---
title: "March 6, 2025 — St Timothy of Symbola | Church calendar"
description: "Thursday, March 6, 2025. 21 February (Old Style). St Timothy of Symbola; St Eustathius, Archbishop of Antioch. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-06"
language: "en"
---

Thursday

# March 6, 2025

21 February (Old Style) · 1st week of Great Lent

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-06) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2025-03-06)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03)

[← March 5](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-05) [March 7 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-07)

## Events of the day

- St Timothy of Symbola; St Eustathius, Archbishop of Antioch

  Commemoration

## Fasting

Fast day · Great Lent

Great Lent, Tuesday and Thursday: cooked food without oil.

- Meat: not allowed
- Dairy & eggs: not allowed
- Fish: not allowed
- Oil: not allowed
- Wine: not allowed

The first week of Great Lent is kept with particular strictness; agree your measure with a priest.

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 2:11–21

- Vespers

  Genesis 2:4–19

- Vespers

  Proverbs 3:1–18

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)