March 2025
Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)
- 1 Saturday Martyr Pamphilus the Presbyter and those with him 16 February (Old Style)
- 2 Sunday Great-martyr Theodore the Recruit; Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow 17 February (Old Style)
- 3 Monday St Leo, Pope of Rome 18 February (Old Style) · fast day
- 4 Tuesday Apostles Archippus and Philemon of the Seventy 19 February (Old Style) · fast day
- 5 Wednesday St Leo, Bishop of Catania 20 February (Old Style) · fast day
- 6 Thursday St Timothy of Symbola; St Eustathius, Archbishop of Antioch 21 February (Old Style) · fast day
- 7 Friday Finding of the relics of the Martyrs at Eugenius 22 February (Old Style) · fast day
- 8 Saturday Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna 23 February (Old Style) · fast day
- 9 Sunday First and Second Finding of the Head of John the Forerunner 24 February (Old Style) · fast day
- 10 Monday St Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople 25 February (Old Style) · fast day
- 11 Tuesday St Porphyrius, Archbishop of Gaza 26 February (Old Style) · fast day
- 12 Wednesday St Procopius the Decapolite, Confessor 27 February (Old Style) · fast day
- 13 Thursday St Basil the Confessor 28 February (Old Style) · fast day
- 14 Friday Monk-martyr Eudocia 1 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 15 Saturday Saturday of the 2nd week of Great Lent. Commemoration of the departed 2 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 16 Sunday Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus 3 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 17 Monday St Gerasimus of the Jordan; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow 4 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 18 Tuesday Martyr Conon of Isauria 5 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 19 Wednesday The 42 Martyrs of Amorium 6 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 20 Thursday Hieromartyrs of Chersonesus: Basil, Ephrem, Capito, Eugene, Aetherius, Elpidius and Agathodorus 7 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 21 Friday St Theophylact the Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia 8 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 22 Saturday The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste 9 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 23 Sunday Martyr Codratus and his companions 10 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 24 Monday St Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem; St Euthymius, Archbishop of Novgorod 11 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 25 Tuesday St Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane; St Gregory the Dialogist, Pope of Rome 12 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 26 Wednesday Translation of the relics of St Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople 13 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 27 Thursday St Benedict of Nursia 14 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 28 Friday Martyr Agapius and the seven with him 15 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 29 Saturday Saturday of the 4th week of Great Lent. Commemoration of the departed 16 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 30 Sunday St Alexis the Man of God; St Macarius of Kalyazin 17 March (Old Style) · fast day
- 31 Monday St Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem 18 March (Old Style) · fast day
2025
Fasts this year
- Nativity FastNovember 28 – January 6
- Cheesefare WeekFebruary 24 – March 2
- Great LentMarch 3 – April 11
- Lazarus Saturday and Palm SundayApril 12 – April 13
- Holy WeekApril 14 – April 19
- Apostles' FastJune 16 – 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.