February 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 1 (February 29 on leap years) by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For February 16th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 3.
Contents
Saints
- Hieromartyrs Pamphilus of Caesarea, Priest, and Valens, Deacon, and Martyrs Paul, Seleucus, Porphyrius, Julian, Theodulus, Elias, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Samuel, and Daniel, at Caesarea in Palaestina (c. 307-309)[1][2][3][4][note 2]
- Saint Maruthas of Martyropolis, Bishop of Sophene and Martyropolis (422), and the Martyrs of Persia (4th century), whose relics rest in Martyropolis.[1][3][6][7]
- Saint Flavian of Antioch, Archbishop of Antioch (404)[8][9]
- Saint Flavian the Confessor, Archbishop of Constantinople (449)[1][3][10]
- Venerable Flavian the Hermit, monastic and Wonderworker.[3][11][note 3]
- Saint Mary the New, of Byzia in Thrace (9th century)[1][9]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Onesimus, of the Seventy Apostles (c. 68)[12][note 4] [note 5] (see also: February 15)
- Saint Honestus (Honestus of Nîmes), a disciple of Saturninus of Toulouse, who preached the Gospel in Spain (270)[12]
- Saint Faustinus of Brescia, Bishop of Brescia and Confessor (381)[5][12][note 6]
- Hieromartyr Tanco of Verden, Bishop of Verden (815)[13][14]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- New Monk-martyr Romanus of Karpenision and Kapsokalyvia, Mount Athos, at Constantinople (1694)[1][9][15] (see also January 5)
- Saint Basil Gryaznov of Pavlovo-Posadsky (1869)[1][9]
- Saint Macarius (Nevsky), Metropolitan of Moscow, Apostle to the Altai (1926)[1][9]
- Saint Nicholas of Japan, Archbishop and Equal-to-the-Apostles (1912)[16] (see also: February 3)
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Peter Lagov, Priest (1931)[9]
- New Hieromartyr Elias Chetverukhin, Priest, of Moscow (1934)[9][17]
- New Hieromartyr Paul, Priest (1938)[9]
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relics of Virgin-martyr Juliana of Nicomedia (304)[note 7] (see also December 21)
- Synaxis of the 'Cypriot' Icon of the Theotokos.[18][19]
Icon gallery
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St. Maruthas of Martyropolis, Bp. of Sophene and Martyropolis
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St. Flavian the Confessor, Abp. of Constantinople.
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Martyrdom of St. Onesimus.
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St Macarius (Nevsky), Metropolitan of Moscow, Apostle to the Altai.
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St. Nicholas of Japan.
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Virgin-martyr Juliana of Nicomedia.
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Notes
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- February 16 / March 1. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- March 1 / February 16. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- February 16. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- Dr. Alexander Roman. February. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 15.
- The Sixteenth Day Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China.
- February 16. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 49-50.
- Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 72.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 16 ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 16 Φεβρουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (Russian) 1 марта (16 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 February 16 / March 1. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πάμφιλος, Δανιήλ, Ἠλίας, Ἡσαΐας, Θεόδουλος, Ἱερεμίας, Ἰουλιανός, Οὐάλης, Παῦλος, Πορφύριος, Σαμουὴλ καὶ Σέλευκος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 16 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 16 Φεβρουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
- ↑ Martyr Pamphilius the Presbyter at Caesarea, in Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 49-50.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαρουθᾶς ὁ Ἐπίσκοπος καὶ οἱ Ἅγιοι Μάρτυρες ἐν Περσίᾳ. 16 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ St Maruthas the Bishop of Martyropolis in Mesopotamia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ St Flavian, Archbishop of Antioch. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 March 1 / February 16. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Φλαβιανὸς Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 16 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Φλαβιανός. 16 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 February 16. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Τάνκο Ἐπίσκοπος Βέρντεν. 16 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). St. Tanco, or Tatta, Bishop and Martyr, Native of Scotland. The Lives of the Saints, Volume II: February. 1866. (Bartleby.com).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρωμανὸς ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 16 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἠλίας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 16 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Κύπρῳ. 16 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 15.
