Tuesday · February 29, 2028(Julian: Feb 16)
St. John Cassian the Roman
Strict
Fasting
Great Lent
Strict Fast
You may eat
Bread, fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and shellfish.
To avoid
Meat, dairy, eggs, fish, wine, and oil.
Feasts of the Day
No great or major feast is commemorated today.
Lives of the Saints
- ✚St. John Cassian the Roman
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Feasts of the Day
No great or major feast is commemorated today.
Lives of the Saints
- ✚St. John Cassian the Roman
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Forefeast of the Meeting
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Meeting of the Lord in the Temple
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Holy Righteous Symeon the Go
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St. Isidore of Pelusium
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Martyr Agatha of Sicily
6
Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee (Triodion begins)
7
St. Parthenius of Lampsacus
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Great Martyr Theodore Strate
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Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch
10
Hieromartyr Charalampus, Bis
11
Hieromartyr Blaise, Bishop o
12
St. Meletius, Archbishop of
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Sunday of the Prodigal Son
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Repose of St. Cyril, Equal-t
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Apostle Onesimus of the Seve
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Martyrs Pamphilus, Valens, a
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Great Martyr Theodore the Ty
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St. Leo the Great, Pope of R
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Meatfare Sunday · Sunday of the Last Judgement
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Cheesefare Week begins
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St. Timothy of Symbola
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Uncovering of the relics of
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Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop
24
First and Second Findings of
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St. Tarasius, Archbishop of
26
Forgiveness Sunday (Cheesefare Sunday)
27
Clean Monday · Great Lent begins
28
St. Basil the Confessor
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St. John Cassian the Roman
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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
Great feast Major feast