February 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 19 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For February 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on January 24.

Feasts

• Apodosis of the Meeting of Our Lord.^[1][2]

Saints

• Venerable Bukolus, Bishop of Smyrna (c. 100)^[1][3][4][5]
• Martyrs Theophilus, Saturninus and Revocatus, in Spain (249-251)^{[6][note 2]}
• Virgin-martyr Dorothea,^[8] and with her Martyrs Christina and Callista, sisters,^[9] and Theophilus, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (288-300)^{[1][10][11][note 3]}
• Virgin-martyr Fausta, and with her Martyrs Evilasius and Maximus, at Cyzicus (305-311)^{[1][4][12][13]}
• Martyr Julian of Emesa the Physician, and Bishop Silvanus (312)^{[1][4][14][15][note 4]}
• Martyrs Faustus, Basil and Lucianus, of Darion in Constantinople, by the sword.^{[4][11][16][note 5]}
• Venerable John of Lycopolis (John of Thebes), monk (4th century)^{[1][4][11][17]}
• Saint James, ascetic, of Syria (c. 460)^[1][4][11]
• Saints Barsanuphius the Great and John the Prophet, monks of Gaza (6th century)^{[1][4][18][19]}
• Saint Photius the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople, Confessor and Equal-to-the-Apostles (891)^{[1][4][20][21]}
• Virgin-martyrs Martha and Mary and their brother Lycarion, at Tanis (Hermopolis) in Egypt.^[1][11][22] (see also February 8 - Greek)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Antholian (Anatolianus), mentioned by St Gregory of Tours as one of the martyrs of Auvergne in France under Valerian and Gallienus (c. 265)^{[7][23][note 6]}
• Saint Mél of Ardagh (Mael), Bishop of Ardagh (488), disciple of St. Patrick.^{[1][11][23][note 7][note 8]}
• Saint Mun, a nephew of St Patrick who consecrated him bishop (5th century)^{[23][note 9]}
• Saint Vedast, Bishop of Arras (540)^[1][11])^{[23][note 10][note 11]}
• Saint Amandus of Elnone Abbey, Apostle of Maastricht (675)^{[1][11][23][25][note 12]}
• Saint Andrew of Elnone Abbey, a monk and disciple of St Amandus at Elnone in France, whom he succeeded as Abbot (c. 690)^{[23][note 13]}
• Saint Relindis of Maaseik (Renildis, Renula, Renule), Abbess of Maaseik in Belgium (c. 750)^{[23][note 14]}
• Saint Tanco of Werden (Tancho, Tatta), Abbot of Amalbarich Abbey in Saxony and eventually Bishop of Werden in Germany, martyred by pagans (808)^[23]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Arsenius of Iqalto, Georgia (1127)^{[1][11][26][27]}
• Hieromartyr Damaskinos (Tzagkaris) the Sinaite, martyred outside the walls of the monastery by the Mezenites (1623)^[28]
• Saint Dorothea, Schema-nun, of Kashin (1629)^[1][11]
• Hieromartyr Artemios the Sinaite (1822)^{[29][note 15]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyrs Demetrius, Priest, and Martyr Anatolius (1921)^[11]
• New Hieromartyr Basil Nadezhnin, priest, of Moscow (1930)^{[1][11][30][note 16]}
• New Hieromartyr Alexander, Priest (1938)^[11]

Other commemorations

• Repose of Archbishop Theophan (Bystrov) of Poltava (1940)^[1][31]

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Notes

References

Sources

• February 6 / 19. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• February 19 / 6. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• February 6. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. February. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 13.
• The Sixth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China.
• February 6. 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. 39–40.
• 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. 55.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 6 ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (Russian) 19 февраля (6 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

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