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February 14 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 February14 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Saint Peter II, Patriarch of Alexandria (380)February 14 / 27. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).February 27 / 14. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Venerable Maron of Syria, hermit of Cyrrhus (c. 433) Συναξαριστής. 14 Φεβρουαρίου . Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάρων. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Venerable Maron the Hermit of Syria . OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Auxentius of Bithynia, monastic (c. 470)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Αὐξέντιος ὁ ἐν τῷ Ὄρει . 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Venerable Auxentius of Bithynia . OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Auxentius, Ab. P. (about A.D. 470.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 299-303. Venerable Abraham of Charres, Bishop of Charres in Mesopotamia (5th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀβραάμης . 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Abraham the Bishop of Charres in Mesopotamia . OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Abraham, B. C. (about A.D. 390.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 298. Venerable Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Teacher of the Slavs (869)Repose of St Cyril, Equal of the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs . OCA - Lives of the Saints. Hieromartyr Philemon of Gaza, Bishop of Gaza (10th century).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλήμων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Eleuchadius, a Greek, converted by St Apollinaris of Ravenna in Italy, and succeeded St Adheritus as third Bishop of that city (112)February 14 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Martyrs Vitalis, Felicula and Zeno, early martyrs in Rome. Saint Valentine the Presbyter of Rome, under Claudius II (c. 270)The Benedictine Monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate (Comp.). The Book of Saints: A Dictionary of Servants of God Canonised by the Catholic Church: Extracted from the Roman and Other Martyrologies. London: A & C Black. Ltd., 1921. p. 263.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐαλεντίνος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας . 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Valentine, P. M. (A.D. 269.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 296-297. (see also: July 6, July 30) Hieromartyr Valentine, Bishop of Interamna Nahars, Terni, in Italy (c. 273)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐαλεντίνος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Τέρνι. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: July 30;Hieromartyr Valentine the Bishop of Interamna, Terni in Italy. OCA - Lives of the Saints. April 24Martyrs Valentine and Pasikrates in Moesia, Bulgaria . OCA - Lives of the Saints.) Martyrs Proculus, Ephebus and Apollonius, disciples of Hieromartyr Valentine, Bishop of Interamna, Terni, in Italy (c. 273)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πρόκλος, Ἀπολλώνιος καὶ Ἐφήβιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Martyrs Bassus, Anthony, and Protolicus, at Alexandria.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βάσσιος, Ἀντώνιος καὶ Πρωτόλικος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Martyr Agatho, Priest, and Companions, at Alexandria.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγάθων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Saint Nostrianus, Bishop of Naples in Italy and a valiant opponent of Arianism and Pelagianism (c. 450) Saint Theodosius, Bishop of Vaison in France and predecessor of St Quinidius (554) Saint Conran, a bishop of the Orkney Islands.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—St. Caomhan, Convan, Conan or Coman, Missionary in the Orkney Islands, Scotland." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. II. Dublin, 1875. pp. 527-533. Saint Antoninus of Sorrento, a monk in one of the daughter monasteries of Monte Cassino in Italy, became Abbot of St Agrippinus (830)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Isaac, recluse of the Kiev Caves Monastery (c. 1090)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰσαάκιος ὁ Ἔγκλειστος ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίας . 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. New Martyr Nicholas of Corinth (1554)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ ἐξ Ἰχθύος τῆς Κορινθίας . 14 Φεβρουαρίου. εγασ Συναξαριστησ. New Monk-martyr Damian of Philotheou and Kissavos, at Larissa (1568)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δαμιανὸς ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. New Martyr George the Tailor, of Mytilene, at Constantinople (1693)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Μυτιλήνης. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Venerable Auxentios the Ascetic, of Mount Katirlion near Nicomedia on the Propontis, Wonderworker (c. 1757)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Αὐξέντιος ὁ ἐν Καρτιλίῳ ἀσκήσας . 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Saint Hilarion the Georgian (the New) of Imereti and Mt. Athos (1864)St Hilarion the Georgian, the New . OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Raphael (Hawaweeny), Bishop of Brooklyn (1915) (Old style date see also: February 27)

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Nikolaos of Trebizond, Bishop of Amisos (1920)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐκ Τραπεζούντας . 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. New Hieromartyr Onesimus (Pylaev), Bishop of Tula (1937) New Hieromartyr Tryphon, Deacon (1938)

Other commemorations

12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra (11th century)12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra . OCA - 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. 15. Translation of the relics of Martyrs Prince Michael and his counselor Theodore, of Chernigov (1578)Translation of the relics of the Martyr Michael of Chernigov. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Repose of Archimandrite Barsanuphius of Valaam and Morocco (1952) Repose of Righteous Barbara (Arkhangelskaya) the Recluse, of Ufa (1966) Repose of Venerable Elder Ephraim of Katounakia (1998) (see also: February 27)

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References

Sources February 14 / 27. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). February 27 / 14. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). February 14. 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. 15. The Fourteenth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China. February 14. 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. 47–48. 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. 68–69. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 14 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 27 февраля (14 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).