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Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
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adapted from the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church Calendar
http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/, the OCA site "Pre-Lent Church Year," and Bulgarian National Radio.
– Full abstention from food
– Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
– Food without Oil
– Food with Oil
– Fish Allowed
– Meat is excluded
– Fast-free
Notations
February 1 - St. Brigid's Day
February 2 - Meeting of the Lord (Also Candlemas, Presentation to the Temple)
February 6/7 - Meatfare Saturday/Sunday
February 7 - February 13 – Maslenitsa/Cheesefare Week
February 14: Cheesefare Sunday and Forgiveness Sunday
February 14: Valentines Day and St. Triphon's Day
February 16 - Mardi Gras
February 15 - April 3 – Great Lent
February 27 - 2nd Saturday of the Great Lent
Let us fast an acceptable and very pleasing fast to the Lord.
True fast is the estrangement from evil, temperance of tongue,
abstinence from anger, separation from desires, slander, falsehood, perjury.
Privation of these is true fasting.
St. Basil the Great
True fast is the estrangement from evil, temperance of tongue,
abstinence from anger, separation from desires, slander, falsehood, perjury.
Privation of these is true fasting.
St. Basil the Great
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