November 2020
Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)
- 1 Sunday Prophet Joel; Martyr Uar 19 October (Old Style)
- 2 Monday Great-martyr Artemius 20 October (Old Style)
- 3 Tuesday St Hilarion the Great 21 October (Old Style)
- 4 Wednesday Kazan Icon of the Theotokos (deliverance of Moscow and Russia in 1612) 22 October (Old Style) · fast day
- 5 Thursday Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord 23 October (Old Style)
- 6 Friday Martyr Arethas and the 4,299 with him; Icon of the Theotokos “Joy of All Who Sorrow” 24 October (Old Style) · fast day
- 7 Saturday St Demetrius Memorial Saturday 25 October (Old Style)
- 8 Sunday Great-martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica; commemoration of the great earthquake in Constantinople (740) 26 October (Old Style)
- 9 Monday Martyr Nestor of Thessalonica 27 October (Old Style)
- 10 Tuesday Martyr Paraskeva (Pyatnitsa); St Dimitry of Rostov; St Job of Pochaev 28 October (Old Style)
- 11 Wednesday Monk-martyr Anastasia of Rome; St Abraham of Rostov 29 October (Old Style) · fast day
- 12 Thursday Hieromartyr Zenobius and Martyr Zenobia 30 October (Old Style)
- 13 Friday Apostles of the Seventy Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles and Aristobulus; Martyr Epimachus 31 October (Old Style) · fast day
- 14 Saturday Unmercenaries and Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian of Asia 1 November (Old Style)
- 15 Sunday Martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidephorus and Anempodistus 2 November (Old Style)
- 16 Monday Martyrs Acepsimas, Joseph and Aeithalas; Dedication of the Church of Great-martyr George in Lydda 3 November (Old Style)
- 17 Tuesday St Joannicius the Great 4 November (Old Style)
- 18 Wednesday Martyrs Galaction and Episteme; St Jonah, Archbishop of Novgorod 5 November (Old Style) · fast day
- 19 Thursday St Paul the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople; St Barlaam of Khutyn 6 November (Old Style)
- 20 Friday The 33 Martyrs of Melitene; St Lazarus of Mount Galesion 7 November (Old Style) · fast day
- 21 Saturday Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers 8 November (Old Style)
- 22 Sunday Martyrs Onesiphorus and Porphyrius; St Matrona; St Nectarius of Aegina 9 November (Old Style)
- 23 Monday Apostles of the Seventy Erastus, Olympas, Rodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius 10 November (Old Style)
- 24 Tuesday Great-martyr Menas; St Theodore the Studite; Blessed Maximus the Fool-for-Christ of Moscow 11 November (Old Style)
- 25 Wednesday St John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria; St Nilus the Faster 12 November (Old Style) · fast day
- 26 Thursday St John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople 13 November (Old Style)
- 27 Friday Apostle Philip; St Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica 14 November (Old Style) · fast day
- 28 Saturday Martyrs and Confessors Gurias, Samonas and Abibus 15 November (Old Style) · fast day
- 29 Sunday Apostle and Evangelist Matthew 16 November (Old Style) · fast day
- 30 Monday St Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesarea; St Nikon of Radonezh 17 November (Old Style) · fast day
2020
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.