For Prayer and Fasting

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)

 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).