--- title: "March 2025 — Church calendar" description: "Church calendar: March 2025. Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar). The Orthodox Church calendar, icons, prayers, lives of saints and Church history on…" url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03" language: "en" --- # March 2025 Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar) [Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2025-03) [← Previous month](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-02) [Next month →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-04) 1. [1 Saturday Martyr Pamphilus the Presbyter and those with him 16 February (Old Style)](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-01) 2. [2 Sunday Great-martyr Theodore the Recruit; Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow 17 February (Old Style)](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-02) 3. [3 Monday St Leo, Pope of Rome 18 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-03) 4. [4 Tuesday Apostles Archippus and Philemon of the Seventy 19 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-04) 5. [5 Wednesday St Leo, Bishop of Catania 20 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-05) 6. [6 Thursday St Timothy of Symbola; St Eustathius, Archbishop of Antioch 21 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-06) 7. [7 Friday Finding of the relics of the Martyrs at Eugenius 22 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-07) 8. [8 Saturday Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna 23 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-08) 9. [9 Sunday First and Second Finding of the Head of John the Forerunner 24 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-09) 10. [10 Monday St Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople 25 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-10) 11. [11 Tuesday St Porphyrius, Archbishop of Gaza 26 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-11) 12. [12 Wednesday St Procopius the Decapolite, Confessor 27 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-12) 13. [13 Thursday St Basil the Confessor 28 February (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-13) 14. [14 Friday Monk-martyr Eudocia 1 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-14) 15. [15 Saturday Saturday of the 2nd week of Great Lent. Commemoration of the departed 2 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-15) 16. [16 Sunday Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus 3 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-16) 17. [17 Monday St Gerasimus of the Jordan; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow 4 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-17) 18. [18 Tuesday Martyr Conon of Isauria 5 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-18) 19. [19 Wednesday The 42 Martyrs of Amorium 6 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-19) 20. [20 Thursday Hieromartyrs of Chersonesus: Basil, Ephrem, Capito, Eugene, Aetherius, Elpidius and Agathodorus 7 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-20) 21. [21 Friday St Theophylact the Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia 8 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-21) 22. [22 Saturday The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste 9 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-22) 23. [23 Sunday Martyr Codratus and his companions 10 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-23) 24. [24 Monday St Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem; St Euthymius, Archbishop of Novgorod 11 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-24) 25. [25 Tuesday St Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane; St Gregory the Dialogist, Pope of Rome 12 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-25) 26. [26 Wednesday Translation of the relics of St Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople 13 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-26) 27. [27 Thursday St Benedict of Nursia 14 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-27) 28. [28 Friday Martyr Agapius and the seven with him 15 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-28) 29. [29 Saturday Saturday of the 4th week of Great Lent. Commemoration of the departed 16 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-29) 30. [30 Sunday St Alexis the Man of God; St Macarius of Kalyazin 17 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-30) 31. [31 Monday St Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem 18 March (Old Style) · fast day](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03-31) ## 2025 - [January](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-01) - [February](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-02) - [March](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03) - [April](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-04) - [May](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-05) - [June](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-06) - [July](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-07) - [August](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-08) - [September](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-09) - [October](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-10) - [November](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-11) - [December](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-12) **Years** - [2020](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-03) - [2021](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2021-03) - [2022](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2022-03) - [2023](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2023-03) - [2024](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2024-03) - [2025](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2025-03) - [2026](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-03) - [2027](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2027-03) - [2028](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2028-03) - [2029](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2029-03) - [2030](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2030-03) - [2031](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2031-03) - [2032](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2032-03) - [2033](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2033-03) - [2034](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2034-03) - [2035](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2035-03) ## 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.