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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 February20 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Hieromartyr Eleutherius of Byzantium, Bishop in Byzantium (136)February 20 / March 5. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).March 5 / February 20. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).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. 53-54. Martyrs Didymos, Nemesios and Potamios, in Cyprus.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δίδυμος, Νεμέσιος καὶ Ποτάμιος οἱ Μάρτυρες ἐκ Κύπρου. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια τησ Ελλαδοσ). Saint Eutropius, martyr (308)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτρόπιος. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Hieromartyr Sadoc of Persia (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him (343)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σαδὼκ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Περσίδος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ὀκτὼ τελειωθέντες. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth) the Bishop of Persia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.(see also: October 19) Saint Anianus (Aninas).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνιανός. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Venerable Bessarion the Great, Wonderworker of Egypt (466)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βησσαρίων ὁ Θαυματουργός. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: June 6) Saint Agatho of Rome, Pope of Rome (682)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγάθων Πάπας Ρώμης. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Agathon the Pope of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Leo of Catania (Leo the Wonderworker), Bishop of Catania in Sicily (785)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Λέων ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Κατάνης. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Leo the Bishop of Catania in Sicily. OCA - Lives of the Saints.February 20. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Venerable Cindeus of Pisidia (Kindeos), Bishop of Pisidia.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Κινδέος Ἐπίσκοπος Πισιδίας. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Venerable Plotinus, monk.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Πλωτίνος. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Bolcan (Olcan), baptised by St Patrick, Bolcan later became Bishop of Derkan in Ireland (c. 480)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Olcan, B. of Derkan. (About 500.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 349-350.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Olcan or Bolcan, Bishop of Armoy, County of Antrim. [Fifth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. II. Dublin, 1875. pp. 643-648. Saint Valerius (Valier), first Bishop of Couserans in France (5th century?) Saint Falco of Maastricht, Bishop of Maastricht in the Netherlands (512) Saint Eleutherius of Tournai, Bishop of Tournai (531)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Eleutherius of Tournai, B. M. (A.D. 531.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 350-353. Saint Mildrith, Anglo-Saxon abbess of the Abbey at Minster-in-Thanet, Kent (c. 700)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Μιλδρέδη ἐκ Βρετανίας. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Mildred, V. Abss. (End of 7th Cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 354. (see also: July 13) Saint Eucherius of Orléans, Bishop of Orleans (c. 740)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Eucher, B. of Orleans. (A.D. 743.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 355. Saint Colgan, called 'the Wise' and 'the Chief Scribe of the Irish' , he was Abbot of Clonmacnoise in Offaly in Ireland (c. 796)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VIII.—St. Colga, or Colcho, Surnamed the Wise, Lector of Clonmacnoise, King's County. [Eighth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. II. Dublin, 1875. pp. 649-655.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev, son of the Varangian (Viking) Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (1054) 20 февраля (ст.ст.) 5 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). Saint Agatho, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves Monastery (13th–14th centuries)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀγάθων ὁ Θαυματουργός. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Venerable Agathon the Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyrdom of St. Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov-Caves Monastery, by beheading, and his disciple St. Bassian of Murom (1570)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κορνήλιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐκ Ρωσίας. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Beheading of the Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of the Pskov Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Martyrs 34 monks and novices of Valaam Monastery, martyred by the Lutherans (1578):Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μακάριος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας καὶ ὁ σὺν αὐτῷ ἀναιρεθέντες. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Monastic Martyrs of Valaam Monastery. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Retrieved: March 21, 2026. 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

New Hieromartyr Nicholas Rozov, Priest (1938)

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References

Sources February 20 / March 5. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). March 5 / February 20. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). February 20. 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. 16. The Twentieth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China. February 20. 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. 53-54. 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. 79-80. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 20 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 5 марта (20 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 20 февраля (ст.ст.) 5 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (Decr).