Great Lent 2026

23 February 2026 to 11 April 2026 (48 days)

Date	Rule	Feast
23 FebruaryMonday	Full abstinenceMonastic rule: full abstinence	Clean Monday: Beginning of Great Lent
24 FebruaryTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: full abstinence	Clean Tuesday
25 FebruaryWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Clean Wednesday
26 FebruaryThursday	Strict fastMonastic rule: full abstinence	Clean Thursday
27 FebruaryFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Clean Friday
28 FebruarySaturday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	St
1 MarchSunday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	First Sunday of Lent: Triumph of Orthodoxy
2 MarchMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil	Icon of the Mother of God ‘She who Reigns’ (1917)
3 MarchTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
4 MarchWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
5 MarchThursday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
6 MarchFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
7 MarchSaturday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Second Saturday of Lent
8 MarchSunday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Second Sunday of Lent
9 MarchMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil	The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste († c.320): Cyrion, Candidus, Domnus, Hesychius, Iraclius, Smaragdus, Eunoicus, Valentus, Vivian, Claudius, Priskus, Theodulus, Eutichius, John, Xanthus, Ilian, Sisinius, Angius, Aetius, Flavius, Dometian, Gaius, Leontius, Athanasius, Cyrill, Sakerdonus, Nicholas, Valerius, Philoctimon, Seberian, Chudionus, Aglaius, and Meliton
10 MarchTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
11 MarchWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
12 MarchThursday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
13 MarchFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
14 MarchSaturday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Third Saturday of Lent
15 MarchSunday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Third Sunday of Lent, Veneration of the Precious Cross
16 MarchMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
17 MarchTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
18 MarchWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
19 MarchThursday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
20 MarchFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
21 MarchSaturday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Fourth Saturday of Lent
22 MarchSunday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Fourth Sunday of Lent
23 MarchMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
24 MarchTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil
25 MarchWednesday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
26 MarchThursday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil
27 MarchFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
28 MarchSaturday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Fifth Saturday of Lent, of the Akathist
29 MarchSunday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Fifth Sunday of Lent
30 MarchMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
31 MarchTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil	Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia († 1461)
1 AprilWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
2 AprilThursday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
3 AprilFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
4 AprilSaturday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	Saturday of Palms (Lazarus Saturday)
5 AprilSunday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	Palm Sunday
6 AprilMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Great Monday
7 AprilTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Great Tuesday
8 AprilWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Great Wednesday
9 AprilThursday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil	Great Thursday
10 AprilFriday	Full abstinenceMonastic rule: full abstinence	Great Friday
11 AprilSaturday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Great Saturday

All fasts of 2026

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.