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title: "April 16, 2021 (New Style) | Church calendar"
description: "Friday, April 16, 2021. 16 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/2021-04-16"
language: "en"
---

Friday

# April 16, 2021

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

New Calendar (Revised Julian)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2021-04-16) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2021-04-16)

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

[← April 15](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2021-04-15) [April 17 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2021-04-17)

## 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 45:11–17

- Vespers

  Genesis 22:1–18

- Vespers

  Proverbs 17:17–18:5

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)