February 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 5
February 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 4-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 16 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Holy and Righteous Simeon the God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 5
February 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 6-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 18 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily*Saint Theodosius of Chernigov, archbishop...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 17 by Old CalendaristsOld Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...
Saints
- Venerable Isidore of PelusiumIsidore of PelusiumIsidore of Pelusium was born in Egypt to a prominent Alexandrian family. He became an ascetic, and moved to a mountain near the city of Pelusium, in the tradition of the Desert Fathers....
(436) - Blessed George of Vladimir, Great Prince (1238)
- Venerable Cyril, 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...
and wonderworker of Novoezersk in Novgorod (1532) - 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...
Nicholas the Confessor, abbot of the Studion (868) - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Jadorus (3rd century) - 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....
Abramius of Arbela in AssyriaAssyriaAssyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
(344) - Saint John of Hirenopolis, 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...
(4th century) - Venerable Abraham and Corpius, monkMonkA monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
s of PechengaPechenga RiverPechenga is a river in Murmansk Oblast, Russia . It is the namesake for the Pechenga settlement, Pechenga Monastery and the Pechenga District. The river discharges into the Pechenga Bay by the Barents Sea coast....
in VologdaVologdaVologda is a city and the administrative, cultural, and scientific center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Vologda River. The city is a major transport knot of the Northwest of Russia. Vologda is among the Russian cities possessing an especially valuable historical heritage...
(15th century) - Martyr Joseph of Aleppo (1686)
- Martyr Theoctistus
Other commemorations
- Repose of the Royal Recluse Dosithea of Moscow (1810)