February 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

February 13 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 15

An Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 27 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For February 14th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 1.

Saints

• Saint Peter II, Patriarch of Alexandria (380)[1][2]
• Venerable Maron of Syria, hermit of Cyrrhus (c. 433)[1][3][4][5]
• Venerable Auxentius of Bithynia, monastic (c. 470)[1][3][6][7][8]
• Venerable Abraham of Charres, Bishop of Charres in Mesopotamia (5th century)[1][3][9][10][11]
• Venerable Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Teacher of the Slavs (869)[1][2][12]
• Hieromartyr Philemon of Gaza, Bishop of Gaza (10th century).[1][2][3][13]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Eleuchadius, a Greek, converted by St Apollinaris of Ravenna in Italy, and succeeded St Adheritus as third Bishop of that city (112)[14][note 2]
• Martyrs Vitalis, Felicula and Zeno, early martyrs in Rome.[14][15]
• Saint Valentine the Presbyter of Rome, under Claudius II (c. 270)[14][15][16][17][18][note 3] (see also: July 6, July 30)
• Hieromartyr Valentine, Bishop of Interamna Nahars, Terni, in Italy (c. 273)[14][15][16][19][note 4] (see also: July 30[21])
• Martyrs Proculus, Ephebus and Apollonius, disciples of Hieromartyr Valentine, Bishop of Interamna, Terni, in Italy (c. 273)[14][15][22][note 5]
• Martyrs Bassus, Anthony, and Protolicus, at Alexandria.[15][23][note 6]
• Martyr Agatho, Priest, and Companions, at Alexandria.[15][24][note 7]
• Saint Nostrianus, Bishop of Naples in Italy and a valiant opponent of Arianism and Pelagianism (c. 450)[14]
• Saint Theodosius, Bishop of Vaison in France and predecessor of St Quinidius (554)[14]
• Saint Conran, a holy bishop of the Orkney Islands.[14][25]
• Saint Antoninus of Sorrento, a monk in one of the daughter monasteries of Monte Cassino in Italy, became Abbot of St Agrippinus (830)[14][note 8][note 9]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Isaac, recluse of the Kiev Caves Monastery (c. 1090)[1][2][26][27]
• New Martyr Nicholas of Corinth (1554)[1][2][3][28]
• New Monk-martyr Damian of Philotheou and Kissavos, at Larissa (1568)[1][2][3][29]
• New Martyr George the Tailor, of Mytilene, at Constantinople (1693)[1][2][3][30]
• Venerable Auxentios the Ascetic, of Mount Katirlion near Nicomedia on the Propontis, Wonderworker (c. 1757)[31][note 10]
• Saint Hilarion the Georgian (the New) of Imereti and Mt. Athos (1864)[1][2][32]
• Saint Raphael (Hawaweeny), Bishop of Brooklyn (1915)[1][2] (see also: February 27)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Nikolaos of Trebizond, Bishop of Amisos (1920)[33]
• New Hieromartyr Onesimus (Pylaev), Bishop of Tula (1937)[1][2]
• New Hieromartyr Tryphon, Deacon (1938)[2]

Other commemorations

• 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra (11th century)[2][34][35]
• Translation of the relics of Martyrs Prince Michael and his counselor Theodore, of Chernigov (1578)[1][2][36]
• Repose of Archimandrite Barsanuphius of Valaam and Morocco (1952)[1]
• Repose of Righteous Barbara (Arkhangelskaya) the Recluse, of Ufa (1966)[1]
• Repose of Venerable Elder Ephraim of Katounakia (1998)[1][note 11] (see also: February 27)

Icon gallery

• 
  Venerable Auxentius of Bithynia.
• 
  Saints Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equals-to-the-Apostles.
• 
  Saint Raphael of Brooklyn.
• 
  Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves Lavra.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. "At Ravenna, St. Eleuchadius, bishop and confessor."[15]
3. According to the entry in the Roman Martyrology (1916):

   • "AT Rome, on the Flaminian road, in the time of the emperor Claudius, the birthday of blessed Valentine, priest and martyr, who after having cured and instructed many persons, was beaten with clubs and beheaded."[15]

   According to the entry in The Book of Saints, by Ramsgate Abbey (1921):

   • "A Roman priest who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the Martyrs in the persecution under the Emperor Claudius II. He was beheaded as a Christian about A.D. 270. But modern research has raised many doubts about the genuineness of the tradition concerning him. The custom of sending so-called "Valentines" on Feb. 14 has no connection with the history of the Saint, but is probably of Pagan origin."[16]

4. According to the entry in the Roman Martyrology (1916):

   • "At Teramo, St. Valentine, bishop and martyr, who was scourged, committed to prison, and as he remained unshaken in his faith, was taken out of his dungeon in the dead of night and beheaded by order of Placidus, prefect of the city."[15]

   According to the entry in The Book of Saints, by Ramsgate Abbey (1921):

   • "A Bishop of Terni, or perhaps of Teramo, in Italy, who suffered martyrdom in the same persecution as the priest St. Valentine of Rome, though it would seem two or three years later."[16]

   Various dates are given for the martyrdom or martyrdoms: 269, 270, or 273.[20]
5. "In the same place, the holy martyrs Proculus, Ephebus and Apollonius, who, whilst watching by the body of St. Valentine, were arrested and put to the sword by the command of the ex-consul Leontius."[15]
6. "At Alexandria, the holy martyrs Bassus, Anthony, and Protolicus, who were cast into the sea."[15]
7. "Also, the holy martyrs Cyrion, priest, Bassian, lector, Agatho, exorcist, and Moses, who perished in the flames and took their flight to heaven."[15]
8. A monk in one of the daughter monasteries of Montecassino in Italy. Forced to leave his monastery by the wars raging in the country, he became a hermit, until he was invited by the people of Sorrento to live among them. He did so as Abbot of St Agrippinus. He is now venerated as the patron-saint of that town.
9. "At Sorrento, St. Anthony, abbot, who, when the monastery' of Monte Cassino was devastated by the Lombards, withdrew into a solitude of the neighborhood, where, celebrated for holiness, he passed calmly to his repose in God. His body is daily glorified by many miracles, and particularly by the deliverance of possessed persons."[15]
10. He was the spiritual confessor of Patriarch Cyril V of Constantinople, whom he supported during the Council of Constantinople (1755-56) when the Patriarch decreed that Western converts must be baptized upon their reception into the Orthodox Church.
11. On October 20, 2019, at the Protaton Church in Karyes on Mt. Athos, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew announced that the glorification of four great 20th-century Athonite elders would soon proceed, including:
    • Daniel of Katounakia (†1929)
    • Ieronymos of Simenopetra (†1957)
    • Joseph the Hesychast (†1959), and
    • Ephraim of Katounakia (†1998).[37][38]
      
      
    He was officially glorified by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on March 9, 2020, to be commemorated each year either on: 1) the Saturday of the Ascetic Saints, which is a moveable feast on the last Saturday before Great Lent, or 2) on February 27th; ("ἡμέρα τῆς ἐτησίας ἱερᾶς μνήμης αὐτοῦ ἡ 27η μηνός Φεβρουαρίου").[39][40][41]

References

1. February 14 / 27. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
2. February 27 / 14. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
3. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).
4. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάρων. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
5. Venerable Maron the Hermit of Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
6. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Αὐξέντιος ὁ ἐν τῷ Ὄρει. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
7. Venerable Auxentius of Bithynia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
8. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Auxentius, Ab. P. (about A.D. 470.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 299-303.
9. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀβραάμης. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
10. St Abraham the Bishop of Charres in Mesopotamia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
11. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Abraham, B. C. (about A.D. 390.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 298.
12. Repose of St Cyril, Equal of the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
13. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλήμων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
14. February 14. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
15. 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. 47-48.
16. The Benedictine Monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate (Comp.). The Book of Saints: A Dictionary of Servants of God Canonised by the Catholic Church: Extracted from the Roman and Other Martyrologies. London: A & C Black. Ltd., 1921. p. 263.
17. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐαλεντίνος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
18. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Valentine, P. M. (A.D. 269.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 296-297.
19. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐαλεντίνος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Τέρνι. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
20. Jack Oruch. "St. Valentine, Chaucer, and Spring in February". Speculum 56.3 (July 1981 pp 534–565) p. 535.
21. Hieromartyr Valentine the Bishop of Interamna, Terni in Italy. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
22. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πρόκλος, Ἀπολλώνιος καὶ Ἐφήβιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
23. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βάσσιος, Ἀντώνιος καὶ Πρωτόλικος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
24. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγάθων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
25. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—St. Caomhan, Convan, Conan or Coman, Missionary in the Orkney Islands, Scotland." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. II. Dublin, 1875. pp. 527-533.
26. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰσαάκιος ὁ Ἔγκλειστος ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίας. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
27. Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
28. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ ἐξ Ἰχθύος τῆς Κορινθίας. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. εγασ Συναξαριστησ.
29. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Δαμιανὸς ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
30. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Μυτιλήνης. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
31. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Αὐξέντιος ὁ ἐν Καρτιλίῳ ἀσκήσας. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
32. St Hilarion the Georgian, the New. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
33. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐκ Τραπεζούντας. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
34. 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
35. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 15.
36. Translation of the relics of the Martyr Michael of Chernigov. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
37. Elder Joseph the Hesychast, Three Other 20th-Century Athonite Elders Canonized. Orthodox Christianity. Mt. Athos, October 21, 2019.
38. (in Greek) Ο Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης ανήγγειλε τέσσερις νέες αγιοκατατάξεις Αγιορειτών Πατέρων. Ρομφαια. (Romfea.gr). 20/10 18:22.
39. (in Greek) Ανακοινωθέν για την πρώτη ημέρα των εργασιών της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου (9 Μαρτίου 2020). Οἰκουμενικόν Πατριαρχεῖον. Δευτέραν, 9ην τ. μ. Μαρτίου 2020. Retrieved: 10 March 2020.
40. (in Greek) Αγιοκατάταξη Ιωσήφ του Ησυχαστού, Εφραίμ Κατουνακιώτη και Δανιήλ Κατουνακιώτη. Ρομφαια. (Romfea.gr). 09/03 17:52. Retrieved: 10 March 2020.
41. Elder Joseph the Hesychast, Elders Daniel and Ephraim of Katounakia Officially Added to Calendar of Saints. Orthodox Christianity. Istanbul, March 10, 2020.

Sources

• February 14 / 27. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
• February 27 / 14. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• February 14. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 15.
• The Fourteenth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China.
• February 14. 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. 47–48.
• 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. pp. 68–69.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 27 февраля (14 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).