---
title: "April 1, 2024 — Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria"
description: "Monday, April 1, 2024. 19 March (Old Style). Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-04-01"
language: "en"
---

Monday

# April 1, 2024

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

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-04-01) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2024-04-01)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-04)

[← March 31](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-03-31) [April 2 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-04-02)

## Events of the day

- Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria

  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 8:13–9:7

- Vespers

  Genesis 6:9–22

- Vespers

  Proverbs 8:1–21

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)