The Annunciation of the Theotokos — March 25 (New Calendar)
Day by day
Daily fasting rule, March 2027
Date
New Calendar
Old Calendar
Feast or commemoration
Mon
No fast today
No fast today
Martyr Eudocia of Heliopolis
Tue
No fast today
No fast today
Hieromartyr Theodotus of Cyrenia
Wed
Strict fast
Strict fast
Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus
Thu
No fast today
No fast today
St. Gerasimus of the Jordan
Fri
Strict fast
Strict fast
Martyr Conon of Isauria
Sat
No fast today
No fast today
The Forty-two Martyrs of Amorium
Sun
No fast today
No fast today
Hieromartyrs of Cherson
Mon
Cheesefare — dairy permittedCheesefare Week
Cheesefare — dairy permittedCheesefare Week
St. Theophylact of Nicomedia
Tue
Cheesefare — dairy permittedCheesefare Week
Cheesefare — dairy permittedCheesefare Week
The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
Wed
Cheesefare — dairy permittedCheesefare Week
Cheesefare — dairy permittedCheesefare Week
Martyr Quadratus of Corinth
Thu
Cheesefare — dairy permittedCheesefare Week
Cheesefare — dairy permittedCheesefare Week
St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem
Fri
Cheesefare — dairy permittedCheesefare Week
Cheesefare — dairy permittedCheesefare Week
St. Theophanes the Confessor
Sat
Cheesefare — dairy permittedCheesefare Week
Cheesefare — dairy permittedCheesefare Week
Translation of the Relics of St. Nicephorus of Constantinople
Sun
Cheesefare — dairy permittedCheesefare Week
Cheesefare — dairy permittedCheesefare Week
St. Benedict of Nursia
Mon
Strict fastGreat Lent
Strict fastGreat Lent
Martyr Agapius and companions
Tue
Strict fastGreat Lent
Strict fastGreat Lent
Martyr Sabinus of Egypt
Wed
Strict fastGreat Lent
Strict fastGreat Lent
St. Alexis the Man of God
Thu
Strict fastGreat Lent
Strict fastGreat Lent
St. Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem
Fri
Strict fastGreat Lent
Strict fastGreat Lent
Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria
Sat
Wine & oil permittedGreat Lent
Wine & oil permittedGreat Lent
Holy Fathers slain at the Monastery of St. Sabbas
Sun
Wine & oil permittedGreat Lent
Wine & oil permittedGreat Lent
St. James the Confessor
Mon
Strict fastGreat Lent
Strict fastGreat Lent
Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra
Tue
Strict fastGreat Lent
Strict fastGreat Lent
Monk-martyr Nicon and his 199 disciples
Wed
Strict fastGreat Lent
Strict fastGreat Lent
Forefeast of the Annunciation
Thu
Fish permittedGreat Lent
Strict fastGreat Lent
The Annunciation of the Theotokos (New)
Fri
Strict fastGreat Lent
Strict fastGreat Lent
Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel
Sat
Wine & oil permittedGreat Lent
Wine & oil permittedGreat Lent
Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica
Sun
Wine & oil permittedGreat Lent
Wine & oil permittedGreat Lent
St. Hilarion the New
Mon
Strict fastGreat Lent
Strict fastGreat Lent
St. Mark of Arethusa
Tue
Strict fastGreat Lent
Strict fastGreat Lent
St. John Climacus, author of the Ladder
Wed
Strict fastGreat Lent
Strict fastGreat Lent
St. Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra
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.