Orthodox Fasting Calendar June 2026

Fasting seasons and fast days this month

New Calendar

Week after Pentecost: June 1–7
Apostles' Fast: June 8–28
Sts. Peter & Paul: June 29

Old Calendar

Week after Pentecost: June 1–7
Apostles' Fast: June 8–30

Day by day

Daily fasting rule, June 2026
Date	New Calendar	Old Calendar	Feast or commemoration
Jun 1Mon	Fast-freeWeek after Pentecost	Fast-freeWeek after Pentecost	Martyr Justin the Philosopher and companions
Jun 2Tue	Fast-freeWeek after Pentecost	Fast-freeWeek after Pentecost	St. Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople
Jun 3Wed	Fast-freeWeek after Pentecost	Fast-freeWeek after Pentecost	Martyr Lucillian and companions
Jun 4Thu	Fast-freeWeek after Pentecost	Fast-freeWeek after Pentecost	St. Metrophanes, first Patriarch of Constantinople
Jun 5Fri	Fast-freeWeek after Pentecost	Fast-freeWeek after Pentecost	Hieromartyr Dorotheus, Bishop of Tyre
Jun 6Sat	Fast-freeWeek after Pentecost	Fast-freeWeek after Pentecost	St. Bessarion the Wonderworker
Jun 7Sun	Fast-freeWeek after Pentecost	Fast-freeWeek after Pentecost	Sunday of All Saints (New)
Jun 8Mon	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Translation of the Relics of Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates
Jun 9Tue	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	St. Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria
Jun 10Wed	Wine & oil permittedApostles' Fast	Wine & oil permittedApostles' Fast	Hieromartyr Timothy, Bishop of Prusa
Jun 11Thu	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas
Jun 12Fri	Wine & oil permittedApostles' Fast	Wine & oil permittedApostles' Fast	St. Onuphrius the Great
Jun 13Sat	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Martyr Aquilina of Byblos
Jun 14Sun	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Prophet Elisha
Jun 15Mon	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Prophet Amos
Jun 16Tue	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	St. Tychon, Bishop of Amathus
Jun 17Wed	Wine & oil permittedApostles' Fast	Wine & oil permittedApostles' Fast	Martyrs Manuel, Sabel and Ismael of Persia
Jun 18Thu	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Martyr Leontius of Tripoli
Jun 19Fri	Wine & oil permittedApostles' Fast	Wine & oil permittedApostles' Fast	Apostle Jude, brother of the Lord
Jun 20Sat	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Hieromartyr Methodius, Bishop of Patara
Jun 21Sun	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Martyr Julian of Tarsus
Jun 22Mon	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Hieromartyr Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata
Jun 23Tue	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Martyr Agrippina of Rome
Jun 24Wed	Wine & oil permittedApostles' Fast	Wine & oil permittedApostles' Fast	Nativity of St. John the Baptist (New)
Jun 25Thu	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Virgin-martyr Febronia of Nisibis
Jun 26Fri	Wine & oil permittedApostles' Fast	Wine & oil permittedApostles' Fast	St. David of Thessalonica
Jun 27Sat	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	St. Sampson the Hospitable of Constantinople
Jun 28Sun	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Translation of the Relics of Unmercenaries Cyrus and John
Jun 29Mon	No fast todaySts. Peter & Paul	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (New)
Jun 30Tue	No fast today	Fish permittedApostles' Fast	Synaxis of the Holy Twelve Apostles

Strict fastNo meat, dairy, eggs, fish, wine or oil — vegetables, grains and fruit. Simplicity as prayer.Wine & oil permittedWine and olive oil are permitted today. No meat, dairy, eggs or fish.Fish permittedFish is allowed today, with wine, oil, shellfish and all foods of the earth. No meat, dairy or eggs.Cheesefare — dairy permittedNo meat this week, but dairy, eggs and fish are welcome every day — even Wednesday and Friday.Fast-freeA fast-free period: the Church is feasting. All foods with gratitude.No fast todayAn ordinary day — eat with thanksgiving.

Follow your parish

These are the general fasting rules of the Orthodox Church, computed for both calendars. Local custom, age, health, pregnancy and your priest’s guidance come first — when in doubt, ask your priest.

Old and New Calendar

New Calendar (Revised Julian) churches — most Greek, Antiochian, OCA, Romanian and Bulgarian parishes — keep fixed feasts on the civil date. Old Calendar (Julian) churches — Russian, Serbian, Georgian and others — keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Pascha and the feasts that depend on it fall on the same day for both.