Saturday · January 17, 2026(Julian: Jan 4)
St. Anthony the Great, Father of Monasticism
Fish
Fasting
Apostles Fast
Fish, Wine, and Oil Allowed
You may eat
Fish, vegetables, legumes, shellfish, wine, and oil.
To avoid
Meat, dairy, and eggs.
Feasts of the Day
No great or major feast is commemorated today.
Lives of the Saints
- ✚St. Anthony the Great, Father of Monasticism
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Feasts of the Day
No great or major feast is commemorated today.
Lives of the Saints
- ✚St. Anthony the Great, Father of Monasticism
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Circumcision of the Lord · St. Basil the Great
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St. Seraphim of Sarov, Wonde
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Holy Prophet Malachi
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Synaxis of the Seventy Apost
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Martyrs Theopemptus and Theo
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Theophany (Holy Baptism of the Lord)
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Synaxis of St. John the Baptist
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Sts. George the Chozebite
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Martyr Polyeuctus of Meliten
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St. Gregory of Nyssa
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St. Theodosius the Cenobiarc
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Martyr Tatiana of Rome
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Martyrs Hermylus and Straton
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Holy Fathers slain at Sinai
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St. Paul of Thebes
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Veneration of the Precious C
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St. Anthony the Great, Fathe
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Sts. Athanasius and Cyril, A
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St. Macarius the Great of Eg
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St. Euthymius the Great
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St. Maximus the Confessor
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Apostle Timothy
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Martyr Clement of Ancyra
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St. Xenia of Rome
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St. Gregory the Theologian,
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St. Xenophon, his wife Mary,
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Translation of the relics of
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St. Ephraim the Syrian
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Translation of the relics of
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Three Holy Hierarchs (Basil, Gregory, John Chrysostom)
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Holy Unmercenaries Cyrus and
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Strict fast
no oil/wine/fish
Wine & oil
no fish
Fish allowed
+ wine & oil
Dairy week
no meat
Fast free
all foods
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