Orthodox Calendar for February 1991

February 1991
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1 Ven. Macarius the Great Our Holy Father Mark Eugenikos, Metropolitan of Ephesus and Confessor of the Orthodox Faith (1443)	2 Ven. Euthymius the Great Holy Martyrs Inna, Pinna and Rimma (Nirra) (1st – 2nd c.) Saint Peter the Tax Collector (6th c.)
3 Sunday of the Prodigal Son Ven. Maximus the Confessor Holy Martyr Agnes of Rome (ca. 304) Our Holy Father Maximos the Greek (1556)	4 Apostle Timothy of the Seventy Holy Martyr Anastasius of Persia (628)	5 Hieromartyr Clement and Martyr Agathangel	6 Fast Ven. Xenia of Rome Bl. Xenia of St Petersburg Our Holy Mother Xenia of Petersburg, fool for Christ (ca. 1800) Our Holy Father Macedonian (ca. 430)	7 St Gregory the Theologian	8 Fast Ven. Xenophon and Mary St Ammonas of Egypt, disciple of St Anthony the Great (350) Our Holy Mother Paula of Rome (404)	9 Memorial Saturday Transl. Relics of St John Chrysostom
10 Sunday of Meatfare Sunday of the Last Judgment Ven. Ephrem the Syrian Our Holy Father Isaac the Syrian, bishop of Nineveh (7th c.)	11 Fast—Meat Fast Trans. Rel. Ignatius the Godbearer St Andrei Rublev, iconographer (1430) Our Holy Father Aphrahat the Persian (4th c.) Repose of Blessed Father Dimitrios Gagastathis (1975)	12 Fast—Meat Fast Synaxis 3 Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom Saint Peter, King of Bulgaria (970)	13 Fast—Meat Fast No Liturgy Unmercenaries Cyrus and John Venerable Nicetas, hermit of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod (1108) Marcella of Rome (410)	14 Fast—Meat Fast Martyr Tryphon Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicity, and those with them at Carthage (203) Our Holy Mother Brigid of Kildare (524)	15 Fast—Meat Fast No Liturgy Meeting of Christ in the Temple	16 Fast—Meat Fast Commemoration of Departed Righteous Monastics Righteous Simeon the Godbearer and Anna the Prophetess Our Father among the Saints, Nikolai (Nicholas), Archbishop and Enlightener of Japan (1912)
17 Fast—Meat Fast Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise Forgiveness Sunday Ven. Isidore of Pelusium Venerable Cyril of New Lake (Novoezezrsk) (1532)	18 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon Beginning of the Great Fast 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)	19 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon St Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna St Photios, patriarch of Constantinople (891) Sts Barsanuphius and John the Prophet, monks of Palestine (6th c.)	20 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon; Presanctified Liturgy St Parthenius, Bishop of Lampsacus Our Venerable Father Luke the New of Mount Stirion (ca. 950)	21 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon Greatmartyr Theodore Stratelates Holy Prophet Zechariah (6th c. BC) St Sabbas II, Archbishop of Serbia (1271)	22 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy 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.)	23 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed St Theodore Tyro (the Recruit) 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)
24 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed First Sunday of Lent Sunday of Orthodoxy Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste Ven. Dimitry of Priluk Hieromartyr Blaise, bishop of Sebaste (316) St Theodora the Empress (867)	25 Lenten Fast St Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch St Aleksy, Metr. of All Russia St Meletios, archbishop of Antioch (381)	26 Lenten Fast Ven. Martinian of Caesarea Holy Apostles and Martyrs Priscilla and Aquila St Symeon the Myrrh-streamer, founder of the Chilandar Monastery (1200)	27 Lenten Fast Presanctified Liturgy 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)	28 Lenten Fast Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy Our Venerable Father Dalmatius of Siberia (1697) Our Venerable Father Anthimos of Chios (1960)