---
title: "March 2, 2023 — Great-martyr Theodore the Recruit"
description: "Thursday, March 2, 2023. 17 February (Old Style). Great-martyr Theodore the Recruit; Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-03-02"
language: "en"
---

Thursday

# March 2, 2023

17 February (Old Style) · 1st week of Great Lent

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-03-02) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2023-03-02)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-03)

[← March 1](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-03-01) [March 3 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-03-03)

## Events of the day

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

  Polyeleos rank

## 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

The first week of Great Lent is kept with particular strictness; agree your measure with a priest.

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 2:11–21

- Vespers

  Genesis 2:4–19

- Vespers

  Proverbs 3:1–18

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)