---
title: "March 2, 2022 — Great-martyr Theodore the Recruit"
description: "Wednesday, March 2, 2022. 17 February (Old Style). Great-martyr Theodore the Recruit; Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow. No fast"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-03-02"
language: "en"
---

Wednesday

# March 2, 2022

17 February (Old Style) · Cheesefare Week

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-03-02) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2022-03-02)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-03)

[← March 1](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-03-01) [March 3 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-03-03)

## Events of the day

- Great-martyr Theodore the Recruit; Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow

  Polyeleos rank

## Fasting

No fast · Cheesefare Week

Cheesefare Week: no meat; dairy, eggs and fish are allowed every day.

- Meat: not allowed
- Dairy & eggs: allowed
- Fish: allowed
- Oil: allowed
- Wine: allowed

Food rules are reference church information. Agree your personal measure of fasting with a priest; consult a doctor if you are ill.

## Readings of the day

- 6th Hour

  Joel 2:12–26

- Vespers

  Joel 3:12–21

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar.

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [The Trisagion](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/trisagion)