February 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Feb. 21
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 23
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February 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 22-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 6 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia*Saint Eustace of Antioch, Archbishop...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 23
February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 24-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 8 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Hieromartyr Polycarp of Smyrna, bishop...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 7 (March 6) 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
- MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s Maurice, his son Photinus, Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers, at ApameaApamea (Syria)Apamea was a treasure city and stud-depot of the Seleucid kings, was capital of Apamene, on the right bank of the Orontes River. . Its site is found about to the northwest of Hama, Syria, overlooking the Ghab valley...
in SyriaSyriaSyria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
(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...
) - 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...
Papius of Hierapolis - Venerable Thalassius, Limnaeus, and Barades, hermits of Syria (5th century)
- Venerable Athanasius the Confessor of ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
(821821Year 821 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.- Asia :* Tang Mu Zong becomes emperor of China.* First recorded session of the Parliament of Croatia- Byzantine Empire :...
) - Saint TelesphorusTelesphorusTelesphorus or Telesphoros can refer to:* Telesphorus * Pope Telesphorus...
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
of RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
(137137Year 137 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Balbinus...
) - Saint Peter the Stylite of Mount AthosMount AthosMount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
- RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n new martyr Theoktista Michailovna, Fool-for-Christ of VoronezhVoronezhVoronezh is a city in southwestern Russia, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast. It is located on both sides of the Voronezh River, away from where it flows into the Don. It is an operating center of the Southeastern Railway , as well as the center of the Don Highway...
(1936) - Russian new martyr Michael Lisicin, priestPriestA priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
(1918) - Martyrs Anthusa and her 12 servants
- Saint Blaise, bishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
Other commemorations
- Uncovering of the relicRelicIn religion, a relic is a part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial...
s of some martyrs at the gate of Eugenius in Constantinople (395395Year 395 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Olybrius and Probinus...
-423423Year 423 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marinianus and Asclepiodotus...
) - Repose of Gregory "Golden Grits" (1855)
- Repose of Schemanun Avramia of Kashin (1855)