Nativity Fast 2026

15 November 2026 to 24 December 2026 (40 days)

Date	Rule	Feast
15 NovemberSunday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	24th Sunday after Pentecost
16 NovemberMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil	Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew († 60)
17 NovemberTuesday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil
18 NovemberWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
19 NovemberThursday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: with oil	Holy Hierarch Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna († 1867)
20 NovemberFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
21 NovemberSaturday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	Entry into the Temple of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
22 NovemberSunday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	25th Sunday after Pentecost
23 NovemberMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Holy Hieararch Mitrophan, in monastic-schema Macarius, Bishop of Voronezh († 1703)
24 NovemberTuesday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil
25 NovemberWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil
26 NovemberThursday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil
27 NovemberFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Icons of the Mother of God: “Znamenie” of Novgorod and “Znamenie”, the Kursk-Root
28 NovemberSaturday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed
29 NovemberSunday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	26th Sunday after Pentecost
30 NovemberMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil	Holy and All-priased Apostle Andrew the First-Called († 62)
1 DecemberTuesday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil
2 DecemberWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
3 DecemberThursday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil
4 DecemberFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil
5 DecemberSaturday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	Venerable Sabbas the Sanctified († 532)
6 DecemberSunday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	27th Sunday after Pentecost
7 DecemberMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
8 DecemberTuesday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil
9 DecemberWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil
10 DecemberThursday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil
11 DecemberFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
12 DecemberSaturday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	Venerable Herman, Wonderworker of Alaska († 1837) [ROCOR]
13 DecemberSunday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	28th Sunday after Pentecost
14 DecemberMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
15 DecemberTuesday	With oilMonastic rule: with oil
16 DecemberWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
17 DecemberThursday	With oilMonastic rule: fish allowed
18 DecemberFriday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
19 DecemberSaturday	Fish allowedMonastic rule: fish allowed	Saturday before the Nativity of Christ
20 DecemberSunday	With oilMonastic rule: fish allowed	Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, of the Fathers
21 DecemberMonday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast	Repose of Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia († 1326)
22 DecemberTuesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil
23 DecemberWednesday	Strict fastMonastic rule: strict fast
24 DecemberThursday	Strict fastMonastic rule: with oil

All fasts of 2026

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.