Orthodox Calendar April 2020

30 days

Serbian Orthodox Calendar

D new old Feast / Saint Fast
We 1 19 Sveti mučenici Hrizant, Darija i drugi; Prepodobni Simeon Dajbapski water
Th 2 20 Prepodobni Oci ubijeni u manastiru Svetog Save Osvećenog water
Fr 3 21 Second Vigil water
Sa 4 22 Sveti sveštenomučenik Vasilije Ankirski oil
Su 5 23 Sveti sveštenomučenik Nikon i drugi oil
Mo 6 24 Prepodobni Zaharije; Sv. Artimije Solunski; Sv. Irinej Bački, Ispovednik vere (Pretprazništvo Blagovesti) water
Tu 7 25 Annunciation of the Theotokos fish
We 8 26 Sabor Svetog Arhangela Gavrila (Odanije Blagovesi) water
Th 9 27 Sveta mučenica Matrona Solunska water
Fr 10 28 Prepodobni Ilarion Ispovednik, Prep. Stefan Čudotvorac water
Sa 11 29 Lazarus Saturday oil
Su 12 30 Palm Sunday fish
Mo 13 31 Sveštenomučenik Ipatije, Episkop gangriski water
Tu 14 1 Prepodobna Marija Egipćanka water
We 15 2 Prepodobni Tit Čudotvorac water
Th 16 3 Holy Thursday oil
Fr 17 4 Great Friday strict
Sa 18 5 Great and Holy Saturday water
Su 19 6 Pascha — Christ is Risen! none
Mo 20 7 Bright Monday none
Tu 21 8 Bright Tuesday none
We 22 9 Sveti mučenik Evpsihije Kesarijski none
Th 23 10 Sveti mučenici Terentije, Afrikana, Maksim, Pompeij i ostali none
Fr 24 11 Bright Friday none
Sa 25 12 Prepodobni Vasilije Ispovednik none
Su 26 13 Sveti sveštenomučenik Artemon Laodikijski none
Mo 27 14 Bright Week Monday (Radonitsa eve) none
Tu 28 15 Sveti apostoli Aristarh, Pud i Trofim none
We 29 16 Svete mučenice Agapija, Hionija i Irina water
Th 30 17 Prepodobni Simeon, Episkop Persijski i ostali none
Red letter · Bold = major feasts (Christmas, Theophany, Exaltation...) · SLAVA = popular patron saint days
What do the fasting labels mean?
strict
Xerophagy — no oil, no wine, only raw/dried food
water
Cooked food allowed, no oil
oil
Vegetable oil permitted
wine
Wine and oil permitted
fish
Fish permitted — Annunciation, Transfiguration, Palm Sunday
none
No fast — all foods permitted
dairy
Cheesefare Week — meat forbidden, dairy and eggs permitted