Orthodox Calendar for February 1999

February 1999
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 Holy Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily (251) Repose of St Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernigov (1896) Our Holy Father Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople (970)	6 St Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna St Photios, patriarch of Constantinople (891) Sts Barsanuphius and John the Prophet, monks of Palestine (6th c.)
7 Sunday of the Prodigal Son 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 Leavetaking of Meeting Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch Relics of St Innocent of Irkutsk Hieromartyr Peter of Damascus, bishop of Damascus (ca. 776)	10 Fast Hieromartyr Haralambos Martyrs Porphyrius and Baptus St Scholastica of Italy, sister of St Benedict (543)	11 Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste Ven. Dimitry of Priluk St Theodora the Empress (867)	12 Fast St Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch St Aleksy, Metr. of All Russia	13 Memorial Saturday Ven. Martinian of Caesarea Holy Apostles and Martyrs Priscilla and Aquila St Symeon the Myrrh-streamer, founder of the Chilandar Monastery (1200)
14 Sunday of Meatfare Sunday of the Last Judgment St Cyril, Teacher of the Slavs Our Holy Father Auxentius (470) What Happened to Valentine's Day?	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 Martyr Pamphylius and His Companions	17 Fast—Meat Fast No Liturgy Greatmartyr Theodore Tyro Hieromartyr Germogen, Patriarch of Moscow	18 Fast—Meat Fast St Leo the Great, Pope of Rome	19 Fast—Meat Fast No Liturgy Apostles of the Seventy Archippus and Philemon Our Venerable Mother Philothea of Athens (1589)	20 Fast—Meat Fast Commemoration of Departed Righteous Monastics 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 Fast—Meat Fast Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise Forgiveness Sunday Ven. Timothy of Symbola St Eustathius, archbishop of Antioch (337) St John the Scholastic, patriarch of Constantinople (577)	22 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon Beginning of the Great Fast Unc. Rel. Holy Martyrs at Gate of Eugenius Ven. Thalassius and Baradates, Hermits of Syria	23 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna Saint Gorgonia (372) Our Venerable Father Alexander the Unsleeping (430)	24 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon; Presanctified Liturgy 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 Great Canon St Tarasius, Abp. of Constantinople	26 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy St Porphyrius, Bishop of Gaza St Photini the Samaritan Woman, and those with her (66)	27 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed St Raphael Bishop of Brooklyn St Theodore Tyro (the Recruit), Great-martyr Our Holy Father Procopius of Decapolis (9th c.) Our Venerable Father Titus of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves (1190)
28 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed First Sunday of Lent Sunday of Orthodoxy Ven. Basil the Confessor Blessed Nicholas of Pskov, fool for Christ (1576)