November 2025
Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)
- 1 Saturday St Demetrius Memorial Saturday 19 October (Old Style)
- 2 Sunday Great-martyr Artemius 20 October (Old Style)
- 3 Monday St Hilarion the Great 21 October (Old Style)
- 4 Tuesday Kazan Icon of the Theotokos (deliverance of Moscow and Russia in 1612) 22 October (Old Style)
- 5 Wednesday Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord 23 October (Old Style) · fast day
- 6 Thursday Martyr Arethas and the 4,299 with him; Icon of the Theotokos “Joy of All Who Sorrow” 24 October (Old Style)
- 7 Friday Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius 25 October (Old Style) · fast day
- 8 Saturday Great-martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica; commemoration of the great earthquake in Constantinople (740) 26 October (Old Style)
- 9 Sunday Martyr Nestor of Thessalonica 27 October (Old Style)
- 10 Monday Martyr Paraskeva (Pyatnitsa); St Dimitry of Rostov; St Job of Pochaev 28 October (Old Style)
- 11 Tuesday Monk-martyr Anastasia of Rome; St Abraham of Rostov 29 October (Old Style)
- 12 Wednesday Hieromartyr Zenobius and Martyr Zenobia 30 October (Old Style) · fast day
- 13 Thursday Apostles of the Seventy Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles and Aristobulus; Martyr Epimachus 31 October (Old Style)
- 14 Friday Unmercenaries and Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian of Asia 1 November (Old Style) · fast day
- 15 Saturday Martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidephorus and Anempodistus 2 November (Old Style)
- 16 Sunday Martyrs Acepsimas, Joseph and Aeithalas; Dedication of the Church of Great-martyr George in Lydda 3 November (Old Style)
- 17 Monday St Joannicius the Great 4 November (Old Style)
- 18 Tuesday Martyrs Galaction and Episteme; St Jonah, Archbishop of Novgorod 5 November (Old Style)
- 19 Wednesday St Paul the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople; St Barlaam of Khutyn 6 November (Old Style) · fast day
- 20 Thursday The 33 Martyrs of Melitene; St Lazarus of Mount Galesion 7 November (Old Style)
- 21 Friday Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers 8 November (Old Style) · fast day
- 22 Saturday Martyrs Onesiphorus and Porphyrius; St Matrona; St Nectarius of Aegina 9 November (Old Style)
- 23 Sunday Apostles of the Seventy Erastus, Olympas, Rodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius 10 November (Old Style)
- 24 Monday Great-martyr Menas; St Theodore the Studite; Blessed Maximus the Fool-for-Christ of Moscow 11 November (Old Style)
- 25 Tuesday St John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria; St Nilus the Faster 12 November (Old Style)
- 26 Wednesday St John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople 13 November (Old Style) · fast day
- 27 Thursday Apostle Philip; St Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica 14 November (Old Style)
- 28 Friday Martyrs and Confessors Gurias, Samonas and Abibus 15 November (Old Style) · fast day
- 29 Saturday Apostle and Evangelist Matthew 16 November (Old Style) · fast day
- 30 Sunday St Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesarea; St Nikon of Radonezh 17 November (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.