---
title: "April 12, 2024 — St John Climacus (of the Ladder)"
description: "Friday, April 12, 2024. 30 March (Old Style). St John Climacus (of the Ladder). Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-04-12"
language: "en"
---

Friday

# April 12, 2024

30 March (Old Style) · 4th week of Great Lent

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-04-12) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2024-04-12)

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

[← April 11](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-04-11) [April 13 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-04-13)

## Events of the day

- St John Climacus (of the Ladder)

  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 29:13–23

- Vespers

  Genesis 12:1–7

- Vespers

  Proverbs 14:15–26

- Vespers · St Innocent

  Composite reading — Proverbs 10, 3, 8

- Vespers · St Innocent

  Composite reading — Wisdom of Solomon 4, 5

- Vespers · St Innocent

  Composite reading — Proverbs 10; Wisdom of Solomon 6, 7, 8, 9

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)