Holy Theophany.

Feb/18
Mar/3
St. Leo the Great, Pope of Rome.
St. Cosmas, Monk of Yakhromsk. St. Agapitos the Confessor and Wonderworker, Bishop of Synnada in Phrygia, and
Martyrs Victor, Dorotheos, Theodoulos, and Agrippa, who suffered under Licinios. New Martyr Presbyter Alexander
Medvedsky (1932) and Hieromonk Benjamin (1938). Commemoration of the New Martyrs who suffered during
the Holy Night in Petersburg (1932). St. Colman of Lindisfarne (676). Martyrs Leontios and Parigorios of Patara in
Lycia. Martyr Publios.
Feb/19
Mar/4
Apostles Archippos and Philemon of the Seventy, and Martyr Apphia; St. Philothea, Nun of
Athens.
St. Dositheos of Palestine, disciple of St. Abba Dorotheos. St. Raboulas of Samosata. Sts. Eugenios and Makarios,
presbyters, confessors at Antioch. Martyrs Maximos, Theodotos, Hesychios, and Asclepiodotes of Adrianopolis. St.
Conon, Abbot of Palestine. New Hieromartyr Nicetas of Epiros.
Dbl Comm w/ Polyeleos
Feb/20
Mar/5
St. Leo the Wonderworker, Bishop of Catania in Sicily.
St. Agatho, Pope of Rome. Saint Bessarion the Great, Wonderworker of Egypt (see June 6th). Hieromartyr Sadoc,
Bishop of Persia, and 128 martyrs with him. Beheading of St. Cornelios, Abbot of the Pskov Caves, and his disciple
St. Bessian of Murom. St. Agatho, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves. St. Cindeos, Bishop of Pisidia. St. Plotinos,
Monk. Abbot Makarios and 34 Monks of Valaam, martyred by the Lutherans (1578).
Simple Comm
Feb/21
Mar/6
St. Timothy of Symbola in Bithynia; St. Eustathios, Archbishop of Antioch.
St. George, Bishop of Amastris on the Black Sea. St. John the Scholastic, Patriarch of Constantinople. St. Zachariah,
Patriarch of Jerusalem. St. Erkengota, virgin of Faremoutier-en-Brie. Repose of Blessed Simon Todorsky, Bishop of
Pskov (1754).
Dbl Comm
Feb/22
Mar/7
Opening of the Relics of the Holy Martyrs at the Gate of Eugenios at Constantinople.
Martyrs Maurice and his son Photinos, and Martyrs Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers, at Apamea in Syria. Sts.
Thalassios, Limnaeos, and Baradates, hermits of Syria. St. Athanasios the Confessor of Constantinople. St.
Telesphoros, Pope of Rome. St. Peter the Stylite of Mt. Athos. New Martyr Theoktista Michailovna, fool-for-Christ
of Voronezh (1936). New Martyr Presbyter Michael Lisicin (1918). Martyr Anthusa and her 12 servants. St. Vlasios,
Bishop. Martyr Synetos.
Simple Comm
Feb/23, Mar/8
St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna. First and Second Findings of the Precious Head of St. John the
Baptist.
Sts. John, Antiochos, Antoninos, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronios, Moses, and Damian, ascetics of the Syrian deserts.
St. Alexander, founder of the Order of the Unsleeping Ones. St. Gorgonia, sister of St. Gregory the Theologian. St.
Damian of Esphigmenou Skete on Mt. Athos. St. Moses, Monk of Byelozersk. St. Polycarp, Monk of Briansk. New
Martyr Damian, Monk of Mt. Athos, who suffered at Larissa. St. Mildburga, Abbess of Much Wenlock. Martyr
Clement. Martyr Thea. St. Jurmin, Prince of East Anglia.
Polyeleos for Sts. John and Polycarp
Feb/24
Mar/9
First and Second Findings of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist.
St. Erasmos of the Kiev Caves. Opening of the relics of St. Romanos, Prince of Uglich. St. Ethelbert, King of Kent
and First English Christian King.
Sunday of the Prodigal Son
§135 1Cor(6:12-20) §79 St.Lk(15:11-
32)
Tone 6 Orthros Gospel 6
Fast-free period
Polyeleos
Kontakion of the period: Prodigal Son.
Katavasiae of the period: Take up the song of
Moses... .)
Dismissal: May He Who arose from the dead...
Monday of the Prodigal Son
Orthros: §17 St.Mt(6:19-21)
Liturgy: §23 Acts(9:36-42)
§51 St.Jn(15:12-13,18-19)
2 readings from the Psalter
Tuesday of the Prodigal Son
§72 1Jn(3:9-22) §64 St.Mk(14:10-42)
Wednesday of the Prodigal Son
§73 1Jn(3:21-4:11) §65 St.Mk(14:43-
15:1)
Fast Day
Thursday of the Prodigal Son
§74 1Jn(4:20-5:21) §66 St.Mk(15:1-15)
Friday of the Prodigal Son
Orthros: §31 St.Lk(7:17-30); Liturgy:
(§176 2Cor(4:6-15) §40 St.Mt(11:2-15)
Fast Day: wine and oil allowed
Saturday of Souls: Commemoration
of the Dead
§146 1Cor(10:23-28) for the
Dead: §270 1Thess(4:13-17) §105
St.Lk(21:8-9, 25-27, 33-36); §16
St.Jn(5:24-30)
Kontakion of the period: Dead.