Church Calendar

Feasts, fasts and the saints of each day.

No fasting season this month.

February 2027. Each date links to that day’s saints, fasting and readings.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Monday, February 1Martyr TryphonTuesday, February 2, great feastGreat feastMeeting of Christ in the Temple(February 15 on the Old calendar)Wednesday, February 3Righteous Simeon the Godbearer and Anna the ProphetessStrict fastThursday, February 4Isidore of PelusiumFriday, February 5Martyr Agatha of PalermoStrict fastSaturday, February 6Bucolus of Smyrna
Sunday, February 736th Sunday after PentecostParthenius of LampsacusMonday, February 8Great Martyr Theodore StratelatesTuesday, February 9Leavetaking of the MeetingWednesday, February 10Hieromartyr HaralambosStrict fastThursday, February 11Hieromartyr Blaise of SebasteFriday, February 12Meletius of AntiochStrict fastSaturday, February 13Martinian of Caesarea
Sunday, February 14Sunday of ZacchaeusCyril, Teacher of the SlavsMonday, February 15Apostle Onesimus of the SeventyTuesday, February 16Martyr Pamphylius and His CompanionsWednesday, February 17Great Martyr Theodore TyroStrict fastThursday, February 18Leo the GreatFriday, February 19Philemon, Archippus, Apphia and OnesimusStrict fastSaturday, February 20Leo of Catania
Sunday, February 21Sunday of the Publican and the PhariseeTimothy of SymbolaThe Lenten Triodion beginsMonday, February 22Uncovering of the Relics of the Martyrs at the Gate of EugeniusTuesday, February 23Hieromartyr Polycarp of SmyrnaWednesday, February 24First and Second Finding of the Head of St. John the BaptistThursday, February 25Tarasius of ConstantinopleFriday, February 26Porphyrius of GazaSaturday, February 27Raphael of Brooklyn
Sunday, February 28Sunday of the Prodigal SonBasil the Confessor

  • Key

  • Great feast, with its Old-calendar date
  • Bar on the left: a fast day (see the label for what’s allowed)
  • Strict fastno meat, dairy, fish, wine or oil
  • Fast · wine and oilwine and oil allowed
  • Fast · fish, wine and oilfish, wine and oil allowed
  • No label: no fast

This calendar follows the New (Revised Julian) calendar as kept by the Orthodox Church in America. The Greek and Antiochian calendars may differ slightly on some saints and fasting details. On the Old calendar, fixed feasts fall 13 days later. Fasting practice varies; follow your priest’s guidance.Calendar data: Orthocal, New calendar.