The Orthodox Faith

CALENDAR

FEBRUARY 2003

1/14 Friday	Forefeast of the Meeting of the Lord. Martyr Tryphon of Campsada near Apamea in Syria (250). Brigid of Kildare in Ireland. Martyr Perpetua of Carthage with catechumens: Saturus, Revocatus, Saturninus, Secundulus and Felicitas (203). Peter Galatas, hermit near Antioch in Syria (492). Bendemianus, hermit of Bithynia (512). Basil, Archbishop of Thessalonica (830). New Martyr Anastasius at Nauplion (1655). Tryphon of Pechenga and Kola. New Martyr Peter Skipetrov (1918). Timothy the Confessor. Martyr Theonas. Martyr Karion. Fast.
2/15 Saturday	The Meeting of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple. New Martyr Jordan of Trebizond (1650). New Martyr Gabriel at Constantinople (1672). Martyr Agathodorus of Cappadocia. Seraphim of Valaam (1860). Rest from labour. All food allowed.
3/16 SUNDAY	16th of Luke. Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee. Simeon the God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess. Prophet Azarias (10th cen. BC). Martyr Adrian and Eubulus at Caesarea in Cappadocia (309). Martyrs Pappias, Diodorus, and Claudianus at Perge in Pamphylia (250). Martyr Blaise of Caesarea in Cappadocia (3rd cen.). Symeon, first bishop of Tver (1289). Ansgar, bishop of Hamburg, enlightener of Denmark and Sweden. Romanus, prince of Uglich (1285). Martyrs Nicholas, Stamatius and John. Nicholas, Archbishop of Japan (1912). James, Archbishop of Serbia. Paul of Simonov Monastery, disciple of Paisius Velichkovsky (1825). Isidore of Gethsemane Skete, Moscow (1908). Rest from labour. All foods allowed.
4/17 Monday	Isidore of Pelusium (440). George, Prince of Vladimir (1238). Cyril, abbot and wonderworker of Novoezersk (1532). Nicholas the Confessor, abbot of Studion (868). Martyr Jadorus (3rd cen.). Hieromartyr Abramius, bishop of Arbela in Assyria (347). John, bishop of Hirenopolis (4th cen.). Abraham and Corpius, monks of Pechenga (15th cen.). New Martyr Joseph of Aleppo (1686). Martyr Theoctistus. Royal Recluse Dosithea of Moscow (1810). All foods allowed.
5/18 Tuesday	Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily. Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernigov. Martyr Theoudula of Anazarbus in Cilicia with Martyrs: Helladius, Macarius, Evagrius and others. Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constaninople. Martyr Anthony of Athens. New Martyrs: Agatha of Belarus, matushka, (1938), Eugene, Schemamonk (1939), Paramon, Righteous (1941). Micheal, Metropolitan of Serbia (1897). All foods allowed.
6/19 Wednesday	Bucolus, bishop of Smyrna (100). Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople (891). Martyr Julian of Emesa (312). Virgin-martyr Fausta with Evilasius and Maximus, at Cizicus (315-311). Virgin-martyr Dorothy with sisters: Christina and Callista, and Martyrs: Theopilus and Theophilus at Caesarea in Cappadocia (300). Virgin-martyrs: Martha with Mary and their brother Lycarion, in Egypt. Barsanophius the Great, monk of Palestine (6th cen.). John the Prophet, monk of Palestine (6th cen.). Dorothea, schemanun of Kashin. Martyrs Faustus, Basil and Silvanus of Darion in Constantinople. John of Thebes, monk. James the Ascetic. Theophanes the New Recluse, Archbishop of Poltava and Pereyaslavl (1940). All foods allowed.
7/20 Thursday	Parthenius, bishop of Lampsacus (4th cen.). Luke of Hellas (946). Mastridia of Jerusalem, woman ascetic of the desert. Peter of Monovatia, monk. Martyr Theopemptus. Aprionus, bishop of Cyprus. George of Crete, Martyr. Gennadius, ascetic of the Roslavl forest (1826). All foods allowed.
8/21 Friday	Great Martyr Theodore the Commander (319). Prophet Zechariah (520 B.C.). Sabbas II, archbishop of Serbia (1269). Martyr Nicephorus. Martyr Stephen. Martyr Philadelphus. Martyr Polycarp. Macarius, bishop of Paphus. Pergetus, righteous. Theodore of Valaam, abbot. All foods allowed.
9/22 Saturday	Apodosis of the Meeting of Our Lord. Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch in Syria (3rd cen.). Innocent, bishop of Irkutsk, uncovering of relics (1805). Hieromartyr Marcellus, bishop of Sicily (1st. cen.). Hieromartyr Philagrius, bishop of Cyprus (1st. cen.). Hieromartyr Pancratius, bishop of Taormina (1st. cen.). Martyr Peter Damascene (743). Gennadius (1516) and Nicephorus, monks of Vazheozersk. Pancratius, hieromonk of the Kiev Caves (13th cen.). Aemilianus and Brachius of Tours (Gaul). Maria, desert-dweller of Olonets (1860). All foods allowed.
10/23 SUNDAY	17th of Luke. Sunday of the Prodigal Son. Hieromartyr Charalampus of Magnesia in Thessaly and with him Martyrs: Porphyrius, Charalampus and Baptus (202). Martyrs: Ennatha, Valentina, and Paula of Palestine (308). Prochorus of the Kiev Caves (1107). Bishops of Novgorod: Joachim (1030), Luke (1059), Germanus (1095), Arcadius (1163), Gregory (1193), Martyrius (1199), Anthony (1232), Basil (1352) and Symeon (1421). Anna, wife of Yaroslav I (1051). Longinus, monk, of Koryazhemsk (1540). New Martyr Anatolius, Metropolitan of Odessa (1938). Martyr Charalampus and three women companions. Anastasius, Archbishop of Jerusalem. Rest from labour. All foods allowed.
11/24 Monday	Hieromartyr Blaise, Bishop of Sebastia (316). Empress Theodora, wife of Emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast (867). Demetrius, wonderworker of Priluki (1392). Prince Vsevelod, Wonderworker of Pskov (1138). Gobnet of Ireland. Demetrius, monk, wonderworker of Priluki (1392). New Martyr George of Serbia (1515). George, abbot in Serbia. Simon, Archbishop of Shanghai and Peking (1933). Fast. Wine and oil allowed.
12/25 Tuesday	Icon of the Theotokos of Georgia. Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch (381). Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (1378). Mary (Marinus), nun, at Alexandria and her father Eugene (6th cen.). Callia, righteous. Anthony, Pariarch of Constantinople (895). New Martyr Chrestos at Constantinople (1748). Bassian, abbot of Ryabovsky Forest Monastery, Uglich. New Martyr Alexius, bishop of Voronezh (1930). New Martyr Mitrophan, archpriest (1931). Gertrude of Nijvel, abbess. Martyr Saturninus. Martyr Plotinus. Anastasia Logacheva the cave-dweller (1875). All foods allowed.
13/26 Wednesday	Martinian of Caesarea in Palestine (5th cen.). Stephen (in monasticism Simeon) the Myrrh-gusher, Prince of Serbia (1200). Zoe holy woman and Virgin Photina (5th cen.). Modomnoc, bishop of Ossory in Ireland. Eulogius, Archbishop of Alexandria (608). Joseph of Volokolamsk. Apostle and Martyr Aquilla. Martyr Priscilla. Archbishop George Konnissky of Belarus (1795). Abbess Seraphima of Sezenovo (1877). Fast.
14/27 Thursday	Auxentius of Bithynia (470). Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs (869). Isaac, Recluse, of the Kiev Caves (1190). Maron, Hermit, of Syria (370). Finan of Lindisfarne (Ireland). Abraham, bishop of Charres in Mesopotamia. Martyr Michael and his counselor Theodore of Chernigov, translation of relics (1572). Martyr Philemon, bishop of Gaza. New Martyr George of Mitylene, at Constantinople (1693). Martyr Nicolas of Corinth. All foods allowed.
15/28 Friday	Onesimus, Apostle of the Seventy. Dalmatus of Siberia, abbot and founder of the Dormition Monastery. Synaxis of St. John the Theologian at Diaconissa. Eusebius, hermit of Syria (5th cen.). Paphnutius, monk, with his daughter Euphrosyne of Alexandria (5th cen.). Martyr Major of Gaza (304). Paphnutius, recluse of Kiev Caves (13th cen.). Fast.
16/29 Saturday	Commemoration of the Departed. Martyr Pamphilius, presbyter at Caesarea in Palestine and with him: Porphyrius, Valens, Paul, Seleucus, Julian, Theodulus, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Samuel and Daniel (308 - 309). Nicholas, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archhishop of Japan. Marutha, bishop of Martyropolis in Mesopotamia and many with him (422). New Martyr Romanus of Athos (1695). New Martyr Elias, priest (1934). New Martyr Peter Lagov, priest (1931). Flavian the hermit. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow, Apostle to the Altai (1926). All foods allowed.
17/30 SUNDAY	Meat-fare Sunday. Sunday of the Last Judgment. Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro (306). Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia (1612). Uncovering of the relics of Martyr Menas of Alexandria. Mariamne, sister of Apostle Philip (1st. cen.). Auxibius, bishop of Soli in Cyprus. Theodosius and Romanus the Bulgars, monks (1362). Theodore the Silent of the Kiev Caves (13th cen.). New Martyr Theodore of Mitylene (1795). Agapitus of the Kiev Caves (1887). Barnabas of Gethsemane Skete (1906). Cosmas, Metropolitan of Moldavia, Confessor (2002). Rest from labour. All foods allowed.
18/31 Monday	Leo the Great, pope of Rome (461). Flavian the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople (450). Agapitus, bishop of Synnada in Phrygia and those with him: Martyrs Victor, Dorotheus, Theodulus and Agrippa. Colman of Lindisfarne (Ireland). Cosmas, monk, of Yakhromsk. New Martyr Alexander Medvedsky, priest (1932). New Martyr Benjamin, hieromonk (1938). Martyr Leo of Patara of Lycia. Martyr Parigorius of Patara of Lycia. Martyr Publius. Spyridon II, Bishop of Trimythus, Confessor (1963). All foods allowed, save meat.
19/1 Tuesday	Apostles of the Seventy: Archippus and Philemon. Martyr Apphia (1st cen.). Dositheus of Palestine, disciple of Abba Dorotheus (7th cen.). Rabulas of Samosata (530). Eugene, presbyter and confessor at Antioch and presbyter Macarius (363). Martyrs: Maximus, Theodotus, Hesychius and Ascelepioda of Adrianopolis (311). Conon, abbot of Palestine (555). Philothea, nun-martyr, of Athens. Hieromartyr Nicetas of Epirus. Hieromonk Theodore of Sanaxar (1791). All foods allowed, save meat.
20/2 Wednesday	Leo, bishop of Catania in Sicily. Agatho, pope of Rome. Martyr Sadoc (Sadoth), bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him. Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov Caves. Bessian of Murom with Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov Caves. Agatho, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves. Bessarion the Great wonderworker of Egypt. Cindeus, bishop of Pisidia. Plotinus, monk. Macarius and 34 monks and novices of Valaam Monastery slain by the Lutherans (1578). All foods allowed, save meat.

21/3 Thursday	Kolzelshchanskaya Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia. Eustathius, Archbishop of Antioch. George of Amastris on the Black Sea. John the Scholastic, Pariarch of Constantinople. Zachariah, Patriarch of Jerusalem. Simon Todorsky, bishop of Pskov (1754). Macarius of Glinsk Hermitage (1864). All foods allowed, save meat.
22/4 Friday	Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the gate of Eugenius at Constantinople (423). Martyr Maurice and his son Photinus, and Martyrs Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers, at Apamea in Syria (305). Papius of Hierapolis. Thalassius, Limnaeus, and Barades, hermits of Syria (5th cen.). Athanasius the Confessor of Constantinople (821). Telesphorus, pope of Rome (139). Peter the Stylite of Mt. Athos. New Martyr Theoctista Michailovna, fool-for-Christ of Voronezh (1936). New Martyr Michael Lisicin, priest (1918). Martyr Anthusa and her 12 servants. Blaise, bishop. Gregory "Golden Grits" (1855). Schemanun Abramia of Kashin (1855). All foods allowed, save meat.
23/5 Saturday	Commemoration of the Departed. Saturday of all Monastic and Ascentic Saints. Hieromartyr Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (167). John, Antiochus, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, Moses and Damian ascetics of the Syrian desert (5th cen.). Alexander, founder of the order of the Unsleeping Ones (431). Gorgonia, sister of St. Gregory the Theologian (372). Damian of Esphigmenou on Athos (14th cen). Moses, monk, of White Lake (15th cen.). Polycarp, monk, of Briansk (1499). New Martyr Damian, monk of Athos, who suffered at Larissa (1658). Martyr Clement. Martyr Thea. Abbot Nazarius of Valaam (1809). All foods allowed, save meat.
24/6 SUNDAY	Cheese-fare Sunday. Sunday of Forgiveness. Adam's Exile from Paradise. First and Second Finding of the Precious Head of John the Baptist. Erasmus of the Kiev Caves (12th cen.). Romanus, prince of Uglich, uncovering of relics (1485). Rest from labour. All foods allowed, save meat.
25/7 Monday	Clean Week. Beginning of Great Lent. Tarasius, Archbishop of Constantinople (806). Hieromartyr Reginus, bishop of Scopelus (355). Polycarp, righteous. Martyr Anthony. Erasmus, monk. Paphnutius, monk. Martyrs Alexander and Hypatius at Marcionopolis. Walburgis of Netherlands, abbess. Theodore, fool-for Christ. Marcellus, bishop of Apamea in Syria. Strict fast. Beginning of Triemeron (three day fast from all foods and drinks). Or xerophagy (partaking of bread, water and natural dry foods once, either at the 9th hour or at dusk).
26/8 Tuesday	Porphyrius, bishop of Gaza (421). Sebastian, monk of Poshekhonye. John the Apprentice at Constantinople (1575). Photina the Samaritan woman with sisters: Anatola, Phota, Parasceva and Cyriaca and sons: Photinus and Joses; and Martyrs: Victor, Sebastian the Duke, Christodulus and Theoclitus (66). Strict fast. Second day of Triemeron. Or xerophagy.
27/9 Wednesday	Procopius the Confessor, of Decapolis (8th cen.). Titus, presbyter of the Kiev Caves (1190). Thelalaeus, hermit of Syria (490). Martyr Gelasius the Actor of Heliopolis (297). Stephen , monk of Constantinople (614). Titus the Soldier, of the Kiev Caves. Pitirim, bishop of Tambov. Maryr Nesius. Scelepius, monk. James, monk. Timothy of Caesarea, monk. Photius of the Novgorod Yuriev Manastery (1838). Monk Anthony of Valaam (1848). Strict fast. End of Triemeron with partaking of xerophagy at the 9th hour or at dusk.
28/10 Thursday	Basil the Confessor (750). Procopius of Decapolis. Marina and Cyra, nuns, of Syria (450). Domnica, nun, of Syria. Hieromartyr Proterius, Patriarch of Alexandria (457). Hieromartyr Nestor, bishop of Magydus in Pamphylia (250). Apostles Nymphas and Eubulus. Nicholas of Pskov, fool-for-Christ (1576). Martyr Kyranna (1751). Romanus, desert-dweller of Condat in the Jura Mountains (Gaul). Barsus of Damascus, bishop. Martyr Abercius. Shio of Georgia, monk. Arsenius Matsievich, Metropolitan of Rostov (1772). Saints of February 29th which are transferred to this date if it be not a leap year: John Cassian the Roman, abbot. John, called Barsanuphius of Nitria in Egypt. Martyr Theocteristus, abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa. Cassian, recluse and faster of the Kiev Caves. Meletius, bishop of Kharkhov. Eulogius, Metropolitan of Bucharest, Confessor (1979). Strict fast. Xerophagy.