February 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

February 19 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 21

An Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 5 (March 4 on leap years) by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For February 20th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 7.

Saints

• Hieromartyr Eleutherius of Byzantium, Bishop in Byzantium (136)^[1][2][3]
• Martyrs Didymos, Nemesios and Potamios, in Cyprus.^{[4][5][note 2]}
• Saint Eutropius, martyr (308)^{[5][6][note 3]}
• Hieromartyr Sadoc of Persia (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him (343)^{[1][5][7][8][note 4]}(see also: October 19)
• Saint Anianus (Aninas).^[5][9]
• Venerable Bessarion the Great, Wonderworker of Egypt (466)^[1][5][10] (see also: June 6)
• Saint Agatho of Rome, Pope of Rome (682)^{[1][5][11][12]}
• Saint Leo of Catania (Leo the Wonderworker), Bishop of Catania in Sicily (785)^{[1][5][13][14][15][note 5][note 6]}
• Venerable Cindeus of Pisidia (Kindeos), Bishop of Pisidia.^{[1][2][5][17]}
• Venerable Plotinus, monk.^[5][18]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Bolcan (Olcan), baptised by St Patrick, Bolcan later became Bishop of Derkan in Ireland (c. 480)^[15][19][20]
• Saint Valerius (Valier), first Bishop of Couserans in France (5th century?)^[15]
• Saint Falco of Maastricht, Bishop of Maastricht in the Netherlands (512)^[15]
• Saint Eleutherius of Tournai, Bishop of Tournai (531)^{[1][2][15][21][note 7][note 8]}
• Saint Mildrith, Anglo-Saxon abbess of the Abbey at Minster-in-Thanet, Kent (c. 700)^{[22][23][note 9]} (see also: July 13)
• Saint Eucherius of Orléans, Bishop of Orleans (c. 740)^{[1][2][15][24][note 10][note 11]}
• Saint Colgan, called 'the Wise' and 'the Chief Scribe of the Irish' , he was Abbot of Clonmacnoise in Offaly in Ireland (c. 796)^[15][25]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev, son of the Varangian (Viking) Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (1054)^{[1][2][26][note 12]}
• Saint Agatho, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves Monastery (13th–14th centuries)^{[1][2][26][27][28][note 13]}
• Martyrdom of St. Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov-Caves Monastery, by beheading, and his disciple St. Bassian of Murom (1570)^{[1][2][26][29][30][note 14]}
• Venerable Martyrs 34 monks and novices of Valaam Monastery, martyred by the Lutherans (1578):^{[1][2][26][31]}

• Hieromonk Titus,
• Schemamonk Tikhon,
• Monks Gelasius, Sergius, Varlaam, Sabbas, Conon, Sylvester, Cyprian, Pimen, John, Samonas, Jonah, David, Cornelius, Niphon, Athanasius, and Serapion; and novices Varlaam, Athanasius, Anthony, Luke, Leontius, Thomas, Dionysius, Philip, Ignatius, Basil, Pachomius, Basil, Theophilus, John, Theodore, and John.

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Nicholas Rozov, Priest (1938)^[2][26]

Icon gallery

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  Saint Agatho of Rome, Pope of Rome.
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  Hieromartyr Sadoc of Persia and 128 Martyrs with him.
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  Saint Mildrith, Abbess of the Abbey at Minster-in-Thanet.
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  St Leo of Catania the Wonderworker.
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  St Leo of Catania the Wonderworker.
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  Reliquary shrine of St. Eleutherius of Tournai.
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  Saint Eucherius of Orléans.
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  Saint Yaroslav the Wise.
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  St. Agatho, Wonderworker of the Kyiv Caves Monastery.
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  St. Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov-Caves Monastery.

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. "In the island of Cyprus, the holy martyrs Pothamius and Nemesius."^[3]
3. His feast day is on March 3. It is unclear why he is listed here today.
4. "In Persia, in the time of king Sapor, the birthday of St. Sadoth, bishop, and one hundred and twenty-eight others, who refused to adore the sun, and by a cruel death purchased for themselves bright crowns."^[3]
5. Kontakion. Second Tone.
   "With songs let us crown him who was dedicated to the Lord from infancy, and who from his swaddling bands received grace from God, even Leo, the luminary and defender of the Church; for he is her support."^[16]
6. "At Catania, in Sicily, St. Leo, bishop, illustrious for virtues and miracles."^[3]
7. "At Tournai, in Belgium, St. Eleutherius, bishop and confessor."^[3]
8. Born in Tournai in Belgium, he became bishop there in 486 and enlightened the pagan Franks who had settled nearby. He died from wounds inflicted by Arian heretics.
9. One of the three daughters of St Ermenburgh of Minster-in-Thanet in England. She succeeded her mother as Abbess of Thanet. Her relics were enshrined in Canterbury and part of them survive. Her life describes her as 'ever merciful, of easy temper and tranquil'.
10. "The same day, St. Eucherius, bishop of Orleans, whose miracles increased in proportion to the slanders of the envious."^[3]
11. Born in Orleans in France, he became a monk at Jumièges near Rouen in about 714. In 721 he became Bishop of Orleans, opposing the theft of church lands by Charles Martel. For this he was exiled to Cologne in Germany in 737. Here he became very popular and so was sent to Liège in Belgium. He spent the rest of his life at the monastery of St Trond near Maastricht in the Netherlands.
12. St. Yaroslav the Wise was the builder of St Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv which, on September 21st, 2011, celebrated the 1,000th anniversary of its consecration.
13. See also: (in Russian) Агафон Чудотворец. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
14. See also: (in Russian) Корнилий Псково-Печерский. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).