February 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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February 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 9-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 21 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Great martyr Theodore Stratelates "the General" *Prophet Zechariah...
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February 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 11-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 23 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 22 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:...
Nicephorus of Antioch 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....
(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....
Marcellus of Sicily, 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...
(1st century) - Hieromartyr Philagrius of Cyprus, bishop (1st century)
- Hieromartyr Pancratius of TaorminaPancras of TaorminaSaint Pancras or Pancratius is said to have been born in Antioch in Cilicia . According to tradition, he travelled to Jerusalem with his parents during the earthly ministry of Jesus; later the entire family was baptized in Antioch...
, bishop (1st century) - Martyr Peter Damascene (743743Year 743 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 743 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.- Europe :* After an interregnum of seven years,...
) - 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...
Nicephorus of Vazheozersk 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...
, 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...
(1550) - Saint Gennadius of Vazheozersk in Vologda, monk
- Saint Pancratius of the Kiev Caves Monastery, hieromonkHieromonkHieromonk , also called a Priestmonk, is a monk who is also a priest in the Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholicism....
(13th century) - Saint AemilianusSaint AemilianusSaint Aemilianus lived in the 5th century AD, and is known as a physician, confessor, and martyr. In the reign of the Arian Vandal King Huneric , he became enmired in the Arian persecution in Africa. When he would not convert to Arianism he was put to death by being flayed alive...
of ToursToursTours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
in GaulGaulGaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of... - Saint Bracchio of Tours in Gaul
Other commemorations
- Repose of Maria, desert-dweller of OlonetsOlonetsOlonets is a town and the administrative center of Olonetsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, situated on the Olonka River, to the east from Lake Ladoga. Population: -History:...
(1860)