Orthodox Calendar for February 1936

February 1936
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 Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee Beginning of the Lenten Triodion Ven. Euthymius the Great Zacharias the New Martyr of Patra Holy Martyrs Inna, Pinna and Rimma (Nirra) (1st – 2nd c.) Saint Peter the Tax Collector (6th c.)	3 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 Ven. Xenia of Rome Bl. Xenia of St Petersburg Our Holy Father Macedonian (ca. 430)	7 St Gregory the Theologian	8 Ven. Xenophon, Mary, and their sons Arcadius and John St Simeon the Elder of Mount Sinai St Ammonas of Egypt, disciple of St Anthony the Great (350)
9 Sunday of the Prodigal Son Transl. Relics of St John Chrysostom	10 Ven. Ephrem the Syrian Our Holy Father Isaac the Syrian, bishop of Nineveh (7th c.)	11 Trans. Rel. Ignatius the Godbearer St Laurence, Recluse of the Kiev Caves St Andrei Rublev, iconographer (1430)	12 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Synaxis 3 Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom Saint Peter, King of Bulgaria (970)	13 Unmercenaries Cyrus and John Venerable Nicetas, hermit of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod (1108) Marcella of Rome (410)	14 Fast Martyr Tryphon Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicity, and those with them at Carthage (203) Our Holy Mother Brigid of Kildare (524)	15 Memorial Saturday Meeting of Christ in the Temple
16 Sunday of Meatfare Sunday of the Last Judgment 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 Ven. Isidore of Pelusium Venerable Cyril of New Lake (Novoezezrsk) (1532)	18 Fast—Meat Fast Holy Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily (251) Repose of St Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernigov (1896) Our Holy Father Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople (970)	19 Fast—Meat Fast No Liturgy St Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna St Photios, patriarch of Constantinople (891) Sts Barsanuphius and John the Prophet, monks of Palestine (6th c.)	20 Fast—Meat Fast St Parthenius, Bishop of Lampsacus Our Venerable Father Luke the New of Mount Stirion (ca. 950)	21 Fast—Meat Fast No Liturgy Greatmartyr Theodore Stratelates Holy Prophet Zechariah (6th c. BC) St Sabbas II, Archbishop of Serbia (1271)	22 Fast—Meat Fast Commemoration of Departed Righteous Monastics Leavetaking of Meeting Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch Relics of St Innocent of Irkutsk Hieromartyr Peter of Damascus, bishop of Damascus (ca. 776)
23 Fast—Meat Fast Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise Forgiveness Sunday Hieromartyr Haralambos Martyrs Porphyrius and Baptus St Scholastica of Italy, sister of St Benedict (543)	24 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon Beginning of the Great Fast Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste Ven. Dimitry of Priluk St Theodora the Empress (867)	25 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon St Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch St Aleksy, Metr. of All Russia	26 Lenten Fast—No overrides Great Canon; Presanctified Liturgy 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—No overrides Great Canon St Cyril, Teacher of the Slavs Our Holy Father Auxentius (470) What Happened to Valentine's Day?	28 Lenten Fast—No overrides Presanctified Liturgy Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy Our Venerable Father Dalmatius of Siberia (1697) Our Venerable Father Anthimos of Chios (1960)	29 Lenten Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Martyr Pamphylius and His Companions St Theodore Tyro (the Recruit), Great-martyr