For Prayer and Fasting

 February 8
Great-martyr Theodore Stratelates ("the General") of Heraclea (319).
Prophet Zechariah, from among the 12 Minor Prophets (520 BC).
St. Macarius, bishop of Paphos in Cyprus.
Martyr Conitus of Alexandria (249).
St. Agathangelus, bishop of Damascus (ca. 325).
Sts. John and Basil of the Kiev Caves.
St. Kew, virgin of Cornwall.
St. Cuthman, hermit of Steyning.
Martyrs Nicephorus and Stephen.
Martyrs Philadelphus and Polycarp.
St. Pergetus.

Tone four. 
Luke24:1-12 (4th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Δ' (4) ΛΟΥΚΑ 24,1-12 (Αγρυπνία)
Луки24:1-12 (на утрене. Евангелие 4-e)

 February 9
Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch (ca. 257).
Hieromartyrs Marcellus, bishop of Sicily; Philagrius, bishop of Cyprus; and Pancratius, bishop of Taormina; disciples of Apostle Peter (1st c.).
Venerables Aemilianus and Bracchio of Tours (6th c.) .
St. Teilo, bishop (Llandaff in Wales) (6th c.) .
Martyr Apollonias of Alexandria (249).
St. Romanus the Wonderworker of Cilicia (5th c.).
Hieromartyr Peter Damascene, bishop of Damascus (743).

Tone four.
Romans13:11-14:4
Matthew6:14-21
Ρωμ.ιγ´ 11 - 14, ιδ´ 1 - 4
Ματθ.ϛ´ 14 - 21
Римлянам13:11-14:4
Матфея6:14-21 

 February 10
Hieromartyr Charalampus, bishop of Magnesia in Thessaly, and Martyrs Porphyrius and Baptus (202).
Martyrs Ennatha, Valentina, and Paula of Palestine (308).
St. Anastasius II, archbishop of Jerusalem (706) .
Martyr Charalampus (another) and three women companions.
St. Scholastica of Italy, sister of St. Benedict (543).

 February 11
Hieromartyr Blaise, bishop of Sebaste (316).
St. Theodora, wife of Emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast (867).
St. Gobnait, abbess of Ballyvourney, Cork (Ireland) (7th c.).
Venerable Caedmon of Whitby, monk (680).
Venerable George (Kratovac) the Greatmartyr of Serbia.
Hieromartyr Lucius of Adrianopolis in Thrace (348).
St. Benedict of Aniane (821).

 February 12
Iveron Icon (Moscow) of the Most Holy Theotokos (9th c.).
St. Meletius, archbishop of Antioch (381).
Venerable Mary, nun (who was called Marinus), and her father, St. Eugene, monk, at Alexandria (6th c.).
St. Anthony II, patriarch of Constantinople (895).
Venerable Gertrude of Nijvel, abbess (659) .
St. Ethilwald of Lindisfarne (740) .
New Martyr Chrestos at Constantinople (1748).
Martyrs Saturnius and Plotonus .
Hieromartyr Urban us, bishop of Rome (223-230).
Holy Fathers Prokhore the Georgian (11th c.), Luka (Mukhaidze) of Jerusalem (1277), Nikoloz Dvali (1314), аnd the Holy Fathers of the Georgian Monasteries in Jerusalem .

 February 13
Venerable Martinian, monk, of Caesarea in Palestine (422).
The holy woman Zoe of Bethlehem and Virgin Photina (5th c.).
Venerable Eulogius, archbishop of Alexandria (607-608).
Venerable Symeon the Myrrh-gusher, prince of Serbia (1200).
Synaxis of All Saints of Omsk Metropolia.
St. Martin the Merciful.
St. Modomnoc, bishop of Ossory (6th c.).
Apostle and Martyr Aquila, and Priscilla.
St. Timothy, patriarch of Alexandria (385).
St. Castor of Karden, hieromonk and missionary.
St. Ermenhilda, abbess of Ely.
St. Huna, priest-monk of Huneya.
Translation of the relics of St. Edward the Martyr, King of England.

 February 14
Venerable Auxentius, monk of Bithynia (470).
St. Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles, teacher of the Slavs (869).
12 Greek Master-Builders of the Dormition Cathedral in the Lavra of the Kievan Caves (11th C).
Venerable Maron, hermit of Syria (423).
St. Abraham, bishop of Charres in Mesopotamia (ca. 423).
St. Ilarion the Georgian of Imeretia and Mt. Athos (1854).
Hieromartyr Philemon, bishop of Gaza.
St. Peter, patriarch of Alexandria (380).

After Liturgy : concluding with the Canon of St Theodore the Tyro and the Blessing ofKolyva

 February 15
Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy (109).
Venerable Paphnutius, monk, and his daughter St. Euphrosyne, nun, of Alexandria (5th c.).
Venerable Eusebius, hermit of Syria (440).
Martyr Major of Gaza (304).
St. Oswy, king of Northumbria (670).
Synaxis of St. John the Theologian at Diaconissa.
St. Theognius, bishop of Bethelia near Gaza (523).

Tone five. 
Luke24:12-35 (5th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Ε' (5) ΛΟΥΚΑ  24,12-35 (Αγρυπνία)
Луки24:12-35 (на утрене. Евангелие 5-e)

 February 16
Martyrs Pamphilus presbyter, Valens deacon, Paul, Seleucus, Porphyrius, Julian, Theodulus, Elias, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Samuel, and Daniel, at Caesarea in Palestine (307-309).
Venerable Marutha, bishop of Sophene and Martyropolis, and others with him in Mesopotamia (422).
St. Flavian, Archbishop of Antioch (381-404).
St. Mary the New of Byzia in Thrace (9th c.).

Tone five.
Hebrews11:24-26, 11:32-12:2
John1:43-51
Εβρ.ια´ 24 - 26, 32 - 40
Ιω.α´ 44 - 52
Евреям11:24-26, 32-12:2
Иоанна1:43-51

 February 17
Great-martyr Theodore the Tyro (306).
St. Mariamne, sister of Apostle Philip (1st c.).
Uncovering of the relics (867-869) of Martyr Menas the Melodius of Alexandria (ca. 313).
St. Finan, bishop of Lindisfarne (661).
St. Auxibius, bishop of Soli in Cyprus (102).
New Martyr Theodore of Byzantium, at Mitylene (1795).
Emperor Marcian (457) and Pulcheria, his wife (453), and the commemoration of the dedication of the Great Church in Constantinople.

 February 18
Venerable Shio Mgvime (6th c.) (movable holiday on Thursday of the Cheese-fare Week).
St. Leo the Great, pope of Rome (461).
St. Agapitus, bishop of Synnada in Phrygia (4th c.).
St. Flavian the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople (449).
Martyrs Victor, Dorotheus, Theodulus, and Agrippa, who suffered under Licinius (4th c.).
St. Colman, bishop of Lindisfarne (676).
Martyrs Leo and Parigorius of Patara of Lycia (258).
St. Blaise, monk of Mt. Athos (9th c.).

 February 19
Apostles Archippus and Philemon of the Seventy, and Martyr Apphia (1st c.).
Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus, Hesychius, and Asclepiodotus of Adrianopolis (305-311).
Venerables Eugene and Macarius, presbyters, confessors at Antioch (363).
Venerable Dositheus of Palestine (6th c.), disciple of St. Abba Dorotheus.
Venerable Rabulas of Samosata (530).
Venerable Conon, abbot in Palestine (555).
St. Mesrop the Translator of Armenia (439).

 February 20
Venerable Leo, bishop of Catania in Sicily (ca. 780).
Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him (342).
Venerable Agatho, pope of Rome (682).
Venerable Bessarion the Great, wonderworker of Egypt (466).
St. Cindeus, bishop of Pisidia.
Hieromartyr Eleutherius, bishop in Byzantium (2nd c.).
St. Eleutherius, bishop of Tournai (531).
St. Eucherius, bishop of Orleans (740).

 February 21
Venerable Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia (795).
St. Eustathius (Eustace), archbishop of Antioch (337).
St. John the Scholastic, patriarch of Constantinople (577).
St. Zachariah, patriarch of Jerusalem (633).
Hieromartyr Severian, bishop of Scythopolis (452). 

February 22
Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the gate of Eugenius at Constantinople (395-423).
Martyrs Maurice and his son Photinus, and Martyrs Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers, at Apamea in Syria (305).
Venerables Thalassius, Limnaeus, and Baradates, hermits of Syria (5th c.).
Venerable Athanasius the Confessor of Constantinople (826).
St. Telesphorus, pope of Rome (127).
St. Papius of Hierapolis (2nd c.).
Venerable Peter the Stylite of Mt. Athos.
St. Abilius, patriarch of Alexandria (98).
St. Titus, bishop of Bostra in Arabia (378).
Holy Nine Children of Kola: Guarami, Adarnasi, Bakari, Vache, Bardzini, Dachi, Djuansheri, Ramazi, and Parsmani (6th c.).
St. Leontius of Lycia (6th c.).
Sts. Babylus and his wife Comnita of Nicosa (7th c.).

Tone six.
Luke24:36-53 (6th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ ΣΤ' (6) ΛΟΥΚΑ 24,36-53 (Αγρυπνία)
Луки24:36-53 (на утрене. Евангелие 6-e)

February 23
Hieromartyr Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (167).
Venerables John, Antioch, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, Moses, and Damian, ascetics of the Syrian desert (5th c.).
Venerable Alexander, founder of the order of the Unsleeping Ones (430).
Venerable Gorgonia, sister of St. Gregory the Theologian (372).

Tone six. 
 Hebrews1:10-2:3
Mark2:1-12
Εβρ.α´ 10 - 14, β´ 1 - 3
Μαρκ.β´ 1 - 12
Евреям1:10-2:3
Марка2:1-12 
Hebrews7:26-8:2 (Saint)
John10:9-16 (Saint) 

February 24
First (4th c.) and Second (452) Findings of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist.
Martyrs Montanus, Lucias, Julian, Victoricus, Flavian and their companions at Carthage (259).
St. Cummain Ailbe, abbot of Ilona (669).

February 25
St. Tarasius, archbishop of Constantinople (806).
Hieromartyr Reginus, bishop of the isle of Skopelos (355).
Venerable Polycarp.
Martyr Anthony.
Venerables Erasmus and Paphnutius of Kephala, monks, contemporaries of St. Anthony the Great (4th c.).
Martyrs Alexander at Marcionopolis (305) and Hypatius.
St. Ethelbert, king of Kent (616).
Venerable Walburga, abbess of Heidenheim (779).
St. Maecellus, bishop of Apamea in Syria.
St. Theodore, fool-for-Chist.

February 26
St. Porphyrius, bishop of Gaza (420).
Martyrs Sebastian and Christodoulos (66).
New Martyr John Calphas ("the Apprentice") at Constantinople (1575).
St. Photina, the Samaritan woman, and her sisters Anatola, Phota, Photis, Parasceva, and Cyriaca; her sons Photinus and Joses; and Sebastian the Duke, Victor, and Christodulus — all martyred under Nero (66).
Martyr Theoclitas, martyred with St. Photina.
The Mezhetsk Icon of the Mother of God.

February 27
Great Martyr Theodore Tyro (306) (movable holiday on Saturday of the 1st week of the Great Lent).
Venerable Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis (ca. 750).
Venerable Thalelaeus, hermit of Syria (460).
Martyr Gelasius the Actor of Heliopolis (297).
Venerable Stephen, monk of Constantinople (614).
Venerables Asclepius and James of Syria, monks (5th c.).
Venerable Timothy of Caesarea, monk.
Martyr Nesius.
Martyrs Julian and his disciple Chroniun at Alexandria (250-252).
St. Macarius, bishop of Jerusalem (333).

February 28
"Cyprus" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos from the village Staromniy, Moscow region (movable holiday on the 1st Sunday of the Great Lent).
Venerable Basil the Confessor (747), companion of St. Procopius at Decapolis.
Hieromartyr Proterius, patriarch of Alexandria, and six companions (457).
Hieromartyr Nestor, bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia (250).
Venerables Marana, Cyanna (Kyra), and Domnica (Domnina), nuns, of Syria (ca. 450).
Apostles Nymphas and Eubulus.
Venerable Romanus, desert-dweller of Condat in the Jura Mountains (460).
Venerable Barsus of Damascus, bishop.
  February 29th
Venerable John Cassian the Roman, abbot (435).
Venerable John, called Barsanuphius, of Nitria in Egypt (5th c.).
Martyr Theoctyrist [Theostyrictus] (8th C).
The Monk Leo, Cappadocian Monastic.
St. Oswald, archbishop of York (992).
St. Germanus of Dacia Pontica (Dobrogea, Romania) (5th c.) .
St. Theosterictus the Confessor, abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa (826).

March 1

Martyr Eudocia of Heliopolis (152).
Martyrs Nestor, Tribimius, Marcellus, and Anthony of Perge in Pamphylia (3rd c.).
Martyr Antonina of Nicaea in Bithynia (284-305).
Venerable Domnina of Syria (450-460).
Venerable Agapius of Vatopedi Skete of Kolitsou, Mt. Athos, and his four companions.
Venerable Swidbert, monastic founder on the Rhine River (713).
St. David of Wales, bishop (6th c.).
St. Albinus, bishop of Angers (550).
St. Leo-Luke of Corleone, Sicily (900).
Martyrs Sophronius and Silvester.
Martyrs Charisius, Nicephorus, and Agapius.

March 2
Hieromartyr Theodotus, bishop of Cyrenia (315).
St. Arsenius, bishop of Tver (1409).
Virgin-martyr Euthalia of Sicily (257).
Martyr Troadius of Neo-Caesarea (3rd c.).
Venerable Agatho of Egypt, monk (5th c.).
440 Martyrs slain by the Lombards (579).
St. Chad, bishop of Lichtfield, England (672).
St. Quintus of Phrygia, confessor and wonderworker (283).
Martyr Andronicus and the virgin Athanasia.
Hieromartyrs Nestor the bishop and Tribimius the deacon of Perga in Pamphylia (250).
Martyr Hesychius the Palatine of Antioch (304).

Tone seven. 
Hebrews4:14-5:6
Mark8:34-9:1
Εβρ.δ´ 14 - 16, ε´ 1 - 6
Μαρκ.η´ 34 - 38, θ´ 1 - 1
Евреям4:14-5:6
Марка8:34-9:1 

March 3
Martyr Eutropius of Amasea, and with him Martyrs Cleonicus and Basiliscus (308).
Venerable Piama, virgin (337).
Sts. Zeno and Zoilus.
St. Alexandra, of Alexandria (4th c.).
St. Caluppan of Auvergne (576) .
St. Non, mother of St. David of Wales (6th c.).
St. Winwaloe of Brittany (530).
St. John (Chrysostom) IV, the Catholicos of Georgia (1049).
Hieromartyr Theodoretus, Priest of Antioch (361-363).

March 4
Venerable Gerasimus of the Jordan (475).
Martyrs Paul, his sister Juliana, and Quadratus, Acacius, and Stratonicus, at Ptolemais in Syria (273).
Venerable James the Faster of Phoenicia (6th c.).
Translation of the relics (938) of Martyr Wenceslaus, prince of the Czechs (935).
St. Gregory, bishop of Constantia in Cyprus.
St. Gregory, bishop of Assos near Ephesus (1150).
St. Julian, patriarch of Alexandria (189).

March 5
Martyr Conon of Isauria (2nd c.).
Martyr Onisius of Isauria (2nd c.).
Martyr Conon the Gardener of Pamphylia (251).
Virgin-martyr Irais (Rhais) of Antinoe in Egypt (3rd c.) and with her Martyr Archelaus and 152 Martyrs in Egypt.
Martyr Eulogius of Palestine.
Martyr Eulampius of Palestine.
Venerable Mark the Faster of Egypt (5th c.).
Venerable Hesychius the Faster of Bithynia (790).
"Nurtured Up-Bringing" Icon of the Mother of God.
Martyr Archelaus and 152 Martyrs in Egypt.
St. Kieran (Ciaran) of Saigher, Munster(5th-6th c.).
St. Theophilus, bishop of Caesaria in Palestine (200).
St. Virgil, archbishop of Aries (618).

March 6
Parents’ Saturday. Remembrance of the dead.
The 42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia, including: Constantine, Aetius, Theophilus, Theodore, Melissenus, Callistus, Basoes, and others (845).
The uncovering of the Precious Cross and the Precious Nails by Empress St. Helen (326).
Monk-martyrs Conon and his son Conon of Iconium (270-275).
Venerable Arcadius, monk, of Cyprus (361), and his disciples Julian and Bulius.
Venerable Fridolin, abbot, enlightener of the Upper Rhine (538).
Martyrs Cyriacus and 12 companions, who suffered under Diocletian in Augsburg (304).
Translation of the relics Sts. Cyneswitha and Cyneburga, abbesses of Caistor, and St. Tibba, nun, of Rynall.
Monk-martyr Maximus.
Martyr Euphrosynus.
Martyrs Julian and Eubulus.
St. Hesychius the Wonderworker, monk.

March 7
St. Gregory Palamas the Archbishop of Thessalonica (movable holiday on the 2nd Sunday of the Great Lent).
Synaxis of all Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Caves (movable holiday on the 2nd Sunday of the Great Lent).
The Holy Hieromartyrs of Cherson: Basil, Ephraim, Capito, Eugene, Aetherius, Elpidius, and Agathodorus (4th c.).
Venerable Paul the Simple of Egypt, disciple of St. Anthony the Great (4th c.).
St. Paul the Confessor, bishop of Prusias in Bithynia (850).
Venerable Emilian of Rome.
Sts. Nestor and Arcadius, bishops of Tremithus.
Venerable Laurence, founder of the monastery of the Mother of God on Salamis (1707) .
St. Ephraim, Patriarch of Antioch (546).
St. Dandus and all Saints of Thrace.
St. Eosterwine, abbot of Wearmount.