---
title: "February 20, 2026 (New Style) | Church calendar"
description: "Friday, February 20, 2026. 20 February (Revised Julian). No fast. The Orthodox Church calendar, icons, prayers, lives of saints and Church history on spas.life."
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-02-20"
language: "en"
---

Friday

# February 20, 2026

20 February (Revised Julian) · Cheesefare Week

New Calendar (Revised Julian)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-02-20) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-02-20)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-02)

[← February 19](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-02-19) [February 21 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-02-21)

## Events of the day

No commemorations in the content package for this day yet

## Fasting

No fast · Cheesefare Week

Cheesefare Week: no meat; dairy, eggs and fish are allowed every day.

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

  Zechariah 8:7–17

- Vespers

  Zechariah 8:19–23

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

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [Short penitential prayers](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/penitential-short)