February 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

February 1 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 3

All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 15 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For February 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on January 20.

Feasts

 * The Presentation of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple (also The Meeting of the Lord, or Hypapante), 40 days after His sacred birth.

Saints

 * Martyr Agathadorus of Tyana in Cappadocia.

Pre-Schism Western saints

 * Saint Apronian, a Roman executioner who converted to Orthodoxy when taking the martyr St Sisinnius before the tribunal and was then himself martyred (c. 304)
 * Saint Flosculus (Flou), Bishop of Orleans in France (c. 480)
 * Saint Laurence of Canterbury, the second Archbishop of Canterbury (619)   (see also: February 3 - East)
 * Saint Adalbert I of Ostrevent (Adalbald), founder of Marchiennes Abbey (652)
 * Saint Feock, a saint recalled by a church dedication in Cornwall.
 * Saint Adeloga (Hadeloga), a daughter of Charles Martel, first Abbess of Kitzingen in Germany (c. 745)
 * Saint Burchard of Würzburg, first Bishop of Wurzburg (754)
 * Martyrs of Ebsdorf, martyred at the Battle of Luneberg Heath near Ebsdorf, Saxony (880)
 * Saint Marquard, Bishop of Hildesheim, martyred with others at Ebsdorf in Germany (880)
 * Saint Theodoric, third Bishop of Minden, martyred with others at Ebsdorf in Germany (880)


 * Saint Columbanus, born in Ireland, he lived as a hermit near the church of Saint-Bavo in Ghent in Belgium (959)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

 * New Martyr Jordan of Trebizond, at Constantinople (1650)
 * New Hieromartyr Gabriel, Hierodeacon, of Constantinople (1676)
 * Venerable Anthimos (Vagianos) of Chios (1960)  (see also: February 15 - Greek)
 * Venerable Ekvtime (Kereselidze) the Confessor, of Georgia (1944)  (see also: January 20 - Slavonic)

Other commemorations

 * Repose of Schema-monk Seraphim of Valaam Monastery (1860)

Icons

 * Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos the Hypapante of Kalamata, patron saint of Kalamata.
 * Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "Apekois" (Ypakoe), at the Church of the Hypapante on Kalymnos.
 * Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "Dreadful Bee", at Leivadi on Kythira.
 * Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos of Goumenissa. (see also: August 17)
 * Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "'Flevariotissa' or 'Libya'", at Mesaria on the island of Astypalaia.
 * Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "Flevariotissa", at Ampelakia on Salamis Island.
 * Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "Chrysaliniotissa", in Leukosia, Cyprus.