Cathedral of Saints of the Omsk Metropolis.

Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God of Dolisskaya.

Maslenitsa.

Memorial Day of St. Auxentius of Bithynia.

Equal to the Apostles Cyril, teacher of Slovenia.

Maslenitsa.

Celebration of the Vilna Icon of the Mother of God.

Apostle Onesimus.

Maslenitsa.

All the reverend fathers who shone in feat.

Saint Macarius (Nevsky), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna.

Maslenitsa.

Church fasts in February 2020

Multi-day post in February 2020- absent

Weeks without fasting: Week of the Publican and the Pharisee from February 9 to 15; Maslenitsa from February 24 to March 1.

Church holidays, fasts, days of remembrance of saints in March 2020

Orthodox church holidays in March 2020

Conspiracies for Great Lent.

Holy Martyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', miracle worker.

It's a damp week. Memories of Adam's exile. Forgiveness Sunday.

Maslenitsa.

1st Week of Great Lent.

Memorial Day of St. Leo, Pope of Rome.

Venerable Cosmas of Yakhromsky.

Saint Agapit, confessor.

Fast day.

1st Week of Great Lent.

The Great Canon of Andrew of Crete.

The Apostles Archippus and Philemon and the Martyr Equal-to-the-Apostles Apphia.

Venerable Theodore of Sanaksar.

Lent continues.

1st Week of Great Lent.

The Great Canon of Andrew of Crete.

Venerable Leo, Bishop of Catania.

Reverend Martyrs of Valaam: Titus, Tikhon, Gelasius, Sergius, Barlaam, Savva, Conon, Sylvester, Cyprian, Pimen, John, Samon, Jonah, David, Cornelius, Niphon, Athanasius, Serapion, Varlaam, Athanasius, Anthony, Luke, Leontius, Thomas , Dionysius, Philip, Ignatius, Basil, Pachomius, Basil, Theophilus, John, Theodore, John.

Lent continues.

1st Week of Great Lent.

The Great Canon of Andrew of Crete.

St. Timothy in Symbolech.

Saint Eustathius, Archbishop of Antioch.

Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God of Kozelshchanskaya.

Lent continues.

1st Week of Great Lent.

Finding the relics of martyrs like those in Eugene.

Martyrs of Mauritius and 70 warriors: Photinus, Theodore, Philip and others.

Venerable Athanasius of Pavlopetria, confessor.

Lent continues.

1st Week of Great Lent.

Memorial Day of the Great Martyr Theodore Tiron.

Memorial Day of the Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna.

Finding the relics of the blessed Matrona of Moscow.

Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary “Sokolskaya”.

Lent continues.

1st week of Lent. Triumph of Orthodoxy

The first and second discovery of the head of John the Baptist.

Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus (Stromynskaya).

Lent continues.

2nd Week of Great Lent.

Saint Tarasius, Archbishop of Constantinople.

Lent continues.

2nd Week of Great Lent.

Memorial Day of Saint Porphyry of Gaza.

Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God of Mezhetskaya.

Lent continues.

2nd Week of Great Lent.

Venerable Procopius Decapolite, confessor.

Lent continues.

2nd Week of Great Lent.

Venerable Basil Dekapolite.

Hieromartyr Arseny (Matseevich), Metropolitan of Rostov.

Lent continues.

2nd Week of Great Lent.

Memorial Day of the Venerable Cassian (John Cassian) of Rome, hieromonk.

Celebration of the Devpeteruvskaya Icon of the Mother of God.

Lent continues.

2nd Week of Great Lent. Remembrance of the dead.

Memorial Day of the Venerable Martyr Evdokia of Iliopol, Abbess.

Lent continues.

Week 2 of Lent.

Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God, called "Sovereign".

Memorial Day of Saint Arseny, Bishop of Tver.

Lent continues.

3rd Week of Great Lent.

Memorial Day of the Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus.

Venerable Piama Virgin.

Celebration of the icons of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, “The Sign” of Chrysostom.

Lent continues.

3rd Week of Great Lent.

Memorial Day of the Righteous Prince Daniil of Moscow.

Lent continues.

3rd Week of Great Lent.

Memorial Day of the Martyr Konon of Isauria.

Finding the relics of the noble princes Theodore Rostislavich Cherny, Smolensk and his children David and Konstantin, Yaroslavl miracle workers.

Honoring the icons of the Mother of God “Education”.

Lent continues.

3rd Week of Great Lent.

Memorial Day of the 42 martyrs in Amorea: Constantine, Aetius, Theophilus, Theodore, Melissen, Callistus, Vasoya and others with them

Honoring the icons of the Mother of God "Czestochowa", "Shestokovskaya", "Blessed Heaven".

Lent continues.

3rd Week of Great Lent.

Day of Remembrance of the Hieromartyrs who served as bishops in Chersonesos: Basil, Ephraim, Kapiton, Eugene, Epherius, Elpidia and Agathodorus.

Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God "Helper of Sinners".

Lent continues.

3rd Week of Great Lent. Remembrance of the dead.

Memorial Day of St. Theophylact the Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia.

Celebration of the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God “The Sign”.

Lent continues.

3rd Sunday of Lent, Worship of the Cross.

Feast of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste.

Celebration of the Albazinskaya Icon of the Mother of God “The Word became Flesh.”

Lent continues.

Day of Remembrance of the Martyrs Codratus and others like him: Cyprian, Dionysius, Anectus, Paul, Criscent, Dionysius, Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Seraphion (Serapion), Papias, Leonidas and the martyrs Hariessa, Nunekhia, Basilissa, Nike, Gali , Galina, Feodora and many others.

Lent continues.

4th Week of Lent, Worship of the Cross.

Memorial Day of Saint Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem.

Saint Euthymius, Archbishop of Novgorod, wonderworker.

Lent continues.

4th Week of Lent, Worship of the Cross.

Memorial Day of St. Theophan the Confessor of Sigrian.

Saint Gregory Dvoeslov, Pope of Rome.

Venerable Simeon the New Theologian, abbot.

Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God of Lydda (On the Pillar in Lydda).

Lent continues.

4th Week of Lent, Worship of the Cross.

Transfer of the relics of St. Nikephoros the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople.

Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God of Moldova.

Lent continues.

4th Week of Lent, Worship of the Cross.

Memorial Day of Venerable Benedict of Nursia, Abbot.

Saint Theognostus, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus'.

Celebration of the icons of the Mother of God of Feodorovskaya, Tenderness of Sebezhskaya (Opochetskaya), “Vertograd Prisoner”.

Lent continues.

4th Week of Lent, Worship of the Cross. Remembrance of the dead.

Day of remembrance of the martyr Agapius and with him the seven martyrs: Puplius, Timolaus (Timothy), Romilus, Alexander, Alexander (another), Dionysius and Dionysius (another).

Lent continues.

Week 4 of Lent.

Memorial Day of St. John Climacus, Abbot of Sinai.

Martyr Savin of Ermopol.

Lent continues.

5th Week of Great Lent.

Memorial Day of St. Alexy, the man of God.

Venerable Macarius, abbot of Kalyazinsky, wonderworker.

Lent continues.

5th Week of Great Lent.

Memorial Day of St. Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem.

Lent continues.

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5th Week of Great Lent.

Celebration of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God "Tenderness".

The martyrs Chrysanthus and Darius and with them the martyrs Claudius the tribune, Hilaria his wife, Jason and Maurus, their sons, Diodorus the presbyter and Marian the deacon.

Righteous Sophia, Princess of Slutsk.

Venerable Simeon of Pskov-Pechersk.

Lent continues.

Saints John, Sergius, Patricius and others, who were killed in the monastery of Saint Sava.

Venerable Euphrosynus of Sinozersk.

Martyr Photina (Svetlana) Samaritan, her sons martyrs Victor, named Photin, and Josiah.

Martyrs of Anatolia, Photo, Photis, Paraskeva, Kyriacia, Domnina and the martyr Sebastian.

Martyrs Alexandra, Claudia, Euphrasia, Matrona, Juliania, Euphemia and Theodosia (Theodora).

Saint Nikita the Confessor, Archbishop of Apolloniad.

Lent continues.

Venerable Seraphim of Vyritsky.

Venerable Jacob, Bishop of Catania.

Lent continues.

5th Week of Great Lent. Praise of the Most Holy Theotokos (Saturday Akathist).

Celebration of Izborskaya, “I am with you, and no one else is with you” (Leushinskaya) - icons of the Mother of God.

Hieromartyr Basil, presbyter of Ancyra.

Lent continues.

Reverend Martyr Nikon the Bishop and his 199 disciples.

Venerable Mary of Egypt.

Lent continues.

6th Week of Great Lent (Week Week).

Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Venerable Zechariah the Open, monk.

Saint Artemy (Artemon), Bishop of Thessalonica (Seleucia).

Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God “Fat Mountain”.

Lent continues.

Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The repose of Saint Tikhon (Belavin), Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

Venerable Savva the New, hieromonk.

Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God "Annunciation".

Commemoration of the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Cathedral of the Archangel Gabriel.

Celebration of the Meletinskaya Icon of the Mother of God.

Lent continues.

Memorial Day of the Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica.

Lent continues.

St. Stephen the Wonderworker.

Venerable Hilarion the New, Abbot of Pelicite.

Lent continues.

6th Week of Great Lent (Week Week). Lazarev Saturday.

Hieromartyrs Mark, Bishop of Arethusia, Cyril, the deacon, and many others.

The Resurrection of the Righteous Lazarus.

Lent continues.

Palm Sunday (Palm Sunday).

Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem.

Venerable John Climacus, abbot of Sinai.

Saint Sophrony, Bishop of Irkutsk.

Lent continues.

Holy Week. Great Monday.

Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Kyiv, Moscow and All Rus', miracle worker.

Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra.

Saint Innocent (Veniaminov), Metropolitan of Moscow.

Lent continues.

Holy Week. Great Tuesday.

Venerable Mary of Egypt.

Venerable Euthymius, Archimadrid of Suzdal, wonderworker.

Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina.

Lent continues.

Holy Week. Great Wednesday.

Venerable Titus the Wonderworker.

Icons of the Mother of God “Key of Understanding”.

Lent continues.

Holy Week. Maundy Thursday. Memories of the Last Supper.

Venerable Nikita the Confessor, abbot of the Midice monastery.

Icon of the Mother of God “Unfading Color”.

Lent continues.

Holy Week. Good Friday. Remembrance of the Holy Saving Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Venerable Joseph the Songwriter.

St. George, also in Maley.

Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God "Gerontissa".

Lent continues.

Holy Week. Holy Saturday.

Martyrs Agathopod, deacon, Theodulus, reader, and others like them.

Transfer of the relics of Saint Job, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.

Lent continues.

Bright Resurrection of Christ. Easter.

Memorial Day of Saint Eutyches, Archbishop of Constantinople.

Memorial Day of Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius, Bishop of Moravia.

Venerable Platonida of Sira.

120 Persian martyrs.

Bright Week is continuous. Monday of Bright Week.

Venerable George the Confessor.

Venerable Daniel of Pereyaslavl, archimandrite.

Byzantine icon of the Mother of God.

Bright Week is continuous. Tuesday of Bright Week.

Celebration of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God.

Apostles from the 70 Rodion (Herodion), Agave, Asinkrit, Rufus, Phlegon, Hermas (Hermias) and others like them.

Martyr Christodoulus and Martyr Anastasia of Patras, killed in Achaia.

Icons of the Mother of God “Hodegetria” of Shuya, Spain and “Georgievskaya”.

Bright Week is continuous. Wednesday of Bright Week.

Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea.

Tsesarskaya; Kasperovskaya - icons of the Mother of God.

Bright Week is continuous. Thursday of Holy Week.

Martyrs Terentius, Pompius, Africanus, Maximus, Zenon, Alexander, Theodore and others 33-x.

Bright Week is continuous. Friday of Holy Week.

Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God “Life-Giving Source”.

Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum in Asia.

Bright Week is continuous. Saturday of Bright Week.

Venerable Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Paria.

Murom and Belynichi icons of the Mother of God.

2nd Sunday of Easter (Antipascha), Apostle Thomas.

Hieromartyr Artemon, presbyter of Laodicea.

Celebration of the Icons of the Mother of God: Ozeryanskaya; “Sweet Kiss” (“Glycophilus”).

2nd Week of Easter.

Saint Martin the First, Confessor, Pope of Rome.

Vilna and Ostrobramskaya Vilna icons of the Mother of God.

2nd Week of Easter. Remembrance of the dead. Radonitsa.

Apostles from the seventy Aristarchus, Puda and Trophimus.

Martyrs Agapia, Irene and Chionia.

Ilinsko-Chernigov and Tambov icons of the Mother of God.

Fast day.

Hieromartyr Simeon of Ctesiphon, Bishop of Persia, and with him the martyrs Abdelai and Ananias, the presbyters, Khusdazath (Usfasan) the eunuch, Fusik, Azat, the martyr Ascitrea and many others.

Venerable Akakios, Bishop of Melitino.

Iveron Icon of the Mother of God.

Venerable Zosima, abbot of Solovetsky.

Icons of the Mother of God “Deliverer” and “Hodegetria” by Shuiskaya.

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2nd Week of Easter.

Maximovskaya Icon of the Mother of God.

St. John of Thessaloniki and the disciple of St. Gregory Dekapolit.

Fast day.

Memorial Day of the Blessed Matrona of Moscow.

Venerable John of the Old Cave.

3rd Sunday of Easter, Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women.

Venerable Theodore Trikhina.

Holy myrrh-bearing women: Mary Magdalene, Mary of Cleopas, Salome, Joanna, Martha and Mary, Susanna and others.

Saints Gregory and Anastasius of the First Sinaite, Patriarchs of Antioch;

Righteous Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus.

Celebration of the Cyprus and Kipyazh Icons of the Mother of God.

3rd Week of Easter.

Hieromartyr Iannuarius, Bishop of Benevento, and with him the martyrs Proculus, Sossius and Faustus, deacons, Disiderius, reader, Eutyches and Akution.

Martyr Theodore, also in Perga, his mother, martyr Philippia, martyrs Dioscorus, Socrates and Dionysius.

Discovery of the relics of St. Theodore of Sanaksar.

Righteous Alexy Bortsurmansky, presbyter.

3rd Week of Easter.

Venerable Theodore Sikeot, Bishop of Anastasiople.

3rd Week of Easter.

Great Martyr George the Victorious.

The second discovery of the copy of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God.

Fast day.

3rd Week of Easter.

Memorial Day of the martyr Savva Stratilates and with him 70 soldiers.

"Molchenskaya" icon of the Mother of God.

3rd Week of Easter.

Apostle and Evangelist Mark.

Constantinople Icon of the Mother of God.

Fast day.

3rd Week of Easter. Commemoration of deceased soldiers.

Saint Stephen, Bishop of Great Perm.

Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of Amasia.

4th week of Easter, about the paralytic.

Apostle of the 70 and Hieromartyr Simeon of Jerusalem, relative of the Lord.

4th Week of Easter.

The 70 apostles Jason and Sosipater, the virgin martyr of Kerkyra and others who suffered with them.

Martyrs Dada, Maximus and Quintilian.

4th Week of Easter.

The Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus: Theognis, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Artema, Magnus, Theodotus, Thaumasius and Philemon.

Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker, Abbot of Egypt.

Venerable Nectarius of Optina.

4th Week of Easter.

Mid-Pentecost.

Apostle James Zebedee.

Finding the relics of St. Nikita, the recluse of Pechersk, Bishop of Novgorod.

Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov), Bishop of the Caucasus.

Mozdokskaya (Iverskaya); Dubenskaya (Krasnogorskaya) - icons of the Mother of God.

Fast day.

4th Week of Easter.

Venerable Paphnutius of Borovsky.

Prophet Jeremiah.

"Unexpected Joy"; Tsarevokokshaiskaya (Mironositskaya); Andronikovskaya and called “Unexpected Joy” - icons of the Mother of God.

4th Week of Easter.

Saint Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria.

Transfer of the relics of the faithful princes of the passion-bearers Boris and Gleb, in Holy Baptism of Roman and David.

Putivl and Vutivanskaya icons of the Mother of God.

Fast day.

4th Week of Easter.

Martyr Timothy, reader and martyr Maura.

Venerable Theodosius, abbot of Kiev-Pechersk.

Venerable Peter, miracle worker, Bishop of Argos.

Venerable Juliania and Eupraxia, Moscow.

Celebration of the icons of the Mother of God: Pechersk-Not Made by Hands; Yaskinskaya-Pecherskaya; Svenskaya (Pecherskaya); “Assumption” of Kiev-Pecherskaya; Pecherskaya (with the upcoming Anthony and Theodosius).

5th week of Easter, about the Samaritan.

Martyrs Pelagia.

Old Russian Icon of the Mother of God.

5th Week of Easter.

Great Martyr Irene of Macedonia.

Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God "Inexhaustible Chalice".

5th week of Easter.

Righteous Job the Long-Suffering.

5th Week of Easter.

Celebrating the Feast of Mid-Pentecost.

Remembrance of the appearance in heaven of the Cross of the Lord in Jerusalem.

Martyr Akaki the Centurion.

Celebration of the Lyubech and Zhirovitsk Icons of the Mother of God.

Fast day.

5th Week of Easter.

Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.

Venerable Arseny the Great.

5th Week of Easter.

Prophet Isaiah.

Martyr Christopher of Lycia.

Transfer of the relics of Saint and Wonderworker Nicholas from Myra in Lycia to Bar.

Venerable Joseph of Optina.

Celebration of the Perekop Icon of the Mother of God.

Fast day.

5th Week of Easter.

Apostle Simon the Zealot.

6th week of Easter, about the blind man.

Hieromartyr Mokiya.

Equal to the Apostles Rostislav, Prince of Great Moravia.

Equal to the Apostles Methodius and Cyril, Slovenian teachers.

6th Week of Easter.

Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', Wonderworker.

Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus.

Saint Herman, Patriarch of Constantinople.

6th Week of Easter.

The virgin martyr Glyceria and with her the martyr Laodicea, the prison guard.

6th Week of Easter.

Giving back to the Easter holiday.

Forefeast of the Ascension of the Lord.

Blessed Isidore, Christ for the sake of the holy fool, Rostov wonderworker.

Martyr Isidore of Chios.

Terebenskaya and Yaroslavl Pechersk Icons of the Mother of God.

Fast day.

6th Week of Easter.

Ascension of the Lord.

Venerable Pachomius the Great.

Saint Isaiah, Bishop of Rostov, wonderworker.

Blessed Tsarevich Dimitri, Uglich and Moscow.

6th Week of Easter.

After-feast of the Ascension of the Lord.

Venerable Theodore the Sanctified.

Transfer of the relics of Ephraim of Perekom, Novgorod miracle worker.

Fast day.

6th Week of Easter.

Apostle Andronicus and Saint June, his assistant.

7th Sunday after Easter, Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council.

Memory of the Holy Fathers of the Seven Ecumenical Councils.

Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra and the seven martyrs: Alexandra, Tecusa, Claudia, Faina, Euphrasia (Euphrosyne), Matrona and Julia.

Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Andrew, Paul and the martyr Christina.

Venerable Macarius of Altai.

Celebration of Cholna (Chelnskaya); “Tenderness” of the Pskov-Pechersk Icon of the Mother of God.

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7th Week of Easter.

Memorial Day of the Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy.

Venerable Euphrosyne, in the world Evdokia, Grand Duchess of Moscow.

Week 7 of Easter.

Finding the relics of St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', wonderworker.

Martyrs Thalalea, Alexander and Asterius.

7th Week of Easter.

Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God.

Equal to the Apostles Tsar Constantine and his mother Queen Helena.

Blessed Prince Constantine (Yaroslav) and his children Mikhail and Theodore, Murom miracle workers.

Celebration of the icons of the Mother of God: Tupichevskaya-Rostov; Vladimirskaya; Vladimirskaya (Zaonikievskaya); Vladimirskaya (Rostovskaya); Syrkovskaya; Vladimir (Krasnogorsk, Chernogorsk); Florishchevskaya; Vladimirskaya (Oranskaya); “Tenderness” of Pskov-Pecherskaya.

Fast day.

7th Week of Easter.

Memorial Day of the Martyr Basilisk.

Martyr John Vladimir, Prince of Serbia.

Righteous Jacob of Borovichi, Novgorod miracle worker.

7th Week of Easter.

Celebration of the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord.

Discovery of the relics of St. Leontius, Bishop of Rostov.

Cathedral of Rostov-Yaroslavl Saints.

Fast day.

7th Week of Easter. Trinity Parents' Saturday.

Glorification of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg.

Venerable Simeon the Stylite on Divnaya Mountain.

Venerable Nikita, Stylite of Pereslavl.

Week 8 of Easter.

Day of the Holy Trinity. Pentecost.

The third discovery of the head of the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John.

Day of the Holy Spirit (Spirit Day).

Memorial Day of the Apostles from the 70th Carp and Alpheus.

Martyr George the New.

Celebration of the icons of the Mother of God: Cyprus; Tupichevskaya.

1st Week after Pentecost. All saints. Trinity Week.

Finding the relics of St. Neil of Stolobensky.

Hieromartyr Ferapont.

Righteous John the Russian.

1st Week after Pentecost. All saints. Trinity Week.

Saint Ignatius, Bishop of Rostov.

Venerable Elena Diveevskaya.

Venerable Nikita the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon.

Celebration of the icons of the Mother of God “Thy Womb Was the Holy Meal” (Nicene), Antioch, Galich (Chukhloma).

1st Week after Pentecost. All saints. Trinity Week.

Blessed John, Christ for the sake of the holy fool, Ustyug.

Finding the relics of St. Job, in the schema of Jesus, Anzersky.

Virgin Martyr Theodosius.

Celebration of the icons of the Mother of God of Mateliki (Metelinskaya), Tsesarskaya-Borovskaya, “Support of Sinners”, “Watching Eye”.

1st Week after Pentecost. All saints. Trinity Week.

Memorial Day of St. Isaac.

Hieromartyr Vasily of Smolensk.

1st Week after Pentecost. All saints. Trinity Week.

Honoring the icon of the Lugansk Mother of God.

Celebration of the Feast of Pentecost.

Apostle Hermas from the 70th.

Martyr Hermias of Koman.

Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God: Lugansk.

1st Sunday after Pentecost. Cathedral of All Saints.

The martyrs Justin the Philosopher and the other Justin, and with them Chariton, Charita, Evelpist, Hierax, Paeon and Valerian.

Glorification of the Holy Righteous John of Kronstadt.

Venerable Dionysius, abbot of Glushitsky.

Celebration of the icons of the Mother of God: “Softening Evil Hearts” (Semistrelnaya); "The Unbreakable Wall"; "Unexpected Joy"; “Deliverance from the troubles of the afflicted”; “Mati Devo (Mati and Devo)”; Dektourskaya; "Gracious Sky"; "Blessed Womb"; "Life-giver"; Yasnoborskaya; "Softening Evil Hearts."

2nd Week after Pentecost. Beginning of the Apostolic Fast.

Great Martyr John the New, Sochava.

Saint Nicephorus the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople.

Kiev-Brotherly Icon of the Mother of God.

Fast day.

2nd Week after Pentecost.

Martyrs Lucillian, Claudius, Hypatius, Paul, Dionysius and the virgin martyr Paul.

Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God "Hodegetria" Yuga.

Fast day.

2nd Week after Pentecost.

Venerable Methodius, abbot of Peshnoshsky.

Saint Mitrophan, the first Patriarch of Constantinople.

Fast day.

2nd Week after Pentecost.

Memorial Day of the Hieromartyr Dorotheos, Bishop of Tire.

Transfer of the relics of the blessed Grand Duke Igor (in Holy Baptism of George) of Chernigov and Kyiv.

Blessed Prince Theodore Yaroslavich (brother of Saint Alexander Nevsky), Novgorod.

Igor's Icon of the Mother of God.

Fast day.

2nd Week after Pentecost.

Venerable Vissarion, Egyptian miracle worker.

Venerable Varlaam of Khutyn.

Pimenovskaya, “The Sign” of Kursk-Root, Tabynskaya - icons of the Mother of God.

Fast day.

2nd Week after Pentecost.

Holy Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra.

Righteous Paul of Taganrog.

Cathedral of Saints of the Ivanovo Metropolis.

Fast day.

2nd Sunday after Pentecost. All the saints who shone in the Russian land.

Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates.

Saint Theodore, Bishop of Rostov.

Icons of the Mother of God of Uryupinsk, Yaroslavl, Hodegetria of Kirillo-Belozersk.

Fast day.

3rd Week after Pentecost.

Righteous Alexy of Moscow (Mechev).

Saint Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria.

Venerable Kirill, abbot of Beloezersk.

Fast day.

3rd Week after Pentecost.

Discovery of the relics of St. Basil, Bishop of Ryazan.

Memorial Day of St. John (Maksimovich), Metropolitan of Tobolsk.

Cathedral of Ryazan Saints.

Cathedral of Siberian Saints.

Fast day.

3rd Week after Pentecost.

Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas.

Icon of the Mother of God "It Is Worthy to Eat".

Fast day.

3rd Week after Pentecost.

Venerable Peter of Athos.

Venerable Onuphrius the Great.

Fast day.

3rd Week after Pentecost.

Martyrs Aquilina.

Venerable Alexandra Diveevskaya.

Saint Triphyllius, Bishop of Leukusia of Cyprus.

Fast day.

3rd Week after Pentecost.

Prophet Elisha.

Saint Methodius, Patriarch of Constantinople.

Cathedral of Diveyevo Saints.

Fast day.

3rd Sunday after Pentecost.

Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', miracle worker.

Memorial Day of the Prophet Amos.

Fast day.

4th Week after Pentecost.

Venerable Tikhon of Medyn, Kaluga.

Transfer of the relics of St. Theophan, the Recluse of Vyshensky.

Fast day.

4th Week after Pentecost.

Day of Remembrance of the Martyrs Manuel, Savel and Ismail of Persia.

Lenten day.

Church fasts in June 2020

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4th Week after Pentecost.

Martyrs Leontius, Hypatius and Theodulus.

Bogolyubskaya Icon of the Mother of God.

4th Week after Pentecost.

Apostle Jude, brother of the Lord.

Saint John, the Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco.

Saint Job, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.

4th Week after Pentecost.

Hieromartyr Methodius, Bishop of Patara.

Saint Mina, Bishop of Polotsk.

Blessed Prince Gleb of Vladimir.

Modena (Kosinskaya) Icon of the Mother of God.