For Prayer and Fasting

January 16
Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Holy and All-glorious Apostle Peter.
Martyrs the brothers Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Meleusippus, their grandmother Leonilla, and with them Neon, Turbo, and the woman Jonilla (Jovilla), in Cappadocia (ca. 161-180).
Martyr Danax the Reader in Macedonia (2nd c.).
St. Honoratus the Archbishop of Arles and Founder of Lerins Monastery (429).
Venerable Romilos, monk of Mt. Athos and Ravanica (Serbia) (1375), disciple of St. Gregory of Sinai, and with him Sts. Nestor, Martinius, Daniel, Sisoes, Zosimas, and Gregory.
St. Honoratus, archbishop of Aries and founder of Lerins Monastery (429).
St. Sigebert, king of the East Angles, martyr (635).
St. Fursey of Burgh Castle, enlightener of East Anglia and Langy (650).
St. James of Tarentaise (429).

January 17
Venerable Anthony the Great (356).
Emperor St. Theodosius the Great (395).
Venerable Achilles the Confessor, hermit of Egypt (5th c.).

January 18
St. Athanasius the Great (373) and St. Cyril (444), archbishops of Alexandria.
Venerable Cyril, schemamonk, and Venerable Maria, schemanun (1337) (parents of St. Sergius of Radonezh).
Venerable Marcian of Cyrrhus in Syria, monk (ca. 303).
Martyr Xenia.
St. Maximus of Serbia, metropolitan (1516).
Venerable Silvanus, of Palestine, monk.
St. Leobardus of Marmoutier (6th c.).
Martyr Theodula and her companions Helladius, Boethius, Evagrius and Macarius of Anazarbus in Cilicia, (304).

Tone one.
Matthew 28:16-20 (1st MatinsGospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Α' (1) ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟY 28,16-20(Αγρυπνία)
Матфея28:16-20 (на утрене. Евангелие 1-e)
 

January 19
Venerable Macarius the Great of Egypt (390).
Virgin-martyr Euphrasia of Nicomedia (303).
Venerable Macarius of Alexandria (394).
Venerable Anton the Stylite of Martqophi, Georgia (6th c.).
St. Arsenius, archbishop of Kerkyra (Corfu) (953).
St. Branwalader (Breward) of Cornwall and the Channel Islands (6th c.).
St. Fillan (Foelan) of Strathfillan (VIII).
Translation of the relics (950) of St. Gregory the Theologian (389).
Martyr Anthony Rawah the Qpraisite (8th c.).

Tone one.
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 20
Venerable Euthymius the Great (473).
Martyrs Inna, Pinna, and Rimma, disciples of Apostle Andrew in Scythia (lst-2nd c.).
Martyrs Bassus, Eusebius, Eutychius, and Basilides at Nicomedia (303).
Martyr Anna at Rome.
Martyrs Therses and Agnes.
St. Leo the Great, confessor, emperor of the East (474).
Blessed Peter the Customs Inspector of Constantinople (6th c.).

January 21
Venerable Maximus the Confessor (662).
Martyr Neophytus of Nicaea (305).
Martyrs Eugene, Candidus, Valerian, and Aquila at Trebizond (303).
Venerable Maximus the Greek of Russia (1556).
New Hieromartyr Elias priest (1938).
Virgin-martyr Agnes of Rome (304).
Martyr Anastasius, disciple of St. Maximus the Confessor (662).
Wonderworking Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Paramythia (Vatopedi, Mt. Athos).
Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "Stabbed" ("Zaklannaya") and "Xenophite Hodegetria".
Venerable Neophytes of Vatopedi on Mt Athos.
St. Zosimas, bishop of Syracuse (662).
Synaxis of the Church of Holy Peace by the Sea in Constantinople.
St. Timon, monk of Nadeyev and Kostroma (1840).

January 22
Apostle Timothy of the Seventy (ca. 96).
Monk-martyr Anastasius the Persian (628).
Martyrs Manuel, George, Peter, Leontius, bishops; Sionius, Gabriel, John, Leontus, Parodus, presbyters; and 377 companions in Bulgaria (814).
St. Brithwald of Wilton (1045).
St. Wendreda, virgin of March.

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).

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

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.

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

Luke 2:25-32 Matins Gospel

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

Tone three.
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 

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.

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)