--- title: "March 2020 — Church calendar" description: "Church calendar: March 2020. Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar). The Orthodox Church calendar, icons, prayers, lives of saints and Church history on…" url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03" language: "en" --- # March 2020 Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar) [Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2020-03) [← Previous month](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-02) [Next month →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-04) 1. [1 Sunday Great-martyr Theodore the Recruit; Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow 17 February (Old Style)](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-01) 2. [2 Monday St Leo, Pope of Rome 18 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-02) 3. [3 Tuesday Apostles Archippus and Philemon of the Seventy 19 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-03) 4. [4 Wednesday St Leo, Bishop of Catania 20 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-04) 5. [5 Thursday St Timothy of Symbola; St Eustathius, Archbishop of Antioch 21 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-05) 6. [6 Friday Finding of the relics of the Martyrs at Eugenius 22 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-06) 7. [7 Saturday Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna 23 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-07) 8. [8 Sunday First and Second Finding of the Head of John the Forerunner 24 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-08) 9. [9 Monday St Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople 25 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-09) 10. [10 Tuesday St Porphyrius, Archbishop of Gaza 26 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-10) 11. [11 Wednesday St Procopius the Decapolite, Confessor 27 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-11) 12. [12 Thursday St Basil the Confessor 28 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-12) 13. [13 Friday St John Cassian the Roman 29 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-13) 14. [14 Saturday Saturday of the 2nd week of Great Lent. Commemoration of the departed 1 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-14) 15. [15 Sunday Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia; St Arsenius, Bishop of Tver 2 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-15) 16. [16 Monday Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus 3 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-16) 17. [17 Tuesday St Gerasimus of the Jordan; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow 4 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-17) 18. [18 Wednesday Martyr Conon of Isauria 5 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-18) 19. [19 Thursday The 42 Martyrs of Amorium 6 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-19) 20. [20 Friday Hieromartyrs of Chersonesus: Basil, Ephrem, Capito, Eugene, Aetherius, Elpidius and Agathodorus 7 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-20) 21. [21 Saturday Saturday of the 3rd week of Great Lent. Commemoration of the departed 8 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-21) 22. [22 Sunday The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste 9 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-22) 23. [23 Monday Martyr Codratus and his companions 10 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-23) 24. [24 Tuesday St Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem; St Euthymius, Archbishop of Novgorod 11 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-24) 25. [25 Wednesday St Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane; St Gregory the Dialogist, Pope of Rome 12 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-25) 26. [26 Thursday Translation of the relics of St Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople 13 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-26) 27. [27 Friday St Benedict of Nursia 14 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-27) 28. [28 Saturday Saturday of the 4th week of Great Lent. Commemoration of the departed 15 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-28) 29. [29 Sunday Martyrs Sabinus and Papas 16 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-29) 30. [30 Monday St Alexis the Man of God; St Macarius of Kalyazin 17 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-30) 31. [31 Tuesday St Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem 18 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03-31) ## 2020 - [January](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-01) - [February](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-02) - [March](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03) - [April](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-04) - [May](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-05) - [June](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-06) - [July](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-07) - [August](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-08) - [September](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-09) - [October](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-10) - [November](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-11) - [December](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-12) **Years** - [2020](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03) - [2021](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2021-03) - [2022](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-03) - [2023](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-03) - [2024](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-03) - [2025](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03) - [2026](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-03) - [2027](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2027-03) - [2028](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2028-03) - [2029](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2029-03) - [2030](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2030-03) - [2031](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2031-03) - [2032](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2032-03) - [2033](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2033-03) - [2034](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2034-03) - [2035](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2035-03) ## Fasts this year - Nativity Fast2019-11-28 – January 6 - Cheesefare WeekFebruary 24 – March 1 - Great LentMarch 2 – April 10 - Lazarus Saturday and Palm SundayApril 11 – April 12 - Holy WeekApril 13 – April 18 - Apostles' FastJune 15 – July 11 - Dormition FastAugust 14 – August 27 - Nativity FastNovember 28 – January 6 Food rules are reference church information. Agree your personal measure of fasting with a priest; consult a doctor if you are ill.