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Nativity Fast 2026

28 November 2026 to 6 January 2027 (40 days)

DateRuleFeast
Saturday15 November on the Old calendarFish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed
Sunday16 November on the Old calendarFish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed26th Sunday after Pentecost
Monday17 November on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
Tuesday18 November on the Old calendarWith oilMonastic rule: with oil
Wednesday19 November on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: strict fastHoly Hierarch Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna († 1867)
Thursday20 November on the Old calendarWith oilMonastic rule: with oil
Friday21 November on the Old calendarFish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowedEntry into the Temple of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
Saturday22 November on the Old calendarFish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed
Sunday23 November on the Old calendarFish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed27th Sunday after Pentecost
Monday24 November on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
Tuesday25 November on the Old calendarWith oilMonastic rule: fish allowed
Wednesday26 November on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
Thursday27 November on the Old calendarFish allowedMonastic rule: with oilIcons of the Mother of God: “Znamenie” of Novgorod and “Znamenie”, the Kursk-Root
Friday28 November on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
Saturday29 November on the Old calendarFish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed
Sunday30 November on the Old calendarFish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed28th Sunday after Pentecost
Monday1 December on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
Tuesday2 December on the Old calendarWith oilMonastic rule: with oil
Wednesday3 December on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
Thursday4 December on the Old calendarWith oilMonastic rule: fish allowed
Friday5 December on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: with oilVenerable Sabbas the Sanctified († 532)
Saturday6 December on the Old calendarFish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowedSaint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia († c
Sunday7 December on the Old calendarFish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed29th Sunday after Pentecost
Monday8 December on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
Tuesday9 December on the Old calendarWith oilMonastic rule: fish allowed
Wednesday10 December on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
Thursday11 December on the Old calendarWith oilMonastic rule: with oil
Friday12 December on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: strict fastVenerable Herman, Wonderworker of Alaska († 1837) [ROCOR]
Saturday13 December on the Old calendarFish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowedMartyrs Eustratios, Auxentios, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes at Sebaste († c
Sunday14 December on the Old calendarFish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowedSunday of the Holy Forefathers
Monday15 December on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
Tuesday16 December on the Old calendarWith oilMonastic rule: with oil
Wednesday17 December on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: with oil
Thursday18 December on the Old calendarWith oilMonastic rule: with oil
Friday19 December on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
Saturday20 December on the Old calendarWith oilMonastic rule: fish allowedSaturday before the Nativity of Christ
Sunday21 December on the Old calendarWith oilMonastic rule: with oilSunday before the Nativity of Christ, of the Fathers
Monday22 December on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
Tuesday23 December on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: with oil
Wednesday24 December on the Old calendarStrict fastMonastic rule: with oil

All fasts of 2026

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.