---
title: "April 1, 2020 (New Style) — St Mary of Egypt"
description: "Wednesday, April 1, 2020. 1 April (Revised Julian). St Mary of Egypt. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2020-04-01"
language: "en"
---

Wednesday

# April 1, 2020

1 April (Revised Julian) · 5th week of Great Lent

New Calendar (Revised Julian)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-04-01) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2020-04-01)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2020-04)

[← March 31](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2020-03-31) [April 2 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2020-04-02)

## Events of the day

- St Mary of Egypt

  Commemoration

## Fasting

Fast day · Great Lent

Wednesday and Thursday of the 5th week of Lent (the Great Canon): food with oil and wine.

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

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 41:4–14

- Vespers

  Genesis 17:1–9

- Vespers

  Proverbs 15:20–16:9 (LXX)

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, New Calendar (OCA practice).

## Saints and icons

- [St Mary of Egypt](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/mary-of-egypt)
- Prayer of the day: [Prayer of St Ephrem the Syrian](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/ephrem)