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February 29 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 February29 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Saint Leo of Cappadocia, monastic.March 13 / February 29. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Venerable John Cassian the Roman, Abbot of Monastery of St Victor, Marseille (435)February 29 / March 13. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).The Monk John Cassian the Roman. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Κασσιανὸς ὁ Ρωμαῖος. 29 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 29 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Venerable Germanus of Dacia Pontica (Dobrogea, Romania) (c. 415)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γερμανὸς ἐκ Ρουμανίας. 29 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Venerable John, called Barsanuphius, of Nitria in Egypt (5th century)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). p. 18. Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Defeltos (7th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Δεφέλτου. 29 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Martyr Theocteristus, Abbot of Pelekete Monastery near Prusa (8th century)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Oswald of Worcester, Archbishop of York (992)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Cassian, recluse and faster of the Kiev Caves (12th century) Saint Cassian of Mu Lake (Muezersk) Hermitage, disciple of St. Alexander of Svir (16th century) Saint Arsenius (Matseyevich), Archbishop of Rostov (1772)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος Μητροπολίτης Ροστὼβ. 29 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkiv and Akhtyr (1840)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μελέτιος Ἐπίσκοπος Χαρκώβ. 29 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: February 12)

Other commemorations

"Devpeteruv" Icon of the Mother of God (1392)

Icon gallery

Notes

References

Sources February 29 / March 13. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). March 13 / February 29. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). February 29. 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). p. 18. The Twenty-Ninth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China. Greek Sources Συναξαριστής. 29 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 16 февраля (ст.ст.) 29 февраля 2012 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.