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title: "February 26, 2026 (New Style) | Church calendar"
description: "Thursday, February 26, 2026. 26 February (Revised Julian). Fast day. The Orthodox Church calendar, icons, prayers, lives of saints and Church history on…"
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Thursday

# February 26, 2026

26 February (Revised Julian) · 1st week of Great Lent

New Calendar (Revised Julian)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-02-26) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-02-26)

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

[← February 25](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-02-25) [February 27 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-02-27)

## 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

The first week of Great Lent is kept with particular strictness; agree your measure with a priest.

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 2:11–21

- Vespers

  Genesis 2:4–19

- Vespers

  Proverbs 3:1–18

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)