February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
February 22 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 24
All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 8 (March 7 on leap years) by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For February 23rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 10.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Polycarp of Smyrna, Bishop of Smyrna (167)[1][2][3][4][note 2]
- Holy 73 Martyrs of Sirmium, under Diocletian (303)[5][note 3]
- Martyr Clement, by the sword.[3][7]
- Martyr Thea, by the sword.[3][8]
- Venerable Gorgonia the Righteous (370), sister of St. Gregory the Theologian.[1][3][9][10][note 4]
- Saint Alexander, founder of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones, Constantinople (430)[1][11][12][13] (see also: January 15, July 3)
- Saints John,[14] Antioch, Antoninus,[15] Moses,[3][16][17] Zebinas,[18] Polychronius,[19] Moses (another),[20] and Damian,[3][21][22] ascetics near Cyrrhus in the Syrian desert (5th century)[1][23][note 5]
- Saint John Theristes ("the Harvester") of Stylos in Calabria (9th or 11th century)[1][11][24][note 6][note 7] (see also: February 24 )
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Martha, a virgin-martyr beheaded in Astorga in Spain under Decius (251)[28][29][note 8]
- Saint Polycarp, a priest in Rome noted for ministering to those in prison for their faith (c. 300)[28][note 9]
- Saint Romana, a virgin born in Rome who reposed at the age of eighteen while living as an anchoress in a cave on the banks of the Tiber in Italy (324)[28][note 10]
- Saints Syncrotas, Antigonus, Rutilus, Libius, Senerotas and Rogatianus, martyrs at Sirmium in Pannonia (4th century)[28]
- Saint Florentius of Seville, Confessor, a saint much venerated in Seville in Spain (c. 485)[6][28]
- Saint Felix of Brescia, twentieth Bishop of Brescia (c. 650)[6][28][note 11]
- Saint Jurmin, an East Anglian prince, son or nephew of King Anna of East Anglia (653)[28][30][note 12]
- Saint Boswell (Boisil), Abbot of Melrose Abbey in Scotland (c. 661)[28][31][note 13] (see also: February 24)
- Saint Mildburga (Milburgh), Abbess of Wenlock Priory (715)[6][11][28][30][32][note 14]
- Saint Medrald (Mérald, Méraut), a monk at Saint-Evroult (Ebrulfus) of Ouche in France, who later became Abbot of Vendôme (c. 850)[28]
- Saint Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz (1011)[28][note 15]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Venerable Damian of Esphigmenou Monastery, on Mount Athos (1280)[1][11][33][34]
- Saint Cosmas of Zograf Monastery, Mount Athos (1281)[1][11]
- Saint Moses of White Lake Monastery, monk (1480)[1][11][35]
- New Monk-martyr Damian of Philotheou and Kissavos, at Larissa (1586)[1][3][11][36]
- New Hieromartyr Lazarus of the Peloponnese (c. 1618)[1][11]
- Venerable Polycarp of Bryansk, monk of Bryansk (1620-1621)[1][37][note 16]
- Saint Nazarius, Abbot of Valaam Monastery (1809)[1][11]
- Saint Seraphim (Zenobius), Schema-Metropolitan of Tetritskaro, Georgia, monk of Glinsk Monastery (1985)[1]
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Paul Kushnikov, Priest (1918)[38][39]
- New Hieromartyr Michael Edlinsky, Archpriest, of Kiev (1937)[1][note 17] (see also: November 17)
- New Hieromartyr Alexis Nikolsky, Priest (1938)[11][13]
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Dimitrov, Priest (1938)[11][13]
- New Hieromartyr Michael Razhkin, Priest (1938)[13]
- Martyr Sergius Borodavkin (1938)[11][13]
- New Hieromartyr Sergius (Bukashkin), Hieromonk, of Novo-Alexandrovka, Moscow (1938)[1]
- New Hieromartyr Antipas (Kyrillov), hieromonk, of Tatarintsevo, Moscow (1938)[1]
- New Hieromartyr Philaret (Pryakhin), Abbot, of Trubino, Tver (1942)[1]
Other commemorations
- Repose of Archimandrite Agapit (Belovidov) of Optina Monastery (1922)[1]
- Repose of Elder Sabbas (Stavrobouniotes) of Cyprus (1985)[1]
- Uncovering of the relics (1998) of Blessed Matrona of Moscow (1952)[13][note 18]
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