February 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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February 22 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 February22 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Saint Abilius (Avilius), Bishop of Alexandria (98)February 22 / March 7. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).March 7 / February 22. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saint Telesphorus, Pope of Rome (136)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Τελεσφόρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ρώμης. 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια τησ Ελλαδοσ). Saint Papias, Bishop of Hierapolis (2nd century)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Papias, B. C. (Beginning of 2nd Cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 366-367. Martyr Synesius (Synetus), by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Συνετὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας. 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Martyrs Maurice, his son Photinus, Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers, at Apamea in Syria (286-305)Martyr Maurice at Apamea in Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: December 27) Martyrs Anthusa and her 12 servants, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀνθοῦσα μετὰ τῶν δώδεκα οἰκετῶν αὐτῆς. 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Saint Titus of Bostra, Bishop of Bostra in Arabia (378) Saint Ariston the Wonderworker, Bishop of Arsinoe, Cyprus (Famagusta) (c. late 4th - early 5th centuries)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρίστων ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀρσινόης Κύπρου. 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Venerable Baradates, hermit near Antioch (469)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαραδάτος. 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Venerable Baradates, Hermit of Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Baradatus, H. (About A.D. 460.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 368-369. Venerable Saints Thalassius and LimneusVenerable Thalassius Hermit of Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Venerable Limnaeus Hermit of Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. hermits near Cyrrhus (5th century)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Θαλάσσιος καὶ Λιμναῖος. 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. Thalassius and Limnæus, HH. (5th Cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 367-368. Holy Nine Children of Kola, Georgia (6th century):Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐννέα Μάρτυρες τῆς Κολὰ ἐν Γεωργίᾳ. 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.9 Martyred brothers of Kola. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Guram, Adarnasе, Baqar, Vache, Bardzim, Dachi, Dzhuansher, Ramaz, and Parsman. Saint Leontius of Lycia (6th century) Saints Babylus and his wife Comnita, of Nicosa (7th century) Venerable Athanasius the Confessor of Constantinople (821)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ ἐν Παυλοπετρίῳ. 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Athanasius the Confessor of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Peter the Stylite of Mount Athos. Saint Blaise, Bishop.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βλάσιος. 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Paschasius, eleventh Bishop of Vienne in France (c. 312) Saint Maximianus of Ravenna, Bishop of Ravenna (c. 556)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Maximian of Ravenna, B.C. (A.D. 556.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 369-370. (see also: February 21) Saint Elwin (Elwen), missionary, a holy man who accompanied St Breaca from Ireland to Cornwall (6th century)The Twenty-Second Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China. Saint John the Saxon, born in Saxony in Germany, he restored monasticism in England after the Danish attacks, Abbot of Athelney (895) Saint Raynerius (Raynier), a Benedictine monk at Beaulieu near Limoges, France (c. 967)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Herman, founder of Stolobny Monastery, Novgorod (1614)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γερμανὸς ἐκ Ρωσίας. 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Michael Lisitsyn, priest, of Ust-Labinskaya (1918)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. 17. New Hieromartyrs Joseph Smirnov, Protopresbyter, and Vladimir Ilinsky, Priest (1918) 22 февраля (ст.ст.) 7 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). New Hieromartyrs John Kastorsky, Deacon, and John Perebaskin, of Kostroma-Galich (1918) New Martyr Blessed Theoktista Mikhailovna, Fool-for-Christ, of Voronezh (1936)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Θεοκτίστη ἡ Νεομάρτυς. 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. New Hieromartyrs Michael Gorbunov, John Orlov, Victor Morigerovsky, John Parushnikov, Sergius Belokurov, Andrew Yasenev, and Paul Smirnov, Priests (1938) New Hieromartyrs Sergius Bukashkin and Antipas Kirillov, Hieromonks (1938) Virgin-martyrs Elizabeth Timokhin, Irene Smirnov, and Barbara Losev (1938) Virgin-martyr Parasceva Makarov (1938) Martyrs Stephen Frantov and Nicholas Nekrasov (1938) Martyrs Leonid Salkov and Peter Antonov, of Alma-Ata (1938) Martyr Andrew Gnevishev of Tver (1941) New Hieromartyr Philaret (Pryakhin), Abbot, of Trubino, Tver (1942)

Other commemorations

Uncovering of the relics (607-610) of the Holy Apostles Andronicus and Junia (1st century) and the Holy Martyrs, at the Gate of Eugenius at Constantinople.Great Synaxaristes: Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίων Ἀποστόλων Ἀνδρονίκου καὶ Ἰουνίας. 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Martyrs at the Gate of Eugenius at Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Repose of Righteous Gregory (“Golden Grits”) Miroshnikov of Sednev (1855) Repose of Schemanun Avramia of Kashin (1855) Repose of Blessed Theoktista Mikhailovna, Fool-for-Christ, of Voronezh (1936)

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References

Sources February 22 / March 7. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). March 7 / February 22. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). February 22. 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. 17. The Twenty-Second Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China. February 22. 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. p. 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. 81. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 22 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 7 марта (22 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 22 февраля (ст.ст.) 7 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).