Great Lent 2028

28 February 2028 to 15 April 2028 (48 days)

Date	Rule	Feast
28 FebruaryMonday	Full abstinenceMonastic rule: full abstinence	Clean Monday: Beginning of Great Lent
29 FebruaryTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: full abstinence	Clean Tuesday
1 MarchWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Clean Wednesday
2 MarchThursday	Strict fastMonastic rule: full abstinence	Clean Thursday
3 MarchFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Clean Friday
4 MarchSaturday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	St
5 MarchSunday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	First Sunday of Lent: Triumph of Orthodoxy
6 MarchMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
7 MarchTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
8 MarchWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
9 MarchThursday	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 MarchFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
11 MarchSaturday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Second Saturday of Lent
12 MarchSunday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Second Sunday of Lent
13 MarchMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
14 MarchTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
15 MarchWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
16 MarchThursday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
17 MarchFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
18 MarchSaturday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Third Saturday of Lent
19 MarchSunday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Third Sunday of Lent, Veneration of the Precious Cross
20 MarchMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
21 MarchTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
22 MarchWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
23 MarchThursday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
24 MarchFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil
25 MarchSaturday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	Fourth Saturday of Lent
26 MarchSunday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Fourth Sunday of Lent
27 MarchMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
28 MarchTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
29 MarchWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil
30 MarchThursday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil
31 MarchFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia († 1461)
1 AprilSaturday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Fifth Saturday of Lent, of the Akathist
2 AprilSunday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil	Fifth Sunday of Lent
3 AprilMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
4 AprilTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
5 AprilWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
6 AprilThursday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil	Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius, Archbishop of Moravia, Enlightener of the Slavs († 885)
7 AprilFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
8 AprilSaturday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	Saturday of Palms (Lazarus Saturday)
9 AprilSunday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	Palm Sunday
10 AprilMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Great Monday
11 AprilTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Great Tuesday
12 AprilWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Great Wednesday
13 AprilThursday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil	Great Thursday
14 AprilFriday	Full abstinenceMonastic rule: full abstinence	Great Friday
15 AprilSaturday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Great Saturday

All fasts of 2028

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.