Orthodox Calendar Today: Saints, Feasts & Fasting
Today's fasting rule and what you may eat, the feast of the day and the saints commemorated — on the New Calendar or the Old Calendar, your choice.
Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross
All foods are permitted, including meat, dairy, fish, wine, and oil.
Nothing — this is a fast-free day.
Feasts of the Day
Lives of the Saints
- ✚Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross
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