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Cheesefare Saturday

Tone 3 · New Calendar February 21 · Old Calendar February 8

February 2026

1 January 19 Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee 2 January 20 Meeting of Christ in the Temple Ven. Euthymius the Great 3 January 21 Righteous Simeon the Godbearer and Anna the Prophetess Ven. Maximus the Confessor 4 January 22 Ven. Isidore of Pelusium Apostle Timothy of the Seventy 5 January 23 Holy Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily (251) Hieromartyr Clement and Martyr Agathangel 6 January 24 St Photios, patriarch of Constantinople (891) Ven. Xenia of Rome 7 January 25 St Parthenius, Bishop of Lampsacus St Gregory the Theologian 8 January 26 Sunday of the Prodigal Son Sunday of the Prodigal Son 9 January 27 Leavetaking of Meeting Transl. Relics of St John Chrysostom 10 January 28 Hieromartyr Haralambos Ven. Ephrem the Syrian 11 January 29 Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste Trans. Rel. Ignatius the Godbearer 12 January 30 St Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch Synaxis 3 Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the… 13 January 31 Ven. Martinian of Caesarea Unmercenaries Cyrus and John 14 February 1 Memorial Saturday Memorial Saturday 15 February 2 Sunday of Meatfare Sunday of Meatfare 16 February 3 Martyr Pamphylius and His Companions Righteous Simeon the Godbearer and Anna the Prophetess 17 February 4 Greatmartyr Theodore Tyro Ven. Isidore of Pelusium 18 February 5 St Leo the Great, Pope of Rome Holy Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily (251) 19 February 6 Apostles of the Seventy Archippus and Philemon St Photios, patriarch of Constantinople (891) 20 February 7 St Leo, Bishop of Catania St Parthenius, Bishop of Lampsacus 21 February 8 Commemoration of Departed Righteous Monastics Commemoration of Departed Righteous Monastics 22 February 9 Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise 23 February 10 Beginning of the Great Fast Beginning of the Great Fast 24 February 11 1st and 2nd Finding Honorable Head of St… Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste 25 February 12 St Tarasius, Abp. of Constantinople St Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch 26 February 13 St Porphyrius, Bishop of Gaza Ven. Martinian of Caesarea 27 February 14 St Raphael Bishop of Brooklyn St Cyril, Teacher of the Slavs 28 February 15 Blessed Nicholas of Pskov, fool for Christ (1576) Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy

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