---
title: "March 13, 2026 — St Basil the Confessor | Church calendar"
description: "Friday, March 13, 2026. 28 February (Old Style). St Basil the Confessor. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-03-13"
language: "en"
---

Friday

# March 13, 2026

28 February (Old Style) · 3rd week of Great Lent

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-03-13) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-03-13)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-03)

[← March 12](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-03-12) [March 14 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-03-14)

## Events of the day

- St Basil the Confessor

  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 13:2–13

- Vespers

  Genesis 8:4–21

- Vespers

  Proverbs 10:31–11:12

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)