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title: "April 6, 2021 (New Style) | Church calendar"
description: "Tuesday, April 6, 2021. 6 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/2021-04-06"
language: "en"
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Tuesday

# April 6, 2021

6 April (Revised Julian) · 4th week of Great Lent

New Calendar (Revised Julian)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2021-04-06) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2021-04-06)

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

[← April 5](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2021-04-05) [April 7 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2021-04-07)

## Events of the day

No commemorations in the content package for this day yet

## 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 25:1–9

- Vespers

  Genesis 9:8–17

- Vespers

  Proverbs 12:8–22

- Vespers · St Tikhon

  Wisdom of Solomon 3:1–9

- Vespers · St Tikhon

  Wisdom of Solomon 5:15–6:3

- Vespers · St Tikhon

  Wisdom of Solomon 4:7–15

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)