For Prayer and Fasting

January 23
Hieromartyr Clement, bishop of Ancyra, and Martyr Agathangelus (296).
Venerable Mausimas the Syrian, monk (4th c.).
Venerable Salamanes the Silent of the Euphrates, monk (ca. 400).
St. Paulinus the Merciful, bishop of Nola (431).
Commemoration of the Sixth Ecumenical Council (680-681).
St. Eusebius, recluse of Mt. Coryphe near Antioch (5th c.).

January 24
Venerable Xenia of Rome and her two female slaves (5th c.).
Martyrs Babylas of Sicily and his two disciples Timothy and Agapius (3rd c.).
Venerable Macedonius, hermit of Syria (ca. 420).
Translation of the relics (632) of St. Anastasius the Persian (628).
St. Felician, bishop of Foligno in Italy (254).
St. Lupicinus of Lipidiaco (500).
St. Neophytus the Recluse of Cyprus (1214).
Martyrs Hermogenes and Mamas.
Martyrs Paul, Pausirius, and Theodotian, of Egypt (3rd c.).
St. Philo, bishop of Carpasia in Cyprus (5th c.).
The Priest Martyr Philippikos the Presbyter and Martyr Barsima of Syria and his two brothers.
Venerable Zosimas, bishop of Babylon in Egypt (6th c.).

January 25
St. Gregory the Theologian, archbishop of Constantinople (389).
Martyrs Felicitas of Rome and seven sons: Januarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalis, and Martial (164).
Venerable Publius, ascetic of Syria (380).
Venerable Mares the Singer of Syria (430).
St. Castinus, bishop of Byzantium (240).
Venerable Demetrius Skevophylax ("Keeper of the Sacred Vessels") of Constantinople (8th c.).
Venerable Apollo of the Thebaid, monk (4th c.).
St. Bretanion (Vetranion), bishop of Tomis (380).

January 26
St. Xenophon and his wife, St. Mary, and their two sons, Sts. Arcadius and John, of Constantinople (6th c.).
Martyrs Ananias presbyter, Peter, and seven soldiers, in Phoenicia (295).
Venerable Symeon "the Ancient" of Mt. Sinai (ca. 390).
Translation of the relics of Venerable Theodore, abbot of the Studion (845).
St. Joseph, bishop of Thessalonica, brother of St. Theodore of the Studion (830).
St. David IV the Builder, king of Georgia and Abkhazeti (1125).
St. Ammon, of Egypt, disciple of St. Anthony the Great (350), and St. Gabriel, abbot at Jerusalem (490).
St. Conon, bishop and monastic founder on the Isle of Man (648).
Two Martyrs of Phrygia.
St. Paula of Palestine (404).

Tone eight.
John21:15-25 (11th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ ΙΑ' (11) ΙΩΑΝΝΗ 21,15-25 (Αγρυπνία)
Иоанна21:15-25 (на утрене. Евангелие 11-e)

January 27
Translation of the relics (437) of St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople.
Venerable Peter of Egypt (5th c.).

Tone eight
2 Timothy 3:10-15
Luke 18:10-14
Β Τιμ. γ´ 10 - 15
Λουκ. ιη´ 10 - 14
2 Тимофею 3:10-15
Луки18:10-14

January 28
Venerable Ephraim the Syrian (373).
Venerable Palladius the Hermit of Antioch (4th c.).
Venerable Isaac the Syrian, bishop of Nineveh (ascetic writer) (7th c.).
Venerable John of Reomans (544).
Venerable James the Ascetic of Porphyreon in Palestine.

January 29
Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer, bishop of Antioch (107).
Martyrs Romanus, James, Philotheus, Hyperechius, Abibus, Julian and Paregorius at Samosata (297)
Martyrs Silvanus, bishop of Emesa, Luke the Deacon, and Mocius (Mucius) the Reader (312).
Synaxis of All Saints of Yekaterinburg.
Venerable Aphrahates of Persia, monk (370).
St. Barsimaeus the Confessor, bishop of Edessa (2nd c.).
Martyrs Sarbelus and his sister Bebaia of Edessa (115) .
Venerable Sulpicius Severus, disciple of St. Martin of Tours (406).
Venerable Gildas the Wise, abbot of Rhuys, Brittany (ca. 570).
St. Ashot Kuropalates of Tao-Klardjeti (829).

January 30
Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom.
Hieromartyr Hippolytus, pope of Rome, and with him Martyrs Censorinus, Sabinus, Ares, the Virgin Chryse, Martyrs Felix, Maximus, Herculianus, Venerius, Styracius, Mennas, Commodus, Hermes, Maurus, Eusebius, Rusticus, Monagrius, Amandinus, Olympius, Cyprus, Theodore the Tribune, Maximus the Presbyter, Archelaus the Deacon, and Cyriacus the Bishop, at Ostia (269).
Venerable Zeno, hermit of Antioch and disciple of St. Basil the Great (414).
Martyr Theophilus the New in Cyprus (784).
St. Peter, king of Bulgaria (969).
New Martyr Theodore of Mitylene (Mt. Athos) (1784).
New Hieromartyrs Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich and Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich, Eugene Poselianin.
St. Adelgonda, foundress of Maubeuge (680).
St. Bathild, queen of France (680).

January 31
Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cyrus and John (311) and with them Martyrs Athanasia and her daughters Theoctiste, Theodota, and Eudoxia, at Canopus in Egypt (311).
St. Nicetas of the Kiev Caves, bishop of Novgorod (1108).
Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, and Papias of Egypt (251).
Martyr Tryphaenes at Cyzicus (1st c.).
St. Marcella of Rome (410).
St. Athanasius, bishop of Methona (880).

 February 1
Martyr Tryphon of Campsada near Apamea in Syria (250).
Martyrs Perpetua, a woman of Carthage, and the catechumens Saturus, Revocatus, Saturninus, Secundulus, and Felicitas (202-203).
Venerable Peter of Galatia, hermit near Antioch in Syria (429).
Venerable Vendemianus (Bendemianus), hermit of Bithynia (512).
St. Brigid of Ireland (523).
St. Seiriol, abbot of Penmon (Anglesey) (6th c.).
St. Basil, archbishop of Thessalonica (895).
Venerable Timothy the Confessor.
Martyrs Theion with 2 children at Kariona .
Martyr Elias the New of Damascus (779).
Sts. David (784), Symeon (843), and George (844), confessors of Mitylene.

Luke 2:25-32 Matins Gospel

 February 2
The Meeting of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Martyr Agathodorus of Cappadocia.

Hebrews 7:7-17 Epistle, Meeting
Luke 2:22-40 Gospel, Meeting

St. Nicholas, enlightener of Japan (1912)
John10:1-9(Matins Gospel)

February 3
Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess (1st c.).
St. Nicholas, enlightener of Japan (1912).
Prophet Azarias (10th c.B.C.).
Martyrs Papias, Diodorus, and Claudianus at Perge in Pamphylia (250).
Martyrs Adrian and Eubulus, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (310).
Martyr Blaise of Caesarea in Cappadocia (3rd c.).
St. Ansgar, bishop of Hamburg, enlightener of Denmark and Sweden (865).
St. Laurence of Canterbury, bishop (619).
Venerable Werburga of Chester, abbess (700).
St. Ia, virgin of St. Ives.
St. James, archbishop of Serbia (1292).
Martyr Paul the Syrian, who suffered under Diocletian (4th c.).

Hebrews 13:17-21
Matthew 5:13-19

 February 4
Venerable Isidore of Pelusium, monk (436-440).
Martyrs Jadorus and Isidore who suffered under Decius (249-251).
Hieromartyr Abramius, bishop of Arbela in Assyria (ca. 344-347).
Venerable Nicholas the Confessor, abbot of the Studion (868).
St. John, of Irenopolis (325).
Venerable Aldate, hieromartyr of Gloucester, England (6th c.) (Celtic & British).
St. Modan, abbot of Stirling and Falkirk.
Hieromartyr Phileas, bishop of Thmuis and martyr Philoromus the Magistrate (303).
St. Evagrius, fellow-ascetic of St. Shio of Mgvime (6th c.) .

 February 5
Holy Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily (251).
Martyr Theodoula of Anazarbus in Cilicia, and with her Martyrs Helladius, Macarius, Boethos, and Evagrius (304).
"Eletsk-Chernigov" (1060), "Sicilian" or "Divnogorsk" (1092) and "In Search of the Perishing" (17th c.) Icons of the Mother of God.
St. Polyeuctus, patriarch of Constantinople (970).
St. Theodosius of Skopelos in Cilicia (ca. 421).
St. Avitus, bishop of Vienne (525).

 February 6
Venerable Bucolus, bishop of Smyrna (ca. 100).
Venerables Barsanuphius the Great and John the Prophet, monks of Palestine (6th c.).
St. Photius, patriarch of Constantinople (891).
Virgin-martyr Dorothea, and with her Martyrs Christina and Callista, sisters, and Theophilus, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (288-300).
Martyr Julian of Emesa (312).
Virgin-martyr Fausta, and with her Martyrs Evilasius and Maximus, at Cyzicus (ca. 305-311).
Virgin-martyrs Martha and Mary, and their brother Martyr Lycarion, in Egypt.
St. Mael, bishop of Ardagh, disciple of St. Patrick (488).
Martyrs Faustus, Basil and Silvanus of Darion in Constantinople.
Venerable John of Thebes, monk.
St. James, ascetic of Syria (ca. 460).
St. Vedast, bishop of Arras (540).
St. Amand, apostle of Maastricht (675).

 February 7
Venerable Parthenius, bishop of Lampsacus on the Hellespont (4th c.).
Venerable Luke of Mt. Steirion (953).
Venerable Mastridia of Jerusalem, woman ascetic of the desert (ca. 580).
Six Martyrs of Phrygia (305).
Venerable Peter of Monombateia.
St. Aprionus, bishop of Cyprus.
Martyr Theopemptus and Synodia.
St. Avgul, bishop of Brittany, who suffered under Diocletian (ca. 305).
St. Roman, bishop of Kilmaronen.
St. Richard, father of Saints Willibald, Wunnibald and Walburga.

 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.

 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 two.
Mark16:1-8 (2nd Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Β' (2) ΜΑΡΚΟY 16,1-8 (Αγρυπνία)
Марка16:1-8 (на утрене. Евангелие 2-e)

 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).

Tone two.
1Corinthians 8:8-9:2
Matthew25:31-46
Α.Κορ. η´ 8 - 13, θ´ 1 - 2
Ματθ.κε´ 31 - 46
1Коринфянам 8:8-9:2
Матфея25:31-46 

 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).

 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).

 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 three.
Mark16:9-20 (3rd Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Γ' (3) ΜΑΡΚΟY 16,9-20 (Αγρυπνία)
Марка16:9-20 (на утрене. Евангелие 3-e)

 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.

Tone three.
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 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).