Orthodox Community of
St. Constantine the Great, York
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch
Calendar for February 2010
Fasting Guidelines:
f3 No animal products, oil or wine (sea foods such as squid, crab, roe and prawn are permitted)
f2 As f3 but wine and oil are permitted
f1 As f2 but fish also permitted
cf Cheesefare, all foods, except meat products permitted
Monday 1st February 2010
Forefeast of the Meeting of Our Lord.
Holy Martyr Tryphon of Campsada near Apamea, in Syria (250). Holy Martyr Perpetua of Carthage, and those with her (203). St. Basil, archbishop of Thessalonica (895) and St. Timothy the Confessor. SS. David (784), Symeon (843), and George (844), confessors of Mitylene. New Martyr Anastasius at Nauplion (1655). Martyr Elias the New of Damascus (779).
British Isles:
St. Brigid, abbess of Kildare (ca. 525). St. Seiriol, abbot of Penmon (Anglesey) and Ynys Seiriol (Puffin Island) (6th C). St. Euny of Western Cornwall (6th C). St. Crewenna, missionary in Cornwall (5th C). St. Jarlath, bishop of Armagh (ca. 480). St. Cinnia, Princess of Ulster (5th C). St. Darlugdach, second abbess of Kildare (ca. 524).
1 John 2:18-3:10; Mark 11:1-11
Tuesday 2nd February 2010
THE MEETING OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST, IN THE TEMPLE.
New Martyr Iordanes at Galata (1650). New Martyr Gabriel at Constantinople (1676). St. Anthimus of Chios (1960). Holy Martyr Agathodoros of Cappadocia.
British Isles:
St. Ronan, bishop of the Isle of Man (6th C). St. Columbanus the Hermit (959). St. Feock of Cornwall.
Hebrews 7:7-17; Luke 2:22-40
Wednesday 3rd February 2010 f3
Afterfeast of the Meeting of Our Lord.
Holy and Righteous Simeon the God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess. John, Nicholas and Stamatios, New Martyrs of Spetsae (Cesme) (1822). St. Nicholas, archbishop and Enlightener of Japan (1912). St. James, archbishop of Serbia (1292).
British Isles:
St. Caellainn of Roscommon (6th C). Holy Martyr Ia (Ives) of Cornwall (450). St. Laurence, 2nd archbishop of Canterbury (619). St. Werburgh of Chester, abbess of Hanbury (700). St. Werburgh, abbess of Bardney (ca. 785).
1 John 3:21-4:6; Mark 14:43-14:72
Thursday 4th February 2010
Afterfeast of the Meeting of Our Lord.
St. Isidore of Pelusium (440). St. Nicholas the Confessor, abbot of the Studion (868). Holy New Martyr Joseph of Aleppo (1686). Hieromartyr Abramius, bishop of Arbela in Assyria (ca. 347). St. John, bishop of Hirenopolis (4th C). St. George, Prince of Vladimir (1238). St. Cyril, abbot & wonderworker of Novgorod (1532).
British Isles:
St. Aldate of Gloucester, hieromartyr (577). St. Modan of Dunbarton, hermit (6th C). St. Liephard, hieromartyr and companion to King Cadwall (690).
1 John 4:20-5:21; Mark 15:1-15
Friday 5th February 2010 f3
Afterfeast of the Meeting of Our Lord.
Holy Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily (251). St. Polyeuctos, patriarch of Constantinople (970). Holy New Martyr Anthony of Athens (1774). St. Theodosius of Skopelos in Cilicia (ca. 421). Repose of St. Theodosius of Chernigov (1696).
British Isles:
Holy Martyr Indract of Glastonbury (ca. 710).
2 John 1:1-13; Mark 15:22-25, 33-41
Saturday 6th February 2010
Soul Sabbath
Afterfeast of the Meeting of Our Lord.
St. Photios the Great, patriarch of Constantinople (891). St. Bucolos, bishop of Smyrna (ca. 100). Virgin-Martyr Dorothy, and those with her, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (300). Martyr Julian of Emesa (312). St. Barsanuphius the Great and St. John the Prophet (6th C). St. James, Ascetic of Syria (ca. 460).
British Isles:
SS. Mael, and Mun, bishops and nephews of St. Patrick (ca. 488).
1 Corinthians 10:23-28; Luke 21:8-9, 25-27, 33-36
Sunday 7th February 2010
Tone 2 – Sunday of the Last Judgment – Meatfare Sunday
Afterfeast of the Meeting of Our Lord.
The 1003 Holy Martyrs of Nicomedia (303). St. Parthenios, bishop of Lampsacus on the Hellespont (4th C). Righteous Luke of Mt. Steirion (953). New Martyr George of Crete (1861).
British Isles:
Holy Martyr Augulus (Aule) of London (303). St. Richard of the West Saxons (720).
1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2; Matthew 25:31-46
Monday 8th February 2010 cf
Afterfeast of the Meeting of Our Lord.
Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates ("the General"), of Heraclea (319). Prophet Zechariah (ca. 520 BC). St. Sava (Sabbas) II, archbishop of Serbia (1269). Holy Martyr Conitus of Alexandria (249). St. Agathangelos, bishop of Damascus (ca. 325).
British Isles:
St. Kegwe of Monmouthshire (6th C). St. Oncho of Clonmore, poet and pilgrim (600). St. Cuthman of Steyning, hermit (8th C). St. Elfleda, abbess of Whitby (714).
3 John 1:1-15; Luke 19:29-40; 22:7-39
Tuesday 9th February 2010 cf
Apodosis (Leavetaking) of the Meeting of The Lord.
Holy Martyr Nicephoros of Antioch (ca. 257). Hieromartyrs Marcellus, bishop of Sicily, Philagrius, bishop of Cyprus, and Pancratius, bishop of Taormina (1st C). Holy Hieromartyr Peter, bishop of Damascus (743). Uncovering of the relics of St. Innocent, bishop of Irkutsk (1805).
British Isles:
St. Teilo, bishop of Llandaff and Llandeilo Fawr (6th C). St. Eingan, hermit at Llanengan (6th C).
Jude 1:1-10; Luke 22:39-42, 45-23:1
Wednesday 10th February 2010 cf
Hieromartyr Haralambos, bishop of Magnesia in Thessaly, and those withn him (202). St. Anastasius, patriarch of Jerusalem (706). Holy Martyrs Ennatha, Valentina, and Paula of Palestine (308). St. Scholastica, sister of St Benedict (543). Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Novgorod.
British Isles:
St. Merewenna, abbess of Romsey (10th C). St. Trumwin, bishop of Abercorn (ca. 704).
Joel 2:12-26; Joel 3:12-21
Thursday 11th February 2010 cf
Hieromartyr Blaise (Vlassisos), bishop of Sebaste (ca. 316). Righteous Theodora, wife of Emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast (ca. 867). St. Demetrius, Wonderworker of Priluk, Vologda (1392). St. Vsevolod (in Holy Baptism, Gabriel), Wonderworker of Pskov (1138). New Martyr George of Kratovo and Sofia (1515).
British Isles:
St. Caedmon of Whitby, monk and hymnographer (ca. 680). St. Gobnait, abbess of Ballyrourney, Cork (5th C).
Jude 1:11-25; Luke 23:2-34, 44-56
Friday 12th February 2010 cf
St. Meletius, archbishop of Antioch (381). St. Alexis, metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia (1378). St. Anthony, patriarch of Constantinople (895).
British Isles:
St. Ethelwold, monk and bishop of Lindisfarne (740).
Zechariah 8:7-17; Zechariah 8:19-23
Saturday 13th February 2010 cf
Commemoration of all the holy and God-bearing Fathers & Mothers who shone forth in the ascetic life.
The Holy Apostles & Martyrs Aquila and Priscilla (1st C). St. Martinian, monk, of Caesarea in Palestine (422). The Holy Woman Zoë of Bethlehem and Virgin Photinia (5th C). St. Eulogius, archbishop of Alexandria (608). St. Stephen (in monasticism Simeon), the Myrrh-streaming, Prince of Serbia and founder of Hilandar monastery on Athos (1199).
British Isles:
St. Modomnoc, bishop of Ossory (550). St. Huna of Ely, priest and hermit (690). St. Dyfnog of Clwyd (7th C). St. Ermenhild, abbess of Ely (ca. 700).
Romans 14:19-23; 16:25-27; Matthew 6:1-13
Sunday 14th February 2010 cf
Tone 3 – Sunday of Forgivness – Cheesfare Sunday
Commemoration of the Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise
St. Maron, hermit, of Syria (4th C). Repose of St. Cyril, Equal-to-the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs (869). St. Abraham, Bishop of Charres in Mesopotamia (ca. 423). St Auxentios of Bithynia (ca. 470). St. Peter, patriarch of Alexandria (380). St. Isaac, recluse, of the Kievan Caves (1090). New Martyr Nicholas of Corinth (1554). New Martyr George the Tailor of Mitylene, at Constantinople (1693).
British Isles:
St. Conran, bishop of the Orkney Islands.
Romans 13:11-14:4; Matthew 6:14-21
Monday 15th February 2010 f3
Start of Great Lent
St. Onesimos, Apostle of the Seventy (ca. 109). St. Paphnutios and his daughter St. Euphrosyne, nun, of Alexandria (5th C). St. Eusebios, hermit of Syria (5th C). Martyr Major of Gaza (304). St. Theognios, bishop of Bethelia near Gaza (523). Righteous Elder Anthimus of Chios (1960).
British Isles:
St. Berach of Connaught (5th C). St. Dochow (473). St. Farannan of Allernan (590). St. Oswy, King of Northumbria (670). St. Sigfrid of Glastonbury, Apostle of Sweden (ca. 1045).
Isaiah 1:1-20; Genesis 1:1-13; Proverbs 1:1-20
Tuesday 16th February 2010 f3
Holy Martyrs Pamphilius, presbyter; Valens, deacon; Paul, Seleucus, Porphyrius, Julian, Theodulus, Elias, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Samuel and Daniel, at Caesarea in Palestine (ca. 309). New Monk-martyr Romanus of Carpenision, who suffered at Constantinople (1694).
Isaiah 1:19-2:3; Genesis 1:14-23; Proverbs 1:20-33
Wednesday 17th February 2010 f3
Great Martyr Theodore Tyro (the Recruit) (ca. 306). St. Mariamne, sister of the Apostle Philip (1st C). St. Auxibios, bishop of Soli in Cyprus (102). Emperor Marcian (457) and Pulcheria, his wife (453), and the commemoration of the dedication of the Great Church in Constantinople. New Martyr Theodore of Byzantium, at Mitylene (1795). New Martyr Michael Mavroeidis of Adrianople (1490). St. Theodore the Silent of the Kievan Caves (13th C). Hieromartyr Hermogenes (Hermogen), patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia (1612).
British Isles:
St. Fintan, abbot of Clonenagh (603). St. Loman, first bishop of Trim (4th C). St. Fortchern, second bishop of Trim (5th C). St. Finan, bishop of Lindisfarne (661).
Isaiah 2:3-11; Genesis 1:24-2:3; Proverbs 2:1-22
Thursday 18th February 2010 f3
St. Leo the Great, pope of Rome (461). St. Agapetos the Confessor, bishop of Synnada in Phrygia (4th C). St. Flavian the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople (449). St. Blaise, monk of Mt. Athos (9th C).
British Isles:
St. Colman, bishop of Lindisfarne (676). St. Ethelina of Gloucestershire.
Isaiah 2:11-22; Genesis 2:4-19; Proverbs 3:1-18
Friday 19th February 2010 f3
Apostles of the Seventy Archippus and Philemon, and Martyr Apphias (1st C). St Philotheia of Athens, Nun-martyr (1589). New Hieromartyr Nicetas of Epirus (1809).
British Isles:
St. Odran the Martyr (452).
Isaiah 3:1-14; Genesis 2:20-3:20; Proverbs 3:19-34
Saturday 20th February 2010 f2
St. Leo, bishop of Catania in Sicily (ca. 780). St. Dionysius, pope of Rome (268). Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him (ca. 344). St. Agathon, pope of Rome (682). St. Bessarion the Great, Wonderworker of Egypt (466).
British Isles:
St. Bolcan, bishop of Derkan (480). St. Colgan, abbot of Clonmacnoise (ca. 796).
Hebrews 1:1-12; Mark 2:23-3:5
+ St. Theodore Tyro [from Wednesday 17th]
2 Timothy 2:1-10; John 15:17-16:2
Sunday 21st February 2010 f2
Tone 4 – The Sunday of Orthodoxy
Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
Righteous Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia (795). St. John Scholasticus of Antioch, patriarch of Constantinople (577). St. Eustathius, archbishop of Antioch (ca. 337). St. Zachariah, patriarch of Jerusalem (633). St. George, bishop of Amastris on the Black Sea (811).
British Isles:
St. Erkengota, Princess of Kent (660).
Hebrews 11:24-26, 32-12:2; John 1:43-51
Monday 22nd February 2010 f3
Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the Gate of Eugenius in Constantinople (423). Holy Martyrs Maurice and his son, Photinus, and Martyrs Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers at Apamea in Syria (ca. 305). Holy martyr Anthousa and her 12 Servants. SS. Baradates, Thalassios and Limnaius, Hermits of Syria (5th C).
British Isles:
St. Elwin (Elwyn) the Martyr, Missionary to Cornwall (5th C).
Isaiah 4:2-6; 5:1-7; Genesis 3:21-4:7; Proverbs 3:34-4:22
Tuesday 23rd February 2010 f3
Holy Hieromartyr Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (167). SS. John the Syrian, Moses, Antioch, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, Damian, ascetics of the Syrian desert (5th C). St. Gorgonia, sister of St. Gregory the Theologian (372). St. Damian of Esphigmenou, Mt. Athos (1280). New Monk-martyr Damian the New of Philotheou, who suffered at Larissa (1568). Holy Hieromartyr Proterios, patriarch of Alexandria, and six companions (457).
British Isles:
St. Jurmin (Germin) of East Anglia, confessor (7th C). St. Milburgh, abbess of Wenlock (7th C). St. Boswell (Boisil), abbot of Melrose (ca. 661).
Isaiah 5:7-16; Genesis 4:8-15; Proverbs 5:1-15
Wednesday 24th February 2010 f2
First (4th C) and Second (452) Findings of the Honourable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John. Uncovering of the relics of St. Romanus, Prince of Uglich (1486).
British Isles:
St. Cummain Ailbe, abbot of Iona (669).
Isaiah 5:16-25; Genesis 4:16-26; Proverbs 5:15-6:3
+ The Forerunner
2 Corinthians 4:6-15; Matthew 11:2-15
Thursday 25th February 2010 f3
St. Tarasius, patriarch of Constantinople (806). Hieromartyr Regnius, bishop of the Isle of Skopelos and Martyr Lebadeus. Holy Martyrs Alexander and Hypatius at Marcionopolis (305). St Marcellus, bishop of Apamea in Syria.
British Isles:
St. Ethelbert, King of Kent (616). St. Walburga the Myrrh-Giver, abbess of Heidenheim (779).
Isaiah 6:1-12; Genesis 5:1-24; Proverbs 6:3-20
Friday 26th February 2010 f3
St. Porphyrios, bishop of Gaza (420). Holy Martyr Sebastian (66). Great-martyr Photini the Samaritan Woman and those with her; martyred under Nero (66). New Martyr John Calphas ("The Apprentice") at Constantinople (1575).
Isaiah 7:1-14; Genesis 5:32-6:8; Proverbs 6:20-6:35
Saturday 27th February 2010 f2
Soul Sabbath
St. Procopios the Confessor of The Decapolis (8th C). St. Thallelaeus, hermit, of Syria (460). SS. Asclepios and James of Syria, monks (5th C). Holy Martyr Gelasius the Actor at Heliopolis (297). St. Stephen, monk of Constantinople (614).
British Isles:
St. Comgan, abbot of Glenthsen or Killeshin (ca. 565). Holy Martyr Alnoth of Stowe, nr. Bugbrooke (ca. 700).
Hebrews 3:12-16; Mark 1:35-44
+ Soul Sabbath
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; John 5:24-30
Sunday 28th February 2010 f2
Tone 5 – Second Sunday of Great Lent – Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas
St. John Cassian the Roman, confessor (435). St. Basil the Confessor, companion of St. Procopios at The Decapolis (750). Holy Hieromartyr Proterios, patriarch of Alexandria, and six companions (457). SS. Marana, Cyanna, and Domnica, nuns, of Syria (ca. 450). New martyr Kyranna of Thessaloniki.
British Isles:
St. Llibio of Anglesey (6th C). St. Madoc, bishop of Llanmadog (6th C). St. Sillan, abbot of Bangor (610). Holy Hieromartyr Herefrith, bishop of Lindsey (869).
Hebrews 1:10-2:3; Mark 2:1-12
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We wish to acknowledge the help given to us in compiling this monthly calendar from two sources:
Michael Purcell (of the Saint John (Maximovich) the Wonderworker Orthodox Church, Atlanta, GA.) for his very impressive software program Menologion.
and
Father Andrew Phillips whose web site Orthodox England, has, amongst its many jewels, a list of the Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
Thank you, both - and Many Years!