February's Orthodox Christian Saints
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St. Perpetua & the catechumens Saturus, Revocatus, Saturninus, Secundulus at Carthage; St. Brigid of Kildare; St. Felicity;
Martyr Tryphon of Campsada; St. Peter of Galatia; St. Vendemianus; St.
Seiriol; Martyr Elias the New of Damascus; Ss. David, Symeon, &
George, confessors of Mytilene; St. Basil, archbishop of Thessalonica;
St. Tryphon, bishop of Rostov; St. Tryphon of Pechenga or Kola; New
Martyr Anastasius at Nauplion; New Hieromartyr Archpriest Peter
Skipetrov of Petrograd
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Presentation of Christ; New Martyr Jordan of Trebizond; New Hieromartyr Gabriel; St. Anthimus of Chios; Martyr Agathodorus of Tyana in Cappadocia; *Repose
of Schemamonk Seraphim of Valaam
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Prophetess Anna;
Prophet Azarias; Martyrs Papias, Diodorus, & Claudianus, at Perge;
Martyr Blaise of Caesarea in Cappadocia; Martyr Paul the Syrian;
Martyrs Adrian and Eubulus; St. Laurence, bishop of Canterbury; St.
Werburga of Chester, abbess; St. Ansgar, bishop of Hamburg, enlightener
of Denmark & Sweden; St. Svyatoslav-Gabriel & his son St.
Dimitry, of Yuriev; St. Romanus, prince of Uglich; St. Symeon, bishop
of Polotsk and Tver; St. James, archbishop of Serbia; St. Sabbas of
Ioannina; St. Ignatius of Mariupol in the Crimea, metropolitan of
Gothia & Kafa; New Martyrs Stamatius & John, brothers, &
Nicholas, at Spetses on Chios; St. Nicholas of Japan; St. Simeon the Host of God; *Repose
of Schemamonk Paul of Simonov Monastery, disciple of St. Paisius, & Hieromonk Isidore of Gethsemane Skete, Moscow
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St.
Isidore of Pelusium; Martyrs Jadorus & Isidore, who suffered under
Decius; Hieromartyr Phileas, bishop of Thmuis, & Martyr Philoromus
the Magistrate; St. John of Irenopolis; Hieromartyr Abramius, bishop of
Arbela in Assyria; St. Evagrius, fellow-ascetic of Shio of Mvgime,
Georgia; Hieromartyr Aldate of Gloucester; St. Nicholas the Confessor,
abbot of the Studion; St. George, prince of Vladimir; Ss. Abraham &
Coprius, monks of Pechenga; St. Cyril, wonderworker of New Lake; New
Martyr Joseph of Aleppo in Syria; New Hieromartyr Methodius, bishop of
Petropavlovsk; *Repose
of the royal recluse Dosithea of Moscow
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Holy
Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily; St. Theodosius of Skopelos in
Cilicia; St. Avitus, bishop of Vienne; St. Polyeuctus, patriarch of
Constantinople; St. Theodosius, archbishop of Chernigov; New Martyr
Anthony of Athens; New Martyrs Matushka Agatha & Schemamonk Eugene
& Righteous Paramon, of Byeorussia; Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
"Seeking Out the Lost"; *Repose
of Metropolitan Michael of Serbia; Valeriu Gafencu of Romania; Abbess Agnia of Nizhni-Novgorod
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St. Dorothy and with her Martyrs Christina & Callista & Theophilus; St. Bucolus, bishop of Smyrna; Virgin-martyr Fausta & with her Martyrs Evilasius & Maximus; St. Julian of Homs; Virgin-martyrs Martha & Mary at Tanis in Egypt; St. James of Syria; St. Mael, bishop of Ardagh, disciple of St. Patrick;
Ss. Barsanuphrius the Great & John the Prophet, monks of Gaza; St.
Vedast, bishop of Arras; St. Amand; St. Arsen of Iqalto, Georgia; St.
Dorothy of Kashin; New Hieromartyr Priest Basil Nadezhnin of Moscow;
St. John of Thebes; St. Photios the Great; *Repose
of Archbishop Theophan of Poltava
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St. Richard;
St. Parthenius, bishop of Lampsacus; St. Luke of Mt. Steirion; 1,003
Martyrs of Nicomedia; St. Avgul, bishop of Brittany; St. Mastridia of
Jerusalem, woman ascetic of the desert; New Martyr George of Alikianes
on Crete; New Hieromartyr Barlaam, archbishop of Perm; Six Martyrs of
Phrygia; St. Aprionus, bishop of Cyprus; *Repose
of Archmandrite Gennadius, ascetic of the Roslavl Forests, and
commemoration of his disciple Abramius the desert-dweller of Whitehoof
Convent, and the latter's spiritual daughter Abbess Alexandra
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St. Zechariah;
Martyr Conitus of Alexandria; St. Agathangelus, bishop of Damascus; St.
Sabbas II, bishop of Serbia; Ss. John & Basil of the Kiev Caves;
St. Lyubov of Ryazan, fool-for Christ; Virgin-martyrs Martha & Mary
at Tanis in Egypt; St. Macarius, bishop of Paphos in Cyprus; St. Theodore Stratelates; Prophet Zacharias; *Repose of Schema-abbot Theodore of Valaam
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Martyr
Nicephorus of Antioch; Hieromartyrs Marcellus, bishop of Sicily,
Philagrius, bishop of Cyprus, & Pancratius, bishop of Taormina,
disciples of Apostle Peter; Martyr Apollonia of Alexandria; St. Romanus
the Wonderworker of Cilicia; Ss. Aemilianus & Bracchio of Tours;
St. Teilo, bishop of Llandaff, Wales; Hieromartyr Peter, bishop of
Damascus; St. Pancratius, hieromonk of the Kiev Caves; Ss. Gennadius
& Nicephorus, monks of Vazhe Lake; Uncovering of the relics of St.
Innocent, bishop of Irkutsk; *Repose of Maria, desert-dweller of Olonets
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Hieromartyr
Charalampus, bishop of Magnesia in Asia minor & Martyrs Porphyrius
& Baptus; Martyrs Ennatha, Valentina, & Paula, of Palestine;
St. Scholastica of Italy, sister of St. Benedict of Nursia; Synaxis of
Novgorod Hierarchs: Ss. Joachim, Luke the Jew, Germanus, Arcadius,
Gregory, Martyrius, Anthony, Basil, Moses, Symeon, Gennadius, Pimen,
& Athonius; St. Anna of Novgorod, wife of Yaroslav I; St. Prochorus
of the Kiev Caves; St. John Chimchimeli of Bachkovo & Gremi; St.
Longinus, monk of Koryazhemka; St. Anastasius II, archbishop of
Jerusalem; Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Areovindus ("Fiery
Vision")
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Hieromartyr
Blaise, bishop of Sebaste; Hieromartyr Lucius of Adrianopolis in
Thrace; St. Caedmon, monk of Whitby; St. Gobnait, abbess of
Ballyvourney, Cork; St. Benedict of Aniane; St. Theodora, wife of
Emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast; St. Vsevolod (in baptism Gabriel),
prince & wonderworker of Pskov; St. Demetrius of Priluki; New
Martyr George of Kratovo; *Repose
of Archbishop Simon of Shanghai & Peking
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St. Alexei of Moscow;
St. Meletius, archbishop of Antioch; Hieromartyr Urbanus, bishop of
Rome; St. Mary, nun, & her father, St. Eugene, monk, at Alexandria;
St. Ethilwald of Lindesfarne; St.
Anthony II, patriarch of Constantinople; St. Prochorus of Georgia; New
Monk-martyrs Luke & Nicholas of Jerusalem, and the holy fathers of
the Georgian monasteries in Jerusalem; St. Bassian, abbot of Ryabovsk
Forest Monastery, Uglich; New Martyr Christos the Gardener of Albania;
St. Meletius, archbishop of Kharkov; New Hieromartyr Alexis Bui, bishop
of Voronezh; Appearance of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
(Mt. Athos); *Repose
of the cave-dweller Anastasia of Ardatov & Eugene Poselyanin, writer
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St.
Martinian of Caesarea, in Palestine, & Ss. Zoe of Bethlehem &
Photina, virgin; St. Timothy, patriarch of Alexandria; St. Castor of
Karden, Germany; St. Modomnac, bishop of Ossory, Ireland; St. Eulogius,
archbishop of Alexandria; St. Symeon the Mrrh-gsher, prince of Serbia;
St. Joseph, abbot of Volokolamsk; New Hieromartyr Sylvester, archbishop
of Omsk; Apostle Aquila of the Seventy & St. Priscilla; *Repose
of Archbishop George of Byelorussia; Abbess Seraphima of Sezenovo;
Archbishop Seraphim of Bulgaria; Priest Marcu Dumitrescu of Romania
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St. Auxentius of Bithynia; St. Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles;
St. Peter, patriarch of Alexandria; St. Maron, hermit of Cyrrhus; St.
Abraham, bishop of Charres in Mesopotamia; St. Isaac, recluse of the
Kiev Caves; Hieromartyr Philemon, bishop of Gaza; New Martyr Nicholas
of Corinth; New Monk-martyr Damian of Philotheou & Kissavos;
Translation of the relics of Prince-martyr Michael & his counselor,
St. Theodore of Chernigov; New Martyr George the Tailor of Mytilene;
St. Hilarion the Georgian of Imereti & Mt. Athos; St. Raphael, bishop of Brooklyn; New Hieromartyr Onesimus, bishop of Tula; *Repose
of Archmandrite Barsanuphius of Valaam & Morocco; Righteous Barbara the Recluse of Ufa; Elder Ephraim of Katounakia
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Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy; Synaxis of St. John the Theologian
at Diaconissa; Martyr Major of Gaza; St. Eusebius, hermit of Asikha in
Syria; St. Paphnutius & his daughter St. Euphrosyne of Alexandria;
St. Theognius, bishop of Bethelia, St. Oswy, king of Northumbria; St.
Paphnutius, recluse of the Kiev Caves; St. Dalmatus, abbot &
founder of the Dormition Monastery in Siberia; *Repose
of Blessed Stoina of Devic Monastery; Schemamonk Nikodim of Karoulia
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Martyrs
Pamphilus the priest, Valens the deacon, Paul, Seleucus, Porphyrius,
Julian, Theodulus, Elias, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Samuel & Daniel, at
Caesarea in Palestine; St. Marutha, bishop of Sophene &
Martyropolis, & the Martyrs of Persia whose relics rest in
Martyropolis; St. Mary the New in Byzia in Thrace; New Monk-martyr
Romanus of Carpenison and Kavsokalyvia; St. Basil Gryaznov of
Pavlovo-Posadsky; St. Macarius, metropolitan of Moscow, apostle to the
Altai; St. Falvian the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople
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St. Theodore the Recruit; St. Mariamne, sister of Apostle Philip;
St. Auxibius, bishop of Soli in Cyprus; St. Fintan, bishop of
Lindesfarne; Uncovering of the relics of Martyr Menas the Most Eloquent
of Alexandria; St. Theodore the Silent of the Kiev Caves; St.
Theodosius the Bulgarian & his disciple St. Romanus, monks of
Turnovo; New Martyr Michael Mavroeidis of Adrianople; St. Hermogenes,
patriarch of Moscow and all Russia; New Hieromartyr Theodore of
Constantinople, New Hieromartyr Theodore, hieromonk of Adjara; St.
Barnabas, elder of Gethsemane Skete of St. Sergius Lavra; St. Nicholas
Planas, priest in Athens; Synaxis of Holy Emperor Marcian & St.
Pulcheria, his wife; Weeping "Tikhvin" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos,
St. Elias Skete (Mt. Athos); *Repose
of Elder Agapitus of the Kiev Caves
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St. Leo;
St. Agapitus, bishop of Synnada, & Martyrs Victor, Dorotheus,
Theodulus, & Agrippa, who suffered under Licinius; St. Flavian the
Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople; St. Colman, bishop of Lindesfarne;
St. Blaise, monk of Mt. Athos; St. Cosmas, abbot of Yakhromsk; St.
Nicholas, catholicos of Georgia; Commemoration of the New Martyrs who
suffered during the "Holy Night" in St. Petersburg; Finding of the
relics of New Martyr Irene of Lesbos; Martyrs Leo & Parigorius of Patara in Lycia
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St. Philothei;
Apostles Archippus & Philemon of the Seventy, & Martyr Apphia;
Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus, Hesychius, & Asclepiodota of
Adrianopolis; Ss. Eugene & Macarius, priests, confessors at
Antioch; St. Mesrop the Translator of Armenia; St. Rabulas of Samosata;
St. Conon, abbot in Palestine; St. Dositheus of Gaza; St. Philothea,
nun-martyr of Athens; St. Theodore of Sanaxar Monastery; New
Hieromartyr Nicetas of Epirus, hieromonk of Mt. Athos, at Serres
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St.
Leo, bishop of Catania in Sicily; Hieromartyr Sadoc, bishop of Persia,
and 128 Martyrs with him; Hieromartyr Eleutherius, bishop in Byzantium;
St. Eleutherius, bishop of Tournai; St. Agatho, pope of Rome; St.
Eucherius, bishop of Orleans; St. Agatho, wonderworker of the Kiev
Caves; Martyrdom of St. Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov Caves, and his
disciple St. Bassian of Murom; Abbot Macarius & 34 monks and
novices of Valaam Monastery martyred by the Lutherans: hieromonk Titus,
schemamonk Tikhon, monks Gelasius, Sergius, Varlaam, Sabbas, Conon,
Silvester, Cyprian, Pimen, John, Simonas, Jonah, David, Cornelius,
Niphon, Athanasius, & Serapion, & novices Varlaam, Athanasius,
Anthony, Luke, Leontius, Thomas, Dionysius, Philip, Ignatius, Basil,
Pachomius, Basil, Theophilus, John, Theodore, & John; St. Bessarion
the Great, wonderworker of Egypt, St. Cindeus, bishop of Pisidia
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St.
Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia; St, Eustathius (Eustace), archbishop of
Antioch; Hieromartyr Severian, bishop of Scythopolis; St. John the
Scholastic, patriarch of Constantinople; St. Zachariah, patriarch of
Jerusalem; St. George, bishop of Amastris; "Kozelshchanskaya" Icon of
te Most Holy Theotokos; *Repose
of Blessed Simon, bishop of Pskov; Elder Macarius of Glinsk Hermitage
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Uncovering
of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the gate of Eugenius at
Constantinople; St. Abilus, patriarch of Alexandria; St. Telephorus,
pope of Rome; St. Papius of Hierapolis; Martyrs Maurice, his son
Photinus, Theodore & Philip, & 70 soldiers, of Apamea; St.
Titus, bishop of Bostra in Arabia; Ss. Thalassius & Limnaeus,
hermits near Cyrrhus; St. Baradates, hermit near Antioch; Hol Nine
Children of Kola, Georgia: Guarami, Adarnasi, Bakari, Vache, Bardzini,
Dachi, Djuansheri, Ramazi, & Parsmani; St. Leontius of Lycia; Ss.
Babylus & his wife Comnita of Nicosa; St. Athansius the Confessor
of Constantinople; St. Peter the Stylite of Mt. Athos; New Hieromartyr
Michael Lisitsyn of Ust-Labinskaya, Russia; *Repose
of Righteous Gregory ("Golden Grits") Miroshnikov of Sednev; Schemanun
Avramia of Kashin; Blessed Theoktista Mikhailovna, fool-for-Christ of
Voronezh
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St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna; St. Gorgonia, sister of St. Gregory the Theologian;
St. Alexander, founder of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones; Ss.
John, Antioch, Antoninus, & Moses, ascetics near Cyrrhus; Ss.
Zebinas, Polychronius, Moses, & Damian, ascetics near Cyrrhus; St,
John Theristes the Harvester of Stylos in Calabria; St. Damian of
Esphigmenou, Mt. Athos; St. Cosmas of Zographou, Mt. Athos; St. Moses,
monk of White Lake; New Monk-martyr Damian of Philotheou and Kissavos,
at Larissa; New Hieromartyr Lazarus of the Peloponnesus; St. Polycarp,
monk of Briansk; St. Nazarius, abbot of Valaam; *Repose
of Elder Agapit of Optina & Metropolitan Zenobius (in schema Seraphim) of Tetritskaro, Georgia, monk of Glinsk Monastery
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First & Second Findings of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist;
Martyrs Montanus, Lucias, Julian, Victoricus, Flavian, &
their companians, at Carthage; St. Cummain Ailbe, abbot of Iona;
St. Erasmus of the Kiev Caves; Uncovering of the relics of St. Romanus,
prince of Uglich
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St. Walburga; St. Riginos;
St. Tarasius, archbishop of Constantinople; Martyr Alexander at
Marcionopolis; St. Paphnutius of Kephala, monk; St. Ethelbert, king of
Kent; New Hieromartyr Priest Leo Korobczuk of Laskov; *Repose
of Blessed Pashenka of Nizhni-Novgorod
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St.
Porphyrius, bishop of Gaza; St. Sebastian, monk of Poshekhonye; New
Martyr John the Cabinetmaker, New Hieromartyr John, bishop of Rylsk; St. Photini, the Samaritan woman,
and her sisters Phota, Photis, Parasceva, & Cyriaca, her sons
Victor & Joses; St. Sebastian the Duke, the officer St. Anatolius,
& Theoclitus, the former sorcerer-- all martyred under Nero (Gr. cal.);
Mezhetsk Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
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St. Raphael of Brooklyn;
St. Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis; Martyrs Julian and his
disciple Chroniun; Martyr Gelasius the Actor of Heliopolis; St.
Macarius, bishop of Jerusalem; St. Thalelaeus, hermit of Gabala in
Syria; St. Stephen, monk of Constantinople; St. Titus, priest of the
Kiev Caves; St. Titus the Soldier, monk of the Kiev Caves; St, Pitirim,
bishop of Tambov; New Martyr Elias of Trebizond; Ss. Asclepius &
James of Nimouza, monks near Cyrrhus; St. Timothy of Caesarea; *Repose
of Archmandrite Photius of the Yuriev Monastery; Monk Anthony & Hieromonk Justinian, both of Valaam
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St. Kyra;
St. Basil the Confessor, companion of St. Procopius; Apostles of
the Seventy Nymphas and Eubulus; Hieromartyr Nestor, bishop of Magydos
in Pamphylia; Ss. Marana of Beroea; Hieromartyr Proterius, patriarch of
Alexandria, & six companions; St. Romanus, desert-dweller of Condat
in the Jura Mountains; Blessed Nicholas of Pskov, fool-for-Christ; New
Virgin-martyr Kyranna of Thessalonica; St. Arsenius, metropolitan of
Rostov, confessor; St. Barsus of Damascus, bishop
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(Commemorated on February 28th in non-leap year)
St. John Cassian the Roman of Marseilles, abbot; St. John, called
Barsanuphius, of Nitria in Egypt; St. Germanus of Dacia Pontica; St.
Theosterictus the Confessor; St. Oswald, archbishop of York; St.
Cassian, recluse & faster of the Kiev Caves; St. Cassian of Mu Lake
Hermitage, disciple of St. Alexander of Svir; St. Meletius, archbishop of Kharkov
*Those listed in red are not canonized in the Orthodox Church, but it is customary to celebrate a memorial for them on the day listed.
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