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February 1/14
Forefeast of the Meeting
of Our Lord. Martyr
Tryphon of Campsada near
Apamea in Syria (250) (Rom.
8:28-39; Luke 10:19-21).
Martyrs Perpetua, and the
catechumens Saturus,
Revocatus, Saturninus,
Secundulus, and Felicitas at
Carthage (202-203). St. Peter
of Galatia, hermit near
Antioch in Syria (ca. 403).
St. Vendemianus, hermit of
Bithynia (ca. 512). St. Brigid
of Kildare (523). St. Seiriol,
abbot of Penmon (Anglesey)
(6th c.). Martyr Elias the New
of Damascus (779). Sts. David
(784), Symeon (843), and
George (844), confessors of
Mytilene. St. Basil,
archbishop of Thessalonica
(895). St. Tryphon, bishop of
Rostov (1468). St. Tryphon of
Pechenga or Kola (1583). New
Martyr Anastasius at Nauplion
(1655). New Hieromartyr
Archpriest Peter Skipetrov of
Petrograd (1918).
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Thursday
I Peter 4:12-5:5
Mark 12:38-44
For Friday
II Peter 1:1-10
Mark 13:1-8
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February 2/15
The Meeting of
Our Lord, God and Saviour
Jesus Christ(Vespers:
(1) Ex. 12:51-13:3, 10-12,
14-16; Ex. 22:29; Lev. 12:1-4,
6-8; Num. 8:16-17. (2) Is.
6:1-12. (3) Is. 19:1-5, 12,
16, 19- 21. Matins: Luke
2:25-32. Liturgy: Heb. 7:7-17;
Luke 2:22-40). New Martyr
Jordan of Trebizond, at
Constantinople (1650). New
Hieromartyr Gabriel,
hierodeacon of Constantinople
(1676). St. Anthimus of Chios
(1960). (Gr. Cal.: Martyr
Agathodorus of Tyana in
Cappadocia.) Repose of
Schemamonk Seraphim of Valaam
(1860).
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Friday
Fast Day
Fish, wine and oil
allowed
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February 3/16
Afterfeast of the Meeting
of Our Lord. Holy and
Righteous Symeon the
God-receiver and Anna the
Prophetess (Heb. 9:11-14; Luke
2:25-38). Prophet Azarias
(10th c. b.c.) (II Chron., ch.
15). Martyrs Papias, Diodorus,
and Claudianus, at Perge in
Pamphylia (250). Martyr Blaise
of Caesarea in Cappadocia (3rd
c.). Martyr Paul the Syrian
(284-305). Martyrs Adrian and
Eubulus, at Caesarea in
Cappadocia (310). St.
Laurence, bishop of Canterbury
(619). St. Werburga of
Chester, abbess (ca. 700). St.
Ansgar, bishop of Hamburg,
enlightener of Denmark and
Sweden (865). St.
Svyatoslav-Gabriel and his son
St. Dimitry, of Yuriev (1253).
St. Romanus, prince of Uglich
(1285). St. Symeon, bishop of
Polotsk and Tver (1289). St.
James, archbishop of Serbia
(1292). St. Sabbas of Ioannina
(15th c.). St. Ignatius of
Mariupol in the Crimea,
metropolitan of Gothia and
Kafa (1786). New Martyrs
Stamatius and John, brothers,
and Nicholas, their companion,
at Spetses on Chios (1822).
St. Nicholas, enlightener of
Japan (1912). Repose of
Schemamonk Paul of Simonov
Monastery (1825), disciple of
St. Paisius (Velichkovsky),
and Hieromonk Isidore of
Gethsemane Skete, Moscow
(1908).
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Saturday
II Tim. 2:11-19
Luke 18:2-8
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February 4/17
Afterfeast of the Meeting
of Our Lord. St. Isidore
of Pelusium, monk (ca.
436-440). Martyrs Jadorus and
Isidore, who suffered under
Decius (249-251). Hieromartyr
Phileas, bishop of Thmuis, and
Martyr Philoromus the
Magistrate (ca. 303). St. John
of Irenopolis (ca. 325).
Hieromartyr Abramius, bishop
of Arbela in Assyria (ca.
344-347). St. Evagrius,
fellow-ascetic of St. Shio of
Mgvime, Georgia (6th c.).
Hieromartyr Aldate of
Gloucester (6th c.). St.
Nicholas the Confessor, abbot
of the Studion (868). St.
George, prince of Vladimir
(1238). Sts. Abraham and
Coprius, monks of Pechenga
(Vologda) (15th c.). St.
Cyril, abbot, wonderworker of
New Lake (Novgorod) (1532).
New Martyr Joseph of Aleppo in
Syria (1686). NewHieromartyr
Methodius (Krasnoperov),
bishop of Petropavlovsk
(1921). Repose of the
royal recluse Dosithea of
Moscow (1810).
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Sunday of the Publican
and the
Pharisee
Tone 5
Matins: (V) Luke 24:12-35
Liturgy: II Tim. 3:10-15
Luke 18:10-14
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February 5/18
Afterfeast of the Meeting
of Our Lord. Holy Martyr
Agatha of Palermo in Sicily
(251). St. Theodosius of
Skopelos in Cilicia (ca. 421).
St. Avitus, bishop of Vienne
(525). St. Polyeuctus,
patriarch of Constantinople
(970). St. Theodosius,
archbishop of Chernigov
(1696). New Martyr Anthony of
Athens, at Constantinople
(1774). New Martyrs Matushka
Agatha (Agafia) (1938), and
with her Schemamonk Eugene
(1939) and Righteous Paramon
(1941), of Byelorussia. Icon
of theMost Holy Theotokos
“SeekingOutthe
Lost.” Repose of
Metropolitan Michael of Serbia
(1897), Valeriu Gafencu of
Romania (1952), and Abbess
Agnia of Nizhni-Novgorod
(1954).
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Monday
II Peter 1:20-2:9
Mark 13:9-13
Fast-free week
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February 6/19
Afterfeast of the Meeting
ofOur Lord. St. Bucolus,
bishop of Smyrna (ca. 100).
Virgin-martyr Dorothea, and
with her Martyrs Christina and
Callista, sisters, and
Theophilus, at Caesarea in
Cappadocia (ca. 288-300).
Virgin-martyr Fausta, and with
her Martyrs Evilasius and
Maximus, at Cyzicus (ca.
305-311). Martyr Julian of
Emesa (312). Virgin-martyrs
Martha and Mary at Tanis
(Hermopolis) in Egypt. St.
James, ascetic of Syria (ca.
460). St. Mael, bishop of
Ardagh, disciple of St.
Patrick (488). Sts.
Barsanuphius the Great and
John the Prophet, monks of
Gaza (ca. 543). St. Vedast,
bishop of Arras (540). St.
Amand, apostle of Maastricht
(675). St. Photius, patriarch
of Constantinople (891). St.
Arsen of Iqalto, Georgia
(1127). St. Dorothea,
schemanun of Kashin (1629).
New Hieromartyr Priest Basil
Nadezhnin of Moscow (1937).
(Gr. Cal.: St. John of Thebes,
monk.) Repose of
Archbishop Theophan of Poltava
(1940).
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Tuesday
II Peter 2:9-22
Mark 13:14-23
Fast-free week
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February 7/20
Afterfeast of the Meeting
of Our Lord. St.
Parthenius, bishop of
Lampsacus on the Hellespont
(4th c.). St. Luke of Mt.
Steirion (953). The 1,003
Martyrs of Nicomedia (303).
St. Avgul, bishop of Brittany,
who suffered under Diocletian
(ca. 305). St. Mastridia of
Jerusalem, woman ascetic of
the desert (ca. 580). New
Martyr George of Alikianes on
Crete (1867). New Hieromartyr
Barlaam (Ryashentsev),
archbishop of Perm (1942).
(Gr. Cal.: Six Martyrs of
Phrygia [ca. 305]. St.
Aprionus, bishop of Cyprus.)
Repose of Archimandrite
Gennadius, ascetic of the
Roslavl Forests (1826), and
commemoration of his disciple
Abramius the desert-dweller of
Whitehoof Convent (1868), and
the latter’s spiritual
daughter Abbess Alexandra
(1883).
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Wednesday
II Peter 3:1-18
Mark 13:24-31
Fast-free week
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February 8/21
Afterfeast of the Meeting
of Our Lord. Great-martyr
Theodore Stratelates
(“the General”) of
Heraclea (319) (II Tim.
2:1-10; Matt. 10:16-22).
Prophet Zachariah (ca. 520
b.c.). Martyr Conitus of
Alexandria (249). St.
Agathangelus, bishop of
Damascus (ca. 325). St. Sabbas
II, archbishop of Serbia
(1271). Sts. John and Basil of
the Kiev Caves. St. Lyubov of
Ryazan, fool-for Christ
(1921). (Gr. Cal.:
Virgin-martyrs Martha and Mary
at Tanis (Hermopolis) in
Egypt. St. Macarius, bishop of
Paphos in Cyprus.) Repose
of Schema-abbot Theodore of
Valaam (1937).
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Thursday
I John 1:8-2:6
Mark 13:31-14:2
Fast-free week
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February 9/22
Apodosis of the Meeting of
Our Lord. Martyr
Nicephorus of Antioch (ca.
257). Hieromartyrs Marcellus,
bishop of Sicily; Philagrius,
bishop of Cyprus; and
Pancratius, bishop of
Taormina; disciples of Apostle
Peter (1st c.). Martyr
Apollonia of Alexandria (249).
St. Romanus the Wonderworker
of Cilicia, at Mt. Silpius
near Antioch (ca. 400). Sts.
Aemilianus and Bracchio of
Tours (Gaul) (6th c.). St.
Teilo, bishop of Llandaff,
Wales (6th c.). Hieromartyr
Peter, bishop of Damascus
(743). St. Pancratius,
hieromonk of the Kiev Caves
(13th c.). Sts. Gennadius
(1516) and Nicephorus (1557),
monks of Vazhe Lake (Vologda).
Uncovering of the relics
(1805) of St. Innocent, bishop
of Irkutsk (1731). Repose
of Maria, desert-dweller of
Olonets (1860).
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Friday
I John 2:7-17
Mark 14:3-9
Fast-free week
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February
10/23 Hieromartyr
Charalampus, bishop of
Magnesia in Asia Minor, and
Martyrs Porphyrius and Baptus
(202). Martyrs Ennatha,
Valentina, and Paula, of
Palestine (308). St.
Scholastica of Italy (543),
sister of St. Benedict of
Nursia. Synaxis of Novgorod
Hierarchs: Sts. Joachim
(1030), Luke the Jew (1058),
Germanus (1095), Arcadius
(1162), Gregory (1193),
Martyrius (1199), Anthony
(1232), Basil (1352), Moses
(1362), Symeon (1421),
Gennadius (1504), Pimen
(1571), and Athonius (1648).
St. Anna of Novgorod (1050),
wife of Yaroslav I. St.
Prochorus of the Kiev Caves
(1107). St. John Chimchimeli
of Bachkovo and Gremi (13th
c.). St. Longinus, monk of
Koryazhemka (Vologda) (1540).
(Gr. Cal.: St. Anastasius II,
archbishop of Jerusalem
[706].) Icon of the Most Holy
Theotokos of Areovindus
(“Fiery Vision”).
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Saturday
II Tim. 3:1-9
Luke 20:45-21:4
Fast-free week
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February
11/24 Hieromartyr
Blaise, bishop of Sebaste
(316). Hieromartyr Lucius of
Adrianopolis in Thrace (348).
St. Caedmon, monk of Whitby,
hymnographer (ca. 680). St.
Gobnait, abbess of
Ballyvourney, Cork (Ireland)
(7th c.). St. Benedict of
Aniane, monastic reformer
(821). St. Theodora (867),
wife of Emperor Theophilus the
Iconoclast. St. Vsevolod (in
holy baptism Gabriel), prince
and wonderworker of Pskov
(1138). St. Demetrius, monk of
Priluki (Vologda) (1392). New
Martyr George of Kratovo, at
Sofia (1515). Repose of
Archbishop Simon of Shanghai
and Peking (1933).
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Sunday of the Prodigal
Son
Tone 6
Matins: (VI) Luke 24:36-53
Liturgy: I Cor. 6:12-20
Luke 15:11-32
From the Synaxarion:
“The door of
God’s mercies is
opened unto all. On
this day we celebrate the
summoning
of the Prodigal Son, which
our divine
Fathers reinstituted in
the
Triodion.”
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February
12/25 St. Meletius,
archbishop of Antioch (381).
Hiero martyr Urbanus, bishop
of Rome (223-230). St. Mary,
nun (who was called Marinus),
and her father, St. Eugene,
monk, at Alexandria (6th c.).
St. Ethilwald of Lindisfarne
(740). St. Anthony II,
patriarch of Constantinople
(895). St. Prochorus of
Georgia, builder of Holy Cross
Monastery near Jerusalem
(1066). New Monk-martyrs Luke
(Mukhaidze) (1277) and
Nicholas (Dvali) (1314) of
Jerusalem, and the holy
fathers of the Georgian
monasteries in Jerusalem. St.
Alexis, metropolitan of Moscow
(1378). St. Bassian, abbot of
Ryabovsk Forest Monastery,
Uglich (1509). New Martyr
Christos the Gardener of
Albania, at Constantinople
(1748). St. Meletius,
archbishop of Kharkov (1840).
New Hieromartyr Alexis (Bui),
bishop of Voronezh (1930).
Appearance of the Iveron Icon
of the Most Holy Theotokos
(Mt. Athos) (late 10th c.).
Repose of the cave-dweller
Anastasia (Logacheva) of
Ardatov (1875) and Eugene
Poselyanin, writer
(1931).
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I John 2:18-3:10
Mark 11:1-11
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February
13/26 St. Martinian,
monk of Caesarea in Palestine
(422), and Sts. Zoe of
Bethlehem and Photina, virgin
(5th c.). St. Timothy,
patriarch of Alexandria (385).
St. Castor of Karden,
hieromonk and missionary
(Germany) (ca. 400). St.
Modomnoc, bishop of Ossory
(Ireland) (6th c.). St.
Eulogius, archbishop of
Alexandria (ca. 607-608). St.
Symeon the Myrrh-gusher,
prince of Serbia (1200). St.
Joseph, abbot of Volokolamsk
(Volotsk) (1515). New
Hieromartyr Sylvester,
archbishop of Omsk (1920).
(Gr. Cal.: Apostle Aquila of
the Seventy, and St. Priscilla
[1st c.].) Repose of
Archbishop George (Konissky)
of Byelorussia (1795), Abbess
Seraphima of Sezenovo (1877),
Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev)
of Bulgaria (1950), and Priest
Marcu Dumitrescu of Romania
(1999).
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Tuesday
I John 3:10-20
Mark 14:10-42
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February
14/27 St. Auxentius,
monk of Bithynia (470). St.
Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles,
teacher of the Slavs (869)
(Heb. 7:26-8:2; Matt.
5:14-19). St. Peter, patriarch
of Alexandria (380). St.
Maron, hermit of Cyrrhus
(423). St. Abraham, bishop of
Charres in Mesopotamia (ca.
423). St. Isaac, recluse of
the Kiev Caves (ca. 1090).
Hieromartyr Philemon, bishop
of Gaza.NewMartyr Nicholas of
Corinth (1554). New
Monk-martyr Damian of
Philotheou and Kissavos, at
Larissa (1568). Translation of
the relics (1578) of
Prince-martyr Michael and his
counselor, St. Theodore of
Chernigov (1245). New Martyr
George the Tailor of Mytilene,
at Constantinople (1693). St.
Hilarion the Georgian of
Imereti and Mt. Athos (1864).
St. Raphael, bishop of
Brooklyn (1915). New
Hieromartyr Onesimus (Pylaev),
bishop of Tula (1937).
Repose of Archimandrite
Barsanuphius of Valaam and
Morocco (1952), Righteous
Barbara (Arkhangelskaya) the
Recluse of Ufa (1966), and
Elder Ephraim of Katounakia
(1998).
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Wednesday
I John 3:21-4:6
Mark 14:43-15:1
Fast Day
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February
15/28 Apostle
Onesimus of the Seventy (ca.
109). Synaxis of St. John the
Theologian at Diaconissa.
Martyr Major of Gaza (304).
St. Eusebius, hermit of Asikha
in Syria (430-440). St.
Paphnutius, monk, and his
daughter St. Euphrosyne, nun,
of Alexandria (5th c.). St.
Theognius, bishop of Bethelia
near Gaza (523). St. Oswy,
king of Northumbria (670). St.
Paphnutius, recluse of the
Kiev Caves (13th c). St.
Dalmatus, abbot and founder of
the Dormition Monastery in
Siberia (1697). Repose of
Blessed Stoina (Euphemia) of
Devic Monastery (Serbia)
(1895) and Schemamonk Nikodim
of Karoulia (1984).
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Thursday
I John 4:20-5:21
Mark 15:1-15
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February
16/29 Martyrs
Pamphilus the priest, Valens
the deacon, Paul, Seleucus,
Porphyrius, Julian, Theodulus,
Elias, Jeremiah, Isaiah,
Samuel, and Daniel, at
Caesarea in Palestine (ca.
307-309). St. Marutha, bishop
of Sophene and Martyropolis
(422), and the Martyrs of
Persia (4th c.) whose relics
rest in Martyropolis. St. Mary
the New of Byzia in Thrace
(9th c.). New Monk-martyr
Romanus of Carpenision and
Kavsokalyvia, at
Constantinople (1694). St.
Basil Gryaznov of
Pavlovo-Posadsky (1869). St.
Macarius, metropolitan of
Moscow, apostle to the Altai
(1926). (Gr. Cal.: St. Flavian
the Confessor, patriarch of
Constantinople [ca. 449].)
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Mark 15:22-25, 33-41
Fast Day
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February 17/March
1 Great-martyr
Theodore the Tyro (ca. 306)
(II Tim. 2:1-10; John
15:17-16:2). St. Mariamne,
sister of Apostle Philip (1st
c.). St. Auxibius, bishop of
Soli in Cyprus (102). St.
Finan, bishop of Lindisfarne
(661). Uncovering of the
relics (867-869) of Martyr
Menas the Most Eloquent of
Alexandria (ca. 313). St.
Theodore the Silent of the
Kiev Caves (13th c.). St.
Theodosius the Bulgarian and
his disciple St. Romanus,
monks of Turnovo (Bulgaria)
(1362). New Martyr Michael
Mavroeidis of Adrianople
(1490). St. Hermogenes,
patriarch of Moscow and all
Russia (1612). New Hieromartyr
Theodore of Constantinople, at
Mytilene (1795). New
Hieromartyr Theodore,
hieromonk of Adjara, at Mt.
Athos (1822). St. Barnabas,
elder of the Gethsemane Skete
of St. Sergius Lavra (1906).
St. Nicholas Planas, priest in
Athens (1932). (Gr. Cal.:
Synaxis of Holy Emperor
Marcian [457] and St.
Pulcheria, his wife [453].)
Weeping “Tikhvin”
Icon of the Most Holy
Theotokos, St. Elias Skete
(Mt. Athos). Repose of
Elder Agapitus of the Kiev
Caves (1887).
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Saturday
I Cor. 10:23-28
Luke 21:8-9, 25-27, 33-36
Commemoration of the Dead
I Thess. 4:13-17
John 5:24-30
From the Synaxarion:
“On this day
the divine Fathers
ordained a memorial
for all those who have
fallen
asleep in piety since the
ages.”
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February 18/March
2 St. Leo the Great,
pope of Rome (461). St.
Agapitus, bishop of Synnada in
Phrygia, and Martyrs Victor,
Dorotheus, Theodulus, and
Agrippa, who suffered under
Licinius (4th c.). St. Flavian
the Confessor, patriarch of
Constantinople (ca. 449). St.
Colman, bishop of Lindisfarne
(676). St. Blaise,monkof Mt.
Athos (9th c.). St. Cosmas,
abbot of Yakhromsk (1492). St.
Nicholas, catholicos of
Georgia (1591). Commemoration
of the New Martyrs who
suffered during the
“Holy Night” in
St. Petersburg (1932). Finding
of relics (1961) of New Martyr
Irene of Lesbos (1463). (Gr.
Cal.: Martyrs Leo and
Parigorius of Patara in Lycia
[ca. 258].)
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Meat-fare
Sunday
Tone 7
Matins: (VII) John 20:1-10
Liturgy: I Cor. 8:8-9:2
Matt. 25:31-46
From the Synaxarion:
“On this day
we commemorate the day of
the
Second Coming of
Christ.”
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February 19/March
3 Apostles Archippus
and Philemon of the Seventy,
and Martyr Apphia (1st c.).
Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus,
Hesychius, and Asclepiodota of
Adrianopolis (305-311). Sts.
Eugene and Macarius, priests,
confessors at Antioch (363).
St. Mesrop the Translator of
Armenia (439). St. Rabulas of
Samosata (ca. 530). St. Conon,
abbot in Palestine (555). St.
Dositheus of Gaza (7th c.).
St. Philothea, nun-martyr of
Athens (1589). St. Theodore of
Sanaxar Monastery
(1791).NewHieromartyr Nicetas
of Epirus, hieromonk of Mt.
Athos, at Serres (1809).
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Monday
III John 1:1-15
Luke 19:29-40; 22:7-39
Cheese-fare Week
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February 20/March
4 St. Leo, bishop of
Catania in Sicily (ca. 780).
Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth),
bishop of Persia, and 128
Martyrs with him (342).
Hieromartyr Eleutherius,
bishop in Byzantium (2nd c.).
St. Eleutherius, bishop of
Tournai (531). St. Agatho,
pope of Rome (682). St.
Eucherius, bishop of Orleans
(ca. 740). St. Agatho,
wonderworker of the Kiev Caves
(13th-14th c.). Martyrdom of
St. Cornelius, abbot of the
Pskov Caves, and his disciple
St. Bassian of Murom (1570).
Abbot Macarius and 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, and
Serapion, and novices Varlaam,
Athanasius, Anthony, Luke,
Leontius, Thomas, Dionysius,
Philip, Ignatius, Basil,
Pachomius, Basil, Theophilus,
John, Theodore, and John
(1578). (Gr. Cal.: St.
Bessarion the Great,
wonderworker of Egypt [466].
St. Cindeus, bishop of
Pisidia.)
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Tuesday
Jude 1:1-10
Luke 22:39-42, 45-23:1
Cheese-fare Week
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February 21/March
5 St. Timothy of
Symbola in Bithynia (795). St.
Eustathius (Eustace),
archbishop of Antioch (337).
Hieromartyr Severian, bishop
of Scythopolis (452). St. John
the Scholastic, patriarch of
Constantinople (577). St.
Zachariah, patriarch of
Jerusalem (633). St. George,
bishop of Amastris (ca. 805).
“Kozelshchanskaya”
Icon of the Most Holy
Theotokos. Repose of
Blessed Simon (Todorsky),
bishop of Pskov (1754) and
Elder Macarius of Glinsk
Hermitage (1864).
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Wednesday
Sixth Hour: Joel 2:12-26
Vespers: Joel 3:12-21
No Liturgy
Cheese-fare Week
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February 22/March
6 Uncovering of the
relics (607-610) of the Holy
Martyrs at the gate of
Eugenius at Constantinople.
St. Abilius, patriarch of
Alexandria (98). St.
Telesphorus, pope of Rome
(127). St. Papius of
Hierapolis (2nd c.). Martyrs
Maurice, his son Photinus,
Theodore and Philip, with 70
soldiers, of Apamea (286-305).
St. Titus, bishop of Bostra in
Arabia (378). Sts. Thalassius
and Limnaeus, hermits near
Cyrrhus (5th c.). St.
Baradates, hermit near Antioch
(469). Holy Nine Children of
Kola, Georgia: Guarami,
Adarnasi, Bakari, Vache,
Bardzini, Dachi, Djuansheri,
Ramazi, and Parsmani (6th c.).
St. Leontius of Lycia (6th
c.). Sts. Babylus and his wife
Comnita of Nicosa (7th c.).
St. Athanasius the Confessor
of Constantinople (826). St.
Peter the Stylite of Mt.
Athos. New Hieromartyr Priest
Michael Lisitsyn of
Ust-Labinskaya, Russia (1918).
Repose of Righteous
Gregory (“Golden
Grits”) Miroshnikov of
Sednev (1855), Schemanun
Avramia of Kashin (1855), and
Blessed Theoktista
Mikhailovna, fool-for-Christ
of Voronezh (1936).
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Thursday
Jude 1:11-25
Luke 23:2-34, 44-56
St. Shio of Mgvime, monk of
Georgia (6th c.)
Cheese-fare Week
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February 23/March
7 Hieromartyr
Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna
(167). St. Gorgonia, sister of
St. Gregory the Theologian
(372). St. Alexander, founder
of the Monastery of the
Unsleeping Ones (430). Sts.
John, Antioch, Antoninus, and
Moses, ascetics near Cyrrhus
(5th c.). Sts. Zebinas,
Polychronius, Moses, and
Damian, ascetics near Cyrrhus
(5th c.). St. John Theristes
(the Harvester) of Stylos in
Calabria (11th c.). St. Damian
of Esphigmenou, Mt. Athos
(1280). St. Cosmas of
Zographou, Mt. Athos (1281).
St. Moses, monk of White Lake
(1480). New Monk-martyr Damian
of Philotheou and Kissavos, at
Larissa (1568). New
Hieromartyr Lazarus of the
Peloponnesus (ca. 1618). St.
Polycarp, monk of Briansk
(1620-1621). St. Nazarius,
abbot of Valaam (1809).
Repose of Elder Agapit of
Optina (1922) and Metropolitan
Zenobius (in schema Seraphim)
of Tetritskaro, Georgia, monk
of Glinsk Monastery
(1985).
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Friday
Sixth Hour: Zach. 8:7-17
Vespers: Zach. 8:19-23
No Liturgy
Cheese-fare Week
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February 24/March
8 First (4th c.) and
Second (452) Findings of the
Precious Head of St. John the
Baptist (Vespers: (1) Is.
40:1-3, 9; 41:17-18; 45:8;
48:20-21; 54:1; (2) Malachi
3:1-3, 5-7, 12, 18; 4:4-6; (3)
Wis. 4:7, 16-17, 19-20; 5:1-7.
Matins: Luke 7:17-30. Liturgy:
II Cor. 4:6-15; Matt.
11:2-15). Martyrs Montanus,
Lucias, Julian, Victoricus,
Flavian, and their companions,
at Carthage (259). St. Cummain
Ailbe, abbot of Iona (669).
St. Erasmus of the Kiev Caves
(ca. 1160). Uncovering of the
relics (1486) of St. Romanus,
prince of Uglich (1285).
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Cheese-fare
Saturday
Rom. 14:19-23; 16:25-27
Matt. 6:1-13
Commemoration of all the holy
and God-bearing Fathers who
shone forth in the ascetic
life.
Gal. 5:22-6:2
Matt. 11:27-30
St. Adrian of Uglich (after
1504)
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February 25/March
9 St. Tarasius,
archbishop of Constantinople
(806). Martyr Alexander at
Marcionopolis (ca. 305).
Hieromartyr Reginus, bishop of
the isle of Skopelos (355).
St. Paphnutius of Kephala,
monk (4th c.). St. Ethelbert,
king of Kent (616). St.
Walburga, abbess of Heidenheim
(779). New Hieromartyr Priest
Leo Korobczuk of Laskov (Chelm
and Podlasie, Poland) (1944).
Repose of Blessed Pashenka
of Nizhni-Novgorod
(1934).
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Cheese-fare
(Forgiveness) Sunday
Tone 8
Matins: (VIII) John 20:11-18
Liturgy: Rom. 13:11-14:4
Matt. 6:14-21
From the Synaxarion:
“On this day
we commemorate the falling
away of
first-created Adam from
the food of
Paradise.”
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February 26/March
10 St. Porphyrius,
bishop of Gaza (420). St.
Sebastian, monk of Poshekhonye
(1542). New Martyr John the
Cabinetmaker, at
Constantinople (1575). New
Hieromartyr John, bishop of
Rylsk (1938). (Gr.Cal.: Sts.
Photina, the Samaritan woman,
and her sisters Phota, Photis,
Parasceva, and Cyriaca; her
sons Victor [or Photinus] and
Joses; Sebastian the Duke, the
officer Anatolius, and
Theoclitus, the former
sorcerer—all martyred
under Nero [66].) Mezhetsk
Icon of the Most Holy
Theotokos.
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Monday
Beginning of Great
Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 1:1-20
Vespers: Gen. 1:1-13
Prov. 1:1-20
No Liturgy
At Great Compline: Great
Canon of
St. Andrew of Crete
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February 27/March
11 St. Procopius the
Confessor of Decapolis (ca.
750). Martyrs Julian and his
disciple Chroniun, at
Alexandria (250-252). Martyr
Gelasius the Actor of
Heliopolis (297). St.
Macarius, bishop of Jerusalem
(333). St. Thalelaeus, hermit
of Gabala in Syria (ca. 460).
St. Stephen, monk of
Constantinople (614). St.
Titus, priest of the Kiev
Caves (1190). St. Titus the
Soldier, monk of the Kiev
Caves (14th c.). St. Pitirim,
bishop of Tambov (1698). New
Martyr Elias of Trebizond
(1749). (Gr. Cal.: Sts.
Asclepius and James of
Nimouza, monks near Cyrrhus
[5th c.]. St. Timothy of
Caesarea, monk.) Repose of
Archimandrite Photius of the
Yuriev Monastery (Novgorod)
(1838), and Monk Anthony
(1848) and Hieromonk Justinian
(1966), both of Valaam.
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Tuesday
First Week of Great
Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 1:19-2:3
Vespers: Gen. 1:14-23
Prov. 1:20-33
No Liturgy
At Great Compline: Great
Canon of
St. Andrew of Crete
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February 28/March
12 St. Basil the
Confessor (747), companion of
St. Procopius, at Decapolis.
Apostles of the Seventy
Nymphas and Eubulus (1st c.).
Hieromartyr Nestor, bishop of
Magydos in Pamphylia (250).
Sts. Marana and Cyra, nuns of
Beroea in Syria (ca. 450).
Hieromartyr Proterius,
patriarch of Alexandria, and
six companions (457). St.
Romanus, desert-dweller of
Condat in the Jura Mountains
(Gaul) (460). Blessed Nicholas
of Pskov, fool-for-Christ
(1576). New Virgin-martyr
Kyranna of Thessalonica
(1751). St. Arsenius
(Matsievich), metropolitan of
Rostov, confessor (1772). (Gr.
Cal.: St. Barsus of Damascus,
bishop.)
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Wednesday
First Week of Great
Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 2:3-11
Vespers: Gen. 1:24-2:3
Prov. 2:1-22
Liturgy of the
Presanctified Gifts
At Great Compline: Great
Canon of
St. Andrew of Crete
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February 29/March
13 (Commemorated
on February 28th in non-leap
years.) St. John Cassian
the Roman, abbot, of
Marseilles (435). St. John,
called Barsanuphius, of Nitria
in Egypt (5th c.). St.
Germanus of Dacia Pontica
(Dobrogea, Romania) (5th c.).
St. Theosterictus the
Confessor, abbot of Pelecete
Monastery near Prusa (826).
St. Oswald, archbishop of York
(992). St. Cassian, recluse
and faster of the Kiev Caves
(12th c.). St. Cassian of Mu
Lake Hermitage, disciple of
St. Alexander of Svir (16th
c.). St. Meletius, archbishop
of Kharkov (1840).
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Thursday
First Week of Great
Lent
Sixth Hour: Is. 2:11-22
Vespers: Gen. 2:4-19
Prov. 3:1-18
No Liturgy
At Great Compline: Great
Canon of
St. Andrew of Crete
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