February 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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February 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 8-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 20 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Parthenius of Lampsacus, bishop *Venerable Luke of Hellas...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 9
February 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Feb. 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 10-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 22 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch in Syria...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 21 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
- Great martyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Theodore StratelatesTheodore StratelatesTheodore Stratelates , also known as Theodore of Heraclea, is a martyr and Warrior Saint venerated with the title Great-martyr in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic and Roman Catholic Churches....
"the General" (319319Year 319 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantinus and Licinius...
) - 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...
Zechariah (520 BC) - 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...
Sabbas II, 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...
of SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
(1268) - Martyr Nicephorus
- Martyr Stephen
- Martyr Philadelphus
- Martyr Polycarp
- Saint Macarius of Paphus, 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...
- Saint Pergetus
Other commemorations
- Repose of schema-abbot Theodore of Valaam