---
title: "April 1, 2021 (New Style) — St Mary of Egypt"
description: "Thursday, April 1, 2021. 1 April (Revised Julian). St Mary of Egypt. Fast day"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2021-04-01"
language: "en"
---

Thursday

# April 1, 2021

1 April (Revised Julian) · 3rd week of Great Lent

New Calendar (Revised Julian)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2021-04-01) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2021-04-01)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2021-04)

[← March 31](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2021-03-31) [April 2 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2021-04-02)

## Events of the day

- St Mary of Egypt

  Commemoration

## Fasting

Fast day · Great Lent

Great Lent, Tuesday and Thursday: cooked food without oil.

- Meat: not allowed
- Dairy & eggs: not allowed
- Fish: not allowed
- Oil: not allowed
- Wine: not 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 11:10–12:2

- Vespers

  Genesis 7:11–8:3

- Vespers

  Proverbs 10:1–22

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)