Guides to the Orthodox fasting year

• Why do Orthodox Christians fast?What the fast is for, how to begin, and what to do if you break it.
• How is Askesis checked?How the fast calendar is tested and sourced, and how to report an error.
• Orthodox fasting calendar, 2026 to 2030Every fast, new and old calendar.
• Great Lent 2027Dates and what the fast asks.
• The Nativity Fast, 2026Dates for the new and old calendar.
• Orthodox Easter dates, 2026 to 2035Beside Western Easter.
• The Wednesday and Friday fastWhy, when, and the fast-free weeks.
• Old calendar and new calendarWho keeps which, and what moves.

Your priest’s guidance for you personally always comes first. This page states the general discipline of the Church.