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Orthodox fasting calendar

October 2026 fasting calendar

The Orthodox fasting rule for every day of October 2026, on both the New and the Old Calendar, with the feasts of the month.

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Fasting seasons and fast days this month

New Calendar

No named fasting season falls in this period — only the ordinary Wednesday and Friday fast.

Old Calendar

No named fasting season falls in this period — only the ordinary Wednesday and Friday fast.

Day by day

Daily fasting rule, October 2026
DateNew CalendarOld CalendarFeast or commemoration
ThuNo fast todayNo fast todayThe Protection (Pokrov) of the Theotokos (New)
FriStrict fastStrict fastHieromartyr Cyprian and Virgin-martyr Justina
SatNo fast todayNo fast todayHieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite
SunNo fast todayNo fast todaySt. Hierotheus, Bishop of Athens
MonNo fast todayNo fast todayMartyr Charitina
TueNo fast todayNo fast todayApostle Thomas
WedStrict fastStrict fastMartyrs Sergius and Bacchus
ThuNo fast todayNo fast todaySt. Pelagia the Penitent
FriStrict fastStrict fastApostle James, son of Alphaeus
SatNo fast todayNo fast todayMartyrs Eulampius and Eulampia
SunNo fast todayNo fast todayApostle Philip of the Seventy, the Deacon
MonNo fast todayNo fast todayMartyrs Probus, Tarachus and Andronicus
TueNo fast todayNo fast todayMartyrs Carpus, Papylus and companions
WedStrict fastStrict fastThe Protection (Pokrov) of the Theotokos (Old)
ThuNo fast todayNo fast todaySt. Lucian of Antioch
FriStrict fastStrict fastMartyr Longinus the Centurion, who stood at the Cross
SatNo fast todayNo fast todayProphet Hosea
SunNo fast todayNo fast todayApostle and Evangelist Luke
MonNo fast todayNo fast todayProphet Joel
TueNo fast todayNo fast todayGreat Martyr Artemius
WedStrict fastStrict fastSt. Hilarion the Great
ThuNo fast todayNo fast todaySt. Abercius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, of Hierapolis
FriStrict fastStrict fastApostle James, the Brother of the Lord, first Bishop of Jerusalem
SatNo fast todayNo fast todayMartyr Arethas and companions
SunNo fast todayNo fast todayMartyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries
MonNo fast todayNo fast todayGreat Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streaming of Thessalonica
TueNo fast todayNo fast todayMartyr Nestor of Thessalonica
WedStrict fastStrict fastMartyrs Terence and Neonilla
ThuNo fast todayNo fast todayVirgin-martyr Anastasia of Rome
FriStrict fastStrict fastHieromartyr Zenobius and his sister Zenobia
SatNo fast todayNo fast todayApostles Stachys, Amplias and companions of the Seventy
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.