February 20 Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. *1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...

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February 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. * 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdina ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 6 (March 5 on leap years) by

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es on the

Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek language, Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Easte ...

. For February 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. *1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al ...

Saints

* ''Saint

Eustathius of Antioch Eustathius of Antioch, sometimes surnamed the Great, was a Christian bishop and archbishop of Antioch in the 4th century. His feast day in the Eastern Orthodox Church is February 21. Life He was a native of Side in Pamphylia. About 320 he was bi ...

, Archbishop of Antioch'' (337)February 21 / March 6
Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). Συναξαριστής.
21 Φεβρουαρίου
'' Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια τησ Ελλαδοσ). * Hieromartyr Severian, Bishop of Scythopolis in Palestine (452)March 6 / February 21
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Venerable Andreas and Anatolios, monastics of the Church of Jerusalem, disciples of Venerable

Euthymius the Great Euthymius the Great (377 – 20 January 473) was an abbot in Palestine. He is venerated in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Euthymius' ''vita'' was written by Cyril of Skythopolis, who describes him as the founder of several ...

(5th century) * Saint

Maximianus of Ravenna Maximianus of Ravenna, or Maximian (499 – February 22, 556; feast day formerly February 21) was bishop of Ravenna in Italy. Ravenna was then the capital of the Byzantine Empire's territories in Italy, and Maximianus's role may have inclu ...

, Bishop of Ravenna and Confessor (c. 556) (''see also:

'') * ''Saint

John Scholasticus John Scholasticus or Scholastikos (c. 503 – 31 August 577) was the 32nd patriarch of Constantinople from April 12, 565 until his death in 577. He is also regarded as a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Life He was born at Sirimis, in the r ...

Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

'' (577) * Saint Zachariah, Patriarch of Jerusalem (632) * ''Venerable Timothy of Symbola on Mt. Olympus in

Bithynia Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Pa ...

'' (795) * Saint George of Amastris, Bishop of Amastris on the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...

(c. 805)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Felix of Metz, third

Bishop of Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Es ...

in France for over forty years (2nd century))February 21
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Severus and Sixty-Two Companions, martyrs in Syrmium in

Pannonia Pannonia (, ) was a province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. Pannonia was located in the territory that is now wes ...

(3rd-4th centuries) * Saint Alexander of Adrumetum, martyred with others in North Africa (c. 434) * Martyrs Verulus, Secundinus, Siricius, Felix, Servulus, Saturninus, Fortunatus and Companions, martyrs in North Africa, probably under the Vandals (c. 434) * Saint Paterius, a monk, disciple and friend of St Gregory the Great, he became

Bishop of Brescia The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brescia ( la, Dioecesis Brixiensis) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milan, in Lombardy (Northwestern Italy).Pepin of Landen Pepin I (also Peppin, Pipin, or Pippin) of Landen (c. 580 – 27 February 640), also called the Elder or the Old, was the Mayor of the palace of Austrasia under the Merovingian King Dagobert I from 623 to 629. He was also the Mayor for Sig ...

, Duke of Brabant, he was the husband of St Ida and the father of St Gertrude of Nivelles and St Begga (c. 646) * Saint Ercongotha, daughter of King Erconbert of Kent and St Saxburgh, became a nun at Faremoutiers-en-Brie under her aunt, St Ethelburgh, but reposed very young (660) * Saint Gundebert (''Gumbert, Gondelbert''),

Bishop of Sens The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre'') is a Latin Rite Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The Archdiocese compr ...

in France, later the founder of the monastery of Senones around 660 (c. 676) * Saint

Germanus of Granfelden Saint Germanus of Granfelden (* ca. 612 in Trier; † 675 near Moutier (today in canton of Bern, Switzerland) was the first abbot of Moutier-Grandval Abbey. ''Vita'' The "Life" of Saint Germanus appears in the eleventh century " Codex of Saint-Gal ...

, Abbot of Granfield in the Val Moutier in Switzerland, martyred with another monk, Randoald, while interceding for the poor (677) * Saint Avitus II of Clermont,

Bishop of Clermont The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Clermont (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Claromontana''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Clermont'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the department of Puy-d ...

in Auvergne, one of the great bishops of the age (689) * Saint Valerius, a monk and Abbot of San Pedro de Montes, he left several ascetic writings (695)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Macarius, Hieroschemamonk of

Glinsk Hermitage __NOTOC__ The Glinsk Hermitage (formally known as the Nativity of the Theotokos Stavropegial Male Monastery) is a Ukrainian Orthodox stavropegial monastery located in Ukraine, near the Russian border. In the 19th and early 20th centuries it was ...

(1864)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyrs Alexander Vislyansky, Daniel Alferov and Gregory Klebanov, Priests (1930)21 февраля (ст.ст.) 6 марта 2014 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (Decr). * New Hieromartyr Constantine Pyatikrestovsky, Priest and Paul Shirokogorov, Deacon (1938) * Virgin-Martyr Olga Koshelev (1939)

Other commemorations

* " Kozelshchina" (''Kolzelshchanskaya'') Icon of the Most Holy

Theotokos ''Theotokos'' (Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are ''Dei Genitrix'' or ''Deipara'' (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are " ...

(1881)
Icon of the Mother of God “Kozelshchansk”
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. * Repose of Blessed Simon (Todorsky), bishop of

Pskov Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=pskov-ru.ogg, p=pskof; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population ...

(1754) (''see also:

'')

Icon gallery

Eustathius of Antioch.jpg, St.

, Archbishop of Antioch. Meister von San Vitale in Ravenna 005.jpg, Saint

. Our Lady Kozelshanskaya.jpeg, " Kozelshchina" (''Kolzelshchanskaya'') Icon of the Most Holy

Notes

References

Sources

February 21 / March 6
Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
March 6 / February 21
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
February 21
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). pp. 16-17. *

'' 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. 54-55. * 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. 80.

Greek Sources

* Great Synaxaristes:
21 Φεβρουαρίου
Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. * Συναξαριστής.
21 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). *
21 февраля (ст.ст.) 6 марта 2014 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (Decr). {{DEFAULTSORT:February 21 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) February in the Eastern Orthodox calendar