February 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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February 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 19-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 3 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Leo the Great, Pope of Rome...
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February 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 21-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 5 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Leo of Catania in Sicily, bishop*Saint Agatho of Rome, Pope...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 4 (March 3) by Old CalendaristsOld calendarists
The term Old Calendarist refers to any Orthodox Christian or any Orthodox Church body which uses the historic Julian calendar , and whose Church body is not in communion with the Orthodox Churches that use the New Calendar...
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Saints
- SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
s ArchippusArchippusArchippus was an early Christian believer mentioned briefly in the New Testament epistles of Philemon and Colossians.-Role in the New Testament:...
and Philemon of Colossae, of the Seventy Apostles - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Apphia (1st century) - Saint Dositheus of Palestine, disciple of Saint Abba Dorotheus (7th century)
- Saint Rabulas of Samosata (530530Year 530 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lampadius and Probus...
) - Saints Eugene, presbyterPresbyterPresbyter in the New Testament refers to a leader in local Christian congregations, then a synonym of episkopos...
and confessor, and Macarius, presbyter (363363Year 363 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Iulianus and Sallustius...
) - Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus, Hesychius, and Ascelepioda of Adrianapolis (305305Year 305 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Valerius...
-311311Year 311 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Maximinus...
) - Saint Conon of Palestine, abbotAbbotThe word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
(555555Year 555 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 555 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Asia :* The Nan Liang Dynasty begins; the first ruler...
) - Martyr PhilotheiPhilotheiSaint Philothei was born in Athens to an illustrious and wealthy family. Against her will, she was married to a cruel man. When he died three years later, the Saint gave away her worldly belongings, took up the monastic life and established a convent, in which she became a mother to her disciples...
of Athens, nunNunA nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life. She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent... - HieromartyrHieromartyrIn the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was also one of the clergy . In like manner a priest-monk is often called a hieromonk....
Nicetas of Epirus
Other commemorations
- Repose of HieromonkHieromonkHieromonk , also called a Priestmonk, is a monk who is also a priest in the Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholicism....
Theodore of Sanaxar (1791)