February 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

February 12 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 14

All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 26 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For February 13th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on January 31.

Saints

 * Apostles and martyrs Aquila and his wife Priscilla (1st century)    (see also: July 8, July 14)
 * Holy Two Martyrs, father and son, by crucifixion.
 * Saint Timothy, Archbishop of Alexandria (385)
 * Venerable Martinian of Caesarea in Palestine (5th century)
 * Venerable Zoe of Bethlehem, and the Virgin Photini (5th century)
 * Venerable Eulogius of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria (608)
 * Righteous Martin the Merciful.

Pre-Schism Western saints

 * Martyrs Fusca and Maura, two martyrs in Ravenna under Decius (c. 250)
 * Saint Julian of Lyons, a martyr venerated in Lyons in France.
 * Saint Benignus of Todi, a priest in Todi in Umbria in Italy martyred under Diocletian (c. 303)
 * Saint Castor of Karden, hieromonk and missionary in Germany (c. 400)
 * Saint Stephen of Lyons, Bishop of Lyons in France, he was active in converting the Arian Burgundians to Orthodoxy, Confessor (512)
 * Saint Modomnoc, Bishop of Ossory in Ireland (c. 550)
 * Saint Stephen of Rieti, an Abbot in Rieti in Italy whom St Gregory the Great describes as 'rude of speech but of cultured life' (c. 590)
 * Saint Licinius of Angers (Lezin), Bishop of Angers in France (c. 618)  (see also: November 1)
 * Saint Huna of Thorney, priest-monk of Huneia (c. 690)
 * Saint Dyfnog, born in Wales, he was much venerated in Clwyd (7th century)
 * Saint Ermenilda of Ely (Ermengild, Ermenilda), Abbess of Ely (c. 700)
 * Saint Aimo (Aimonius), founder of the convent of St Victor in Meda in the north of Italy (c. 790)
 * Saint Gosbert, fourth Bishop of Osnabruck in Germany and a disciple of St Ansgar (c. 859)
 * Saint Fulcran, Bishop of Lodève in Languedoc in France, famous for his asceticism, he was bishop for over half a century (1006)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

 * Venerable Symeon the Myrrh-gusher (Stefan Nemanja), Grand Prince of Serbia (1200)
 * Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk, founder of Volokolamsk (Volotsk) Monastery (1515)
 * Saint George Konissky (Yurij Konissky), Archbishop of Mogilev in Belorussia (1795)
 * Saint Seraphim (Sobolev), Archbishop of Bogucharsk and Wonderworker of Sofia (1950)

New martyrs and confessors

 * New Hieromartyrs Basil Triumfov and Gabriel Preobrazhensky, Priests (1919)
 * New Hieromartyrs Leontius Grimalsky, Archpriest, of Gzhel, Moscow, and Zosima Trubachev, Archpriest, of Maloyaroslavets (1938)
 * New Hieromartyrs (1938):
 * Nicholas Dobrolyubov, Basil Gorbachev, John Pokrovsky, Vladimir Pokrovsky, Parthenius Gruzinov, John Kalabukhov, John Kosinsky, Michael Popov, Priests;
 * Eugene Nikolsky, Deacon;
 * Virgin-martyrs Anna Korneeva, Vera Morozova and Irina Khvostova.
 * Martyr Paul Sokolov;

Other commemorations

 * Consecration of the Church of the Theotokos and Saint Thekla, on Mount Posaleos.
 * Translation of the relics (980 and 981) of Saint Edward the Martyr, King of England (978)  (see also: June 20 - uncovering, and March 18 - feast)


 * Icon of the Theotokos 'Dolinsky'.
 * Synaxis of the Saints of Omsk.
 * Repose of Abbess Seraphima of Sezenovo (1877)