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February 12 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 February12 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Holy martyrs Prima, Ampelius, Dativus, Plotinus, Saturninus, Συναξαριστής. 12 Φεβρουαρίου . Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Fabius, Felix and their companions, in Carthage, by the sword (304)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πρίμα, Ἀμπλίας, Δάτιβος, Πλωτίνος, Σατορνίνος, Φάβιος, Φῆλιξ οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς. 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: February 11 - West ) Saint Meletius of Antioch, Archbishop of Antioch (381)February 12 / 25. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μελέτιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀντιοχείας τῆς μεγάλης. 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Meletius the Archbishop of Antioch. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Meletius, Patr. of Antioch. (A.D. 381.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 278-283. Saint Saint Mary (Marinus) at Alexandria,Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Μαρία ἡ μετονομασθείσα Μαρίνος. 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. nun, and her father Eugene,Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐγένιος. 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. monk, of Alexandria (6th century)Venerable Mary (who was called Marinus), and her father at Alexandria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Antony II of Constantinople, Patriarch (901)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Anthony the Patriarch of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Sisinnios, 'Bishop of God', in the region of the Metropolis of Ephesus (c. 919-944)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σισίννιος Ἐπίσκοπος τοῦ Θεοῦ. 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Martyrs Modestus and Julian, at Carthage (2nd century?)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰουλιανὸς καὶ Μόδεστος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.February 12 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Hieromartyr Urbanus, Pope of Rome (223-230) (see also: May 25) Saint Modestus, a deacon, born in Sardinia and martyred under Diocletian (c. 304) Saint Eulalia of Barcelona (Aulaire, Aulazie, Olalla), born in Barcelona in Spain, she was a virgin-martyr under Diocletian (c. 304)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Eulalia, V. M. (A.D. 303.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 276-278. (see also: August 22 and December 10) Saint Damian, a martyr in Rome whose relics were found in the Catacombs of St Callistus and sent to Salamanca in Spain Saint Gaudentius of Verona, Bishop of Verona in Italy, Confessor (c. 465) Saint Æthelwold of Lindisfarne (740)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. pp. 63–66. Saint Benedict Revelli, a monk at Santa Maria dei Fonti in Italy, then a hermit on the island of Gallinaria in the Gulf of Genoa, became Bishop of Albenga in 870 (c. 900) Saint Julian the Hospitaller

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Prochorus of Georgia, builder of Holy Cross Monastery near Jerusalem (1066)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Πρόχορος ἐκ Γεωργίας . 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Prochorus of Georgia . OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venebrable hieromartyr John the Sinaite (1091)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Σιναΐτης . 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. New Monk-martyrs Luke (Mukhaidze) (1277) and Nicholas (Dvali) (1314), of Jerusalem, and the holy fathers of the Georgian monasteries in JerusalemMartyr Nicholas Dvali in Jerusalem. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Fathers and Martyrs of the Georgian Monasteries in Jerusalem. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Alexius, Metropolitan and Wonderworker of all Russia (1378)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀλέξιος ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Μόσχας. 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Bassian, founder and Abbot of Ryabovsky Forest Monastery in Uglich (1509)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασιανὸς τοῦ Οὔγκλιχ. 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Bassian of Uglich. OCA - Lives of the Saints. New Martyr Christos the Gardener, at Constantinople (1748)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Χρῆστος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Κηπουρός . 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Kristo the Gardener of Albania . OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov (1840)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μελέτιος Ἐπίσκοπος Χαρκώβ . 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Venerable Meletios of Ypseni (Meletios of Lardos), founder of the Monastery of Panagia Ypseni, Holy Monastery of Panagia Ypseni. Ecumenical Patriarcvhate - Holy Metropolis of Rhodes. Retrieved: 17 May 2020. Rhodes, in 1855 (19th century)Announcement by the Holy and Sacred Synod . The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Wednesday, November 27, 2013. Retrieved: 27 November, 2013.Canonization of Two New Saints by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Ecumenical Patriarchate - Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South East Asia. November 27, 2013.

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Alexius (Buy), Bishop of Voronezh (1930)February 25 / 12. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Βορονὲζ . 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 14. (see also: October 21) New Martyr Mitrophan, Archpriest (1931)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μητροφάνης ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐκ Ρωσίας. 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.

Other commemorations

Appearance of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos ("Panagia Portaitissa" or "Gate-Keeper"), Mt. Athos (9th century)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Ἰβηριτίσσης . 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Icon of the Mother of God “Iveron”. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: March 31) Consecration of the Church of the Theotokos in Pousgin (1002)Great Synaxaristes: Ἐγκαίνια Ναοῦ Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου εἰς Πούσγην. 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Repose of the cave-dweller Anastasia (Logacheva) of Ardatov (1875) Афанасия. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

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References

Sources February 12 / 25. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). February 25 / 12. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). February 12. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 14. The Twelfth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China. February 12. 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. 45–46. 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. pp. 63–66. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 12 Φεβρουαριου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 12 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 25 февраля (12 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).