February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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February 26 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective February26 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Martyr Photine (Photina), the Samaritan woman in the Gospel,Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Φωτεινὴ ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς ἡ Σαμαρείτιδα. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια τησ Ελλαδοσ). and those with her, all martyred under Nero (66):February 26 / March 11. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). (see also: March 20 - Slavic) her sisters: Phota, Photis, Parasceva, and Cyriaca (Kyriake);Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἁγίες Φωτώ, Φῶτις, Παρασκευή, Κυριακὴ καὶ Ἀνατολὴ οἱ Μάρτυρες ἀδελφὲς τῆς Ἁγίας Φωτεινῆς. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. her sons: Victor Stratelates (or Photinus)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βίκτωρ καὶ Χριστόδουλος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. and Joses (Joseph);Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰωσῆς καὶ Βίκτωρ οἱ Μάρτυρες υἱοὶ τῆς Ἁγίας Φωτεινῆς. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Christodoulos; Sebastian the Duke,Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σεβαστιανὸς ὁ δοῦκας. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Martyr Sebastian. OCA - Lives of the Saints. the officer Anatolius; and Theoclitus, the former sorcerer.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόκλητος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ φαρμακὸς. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Saint Porphyrius of Gaza, Bishop of Gaza (420)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πορφύριος Ἐπίσκοπος Γάζης. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Porphyrius the Bishop of Gaza. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Porphyrius, B. of Gaza (A.D. 421.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 434-441. Saint Nicholas of "Katopinos".Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Κατοπινός. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Dionysius of Augsburg, venerated as the first Bishop of Augsburg in Germany (c. 303)February 26. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. DIONYSIUS, B. OF AUGSBURG, M. (A.D. 303.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 432-433. Saint Faustinian, second Bishop of Bologna in Italy (4th century) Saint Andrew of Florence, Bishop of Florence and Confessor (c. 407) Saint Agricola, Bishop of Nevers in France (c. 594) Saint Victor, a hermit in Arcis-sur-Aube in Champagne in France (7th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, founder of Sokhotsk Monastery, Yaroslavl (1500)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Σεβαστιανὸς ἐκ Ρωσίας. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: December 18) New Martyr John the Cabinetmaker (John Calphas, "the Apprentice"), by beheading, at Constantinople (1575)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Κάλφας. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.New Martyr John Kalphes, the Apprentice. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Peter Varlamov, Priest of Ufim (1930)March 11 / February 26. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). 26 февраля (ст.ст.) 11 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. New Hieromartyr Sergius Voskresensky, Priest (1933) Virgin-martyr Anna Blagoveshchensky (1937) New Hieromartyr John (Pashin), Bishop of Rylsk (Rila) (1938) New Hieromartyr John Dunaev, Priest (1938)

Other commemorations

Synaxis of the Mezhetsk Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos at Kiev (1492)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Κιέβῳ Ρωσίας. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.

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References

Sources February 26 / March 11. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). March 11 / February 26. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). February 26. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). pp. 17-18. The Twenty-Sixth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China. February 26. 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. 17-18. 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. 86. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 11 марта (26 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 26 февраля (ст.ст.) 11 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.