---
title: "April 5, 2030 (New Style) | Church calendar"
description: "Friday, April 5, 2030. 5 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/2030-04-05"
language: "en"
---

Friday

# April 5, 2030

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

New Calendar (Revised Julian)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2030-04-05) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2030-04-05)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2030-04)

[← April 4](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2030-04-04) [April 6 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2030-04-06)

## 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 29:13–23

- Vespers

  Genesis 12:1–7

- Vespers

  Proverbs 14:15–26

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)