February 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 1
February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 27 — Eastern Orthodox Church calendar — March 1 -Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 13 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Basil the Confessor...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 1
March 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - March 2-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 14 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Martyr Eudoxia of Heliopolis...
Fixed commemorations
On non-leap years the commemorations below are celebrated on February 28. All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 13 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...
Saints
- Venerable John Cassian the RomanAncient RomeAncient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
, 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...
of Monastery of St Victor, MarseilleMarseilleMarseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of... - Venerable Gherman of Dobrogea
- 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...
John, called Barsanuphius, of Nitria in EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Theocteristus, abbot of Pelecete Monastery near PrusaPrusaPrusa may indicate a number of things:*Prusa Mendel, *Spelled Prūsa, the name for Prussia in indigenous Prussian language*An alternative rendering of the town of Bursa, Turkey*An alternative name for the ancient city of Cius, Turkey... - Saint Cassian, recluse of the Kiev Caves Monastery
- Saint Meletius, 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...
of Kharkov and Akhtyr - Saint Leo of CappadociaLeo of CappadociaSaint Leo of Cappadocia was a Christian saint.Leo was an ascetic from Cappadocia whose life and martyrdom is described in John Moschos' "Pratum Spirituale" . Leo was distinguished by his warm hospitality to all his visitors, whom he considered to be sent by God. He had the habit of saying with an...