February 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
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February 20 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective February 20 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.[b]
| February 19 | February 20 | February 21 |
| February 20 O.S. ≍ March 5 (or March 4[a]) N.S. February 20 N.S ≍ February 7 O.S. | ||
Saints
- Hieromartyr Eleutherius of Byzantium, Bishop in Byzantium (136)[1][2][3]
- Martyrs Didymos, Nemesios and Potamios, in Cyprus.[4][5][c]
- Saint Eutropius, martyr (308)[5][6][d]
- Hieromartyr Sadoc of Persia (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him (343)[1][5][7][8][e](see also: October 19)
- Saint Anianus (Aninas).[5][9]
- Venerable Bessarion the Great, Wonderworker of Egypt (466)[1][5][10] (see also: June 6)
- Saint Agatho of Rome, Pope of Rome (682)[1][5][11][12]
- Saint Leo of Catania (Leo the Wonderworker), Bishop of Catania in Sicily (785)[1][5][13][14][15][f][g]
- Venerable Cindeus of Pisidia (Kindeos), Bishop of Pisidia.[1][2][5][17]
- Venerable Plotinus, monk.[5][18]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Bolcan (Olcan), baptised by St Patrick, Bolcan later became Bishop of Derkan in Ireland (c. 480)[15][19][20]
- Saint Valerius (Valier), first Bishop of Couserans in France (5th century?)[15]
- Saint Falco of Maastricht, Bishop of Maastricht in the Netherlands (512)[15]
- Saint Eleutherius of Tournai, Bishop of Tournai (531)[1][2][15][21][h][i]
- Saint Mildrith, Anglo-Saxon abbess of the Abbey at Minster-in-Thanet, Kent (c. 700)[22][23][j] (see also: July 13)
- Saint Eucherius of Orléans, Bishop of Orleans (c. 740)[1][2][15][24][k][l]
- Saint Colgan, called 'the Wise' and 'the Chief Scribe of the Irish' , he was Abbot of Clonmacnoise in Offaly in Ireland (c. 796)[15][25]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev, son of the Varangian (Viking) Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (1054)[1][2][26][m]
- Saint Agatho, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves Monastery (13th–14th centuries)[1][2][26][27][28][n]
- Martyrdom of St. Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov-Caves Monastery, by beheading, and his disciple St. Bassian of Murom (1570)[1][2][26][29][30][o]
- Venerable Martyrs 34 monks and novices of Valaam Monastery, martyred by the Lutherans (1578):[1][2][26][31][32]
- Hieromonk Titus,
- Schemamonk Tikhon,
- Monks Gelasius, Sergius, Varlaam, Sabbas, Conon, Sylvester, Cyprian, Pimen, John, Samonas, Jonah, David, Cornelius, Niphon, Athanasius, and Serapion; and novices Varlaam, Athanasius, Anthony, Luke, Leontius, Thomas, Dionysius, Philip, Ignatius, Basil, Pachomius, Basil, Theophilus, John, Theodore, and John.
New martyrs and confessors
Icon gallery
Saint Agatho of Rome, Pope of Rome.
Hieromartyr Sadoc of Persia and 128 Martyrs with him.
St Leo of Catania the Wonderworker.
St Leo of Catania the Wonderworker.
Reliquary shrine of St. Eleutherius of Tournai.
Saint Eucherius of Orléans.
Saint Yaroslav the Wise.
St. Agatho, Wonderworker of the Kyiv Caves Monastery.
St. Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov-Caves Monastery.
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Notes
- in a leap year
- Despite the dates being the same, the days to which they refer typically differ by 13 days. The notation Old Style or O.S. is sometimes used to indicate a date in the traditional Julian Calendar (the "Old Calendar"). The notation New Style or N.S. indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (the "New Calendar").
- Born in Tournai in Belgium, he became bishop there in 486 and enlightened the pagan Franks who had settled nearby. He died from wounds inflicted by Arian heretics.
- One of the three daughters of St Ermenburgh of Minster-in-Thanet in England. She succeeded her mother as Abbess of Thanet. Her relics were enshrined in Canterbury and part of them survive. Her life describes her as 'ever merciful, of easy temper and tranquil'.
- Born in Orleans in France, he became a monk at Jumièges near Rouen in about 714. In 721 he became Bishop of Orleans, opposing the theft of church lands by Charles Martel. For this he was exiled to Cologne in Germany in 737. Here he became very popular and so was sent to Liège in Belgium. He spent the rest of his life at the monastery of St Trond near Maastricht in the Netherlands.
- St. Yaroslav the Wise was the builder of St Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv which, on September 21st, 2011, celebrated the 1,000th anniversary of its consecration.
- See also: (in Russian) Агафон Чудотворец. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- See also: (in Russian) Корнилий Псково-Печерский. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).