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title: "April 8, 2020 (New Style) | Church calendar"
description: "Wednesday, April 8, 2020. 8 April (Revised Julian). Fast day. The Orthodox Church calendar, icons, prayers, lives of saints and Church history on spas.life."
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2020-04-08"
language: "en"
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Wednesday

# April 8, 2020

8 April (Revised Julian) · 6th week of Great Lent

New Calendar (Revised Julian)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2020-04-08) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2020-04-08)

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

[← April 7](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2020-04-07) [April 9 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2020-04-09)

## Events of the day

No commemorations in the content package for this day yet

## 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 58:1–11

- Vespers

  Genesis 43:26–31, 45:1–16

- Vespers

  Proverbs 21:23–22:4

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

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [Prayer of St Ephrem the Syrian](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/ephrem)