2023 Icon Calendar: Saints and Martyrs of the Early Church (First to Third Centuries), 

• 11" X 12" full-color calendar features large calendar boxes (1-3/8" X 1-3/4") for recording your important date reminders
• Major saints and feast days traditionally celebrated in Orthodox countries around the world are listed
• There are two 11" X 12" pages for each month, with a large size icon image on the top page, and a calendar page below
• A hole is drilled at the top of the calendar, so that it is easy to hang on your wall
• Biographies on each of the featured saints

Features the following saints:

• Saint Ignatius the God-Bearer, Archbishop of Antioch (Feast day: December 20)
• Saint Clement, Bishop of Rome (Feast day: November 24)
• Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (Feast day: February 23)
• Protomartyr Thekla, Equal to the Apostles (Feast day: September 24)
• Holy Martyr Justin the Philosopher (Feast day: June 1)
• Holy Mother Paraskeva of Rome (Feast day: July 26)
• Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon (Feast day: August 23)
• Holy Martyr Tatiana of Rome (Feast Day: January 12)
• Hieromartyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage (Feast day: August 31)
• Holy Martyr Laurence, the Archdeacon (Feast day: August 10)
• Saint Dionysius of Alexandria (Feast day: October 5)
• Holy Martyr Anastasia (Feast day: December 22)

About the Calendar Dates

The feast days shown on this calendar in bold, blue type are the twelve great feast days of the Orthodox Church. Other feast days of some of the most popularly venerated saints of the Orthodox Churches around the world are listed in black, regular type. Dates are listed according to the Gregorian or "new" calendar.

Many days throughout the Orthodox church year are designated as fast days (on which we refrain from eating meat products, milk products, fish, wine, and oil). These fast days, marked in red type, include the four canonical fasting seasons (Great Lent, the Apostles’ fast, the Dormition fast, and the Advent fast), as well as almost every Wednesday and Friday. When a major feast falls during a fasting season, fish, wine, and oil are allowed. In addition, there are also several fast-free weeks and other special fast days. Because fast day designations vary slightly from church to church, consult your local parish for further details.