Orthodox Calendar
February 1970
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1

  • 35th Sunday after Pentecost
  • 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.)
  • Zacharias the New Martyr of Patra

3

  • Ven. Maximus the Confessor
  • Holy Martyr Agnes of Rome (ca. 304)
  • Our Holy Father Maximos the Greek (1556)

4

Fast

  • Apostle Timothy of the Seventy
  • Holy Martyr Anastasius of Persia (628)

5

  • Hieromartyr Clement and Martyr Agathangel
  • Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Sixth Ecumenical Council

6

Fast

  • Ven. Xenia of Rome
  • Bl. Xenia of St Petersburg
  • Our Holy Father Macedonian (ca. 430)

7

  • St Gregory the Theologian

8

  • Sunday of Zacchaeus
  • Ven. Xenophon, Mary, and their sons Arcadius and John
  • St Ammonas of Egypt, disciple of St Anthony the Great (350)
  • Our Holy Mother Paula of Rome (404)

9

  • Transl. Relics of St John Chrysostom

10

  • Ven. Ephrem the Syrian
  • Our Holy Father Isaac the Syrian, bishop of Nineveh (7th c.)
  • Palladios the Hermit of Antioch

11

Fast

  • Trans. Rel. Ignatius the Godbearer
  • St Andrei Rublev, iconographer (1430)
  • Our Holy Father Aphrahat the Persian (4th c.)

12

  • Synaxis 3 Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom
  • Saint Peter, King of Bulgaria (970)

13

Fast

  • Unmercenaries Cyrus and John
  • Venerable Nicetas, hermit of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod (1108)
  • Marcella of Rome (410)

14

  • Martyr Tryphon
  • Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicity, and those with them at Carthage (203)
  • Our Holy Mother Brigid of Kildare (524)

15

  • Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
  • Beginning of the Lenten Triodion
  • Meeting of Christ in the Temple

16

  • Righteous Simeon the Godbearer and Anna the Prophetess
  • Our Father among the Saints, Nikolai (Nicholas), Archbishop and Enlightener of Japan (1912)

17

  • Ven. Isidore of Pelusium
  • Venerable Cyril of New Lake (Novoezezrsk) (1532)
  • Nicholas the Confessor

18

  • Holy Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily (251)
  • Our Holy Father Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople (970)
  • Holy New Martyr Antony of Athens (1774)

19

  • St Photios, patriarch of Constantinople (891)
  • Sts Barsanuphius and John the Prophet, monks of Palestine (6th c.)
  • St Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna

20

  • St Parthenius, Bishop of Lampsacus
  • Our Venerable Father Luke the New of Mount Stirion (ca. 950)

21

  • Greatmartyr Theodore Stratelates
  • Holy Prophet Zechariah (6th c. BC)
  • St Sabbas II, Archbishop of Serbia (1271)

22

  • Sunday of the Prodigal Son
  • Leavetaking of Meeting
  • Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch
  • Relics of St Innocent of Irkutsk
  • Hieromartyr Peter of Damascus, bishop of Damascus (ca. 776)

23

  • Hieromartyr Haralambos
  • St Scholastica of Italy, sister of St Benedict (543)
  • Our Venerable Father Prochorus of the Kiev Caves (1107)

24

  • Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste
  • Ven. Dimitry of Priluk
  • St Theodora the Empress (867)

25

Fast

  • St Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch
  • St Aleksy, Metr. of All Russia
  • Christos the New Martyr

26

  • Ven. Martinian of Caesarea
  • Holy Apostles and Martyrs Priscilla and Aquila
  • St Symeon the Myrrh-streamer, founder of the Chilandar Monastery (1200)

27

Fast

  • St Cyril, Teacher of the Slavs
  • Our Holy Father Auxentius (470)
  • What Happened to Valentine's Day?

28

  • Memorial Saturday
  • Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy
  • Our Venerable Father Dalmatius of Siberia (1697)
  • Our Venerable Father Anthimos of Chios (1960)