February 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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February 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 3-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 15 by those churches which follow the Julian Calendar.-Feasts:...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 4
February 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 5-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 17 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Isidore of Pelusium *Blessed George of Vladimir, Great Prince...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 16 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
- Holy and Righteous SimeonSimeon the RighteousSimeon is the "just and devout" man of Jerusalem who, according to , met the Virgin Mary, Joseph, and Jesus as they entered the Temple to fulfill the requirements of the Law of Moses on the 40th day from Jesus' birth.According to the Biblical account,...
the God-receiver and AnnaAnna (Bible)Anna or Anna the Prophetess was a biblical figure mentioned only in the Gospel of Luke. According to that Gospel, she was an aged Jewish prophetess who prophesied about Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem. She appears in in the episode of the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.While Luke gave some...
the ProphetProphetIn religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
ess - Prophet Azarias (10th century B.C.)
- MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s Adrian and Eubulus at Caesarea in Cappadocia (308308Year 308 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Valerius...
, 309309Year 309 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Licinianus and Constantius...
) - Martyrs Pappias, Diodorus, and Claudianus at Perge in PamphyliaPamphyliaIn ancient geography, Pamphylia was the region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus . It was bounded on the north by Pisidia and was therefore a country of small extent, having a coast-line of only about 75 miles with a breadth of...
(250250Year 250 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Gratus...
) - Martyr Blaise of Caesarea in CappadociaCappadociaCappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in Nevşehir Province.In the time of Herodotus, the Cappadocians were reported as occupying the whole region from Mount Taurus to the vicinity of the Euxine...
(3rd century) - 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...
Symeon of Tver, first 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...
there (1289) - Saint Ansgar of Hamburg, bishop and enlightener of DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... - Saint Romanus of Uglich, prince (1285)
- Martyrs Stamatius, his brother John, and Nicholas
- Saint Nicholas of Japan, archbishopArchbishopAn archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
(1912) - Saint James of Serbia, archbishop
Other commemorations
- Repose of Schemamonk Paul of Simonov Monastery, disciple of Saint Paisius Velich (1825)
- Repose of Hieromonk IsidoreElder IsidoreElder Isidore was a Russian Orthodox monastic of Gethsemane Hermitage in Russia. Elder Isidore was born with the name John in Lyskov in an unknown year . While still in the womb, his mother was told to have visited St. Seraphim of Sarov, who called her from a crowd and bowed before her,...
of Gethsemane Skete in MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
(1908)