February 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Summary

February 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 20

An Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 4 (March 3 on leap years) by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For February 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 6.

Saints edit

Pre-Schism Western saints edit

Post-Schism Orthodox saints edit

New martyrs and confessors edit

  • New Hieromartyr Vladimir (Terentiev), Abbot, of Zosima Hermitage, Smolensk (1933)[1]
  • New Martyr Demetrius Volkov (1942)[9][15]

Other commemorations edit

Icon gallery edit

Notes edit

  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 Rome, the birthday of St. Gabinus, priest and martyr, brother of the blessed pope Caius. Being loaded with chains and kept a long time in prison by Diocletian, he obtained the joys of heaven by a precious death."[19]
  3. ^ "At Benevento, St. Barbatus, a bishop illustrious for sanctity, who converted the Lombards and their chief to the faith of Christ."[19]
  4. ^ When Adoptionism was condemned, the saint went to the monastery of Valcavado and wrote his famous Commentary on the Apocalypse.
  5. ^ Name days celebrated today include:
    • Philothei, Philothea (Φιλοθέη).
  6. ^ See: (in Serbian) Никанор Савић. Википедију. (Serbian Wikipedia).
  7. ^ The Cyprus Icon of the Mother of God. In this icon the Mother of God is depicted sitting on a throne with the Divine Infant in Her arms. There is an angel on either side of Her. The prototype of this holy icon manifested itself in the year 392 on the island of Cyprus at the tomb of Righteous Lazarus, the friend of Christ (October 17), and is kept there in a monastery. Renowned copies of the Cyprus Icon are at the Moscow’s Dormition Cathedral, and in the Nikolo-Golutvin church in the village of Stromyn, Moscow diocese (Commemorated on the Sunday of Orthodoxy). Other days commemorating the Cyprus Icon are the Day of the Holy Spirit, April 20, and July 9. Some copies of the Cyprus Icon have additional names such as "Cleansing," "Knife," and "Hawk."

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l February 19 / March 4. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
  2. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄρχιππος, Φιλήμων καὶ Ἀπφίας οἱ Ἀπόστολοι. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).
  4. ^ Martyr Archippus of the Seventy Apostles. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  5. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μάξιμος, Θεόδοτος, Ἡσύχιος καὶ Ἀσκληπιοδότη οἱ Μάρτυρες. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  6. ^ Martyr Maximus of Adrianopolis. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  7. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ὅσιοι Εὐγένιος καὶ Μακάριος οἱ Ὁμολογητές. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  8. ^ St Eugene the Presbyter and Confessor at Antioch. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  9. ^ a b c d March 4 / February 19. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  10. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ραβουλᾶς. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  11. ^ St Rabulas of Samosata. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  12. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Κόνων. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  13. ^ Venerable Conan, Abbot of the Pethukla Monastery. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  14. ^ Venerable Dositheus of Palestine, the Disciple of the Venerable Abba Dorotheus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  15. ^ a b c (in Russian) 19 февраля (ст.ст.) 4 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) Archived 2014-11-08 at the Wayback Machine. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
  16. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Σωφρόνιος. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i February 19. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  18. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Gabinius, P. M. (A.D. 296.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 340.
  19. ^ a b c d 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. 52-53.
  20. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Odran, M. (About A.D. 451.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 340.
  21. ^ Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I. — St. Odran, or Odhran, of Disert-Odhrain, in Offaly, King's County, Martyr. [Fifth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. II. Dublin, 1875. pp. 631-634.
  22. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Barbatus of Benevento, B. C. (A.D. 682.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 342-343.
  23. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Mansuetus of Milan, B. C. (After A.D. 680.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 341-342.
  24. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱεροσλάβος ὁ Σοφὸς. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  25. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Φιλοθέη ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυς ἡ Ἀθηναία. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  26. ^ Martyr Philothea the Monastic. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  27. ^ Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  28. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικήτας ὁ νέος Ἱερομάρτυρας. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  29. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ὁσία Μαρία τοῦ Ὅλονετς. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  30. ^ Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Sources edit

  • February 19 / March 4. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
  • March 4 / February 19. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  • February 19. 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. 16.
  • The Nineteenth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China.
  • February 19. 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. 52-53.
  • 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. 78.

Greek Sources edit

  • Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
  • (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).

Russian Sources edit

  • (in Russian) 4 марта (19 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  • (in Russian) 19 февраля (ст.ст.) 4 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) Archived 2014-11-08 at the Wayback Machine. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).