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February Saints & Feasts

215 fixed commemorations recorded across 29 Julian calendar dates. Every entry for this month is readable below, without pagination.

The names below are taken from the website's existing commemorations register. This is not yet a comprehensive comparison against every commemoration in the Greek Liturgical Texts edition. Collective groups and feasts may appear as a single entry; a listed entry is not necessarily one individual saint.

1 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Forefeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

  • martyr

    Martyr Tryphon of Lampsacus Near Apamea in Syria

  • saint

    Martyrs Perpetua, a woman of Carthage, and the Catechumens: Saturus, Revocatus, Saturninus, Secundulus and Felicitas

  • venerable

    Venerable Peter the Hermit of Galatia Near Antioch, in Syria

  • venerable

    Venerable Vendemianus the Hermit of Bithynia

  • venerable

    Venerable Brigid (Bridget) of Ireland

  • hierarch

    Saint Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God “Socola”

  • saint

    Saint Seririol of Wales

2 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    The Meeting of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Temple

3 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

  • saint

    Holy, Righteous Simeon the God-Receiver

  • saint

    Holy, Righteous Anna the Prophetess

  • saint

    Right-Believing Prince Roman of Uglich

  • prophet

    Prophet Azariah

  • saint

    Martyrs Papias, Diodorus and Claudianus, at Perge in Pamphylia

  • saint

    Saint Savva of Ioannina

  • martyr

    Martyr Adrian at Caesarea, Cappadocia

  • martyr

    Martyr Eubulus at Caesarea, Cappadocia

  • martyr

    Martyr Blaise of Caesarea, in Cappadocia

  • hierarch

    Saint Simeon, Bishop of Polotsk and Tver

  • hierarch

    Saint Jacob, Archbishop of Serbia

  • saint

    Saint Nicholas, Enlightener of Japan

4 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

  • venerable

    Venerable Isidore of Pelusium

  • saint

    Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir

  • venerable

    Venerable Cyril the Wonderworker, Abbot of Novoezersk, Novgorod

  • venerable

    Venerable Abraham and Coprius, of Pechenga

  • martyr

    Martyr Jadorus

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Abramius, Bishop of Arbela in Assyria

  • venerable

    Venerable Nicholas the Confessor, Abbot of Studion

  • saint

    Saint Evagrisi, disciple of Saint Shio

  • martyr

    Monastic Martyr Anthony of Kareotis

5 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

  • martyr

    Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily

  • saint

    Repose of Saint Theodosius of Chernigov

  • martyr

    Martyr Theodula of Anazarbus, and the Martyrs Helladius, Macarius and Evagrius, in Cilicia

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God “Seeker of the Perishing”

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God “Elets-Chernigov”

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God “Divnogorsk”

6 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

  • hierarch

    Saint Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna

  • hierarch

    Saint Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople

  • venerable

    Venerable Barsanuphius the Great and John the Prophet

  • martyr

    Virgin Martyr Dorothy at Caesarea, in Cappadocia, and those with her

  • martyr

    Martyr Julian of Emesa

  • martyr

    Virgin Martyr Fausta, and Martyrs Evilasius and Maximus, at Cyzicus

  • saint

    Virgin Martyrs Martha and Mary, and their brother Lycarion, in Egypt

  • saint

    Saint Arsenius of Iqalto, Georgia

  • saint

    Saint Amand, Abbot of Maastricht

7 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

  • hierarch

    Saint Parthenios, Bishop of Lampsakos

  • venerable

    Venerable Luke of Hellas

  • saint

    1,003 Martyrs of Nicomedia

  • martyr

    Martyr Aule

8 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

  • saint

    Greatmartyr Theodore Stratelates “the General”

  • prophet

    Prophet Zachariah

  • hierarch

    Saint Sava II, Archbishop of Serbia

  • saint

    Blessed Liubov (Sukhanovskaya) of Ryazan, Fool for Christ

9 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Leavetaking of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

  • martyr

    Martyr Nikephoros of Antioch, in Syria

  • hierarch

    Uncovering of the relics of Saint Innocent, Bishop of Irkutsk

  • venerable

    Venerable Pancratius of the Kiev Caves

  • venerable

    Venerable Nikēphóros of Vazheozersk

  • venerable

    Venerable Gennadius of Vazheozersk

  • hierarch

    Hieromartyrs Marcellus, Bishop of Sicily, Philagrius, Bishop of Cyprus, and Pancratius, Bishop of Taoromina

  • venerable

    Venerable Shio Mgvime

  • martyr

    Virgin Martyr Apollonia

  • venerable

    Venerable Romanós of Cilicia

10 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Haralambos, Bishop of Magnesia in Thessaly, the Martyrs Porphyrius and Baptus, and three women Martyrs

  • saint

    Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Novgorod, Buried in the Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) in Novgorod

  • saint

    Princess Anna of Novgorod

  • venerable

    Venerable Prochorus of the Kiev Near Caves

  • venerable

    Venerable Longinus of Koryazhemsk, Vologda

  • saint

    Virgin Martyrs Ennatha, Valentina and Paula, of Palestine

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God “Areovindus”

  • saint

    Saint John Chimchimeli the Philosopher

  • feast

    Saint Ioannikios, Father Confessor of the Dormition Holy Mountain Hermitage

11 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Blaise, Bishop of Sebaste

  • venerable

    Venerable Demetrios, Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda

  • saint

    Saint Vsevolod (in Baptism Gabriel), Wonderworker of Pskov

  • saint

    Righteous Theodora, wife of Emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast

  • martyr

    Saint George, New Martyr of Sofia

  • saint

    Saint Gobnata of Ballyvourney

12 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hierarch

    Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch

  • hierarch

    Saint Alexei, Metropolitan of Moscow, Wonderworker of All Russia

  • hierarch

    Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Khar'kov and Akhtyrsk

  • venerable

    Venerable Mary (who was called Marinus), and her father, Venerable Eugene, at Alexandria

  • hierarch

    Saint Anthony, Patriarch of Constantinople

  • saint

    Saint Kristo the Gardener of Albania

  • saint

    Iveron Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    Saint Prochorus of Georgia

  • martyr

    Martyr Nicholas (Nikoloz) Dvali in Jerusalem

  • saint

    Saint Bassian of Uglich

  • martyr

    Martyr Luke (Luka) of Jerusalem, the Georgian

13 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Saints Martinian, Zoe, and Photina of Caesarea in Palestine

  • venerable

    Venerable Stephen (in monasticism Simeon), the Myrrhgusher and Prince of Serbia

  • hierarch

    Saint Eulogius, Archbishop of Alexandria

  • saint

    Appearance of Christ to Saint Martin of Tours

  • saint

    Saint Seraphima

  • hierarch

    Saint George, Archbishop of Mogilev, Belarus

14 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable Auxentius of Bithynia

  • saint

    Repose of Saint Cyril, Equal of the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs

  • venerable

    Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves

  • feast

    12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra

  • saint

    Translation of the Relics of Martyrs Michael and his councilor, Theodore, of Chernígov

  • venerable

    Venerable Maron the Hermit of Syria

  • hierarch

    Saint Abraham, Bishop of Charres, Mesopotamia

  • saint

    Saint Hilarion the New of Georgia

15 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • apostle

    Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy

  • venerable

    Venerable Paphnutius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves

  • venerable

    Venerable Paphnutius and Euphrosynē of Alexandria

  • venerable

    Venerable Eusebius the Hermit of Syria

  • saint

    Vil'na Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Dalmatia

  • saint

    Saint Anthimus of Chios

16 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Martyrs Pamphilius the Presbyter, Valens the Deacon, and those with them, at Caesarea in Palestine

  • hierarch

    Saint Maruthas, Bishop of Martyropolis in Mesopotamia

  • saint

    Persian Martyrs in Martyropolis in Mesopotamia

  • hierarch

    Saint Flavian, Archbishop of Antioch

  • martyr

    New Martyr Elias

17 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • martyr

    Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro (Recruit)

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow, Wonderworker of All Russia

  • venerable

    Venerable Theodore the Silent of the Kiev Caves

  • apostle

    Saint Mariamne the sister of the Apostle Philip

  • martyr

    Uncovering of the relics of the Martyr Menas of Alexandria

  • saint

    Weeping “Tikhvin” Icon of the Mother of God on Mount Athos

  • saint

    Saint Joseph of Dionysiou

  • hierarch

    Saint Auxibius Bishop of Soli, Cyprus

  • martyr

    New Martyr Theodore

  • saint

    Saint Theodosius the Bulgarian, with his disciple Romanos

  • saint

    Saint Nicholas Kandaurov

  • saint

    Saint Finan of Lindisfarne

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Theodore of Atchara

18 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Saint Leo the Great, Pope of Rome

  • venerable

    Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom

  • confessor

    Saint Agapitos the Confessor and Wonderworker, Bishop of Synnada in Phrygia

  • confessor

    Saint Flavian the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople

  • saint

    Saint Nicholas, Catholicos of Georgia

  • saint

    Saint Theodore (Komogovin) of Serbia

  • saint

    Saint Colman of Lindesfarne

19 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • martyr

    Apostles of the Seventy Archippus and Philemon, and Martyr Apphia

  • saint

    Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus, Hesychius, and Asclepiodota, of Adrianopolis

  • saint

    Presbyters and Confessors Eugene and Macarius, at Antioch

  • venerable

    Venerable Dositheus of Palestine, disciple of Venerable Abba Dorotheus

  • saint

    Saint Rabulas of Samosata

  • venerable

    Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus

  • venerable

    Venerable Conan, Abbot of the Pethukla Monastery

  • martyr

    Martyr Philothea the Monastic

20 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hierarch

    Saint Leo, Bishop of Catania in Sicily

  • venerable

    Venerable Agathon, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves

  • venerable

    Beheading of Venerable Cornelius, Abbot of the Pskov Caves

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him

  • saint

    Saint Agathon, Pope of Rome

  • saint

    Monastic Martyrs of Valaam Monastery

21 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia

  • hierarch

    Saint Eustathius, Archbishop of Antioch

  • hierarch

    Saint George, Bishop of Amastris on the Black Sea

  • saint

    “Kozel'shchansk” Icon of the Mother of God

  • hierarch

    Saint John “Scholasticus”, Patriarch of Constantinople

  • hierarch

    Saint Zacharias, Patriarch of Jerusalem

  • saint

    Saint Makarios of Glinsk Hermitage

22 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the Gate of Eugenius at Constantinople

  • saint

    Martyrs Maurice and his son, Photinus, and Martyrs Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers, at Apamea in Syria

  • venerable

    Venerable Thalassius, Hermit of Syria

  • venerable

    Venerable Limnaeus, Hermit of Syria

  • venerable

    Venerable Baradates, Hermit of Syria

  • confessor

    Saint Athanasius the Confessor of Constantinople

  • saint

    9 Martyred brothers of Kola: Guram, Adarnerse, Baqar, Vache, Bardzim, Dachi, Juansher, Ramaz, and Parsman

  • saint

    Finding of the Relics of Saint Tikhon of Moscow

23 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna

  • venerable

    Venerable Polycarp of Briansk

  • venerable

    Venerable John, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts

  • venerable

    Venerable Antiochus and Antoninus, ascetics of the Syrian Deserts

  • venerable

    Venerable Moses, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts

  • venerable

    Venerable Zebinas, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts

  • venerable

    Venerable Polychronius, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts

  • venerable

    Venerable Damian, Ascetic of the Syrian Deserts

  • venerable

    Venerable Alexander, founder of the Monastery of the “Unsleeping Ones”

  • venerable

    Venerable Damian of Esphigmenou of Mount Athos

  • martyr

    Monastic Martyr Damian of Philotheou

  • hieromartyr

    New Hieromartyr Nicholas (Dmitrov) of Tver

  • saint

    Saint Gorgonia, Sister of Saint Gregory the Theologian

24 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    First and second finding of the Honourable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist of the Lord, John

  • venerable

    Venerable Erasmus of the Kiev Near Caves

25 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hierarch

    Saint Tarasius, Archbishop of Constantinople

26 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hierarch

    Saint Porphyrius, Bishop of Gaza

  • venerable

    Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye

  • martyr

    Martyr Christodoulos

  • martyr

    New Martyr John Kalphes, the Apprentice

  • saint

    “Mezhetsk” Icon of the Mother of God

27 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hierarch

    Repose of Saint Raphael, Bishop of Brooklyn

  • venerable

    Venerable Prokopios the Confessor of Decapolis

  • venerable

    Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves

  • venerable

    Venerable Titus the Soldier, of the Kiev Caves

  • venerable

    Venerable Thalelaios the Hermit of Syria

  • saint

    Saints Asclepius and James of Syria

  • saint

    Saint Stephen of Constantinople

  • saint

    Martyrs Julian, Eunos, Beza, and Mekaro of Alexandria

  • saint

    Saint Leander of Seville

28 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable Basil the Confessor, companion of Venerable Procopius at Decapolis

  • saint

    Blessed Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Proterius, Patriarch of Alexandria

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Nestor, Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia

  • venerable

    Venerable Marina and Kyra of Syria

  • venerable

    Venerable Domnica (Domnina) of Syria

29 February

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable John Cassian the Roman

  • venerable

    Venerable John-Barsanuphius, Bishop of Damascus

  • saint

    Heiromartyr Theokteristus

  • saint

    Saint Leo of Cappadocia

  • hierarch

    Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Khar'kov and Akhtyrsk

  • saint

    Saint Germanus of Dacia Pontica (Dobrogea)

  • saint

    Devpeteruv Icon of the Mother of God

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