---
title: "March 10, 2025 — St Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople"
description: "Monday, March 10, 2025. 25 February (Old Style). St Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-10"
language: "en"
---

Monday

# March 10, 2025

25 February (Old Style) · 2nd week of Great Lent

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-10) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2025-03-10)

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

[← March 9](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-09) [March 11 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-11)

## Events of the day

- St Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople

  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 4:2–5:7

- Vespers

  Genesis 3:21–4:7

- Vespers

  Proverbs 3:34–4:22

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)