February

February 1
Martyr Tryphon of Campsada (Lampsakon) near Apamea in Syria, Martyrs Perpetua, a woman of Carthage, and the catechumens Saturus, Revocatus, Saturninus, Secundulus, and Felicitas, St. Peter the Galatian, hermit near Antioch in Syria, St. Vendemianus (Bendemianus), hermit of Bithynia, St. Basil, Archbishop of Thessalonica, New-Martyr Anastasius at Anaplus, St. Tryphon of Pechenga and Kola, St. Bridget (Brigit) of Ireland. (LSYP V; ) New-Martyr priest Peter Skipetrov (1918), St. Timothy the Confessor, Martyrs Theonas, two children, and Karion.

February 2
THE MEETING OF OUR LORD GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, New-Martyr Jordan of Trebizond, New-Martyr Gabriel at Constantinople, Martyr Agathadorus of Cappadocia, Repose of Schemamonk Seraphim of Valaam (1860).

February 3
Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess, Prophet Azarias , Martyrs Adrian and Eubulus at Caesaria in Cappadocia, St. Symeon, first Bishop of Tver, St. Ansgar, Bishop of Hamburg, enlightener of Denmark and Sweden, St. Romanus, prince of Uglich, New-Martyrs Stamatius and John, brothers, and Nicholas, their companion, St. James, Archbishop of Serbia, Nicholas, Archbishop of Japan; Repose of Schemamonk Paul of Simonov Monastery, disciple of St. Paisius Velichkovsky (1825), and Hieromonk Isidore of Gethsemane Skete, Moscow (1908).

February 4
St. Isidore of Pelusium, monk, Martyr Theoctistus, St. Jasim the Wonderworker.) St. Nicholas the Confessor, abbot of the Studion, Martyr Jadorus, Hieromartyr Abramius, Bishop of Arbela in Assyria, St. John, Bishop of Hirenopolis, St. George, prince of Vladimir, St. Cyril, abbot, wonderworker of Novoezersk (Novgorod), St. Abraham & St. Coprius, monks of Pechenga (Vologda), New-Martyr Joseph of Aleppo, Repose of Royal Recluse Dosithea of Moscow (1810).

February 5
Martyr Agatha of Sicily, Martyr Theodula of Anazarbus in Cilicia, and with her Martyrs Helladius, Macarius, and Evagrius, St. Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople, St. Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernigov, New-Martyr Anthony of Athens, New-Martyrs Matushka Agatha of Belo-Russia (1938), Schemamonk Eugene (1939), and Righteous Paramon (1941), Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Seeking Out of the Lost”, Repose of Righteous. Michael, Metropolitan of Serbia (1897).

February 6
St. Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr Julian of Emesa, Virgin Martyr Fausta, and with her Evilasius and Maximus, at Cyzicus, Virgin Martyr Dorothy, two sisters Christina and Callista, and Theophilus, at Caesaria in Cappadocia, Virgin Martyrs Martha and Mary, and their brother Lycarion, in Egypt, St. Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople, Saints Barsanuphius the Great and John the Prophet, monks of Palestine, Martyrs Faustus, Basil, Silvanus, and the holy Martyrs of Darion in Constantinople, St. John of Thebes, monk, St. James the Ascetic, St. Dorothy, schema-nun of Kashin, Repose of Archbishop Theophanes of Poltava (1940).

February 7
St. Parthenius, Bishop of Lampasacus on the Hellespont, St. Luke of Hellas (Stirion), The 1003 Martyrs of Nicomedia, Six Martyrs of Phrygia, St. Peter of Monovatia, monk, Martyr Theopemptus and Synodia, St. Aprionus, Bishop of Cyprus, New-Martyr George of Crete, Repose of Archimandrite Gennadius, ascetic of Roslavl forests (1826).

February 8
Great-Martyr Theodore Stratelites (“the General”), Prophet Zachariah, Martyrs Nicephorus and Stephen, Martyrs Philadelphus and Polycarp, St. Macarius, Bishop of Paphus, St. Pergetus, St. Sabbas II, Archbishop of Serbia.

February 9
Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch, Hieromartyrs Marcellus, Bishop of Sicily, Philagrius, Bishop of Cyprus, and Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina, Martyr Peter Damascene, Opening of the Relics of St. Innocent of Irkutsk, Saints Nicephorus and Gennadius, monks of Vazheozersk (Vologda), St. Pancratius, hieromonk of the Kiev Caves, Saints Aemilianus and Braccchio of Tours (Gaul), Repose of Maria, desert-dweller of Olonets (1860).

February 10
Hieromartyr Charalampus, Bishop of Magnesia, Martyrs Porphyrius and Baptus, Martyrs Ennatha, Valentina, and Paula of Palestine, Martyr Charalampus (another) and three women companions, St. Anastasius, Archbishop of Jerusalem, St. Prochorus of the Kiev Caves, Saints Joachim, Luke, Germanus, Arcadius, Gregory, Martyrius, Anthony, Basil and Symeon, Bishops of Novgorod, St. Anna, wife of Yaroslav I, St. Longinus, monk of Koryazhemsk (Vologda), New-Martyr Anatole, Metropolitan of Odessa (1938), Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Areovindus.

February 11
Hieromartyr Blaise, Bishop of Sebaste, St. Theodora, wife of Emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast, St. Demetrius, monk, wonderworker of Priluki (Vologda), New-Martyr George of Serbia, St. Vsevelod (in holy baptism Gabriel), wonderworker of Pskov, St. George, abbot in Serbia, Repose of Archbishop Simon of Shanghai and Peking (1933).

February 12
St. Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch, St. Mary, nun (who was called Marinus), and her father, St. Eugene, monk, at Alexandria, Saint Eugenios, the father of Saint Maria, Martyrs Saturninus and Plotinus, St. Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow and wonderworker of All Russia, St. Anthony, Patriarch of Constantinople, New-Martyr Christos at Constantinople, St. Bassian, abbot of Ryabovsky Forest Monastery, Uglich, New-Martyr Alexius, Bishop of Voronezh (1930), New-Martyr Archpriest Mitrophan (1931), Iveron Icon (Moscow) of the Most Holy Theotokos. Repose of cave-dweller Anastasia Logacheva (1875), Repose of cave-dweller Anastasia Logacheva (1875).

February 13
St. Martinian, monk of Caesaria in Palestine, Holy woman Zoe and Virgin Photina, Ap & Martyr Aquila, and Priscilla, St. Eulogius, Archbishop of Alexandria, St Symeon the Myrrhgusher, prince of Serbia.

February 14
St. Auxentius, monk of Bithynia, St. Abraham, Bishop of Charres in Mesopotamia, St. Maron, hermit of Syria, Martyr Philemon, Bishop of Gaza, New-Martyr George of Mitylene, at Constantinople, New-Martyr Nicholas of Corinth, St. Isaac, recluse of the Kiev Caves, Translation of the Relics of Martyr Michael and his counsellor Theodore of Chernigov.

February 15
Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy, St. Eusebius, hermit of Syria, Synaxis of St. John the Theologian at Diaconissa, St. Paphnutius, monk, and his daughter St. Euphrosyne, nun, of Alexandria, Martyr Major of Gaza, St. Paphnutius, recluse of the Kiev Caves, St. Dalmatus, abbot and founder of the Dormition Monastery in Siberia.

February 16
Martyrs Pamphilus presbyter, Valens deacon, Paul, Seleucus, Porphyrius, Julian, Theodulus, Elias, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Samuel and Danial, at Caesaria in Palestine, St. Marutha, Bishop of Martyropolis in Mesopotamia, Persian Martyrs with St. Maruthas, St. Flavian the hermit, Martyr Romanus of Mt. Athos, New-Martyrs Priest Elias (1934) and Priest Peter Lagov (1931), Repose of Metropolitan Macarius of Moscow, Apostle to the Altai (1926).

February 17
Great-Martyr Theodore the Tyro, Emperor Marcian and Pulcheria his wife and Commemoration of the dedication of the Great Church in Constantinople, Opening of the Relics of Martyr Menas of Alexandria, St. Mariamne, sister of Apostle Philip, St. Auxibius, Bishop of Soli in Cyprus, St. Theodosius the Bulgarian and his disciple St. Romanus, monks, St. Theodore the Silent of the Kiev Caves, St. Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, New-Martyr Theodore of Byzantium, at Mitylene, Weeping “Tikhvin” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos on Mt. Athos, Repose of Elder Agapitus of the Kiev Caves (1887), and Elder Barnabas of the Gethsemane Skete of St. Sergius’ Lavra (1906).

February 18
St. Leo the Great, pope of Rome, St. Flavian the confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople, St. Agapitus, Bishop of Synnada in Phrygia, and Martyrs Victor, Dorotheus, Theodulus, and Agrippa, who suffered under Licinius, Martyrs Leo and Parigorius of Patara in Lycia, Martyr Publius, St. Cosmas, monk of Yakhromsk, New-Martyr Priest Alexander Medvedsky (1932) and Hieromonk Benjamin (1938), Commemoration of the New-Martyrs who suffered during the “Holy Night” in Petersburg (1932).

February 19
Apostles Archippus and Philemon of the Seventy, and Martyr Apphia, St. Dositheus of Palestine, disciple of St. Abba Dorotheus, St. Rabulas of Samosata, Saints Eugene and Macarius, presbyters, confessors at Antioch, Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus, Hesychius, and Asclepiodota of Adrianopolis, St. Conon, abbot in Palestine, St. Philothea, nun of Athens, New Hieromartyr Nicetas of Epirus, Repose of Hieromonk Theodore of Sanaxar Monastery (1791).

February 20
St. Leo, Bishop of Catania in Sicily, St. Agatho, pope of Rome, Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him, St. Bessarion the Great, wonderworker of Egypt, St. Cindeus, Bishop of Pisidia, St. Plotinus, monk, Beheading of St. Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov Caves, and his disciple St. Bessian of Murom, St. Agatho, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves, Abbot Macarius and 34 monks and novices of Valaam martyred by the Lutherans (1578).

February 21
St. Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia, St. Eustathius (Eustace), Archbishop of Antioch, St. George, Bishop of Amastris on the Black Sea, St. Zachariah, Patriarch of Jerusalem, St. John the Scholastic, Patriarch of Constantinople, “Kozelshchanskaya” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, Repose of Blessed Simon Todorsky, Bishop of Pskov (1754), and Elder Macarius of Glinsk Hermitage (1864).

February 22
Opening of the Relics of Holy Martyrs at the gate of Eugenius at Constantinople, Martyrs Maurice and his son Photinus, and Martyrs Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers, at Apamea in Syria, Saints Thalassius, Limnaeus, and Baradates, hermits of Syria, St. Athanasius the confessor of Constantinople, St. Telesphorus, pope of Rome, St. Peter the Stylite of Mt. Athos, New-Martyr Theoktista Michailovna, fool-for-Christ of Voronezh (1936), New-Martyr priest Michael Lisicin (1918), Martyr Anthusa and her 12 servants, St. Blaise, Bishop, Repose of “Golden Grits” (Gregory) (1855) and Schema-un Avramia of Kashin (1855).

February 23
Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, St. Polycarp, monk of Briansk, Saints John, Antioch, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, Moses and Damian, ascetics of the Syrian deserts, St. Alexander, founder of the Order of the Unsleeping Ones, St. Damian of Esphigmenou Skete on Mt. Athos, St. Gorgonia, sister of St. Gregory the Theologian, St. Moses, monk of Byelozersk, New-Martyr Damian, monk of Mt. Athos, who suffered at Larissa, Martyr Clement, Martyr Thea, Repose of Abbot Nazarius of Valaam (1809).

February 24
First and Second Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist, St. Erasmus of the Kiev Caves, Opening of the Relics of St. Romanus, prince of Uglich.

February 25
St. Tarasius, Archbishop of Constantinople, Saints Erasmus and Paphnutius, monks, Hieromartyr Reginus, Bishop of the isle of Skopelos, St. Polycarp, Martyr Anthony, Martyrs Alexander and Hypatius at Marcionopolis, St. Theodore, fool-for-Christ, St. Marcellus, Bishop of Apamea in Syria.

February 26
St. Porphyrius, Bishop of Gaza, St. Sebastian, monk of Poshekhonye, New-Martyr John Calphas (“the Apprentice”) at Constantinople, St. Photina the Samaritan Woman and her sisters Anatola, Phota, Photis, Parasceva, and Cyriaca; her sons Photinus and Joses; and Sebastian the Duke, Victor, and Christodulus, martyrs.

February 27
St. Procopius the confessor of Decapolis, St. Thalalaeus, hermit of Syria, Martyr Gelasius the Actor of Heliopolis, St. Stephen, monk of Constantinople, Martyr Nesius, Saints Asclepius and James of Syria, monks, St. Timothy of Caesarea, monk, St. Titus, presbyter of the Kiev Caves, St. Titus the Soldier, of the Kiev Caves, St. Pitirim, Bishop of Tambov, Repose of Archimandrite Photius of the Novgorod Yuriev Monastery (1838) and Monk Anthony of Valaam (1848).

February 28
St. Basil the Confessor, companion of St. Procopius at Decapolis, Saints Marina, Cyra, and Domnica (Domnina), nuns of Syria, Hieromartyr Proterius, Patriarch of Alexandria, Hieromartyr Nestor, Bishop of Magydos in Pamphilia, Apostles Nymphas and Eubulus, Six Holy Martyrs of Egypt, St. Barsus of Damascus, Bishop Martyr Abercius, Blessed Nicholas of Salos of Pskov, fool-for-Christ, New-Martyr Kyranna, St. Romanus, desert-dweller of Condat in the Jura Mountains (Gaul), St. Shio of Georgia, monk, Repose of Arsenius Matseivich, Metropolitan of Rostov (1772).

February 29
St. John Cassian the Roman, abbot, St. John, called Barsanuphius, of Nitria in Egypt, Martyr Theocteristus, abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa, St. Cassian, recluse and faster of the Kiev Caves, St. Meletius, Bishop of Kharkov.