---
title: "April 14, 2022 — St Mary of Egypt | Church calendar"
description: "Thursday, April 14, 2022. 1 April (Old Style). St Mary of Egypt. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-04-14"
language: "en"
---

Thursday

# April 14, 2022

1 April (Old Style) · 6th week of Great Lent

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-04-14) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2022-04-14)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-04)

[← April 13](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-04-13) [April 15 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-04-15)

## Events of the day

- St Mary of Egypt

  Commemoration

## Fasting

Fast day · Great Lent

Great Lent, Tuesday and Thursday: cooked food without oil.

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

  Isaiah 65:8–16

- Vespers

  Genesis 46:1–7

- Vespers

  Proverbs 23:15–24:5

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

## Saints and icons

- [St Mary of Egypt](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/mary-of-egypt)
- Prayer of the day: [Prayer of St Ephrem the Syrian](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/ephrem)