February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

February 27 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 1 (February 29 on leap years).

All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 13 (March 12 on leap years) by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For February 28th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 15.

Saints

Commemorated on February 29 / March 13 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:

Pre-Schism Western saints

Commemorated on February 29 / March 13 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Commemorated on February 29 / March 13 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Sergius, Priest (1932)[31]

Other commemorations

  • Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Antioch (1092)[44]
Commemorated on February 29 / March 13 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
  • "Devpeteruv" Icon of the Mother of God (1392)[31][45]

Notes

  1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. Potters by trade, they were martyred under Decius, perhaps in Rome, and were venerated in Bari and Bologna in Italy.[9]
  3. Saint George is not listed in the Synaxaristes. His memory is recorded in Lavreotic Codex E 152 pp. 367a. He is remembered as a Bishop of the Church of Christ in the period of the heretical Monotheletes in the 7th century, and he endured many trials by these Scythians (Greek: Σκύθες) for his commitment to the Orthodox Faith and piety.
  4. A Gallo-Roman who at the age of thirty-five went to live as a hermit in the Jura mountains, where he was followed by his brother St Lupicinus. Many disciples soon gathered round the two brothers, who then founded the monasteries of Condat (later known as Saint-Oyend) and Leuconne, over which they ruled together, and the convent of La Beaume (later called St-Romain-de-la-Roche) where their sister was abbess.
  5. "In the territory of Lyons, on Mount Jura, the demise of St. Romanus, abbot, who was the first to lead the eremitical life there. His reputation for virtues and miracles brought under his guidance numerous monks."[8]
  6. Born in Sardinia, he became Pope of Rome in 461 and worked energetically against Nestorianism and Eutychianism and also consolidated the Church.
  7. Born in England of a noble Danish family, he was the nephew of St Oda of Canterbury. He went to Fleury in France to learn from monastic life and later became Bishop of Worcester (961), identifying himself with St Dunstan and St Ethelwold in their efforts to revive monastic life in England. St Oswald founded monasteries at Ramsey and at Worcester. In 972 he became Archbishop of York. He repose on his knees after washing the feet of twelve poor people, as was his daily practice.
  8. More than 200 miracles were reported to have occurred at his intercession.

References

  1. February 28 / March 13. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
  2. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νυμφᾶς καὶ Εὔβουλος οἱ Ἀπόστολοι. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  3. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια τησ Ελλαδοσ).
  4. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. Nymphas and Eubulus. (1st Cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 449.
  5. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νέστωρας ὁ Μάρτυρας. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  6. Hieromartyr Nestor the Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  7. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μακάριος, Ρουφῖνος, Ἰοῦστος καὶ Θεόφιλος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  8. 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. 61.
  9. February 28. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  10. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Καιράλιος, Πουπούλιος, Γάϊος καὶ Σεραπίων οἱ Μάρτυρες. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  11. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕξι Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  12. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀβίρκιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  13. Venerable Domnica (Domnina) of Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  14. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ὁσίες Κύρα καὶ Μαράνα. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  15. Venerable Marana of Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  16. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Προτέριος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀλεξανδρείας. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  17. Hieromartyr Proterius the Patriarch of Alexandria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  18. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Proterius, M. Patr. of Alexandria. (A.D. 457.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 451-452.
  19. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ὁμολογητής. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  20. Venerable Basil the Confessor, companion of the Venerable Procopius at Decapolis. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  21. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Γερμανὸς ἐκ Ρουμανίας. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  22. St Germanus of Dacia Pontica (Dobrogea). OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  23. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Κασσιανὸς ὁ Ρωμαῖος. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  24. Venerable John Cassian the Roman. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  25. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Βάρσος Ἐπίσκοπος Δαμασκοῦ. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  26. Venerable John-Barsanuphius the Bishop of Damascus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  27. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Δεφέλτου. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  28. St Leo of Cappadocia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  29. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοστήρικτος. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  30. Martyr Theokteristus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  31. March 13 / February 28. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  32. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Romanus, Ab. of Condate. (A.D. 460.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 452-454.
  33. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I. — St. Sillan, Siollan, Silvan, or Sylvan, Abbot of Bangor, County of Down. [Sixth and Seventh Centuries]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. II. Dublin, 1875. pp. 723-728.
  34. 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. 88-91.
  35. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Oswald, Archb. of York. (A.D. 992.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 455-456.
  36. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰαροσλάβος ὁ Σοφός. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  37. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τεσσαράκοντα Χιλιάδες Μάρτυρες. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  38. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός τοῦ Πσκὼφ. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  39. Blessed Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  40. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Κυράννα ἡ Νεομάρτυς. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  41. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος Μητροπολίτης Ροστὼβ. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  42. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Μελέτιος Ἐπίσκοπος Χαρκώβ. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  43. St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkiv and Akhtyr. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  44. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Μνήμη Μεγάλου Σεισμοῦ. 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  45. 28 февраля (ст.ст.) 13 марта 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.

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