February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Feb. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 27
All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 11 (March 10 on leap years) by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For February 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 13.
Contents
Saints
- Saints Photine (Photina), the Samaritan woman in the Gospel,[1][2][note 2] and those with her, all martyred under Nero (66), including:[3] (see also: March 20 - Slavonic)
- Saint Porphyrius of Gaza, Bishop of Gaza (420)[2][3][10][11][note 4]
- Saint Nicholas of "Katopinos".[2][13][note 5]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Dionysius of Augsburg, venerated as the first Bishop of Augsburg in Germany (c. 303)[14][note 6]
- Saint Faustinian, second Bishop of Bologna in Italy (4th century)[14][note 7][note 8]
- Saint Andrew of Florence, Bishop of Florence and Confessor (c. 407)[12][14]
- Saint Agricola, Bishop of Nevers in France (c. 594)[14]
- Saint Victor, a hermit in Arcis-sur-Aube in Champagne in France (7th century)[12][14]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, founder of Sokhotsk Monastery, Yaroslavl (1500)[3][15][16] (see also: December 18)
- New Martyr John the Cabinetmaker (John Calphas, "the Apprentice"), by beheading, at Constantinople (1575)[2][3][17][18]
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Sylvester (Olshevsky), Archbishop of Omsk, Bishop of Prilutsk and Vicar of Poltava (1920)[19]
- New Hieromartyr Peter Varlamov, Priest of Ufim (1930)[20][21][note 9]
- New Hieromartyr Sergius Voskresensky, Priest (1933)[20][21]
- Virgin-martyr Anna Blagoveshchensky (1937)[20][21]
- New Hieromartyr John (Pashin), Bishop of Rylsk (Rila) (1938)[3][20][21][note 10]
- New Hieromartyr John Dunaev, Priest (1938)[20][21]
Other commemorations
Icon gallery
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St Photina.jpg
Saint Photine with Christ at Jacob's Well.
Notes
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- February 26 / March 11. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- March 11 / February 26. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- February 26. 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). pp. 17-18.
- The Twenty-Sixth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China.
- February 26. 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. 17-18.
- 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. p. 86.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 26 ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (Russian) 11 марта (26 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (Russian) 26 февраля (ст.ст.) 11 марта 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Φωτεινὴ ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς ἡ Σαμαρείτιδα. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 February 26 / March 11. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἁγίες Φωτώ, Φῶτις, Παρασκευή, Κυριακὴ καὶ Ἀνατολὴ οἱ Μάρτυρες ἀδελφὲς τῆς Ἁγίας Φωτεινῆς. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βίκτωρ καὶ Χριστόδουλος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰωσῆς καὶ Βίκτωρ οἱ Μάρτυρες υἱοὶ τῆς Ἁγίας Φωτεινῆς. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Σεβαστιανὸς ὁ δοῦκας. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Martyr Sebastian. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόκλητος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ φαρμακὸς. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Πορφύριος Ἐπίσκοπος Γάζης. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ St Porphyrius the Bishop of Gaza. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 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. 17-18.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Κατοπινός. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 February 26. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Σεβαστιανὸς ἐκ Ρωσίας. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Κάλφας. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ New Martyr John Kalphes, the Apprentice. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Dr. Alexander Roman. February. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 March 11 / February 26. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 (Russian) 26 февраля (ст.ст.) 11 марта 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Κιέβῳ Ρωσίας. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
