---
title: "March 31, 2023 — St Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem"
description: "Friday, March 31, 2023. 18 March (Old Style). St Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-03-31"
language: "en"
---

Friday

# March 31, 2023

18 March (Old Style) · 5th week of Great Lent

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-03-31) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2023-03-31)

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

[← March 30](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-03-30) [April 1 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-04-01)

## Events of the day

- St Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem

  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 45:11–17

- Vespers

  Genesis 22:1–18

- Vespers

  Proverbs 17:17–18:5

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)