April 2024
Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)
- 1 Monday Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria 19 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 2 Tuesday Holy Fathers slain at the Monastery of St Sabbas 20 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 3 Wednesday St James the Confessor, Bishop 21 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 4 Thursday Hieromartyr Basil, Presbyter of Ancyra 22 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 5 Friday Monk-martyr Nicon and his 199 disciples 23 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 6 Saturday Saturday of the 3rd week of Great Lent. Commemoration of the departed 24 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 7 Sunday Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos 25 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 8 Monday Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel 26 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 9 Tuesday Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica 27 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 10 Wednesday St Hilarion the New; St Stephen the Wonderworker 28 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 11 Thursday Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, and Cyril the Deacon 29 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 12 Friday St John Climacus (of the Ladder) 30 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 13 Saturday Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra; St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow 31 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 14 Sunday St Mary of Egypt 1 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 15 Monday St Titus the Wonderworker 2 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 16 Tuesday St Nicetas the Confessor 3 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 17 Wednesday St Joseph the Hymnographer 4 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 18 Thursday Martyrs Theodulus and Agathopodes 5 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 19 Friday St Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople; Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius, Archbishop of Moravia 6 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 20 Saturday St George, Bishop of Mitylene 7 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 21 Sunday Apostles of the Seventy Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Rufus, Phlegon and Hermas 8 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 22 Monday Martyr Eupsychius 9 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 23 Tuesday Martyrs Terence, Pompeius and those with them 10 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 24 Wednesday Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum 11 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 25 Thursday St Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium 12 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 26 Friday Hieromartyr Artemon 13 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 27 Saturday St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome 14 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 28 Sunday Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. Palm Sunday 15 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 29 Monday Great and Holy Monday 16 April (Old Style) · fast day
- 30 Tuesday Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop of Persia; St Zosimas of Solovki 17 April (Old Style) · fast day
2024
Fasts this year
- Nativity FastNovember 28 – January 6
- Cheesefare WeekMarch 11 – March 17
- Great LentMarch 18 – April 26
- Lazarus Saturday and Palm SundayApril 27 – April 28
- Holy WeekApril 29 – May 4
- Apostles' FastJuly 1 – July 11
- Dormition FastAugust 14 – August 27
- Nativity FastNovember 28 – January 6
Food rules are reference church information. Agree your personal measure of fasting with a priest; consult a doctor if you are ill.