Thursday · February 23, 2023(Julian: Feb 10)
Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
Dairy
Fasting
Fast
Dairy Allowed (Cheesefare Week)
You may eat
Dairy, eggs, fish, wine, oil, vegetables — but no meat.
To avoid
Meat.
Feasts of the Day
No great or major feast is commemorated today.
Lives of the Saints
- ✚Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
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Feasts of the Day
No great or major feast is commemorated today.
Lives of the Saints
- ✚Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Forefeast of the Meeting
2
Meeting of the Lord in the Temple
3
Holy Righteous Symeon the Go
4
St. Isidore of Pelusium
5
Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee (Triodion begins)
6
St. Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrn
7
St. Parthenius of Lampsacus
8
Great Martyr Theodore Strate
9
Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch
10
Hieromartyr Charalampus, Bis
11
Hieromartyr Blaise, Bishop o
12
Sunday of the Prodigal Son
13
St. Martinian of Palestine
14
Repose of St. Cyril, Equal-t
15
Apostle Onesimus of the Seve
16
Martyrs Pamphilus, Valens, a
17
Great Martyr Theodore the Ty
18
Meatfare Sunday · Sunday of the Last Judgement
19
Cheesefare Week begins
20
St. Leo, Bishop of Catania
21
St. Timothy of Symbola
22
Uncovering of the relics of
23
Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop
24
First and Second Findings of
25
Forgiveness Sunday (Cheesefare Sunday)
26
Clean Monday · Great Lent begins
27
St. Procopius the Confessor
28
St. Basil the Confessor
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no oil/wine/fish
Wine & oil
no fish
Fish allowed
+ wine & oil
Dairy week
no meat
Fast free
all foods
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