Orthodox Calendar for February 2056

February 2056
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 Martyr Tryphon Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicity, and those with them at Carthage (203) Our Holy Mother Brigid of Kildare (524)	2 Meeting of Christ in the Temple	3 Righteous Simeon the Godbearer and Anna the Prophetess Our Father among the Saints, Nikolai (Nicholas), Archbishop and Enlightener of Japan (1912)	4 Ven. Isidore of Pelusium Venerable Cyril of New Lake (Novoezezrsk) (1532)	5 Repose St Theodosius of Chernigov Holy Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily (251) Our Holy Father Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople (970) Holy New Martyr Antony of Athens (1774)
6 Sunday of the Prodigal Son St Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna St Photios, patriarch of Constantinople (891) Sts Barsanuphius and John the Prophet, monks of Palestine (6th c.)	7 St Parthenius, Bishop of Lampsacus Our Venerable Father Luke the New of Mount Stirion (ca. 950)	8 Greatmartyr Theodore Stratelates Holy Prophet Zechariah (6th c. BC) St Sabbas II, Archbishop of Serbia (1271)	9 Fast Leavetaking of Meeting Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch Relics of St Innocent of Irkutsk Hieromartyr Peter of Damascus, bishop of Damascus (ca. 776) Peter of Damascus, Hesychast (12th c.)	10 Hieromartyr Haralambos Hieromartyr Haralambos (Charalampus), bishop of Magnesia (202) St Scholastica of Italy, sister of St Benedict (543) Our Venerable Father Prochorus of the Kiev Caves (1107)	11 Fast Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste Ven. Dimitry of Priluk Hieromartyr Blaise, bishop of Sebaste (316) St Theodora the Empress (867)	12 Memorial Saturday St Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch St Aleksy, Metr. of All Russia St Meletios, archbishop of Antioch (381)
13 Sunday of Meatfare Sunday of the Last Judgment Ven. Martinian of Caesarea Holy Apostles and Martyrs Priscilla and Aquila St Symeon the Myrrh-streamer, founder of the Chilandar Monastery (1200)	14 Fast—Meat Fast St Cyril, Teacher of the Slavs Our Holy Father Auxentius (470) What Happened to Valentine's Day? Venerable Maron the Hermit of Syria (ca. 423)	15 Fast—Meat Fast Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy Our Venerable Father Dalmatius of Siberia (1697) Our Venerable Father Anthimos of Chios (1960)	16 Fast—Meat Fast No Liturgy Martyr Pamphylius and His Companions	17 Fast—Meat Fast Greatmartyr Theodore Tyro Hieromartyr Germogen, Patriarch of Moscow	18 Fast—Meat Fast No Liturgy St Leo the Great, Pope of Rome	19 Fast—Meat Fast Commemoration of Departed Righteous Monastics Apostles of the Seventy Archippus and Philemon Our Venerable Mother Philothea of Athens (1589)
20 Fast—Meat Fast Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise Forgiveness Sunday St Leo, Bishop of Catania St Bessarion the Great, wonder-worker of Egypt (466) Thirty-four Holy Martyrs of the Monastery of Valaam (1578)	21 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon Beginning of the Great Fast Ven. Timothy of Symbola St Eustathius, archbishop of Antioch (337) St John the Scholastic, patriarch of Constantinople (577) Saint Zachariah, Patriarch of Jerusalem (632)	22 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon Unc. Rel. Holy Martyrs at Gate of Eugenius	23 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon; Presanctified Liturgy Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna Saint Gorgonia (372) Our Venerable Father Alexander the Unsleeping (430)	24 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon 1st and 2nd Finding Honorable Head of St John the Baptist Saint Aethelberht (Ethelbert), first Christian King of Kent (616)	25 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy St Tarasius, Abp. of Constantinople	26 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed St Theodore Tyro (the Recruit) St Porphyrius, Bishop of Gaza St Photini the Samaritan Woman, and those with her (66)
27 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed First Sunday of Lent Sunday of Orthodoxy St Raphael Bishop of Brooklyn Our Holy Father Procopius of Decapolis (9th c.) Our Venerable Father Titus of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves (1190) Our Holy Father Leander, Bishop of Seville and Apostle of Spain (600)	28 Lenten Fast Ven. Basil the Confessor Blessed Nicholas of Pskov, fool for Christ (1576)	29 Lenten Fast Ven. John Cassian