February 16 - February 17 Fast Day The minimum fasting rule on this day, set by the bishops of the UGCC, is that we abstain from meat products.
February 17 Repose of Our Venerable Father Constantine the Philosopher, in the Monastic Life, Cyril, Teacher of the Slavs (869). First Saturday of the Great Fast: Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit. Holy and Great-Martyr Theodore the Recruit (286-305). Great Fast Day 6. Feast of St. Cyril transferred from February 14. Polyeleos Feast. Hebrews 1:1-12. 2 Timothy 2:1-10. Mark 2:23-3:5. John 15:17-16:2.