February 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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February 21 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 February21 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Saint Eustathius of Antioch, Archbishop of Antioch (337)February 21 / March 6. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐστάθιος Πατριάρχης Ἀντιοχείας. 21 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 21 Φεβρουαρίου . Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια τησ Ελλαδοσ).St Eustathius the Archbishop of Antioch. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Hieromartyr Severian, Bishop of Scythopolis in Palestine (452)March 6 / February 21. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Venerable Andreas and Anatolios, monastics of the Church of Jerusalem, disciples of Venerable Euthymius the Great (5th century)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀνδρέας καὶ Ἀνατόλιος. 21 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Saint Maximianus of Ravenna, Bishop of Ravenna and Confessor (c. 556)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαξιμιανὸς Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ραβέννης. 21 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: February 22) Saint John Scholasticus, Patriarch of Constantinople (577)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ ἀπὸ Σχολαστικῶν Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 21 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St John “Scholasticus”, Patriarch of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Zachariah, Patriarch of Jerusalem (632)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζαχαρίας Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων. 21 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Zachariah, Patriarch of Jerusalem. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Zacharias, Patr. of Jerusalem. (A.D. 631.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 359-360. Venerable Timothy of Symbola on Mt. Olympus in Bithynia (795)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Τιμόθεος ὁ ἐν Συμβόλοις. 21 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Venerable Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint George of Amastris, Bishop of Amastris on the Black Sea (c. 805)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀμάστριδος. 21 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St George the Bishop of Amastris on the Black Sea. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. George of Amastris, B. C. (Beginning of 9th Cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 363-364.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Felix of Metz, third Bishop of Metz in France for over forty years (2nd century))February 21. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Severus and Sixty-Two Companions, martyrs in Syrmium in Pannonia (3rd-4th centuries) Saint Alexander of Adrumetum, martyred with others in North Africa (c. 434) Martyrs Verulus, Secundinus, Siricius, Felix, Servulus, Saturninus, Fortunatus and Companions, martyrs in North Africa, probably under the Vandals (c. 434)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βερούλιος, Σεκουνδίνος, Σιρίκιος, Φελίσιος, Σέρβουλος, Σατουρνίνος, Φουρτουνάτος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς. 21 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Saint Paterius, a monk, disciple and friend of St Gregory the Great, he became Bishop of Brescia and was a prolific writer (606)) Saint Pepin of Landen, Duke of Brabant, he was the husband of St Itta (Ida) of Metz and the father of St Bavo of Ghent, St Gertrude of Nivelles and St Begga (c. 646)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "B. Pepin of Landen, C. (A.D. 646.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 360-361. Saint Ercongotha, daughter of King Erconbert of Kent and St Saxburgh, became a nun at Faremoutiers-en-Brie under her aunt, St Ethelburgh, but reposed very young (660) Saint Gundebert (Gumbert, Gondelbert), Bishop of Sens in France, later the founder of the monastery of Senones around 660 (c. 676) Saint Germanus of Granfelden, Abbot of Granfield in the Val Moutier in Switzerland, martyred with another monk, Randoald, while interceding for the poor (677)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. German, Ab., and Randoald, Prior, MM. (End of 7th Cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 361-363. Saint Avitus II of Clermont, Bishop of Clermont in Auvergne, one of the great bishops of the age (689) Saint Valerius, a monk and Abbot of San Pedro de Montes, he left several ascetic writings (695)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Macarius, Hieroschemamonk of Glinsk Hermitage (1864)

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyrs Alexander Vislyansky, Daniel Alferov and Gregory Klebanov, Priests (1930) 21 февраля (ст.ст.) 6 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (Decr). New Hieromartyr Constantine Pyatikrestovsky, Priest and Paul Shirokogorov, Deacon (1938) Virgin-Martyr Olga Koshelev (1939)

Other commemorations

"Kozelshchina" (Kolzelshchanskaya) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1881)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Κοζελσλὰνκ τῆς Ρωσίας. 21 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Icon of the Mother of God “Kozelshchansk”. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Repose of Blessed Simon (Todorsky), bishop of Pskov (1754) (see also: February 22)

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Notes

References

Sources February 21 / March 6. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). March 6 / February 21. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). February 21. 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). pp. 16-17. The Twenty-First Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China. February 21. 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. 54-55. 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. 80. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 21 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 21 Φεβρουαρίου . Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 6 марта (21 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 21 февраля (ст.ст.) 6 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (Decr).