February 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

February 26 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 28

An Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 12 (March 11 on leap years) by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For February 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 14.

Saints

• Martyrs Julian and his disciple Eunos (Kronion), at Alexandria (250- 252)^{[1][2][3][note 2]}
• Martyrs Abundius, Alexander, Antigonus, Calanus, Januarius, Makarios, Severianus, Titianus and Fortunatus, and those martyred with them (c. 284–305)^{[5][note 3][note 4]}
• Martyr Gelasius the Actor, of Heliopolis (297)^[1][7][8][9]
• Martyr Nesius, by whipping.^[8][10]
• Saint Macarius of Jerusalem, Bishop of Jerusalem (334)^[1][11]
• Saint Thalelaeus of Syria, hermit, of Gabala in Syria (c. 460)^{[1][8][12][13][14]}
• Saints Asclepius and Jacob of Nimouza, monks near Cyrrhus (5th century)^{[1][8][15][16]}
• Saint Stephen, monk, of Constantinople (614)^{[1][8][17][18]}
• Venerable Procopius the Confessor, of Decapolis (c. 750)^{[1][4][8][19][20]}
• Saint Timothy of Caesarea, monk.^{[1][8][21][note 5]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Honorina (Honorine), an early martyr in the north of France.^{[22][23][note 6]}
• Saint Comgan, Abbot of Glenthsen or Killeshin in Ireland (c. 565)^[22][24]
• Saint Leander of Seville, Archbishop of Seville (600)^{[1][22][25][26][note 7][note 8]}
• Saint Baldomerus (Galmier), by trade a locksmith in Lyons in France, who entered the monastery of St Justus (c. 650)^{[22][27][note 9]}
• Saint Ælfnoth of Stowe (Alnoth), a hermit at Stowe near Bugbrooke, martyred by robbers (c. 700)^[22][28]
• Saint Herefrith of Louth, Bishop of Lincolnshire (c. 873)^{[11][22][note 10]}
• Saint John of Gorze, Abbot of Gorze (c. 975)^{[22][note 11]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Titus, hieromonk of the Kiev Caves Monastery (1196)^[1][29][30]
• Saint Titus the Soldier, monk of the Kiev Caves (14th century)^[1][31]
• Saint Pitirim, Bishop of Tambov (1698)^[1][11]
• New Martyr Elias of Trebizond (1749)^[1][8][32]
• Venerable Archimandrite Photius of the Yuriev Monastery, Novgorod (1838)^[1][33]
• Saint Raphael of Brooklyn, Good Shepherd of the Lost Sheep in America (1915)^[34][35] (New Calendar only see also: February 14)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Sergei Uvitsky, Priest (1932)^[36]
• New Hieromartyr Peter Uspensky, Priest (1938)^[11][36]
• Martyr Michael Markov (1938)^[11][36]
• Venerable Elder Ephraim of Katounakia (1998)^{[37][38][39][note 12]} (see also: February 14)

Other commemorations

• Twelve Holy Greek Architects of the Kiev Caves Lavra.^[42]
• Repose of Archimandrite Photius of the Yuriev Monastery, Novgorod (1838)^[1]
• Repose of Monk Anthony of Valaam Monastery (1848)^[1]
• Repose of Hieromonk Justinian of Valaam Monastery (1966)^[1]
• Repose of Archimandrite Alypy (Voronov) of the Pskov-Caves Monastery (1975)^[1]

Icon gallery

• 
  Saint Leander of Seville.
• 
  Saint Raphael of Brooklyn.

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. "At Alexandria, the passion of St. Julian, martyr. Although he was so afflicted with the gout that he could neither walk, not stand, he was taken before the judge with two servants, who carried him in a chair. One of these denied his faith, but the other, named Eunus, persevered with Julian in confessing Christ. Both were set on camels, led through the whole city, scourged, and burned alive in the presence of the people."^[4]
3. "AT Rome, the birthday of the holy martyrs Alexander, Abundius, Antigonus, and Fortunatus."^[4]
4. "At Antioch, Saints Fortunatus, Felix and 27 Others, Martyrs."^[6] They are recorded in ancient martyrologies.^[5]
5. It is uncertain if he is the same individual as "Saint Timothy the Confessor" who is commemorated on February 1.
6. Her relics are still venerated in Conflans Ste Honorine near Paris.
7. "At Seville, in Spain, the birthday of St. Leander, bishop of that city, by whose preaching and labors, with the assistance of King Recared, the nation of the Visigoths was converted from the Arian impiety to the Catholic faith."^[4]
8. The elder brother of Sts Fulgentius, Isidore and Florentina. He entered a monastery in his early youth and was later sent to Constantinople on a diplomatic mission. There he met St Gregory the Great, who became a close friend. On his return to Spain, Leander became Archbishop of Seville. He revised and unified the Spanish liturgy, converted St Hermenegild and helped convert the Visigoths from Arianism. He was responsible for holding two national Councils at Toledo in 589 and 590.
9. "At Lyons, St. Baldomer, a man of God, whose tomb is made illustrious by frequent miracles."^[4]
10. The relics of this Bishop of Lindsey, probably martyred by the Danes, were venerated at Thorney in Cambridgeshire in England.
11. Born in Vandières near Metz in the east of France, after some years in the world, he made a pilgrimage to Rome. On his return he restored and entered the monastery of Gorze in Lorraine in 933. Emperor Otto I sent him as his ambassador to the Caliph Abd-er-Rahman of Cordoba, where he stayed for two years. In 960 he became Abbot of Gorze.
12. On October 20, 2019, at the Protaton Church in Karyes on Mt. Athos, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew announced that the glorification of four great 20th-century Athonite elders would soon proceed, including:

    • Daniel of Katounakia (†1929)
    • Ieronymos of Simonopetra (†1957)
    • Joseph the Hesychast (†1959), and
    • Ephraim of Katounakia (†1998).^[40][41]

    He was officially glorified by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on March 9, 2020, to be commemorated each year either on: 1) the Saturday of the Ascetic Saints, which is a moveable feast on the last Saturday before Great Lent, or 2) on February 27th; ("ἡμέρα τῆς ἐτησίας ἱερᾶς μνήμης αὐτοῦ ἡ 27η μηνός Φεβρουαρίου").^[37][38][39]