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title: "March 18, 2026 (New Style) | Church calendar"
description: "Wednesday, March 18, 2026. 18 March (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/2026-03-18"
language: "en"
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Wednesday

# March 18, 2026

18 March (Revised Julian) · 4th week of Great Lent

New Calendar (Revised Julian)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2026-03-18) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-03-18)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-03)

[← March 17](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-03-17) [March 19 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2026-03-19)

## 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 26:21–27:9

- Vespers

  Genesis 9:18–10:1

- Vespers

  Proverbs 12:23–13:9 (LXX)

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)