---
title: "March 23, 2022 — Martyr Codratus and his companions"
description: "Wednesday, March 23, 2022. 10 March (Old Style). Martyr Codratus and his companions. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-03-23"
language: "en"
---

Wednesday

# March 23, 2022

10 March (Old Style) · 3rd week of Great Lent

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-03-23) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2022-03-23)

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

[← March 22](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-03-22) [March 24 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-03-24)

## Events of the day

- Martyr Codratus and his companions

  Commemoration

## Fasting

Fast day · Great Lent

Great Lent, Monday, Wednesday and Friday: xerophagy.

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

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

  Isaiah 10:12–20

- Vespers

  Genesis 7:6–9

- Vespers

  Proverbs 9:12–18 (LXX)

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

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [Prayer of St Ephrem the Syrian](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/ephrem)