February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...

February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1047 – Drogo of Hauteville is elected as count of the Apulian Normans during the Norman conquest of Southern Italy. * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, u ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 15 by

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es on the

Old Calendar Calendar reform or calendrical reform is any significant revision of a calendar system. The term sometimes is used instead for a proposal to switch to a different calendar design. Principles The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...

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

January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. *1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köyli� ...

Feasts

* The Presentation of our Lord, God and Savior

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in the

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(also The Meeting of the Lord, or ''Hypapante''), 40 days after His sacred birth.February 2 / 15
Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). Συναξαριστής.
2 Φεβρουαρίου
'' Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).February 15 / 2
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

Saints

* ''Martyr Agathadorus of

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''.

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)February 2
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Flosculus (''Flou''), Bishop of Orleans in France (c. 480) * Saint

Laurence of Canterbury Laurence (died 2 February 619) was the second Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from about 604 to 619. He was a member of the Gregorian mission sent from Italy to England to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganis ...

, the second

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(619)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. pp. 46-48. (''see also:

- East'') * Saint Adalbert I of Ostrevent (''Adalbald''), founder of

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(652) * Saint Feock, a saint recalled by a church dedication in Cornwall. * Saint Adeloga (''Hadeloga''), a daughter of

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, first Abbess of Kitzingen in Germany (c. 745) * Saint

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, first

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(754) * Martyrs of Ebsdorf, martyred at the Battle of Luneberg Heath near Ebsdorf,

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(880) :* Saint Marquard,

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, 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 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...

- Greek'') * Venerable Ekvtime (Kereselidze) the Confessor, of Georgia (1944) (''see also:

- Slavonic'')

Other commemorations

* Repose of

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-monk Seraphim of

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(1860)

Icons

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of the Icon of the

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the Hypapante of

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of Kalamata. *

of the Icon of the

"Apekois" (''Ypakoe''), at the Church of the Hypapante on

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. * Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "Dreadful Bee", at Leivadi on

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. * Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos of

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. ''(see also:

August 17 Events Pre-1600 * 310 – Pope Eusebius dies, possibly from a hunger strike, shortly after being banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicilia (Roman province), Sicily. * 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. * 986 – Byzanti ...

)'' * Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "'Flevariotissa' or 'Libya'", at Mesaria on the island of

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. * Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "Flevariotissa", at Ampelakia on

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. * Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "Chrysaliniotissa", in Leukosia,

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.Great Synaxaristes:
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Χρυσαλινιωτίσσης
'' 2 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.

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in the

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Notes

References

Sources

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February 2
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. 12. *

'' Orthodoxy in China.

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. 35–36. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
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2 Φεβρουαρίου
Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. * Συναξαριστής.
2 Φεβρουαρίου
'' Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
2 февраля по старому стилю / 15 февраля по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2018 год. {{DEFAULTSORT:February 2 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) February in the Eastern Orthodox calendar