February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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February 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 23-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 7 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:...
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February 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 25-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 9 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:* Saint Liudhard , Chaplain and bishop of Queen Bertha of Kent Feb. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 25-Fixed commemorations:All...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 8 (March 7) by Old CalendaristsOld calendarists
The term Old Calendarist refers to any Orthodox Christian or any Orthodox Church body which uses the historic Julian calendar , and whose Church body is not in communion with the Orthodox Churches that use the New Calendar...
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Saints
- HieromartyrHieromartyrIn the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was also one of the clergy . In like manner a priest-monk is often called a hieromonk....
Polycarp of Smyrna, bishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
(167167Year 167 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Quadratus...
) - SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
s John, Antioch, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, another Moses, and Damian, ascetics of the SyriaSyriaSyria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
n desert (5th century) - Saint Alexander, founder of the order of the Unsleeping Ones (431431Year 431 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Bassus and Antiochus...
) - Saint GorgoniaSaint GorgoniaSaint Gorgonia was the daughter of Saint Gregory the Elder and Saint Nonna. She is remembered in both Western and Eastern Churches for her piety as a married woman.-Biography:...
, sister of Saint Gregory the Theologian (372372Year 372 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Modestus and Arintheus...
) - Saint Damian of Esphigmenou Skete on Mount AthosMount AthosMount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
(14th century) - Saint Moses of White Lake, monkMonkA monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
(15th century) - Saint Polycarp of Briansk, monk (1499)
- Martyr Damian, monk of Mount Athos, who suffered at LarissaLarissaLarissa is the capital and biggest city of the Thessaly region of Greece and capital of the Larissa regional unit. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by road and rail with the port of Volos, the city of Thessaloniki and Athens...
(1658) - Martyr Clement
- Martyr Thea
Other commemorations
- Repose of AbbotAbbotThe word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
Nazarius of ValaamValaamValaam, also known historically by the Finnish name Valamo, is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. The total area of its more than 50 islands is 36 km². The largest island is also called Valaam. It is best known as...
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