February 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 5 (March 4 on leap years) by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For February 20th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 7.
Contents
Saints
- Hieromartyr Eleutherius of Byzantium, Bishop in Byzantium (136)[1][2][3]
- Martyrs Didymos, Nemesios and Potamios, in Cyprus.[4][5][note 2]
- Saint Eutropius, martyr (308)[5][6][note 3]
- Hieromartyr Sadoc of Persia (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him (330)[1][5][7][8][note 4]
- Saint Anianus (Aninas).[5][9]
- Saint Bessarion the Great, Wonderworker of Egypt (466)[1][5][10] (see also: June 6)
- Saint Agatho of Rome, Pope of Rome (682)[1][5][11][12]
- Saint Mildrith, Anglo-Saxon abbess of the Abbey at Minster-in-Thanet, Kent (c. 700)[13][note 5] (see also: July 13)
- Saint Leo of Catania (Leo the Wonderworker), Bishop of Catania in Sicily (785)[1][5][14][15][16][note 6]
- Veneranle Cindeus of Pisidia (Kindeos), Bishop of Pisidia.[1][2][5][17]
- Venerable Plotinus, monk.[5][18]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Bolcan (Olcan), baptised by St Patrick, Bolcan later became Bishop of Derkan in Ireland (c. 480)[16][19]
- Saint Valerius (Valier), first Bishop of Couserans in France (5th century?)[16]
- Saint Falco of Maastricht, Bishop of Maastricht in the Netherlands (512)[16]
- Saint Eleutherius of Tournai, Bishop of Tournai (531)[1][2][16][note 7][note 8]
- Saint Eucherius of Orléans, Bishop of Orleans (c. 740)[1][2][16][note 9][note 10]
- Saint Colgan, called 'the Wise' and 'the Chief Scribe of the Irish' , he was Abbot of Clonmacnoise in Offaly in Ireland (c. 796)[16]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Yaroslav the Wise, son of the Varangian (Viking) Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (1054)[2][20][21][note 11]
- Saint Agatho, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves Monastery (13th-14th centuries)[1][2][20][21][22][23][note 12]
- Martyrdom of St. Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov-Caves Monastery, by beheading, and his disciple St. Bassian of Murom (1570)[1][2][20][24][25][note 13]
- Hieromartyr Abbot Macarius and 34 monks and novices of Valaam Monastery, martyred by the Lutherans (1578):[1][2][20][26]
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- Hieromonk Titus,
- Schemamonk Tikhon,
- Monks Gelasius, Sergius, Varlaam, Sabbas, Conon, Sylvester, Cyprian, Pimen, John, Simonas, Jonah, David, Cornelius, Niphon, Athanasius, and Serapion; and
- Novices Varlaam, Athanasius, Anthony, Luke, Leontius, Thomas, Dionysius, Philip, Ignatius, Basil, Pachomius, Basil, Theophilus, John, Theodore, and John.
New martyrs and confessors
Icon gallery
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Saint Agatho of Rome, Pope of Rome.
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Sadoc (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 128 martyrs with him (Menologion of Basil II).jpg
Hieromartyr Sadoc of Persia and 128 Martyrs with him.
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Saint Mildrith, Abbess of the Abbey at Minster-in-Thanet.
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Saint Leo of Catania the Wonderworker.
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Reliquary shrine of St. Eleutherius of Tournai.
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Saint Eucherius of Orléans.
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Saint Yaroslav the Wise.
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Saint Agathon the Wonderworker.jpg
St. Agatho, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves Monastery.
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St. Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov-Caves Monastery.
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Notes
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- February 20 / March 5. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- March 5 / February 20. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- February 20. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- Dr. Alexander Roman. February. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 16.
- The Twentieth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China.
- February 20. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 53-54.
- Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 79-80.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 20 ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (Russian) 5 марта (20 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (Russian) 20 февраля (ст.ст.) 5 марта 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 February 20 / March 5. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 March 5 / February 20. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 53-54.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δίδυμος, Νεμέσιος καὶ Ποτάμιος οἱ Μάρτυρες ἐκ Κύπρου. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτρόπιος. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Σαδὼκ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Περσίδος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ὀκτὼ τελειωθέντες. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth) the Bishop of Persia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνιανός. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Βησσαρίων ὁ Θαυματουργός. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγάθων Πάπας Ρώμης. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ St Agathon the Pope of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ἡ Ὁσία Μιλδρέδη ἐκ Βρετανίας. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Λέων ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Κατάνης. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ St Leo the Bishop of Catania in Sicily. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 February 20. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Κινδέος Ἐπίσκοπος Πισιδίας. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Πλωτίνος. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ The Twentieth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 (Russian) 20 февраля (ст.ст.) 5 марта 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Dr. Alexander Roman. February. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀγάθων ὁ Θαυματουργός. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Venerable Agathon the Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Κορνήλιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐκ Ρωσίας. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Beheading of the Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of the Pskov Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Μακάριος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας καὶ ὁ σὺν αὐτῷ ἀναιρεθέντες. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
