February 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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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...
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February 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 26-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 10 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Tarasius of Constantinople, Patriarch...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 9 (March 8) 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
- Saint LiudhardLiudhardLiudhard was a Frankish bishop – of where is unclear – and the chaplain of Queen Bertha of Kent, whom she brought with her from the continent upon her marriage to King Æthelberht of Kent...
(Letard), Chaplain and bishop of Queen Bertha of KentBertha of KentSaint Bertha was the Queen of Kent whose influence led to the introduction of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England. She was canonized as a saint for her role in its establishment during that period of English history.Bertha was the daughter of Charibert I, Merovingian King of Paris...
(ca. 600) - 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...
Erasmus of the Kiev Caves Monastery (12th century)
Other commemorations
- First and second finding of the Precious Head of Saint John the BaptistJohn the BaptistJohn the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...
- 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 Saint Romanus of Uglich, prince