Find religious holidays, saints of the day, and fasting periods for each month of the year in the Orthodox calendar.
Holy days and saints — see the table below
| Zi | Ziua | Simbol | Sărbătoare | Notițe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S | Holy Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian | ||
| 2 | D | Saturday of Souls – Autumn Memorial; Saint Gabriel the Fool-for-Christ; Holy Martyrs Achindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidephorus, and Agapius – Galatians VI, 11-18; Luke XVI, 19-31; Tone 4, Matins Gospel 10 | ||
| 3 | L | Holy Martyrs Achepsimas, Joseph, and Aithalas | ||
| 4 | M | Venerable Joannicius the Great | ||
| 5 | M | Holy Martyrs Galaction and Episteme | Fast | |
| 6 | J | Saint Paul the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople | ||
| 7 | V | The 33 Holy Martyrs of Melitene | Fast | |
| 8 | S | † | Synaxis of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel | |
| 9 | D | Saint Nectarios the Wonderworker, Healer of Cancer – Ephesians II, 14-22; Luke VIII, 41-56; Tone 5, Matins Gospel 11 | ||
| 10 | L | Venerable Martyr Visarion of Lainici; Holy Apostles Rodion, Olympas, Erastus, Sosipater, and Quartus | ||
| 11 | M | † | Saint Menas | |
| 12 | M | † | Saint Athanasius Todoran | Fast |
| 13 | J | † | Saint John Chrysostom | |
| 14 | V | Meatfare for the Nativity Fast; Holy Apostle Philip; Saint Gregory Palamas | Fast | |
| 15 | S | † | Beginning of the Nativity Fast; Saint Paisius of Neamț | Fast |
| 16 | D | Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew – Ephesians IV, 1-7; Luke X, 25-37; Tone 6, Matins Gospel 1 | Fast | |
| 17 | L | Saint Gregory the Wonderworker; Venerable Lazarus the Iconographer and Zachariah | Fast | |
| 18 | M | Holy Martyr Plato | Oil and wine allowed | |
| 19 | M | Holy Prophet Obadiah | Fast | |
| 20 | J | † | Venerable Gregory Decapolites | Oil and wine allowed |
| 21 | V | † | Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple | Fish allowed |
| 22 | S | Holy Apostles Philemon, Onesimus, and Archippus | Fish allowed | |
| 23 | D | † | Venerable Anthony of Iezeru Vâlcea – Ephesians V, 9-19; Luke XII, 16-21; Tone 7, Matins Gospel 2 | Fish allowed |
| 24 | L | Holy Martyr Clement, Pope of Rome | Fast | |
| 25 | M | † | Holy Great Martyr Catherine | Oil and wine allowed |
| 26 | M | Saint Stelian | Fast | |
| 27 | J | Holy Martyr James the Persian | Oil and wine allowed | |
| 28 | V | Venerable Confessor Arsenie of Prislop; Saint Stephen the New; Holy Martyr Irenarchus | Fast | |
| 29 | S | Holy Martyrs Paramon, Philumen, and Valerian | Fish allowed | |
| 30 | D | † | Holy Apostle Andrew; Saint Andrei Șaguna, Metropolitan of Transylvania – I Corinthians IV, 9-16; Colossians III, 12-16; John I, 35-51; Luke XVIII, 18-27; Tone 8, Matins Gospel 3 | Fish allowed |
Zi
1
Simbol
Ziua
S
Sărbătoare
Holy Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian
Zi
2
Simbol
Ziua
D
Sărbătoare
Saturday of Souls – Autumn Memorial; Saint Gabriel the Fool-for-Christ; Holy Martyrs Achindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidephorus, and Agapius – Galatians VI, 11-18; Luke XVI, 19-31; Tone 4, Matins Gospel 10
Zi
3
Simbol
Ziua
L
Sărbătoare
Holy Martyrs Achepsimas, Joseph, and Aithalas
Zi
4
Simbol
Ziua
M
Sărbătoare
Venerable Joannicius the Great
Zi
5
Simbol
Ziua
M
Sărbătoare
Holy Martyrs Galaction and Episteme
Notițe
Fast
Zi
6
Simbol
Ziua
J
Sărbătoare
Saint Paul the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
Zi
7
Simbol
Ziua
V
Sărbătoare
The 33 Holy Martyrs of Melitene
Notițe
Fast
Zi
8
Simbol
†
Ziua
S
Sărbătoare
Synaxis of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel
Zi
9
Simbol
Ziua
D
Sărbătoare
Saint Nectarios the Wonderworker, Healer of Cancer – Ephesians II, 14-22; Luke VIII, 41-56; Tone 5, Matins Gospel 11
Zi
10
Simbol
Ziua
L
Sărbătoare
Venerable Martyr Visarion of Lainici; Holy Apostles Rodion, Olympas, Erastus, Sosipater, and Quartus
Zi
11
Simbol
†
Ziua
M
Sărbătoare
Saint Menas
Zi
12
Simbol
†
Ziua
M
Sărbătoare
Saint Athanasius Todoran
Notițe
Fast
Zi
13
Simbol
†
Ziua
J
Sărbătoare
Saint John Chrysostom
Zi
14
Simbol
Ziua
V
Sărbătoare
Meatfare for the Nativity Fast; Holy Apostle Philip; Saint Gregory Palamas
Notițe
Fast
Zi
15
Simbol
†
Ziua
S
Sărbătoare
Beginning of the Nativity Fast; Saint Paisius of Neamț
Notițe
Fast
Zi
16
Simbol
Ziua
D
Sărbătoare
Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew – Ephesians IV, 1-7; Luke X, 25-37; Tone 6, Matins Gospel 1
Notițe
Fast
Zi
17
Simbol
Ziua
L
Sărbătoare
Saint Gregory the Wonderworker; Venerable Lazarus the Iconographer and Zachariah
Notițe
Fast
Zi
18
Simbol
Ziua
M
Sărbătoare
Holy Martyr Plato
Notițe
Oil and wine allowed
Zi
19
Simbol
Ziua
M
Sărbătoare
Holy Prophet Obadiah
Notițe
Fast
Zi
20
Simbol
†
Ziua
J
Sărbătoare
Venerable Gregory Decapolites
Notițe
Oil and wine allowed
Zi
21
Simbol
†
Ziua
V
Sărbătoare
Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple
Notițe
Fish allowed
Zi
22
Simbol
Ziua
S
Sărbătoare
Holy Apostles Philemon, Onesimus, and Archippus
Notițe
Fish allowed
Zi
23
Simbol
†
Ziua
D
Sărbătoare
Venerable Anthony of Iezeru Vâlcea – Ephesians V, 9-19; Luke XII, 16-21; Tone 7, Matins Gospel 2
Notițe
Fish allowed
Zi
24
Simbol
Ziua
L
Sărbătoare
Holy Martyr Clement, Pope of Rome
Notițe
Fast
Zi
25
Simbol
†
Ziua
M
Sărbătoare
Holy Great Martyr Catherine
Notițe
Oil and wine allowed
Zi
26
Simbol
Ziua
M
Sărbătoare
Saint Stelian
Notițe
Fast
Zi
27
Simbol
Ziua
J
Sărbătoare
Holy Martyr James the Persian
Notițe
Oil and wine allowed
Zi
28
Simbol
Ziua
V
Sărbătoare
Venerable Confessor Arsenie of Prislop; Saint Stephen the New; Holy Martyr Irenarchus
Notițe
Fast
Zi
29
Simbol
Ziua
S
Sărbătoare
Holy Martyrs Paramon, Philumen, and Valerian
Notițe
Fish allowed
Zi
30
Simbol
†
Ziua
D
Sărbătoare
Holy Apostle Andrew; Saint Andrei Șaguna, Metropolitan of Transylvania – I Corinthians IV, 9-16; Colossians III, 12-16; John I, 35-51; Luke XVIII, 18-27; Tone 8, Matins Gospel 3
Notițe
Fish allowed