February 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 19 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For February 6, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on January 24.

Feasts

• After feast of the Meeting of Our Lord.^[1]

Saints

• Venerable Bukolus, Bishop of Smyrna (c. 100)^[2][3][4][5]
• Martyrs Theophilus, Saturninus and Revocatus, in Spain (249-251)^{[6][note 2]}
• Virgin-martyr Dorothea,^[8][9] and with her Martyrs Christina and Callista, sisters,^[10] and Theophilus, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (288-300)^{[2][11][12][note 3]}
• Virgin-martyr Fausta, and with her Martyrs Evilasius and Maximus, at Cyzicus (305-311)^{[2][4][13][14]}
• Martyr Julian of Emesa the Physician, and Bishop Silvanus (312)^{[2][4][15][16][note 4]}
• Martyrs Faustus, Basil and Lucianus, of Darion in Constantinople, by the sword.^{[4][12][17][note 5]}
• Venerable John of Lycopolis (John of Thebes), monk (4th century)^{[2][4][12][18]}
• Saint James, ascetic, of Syria (c. 460)^[2][4][12]
• Saints Barsanuphius the Great and John the Prophet, monks of Gaza (6th century)^{[2][4][19][20]}
• Saint Photius the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople, Confessor and Equal-to-the-Apostles (891)^{[2][4][21][22]}
• Virgin-martyrs Martha and Mary and their brother Lycarion, at Tanis (Hermopolis) in Egypt.^[2][12][23] (see also February 8 - Greek)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Antholian (Anatolianus), mentioned by St Gregory of Tours as one of the martyrs of Auvergne in France under Valerian and Gallienus (c. 265)^{[7][24][note 6]}
• Saint Mél of Ardagh (Mael), Bishop of Ardagh (488), disciple of St. Patrick.^{[2][12][24][25][26][note 7][note 8]}
• Saint Mun, a nephew of St Patrick who consecrated him bishop (5th century)^{[24][28][note 9]}
• Saint Vedast, Bishop of Arras (540)^{[2][12][24][29][note 10][note 11]}
• Saint Amandus of Elnone Abbey, Apostle of Maastricht (675)^{[2][12][24][30][31][note 12]}
• Saint Andrew of Elnone Abbey, a monk and disciple of St Amandus at Elnone in France, whom he succeeded as Abbot (c. 690)^{[24][note 13]}
• Saint Relindis of Maaseik (Renildis, Renula, Renule), Abbess of Maaseik in Belgium (c. 750)^{[24][note 14]}
• Saint Tanco of Werden (Tancho, Tatta), Abbot of Amalbarich Abbey in Saxony and eventually Bishop of Werden in Germany, martyred by pagans (808)^[24]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Arsenius of Iqalto, Georgia (1127)^{[2][12][32][33]}
• Hieromartyr Damaskinos (Tzagkaris) the Sinaite, martyred outside the walls of the monastery by the Mezenites (1623)^[34]
• Saint Dorothea, Schema-nun, of Kashin (1629)^[2][12]
• Hieromartyr Artemios the Sinaite (1822)^{[35][note 15]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Dimitry Rozhdestvensky, Archpriest, of Verny, and his son New Martyr Anatole (1922)^[2][12]
• New Hieromartyr Basil Nadezhnin, priest, of Moscow (1930)^{[2][12][36][note 16]}
• New Hieromartyr Alexander, Priest (1938)^[12]

Other commemorations

• Repose of Archbishop Theophan (Bystrov) of Poltava (1940)^[2]

Icon gallery

• 
  Virgin-martyr Fausta, with Martyrs Evilasius and Maximus.
• 
  St Barsanuphius the Great.
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  Saint Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople.
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  The ordination of St Vedast.
• 
  St. Amandus, Apostle of Maastricht.
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  Saint Arsenius of Iqalto.
• 
  New Hieromartyr Basil Nadezhnin.
• 
  Theophan (Bystrov) of Poltava, as an Archimandrite.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. "The same day, the holy martyrs Saturninus, Theophilus, and Revocata."^[7]
3. "At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the birthday of St. Dorothy, virgin and martyr, who was stretched on the rack, then a long time scourged with boughs of the palm-tree, and finally condemned to capital punishment, under Sapricius, governor of that province. Her noble confession of Christ converted a lawyer named Theophilus, who was also tortured in a barbarous manner, and finally put to death by the sword."^[7]
4. "At Emesa, in Phoenicia, in the time of the emperor Maximian, St. Silvanus, bishop, who, after having governed that church forty years, was delivered to the beasts with two other Christians, and having his limbs all mangled, received the palm of martyrdom."^[7]
5. In the Synaxarion of St Nicodemus it records the name "Silounos/Silvanus of Emesa", instead of Lucianus. However in other Synaxaria their memory is given as October 25.
6. Fellow-sufferers were Sts Cassius, Maximus, Liminius and Victorinus.
7. "MEL was by birth a Briton, who went to Ireland as a fellow-labourer with St. Patrick, by whom he was made Bishop of Ardagh. In some legends he is said to be one of the nephews of that great Apostle, but there is no sufficient warrant for such a tradition. According to an ancient calendar, St. Mel passed to his eternal rest on the 6th of February."^[27]
8. By tradition one of the four nephews of St Patrick ( Mel, Melchu, Munis and Rioch), sons of Conis and Darerca, St Patrick's sister. They accompanied St Patrick to Ireland, St Mel becoming the first Bishop of Ardagh.^[24]
9. He ended his days as a hermit on an island in Lough Ree in Ireland.^[24]
10. He preached with St Remigius to convert the Franks. He was Bishop of Arras-Cambrai in the north of France for nearly forty years. He instructed King Clovis for baptism, built churches and cared for the poor.
11. "The same day, the holy bishops Vedastus and Amandus, who were illustrious by many miracles, both in life and death. The former governed the church of Arras, the latter that of Maestricht."^[7]
12. Born near Nantes in France, he lived as a hermit in Bourges for fifteen years. At the age of thirty-three he became a bishop and preached in Flanders in Belgium, Carinthia in Austria and among the Basques in Spain. He founded many monasteries in all these places, of which the best known is Elnon near Tournai, where he went in his old age and reposed aged over ninety.
13. His relics were enshrined together with those of St Amandus in 694.
14. A nun together with her sister Herlindis in Valenciennes, she was gifted in embroidery and painting. On her sister's repose, she became Abbess of Maaseik in Belgium.
15. Hieromartyr Artemios the Sinaite ministered at the Holy-Trinity Metochion of the monastery, in Heraklion, Crete. The saint was a member of the entourage of Hieromartyr Neophytos the Sinaite (December 20), and was martyred in the year 1822.
16. See: (in Russian) Василий (Надеждин). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).

References

1. Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
2. February 6 / 19. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
3. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Βουκόλος Ἐπίσκοπος Σμύρνης. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
4. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).
5. St Bucolus the Bishop of Smyrna. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
6. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεόφιλος, Σατουρνίνος καὶ Ρεβοκάτος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
7. 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. 39–40.
8. Virginmartyr Dorothy at Caesarea, in Cappadocia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
9. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Dorothy, V.M. (About A.D. 303.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 176-177.
10. Virginmartyr Christina with her sister, at Caesarea, in Cappadocia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
11. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δωροθέα καὶ Θεόφιλος οἱ Μάρτυρες ἐν Καισαρείᾳ. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
12. February 19 / 6. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
13. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φαύστα, Εὐϊλάσιος καὶ Μάξιμος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
14. Virginmarty Fausta at Cyzicus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
15. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ ἐν Ἐμέσῃ. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
16. Martyr Julian of Emesa. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
17. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φαῦστος, Βασίλειος καὶ Λουκιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
18. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ ἐν Λυκῷ. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
19. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βαρσανούφιος καὶ Ἰωάννης ὁ ἐπικαλούμενος Προφήτης. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
20. Venerable Barsanuphius the Great. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
21. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Φώτιος ὁ Ἰσαπόστολος καὶ Ὁμολογητὴς Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
22. St Photius the Patriarch of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
23. Virginmartyr Martha in Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
24. February 6. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
25. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I. — St. Mel, or Melchuo, Bishop and Patron of Ardagii Diocese. [Fifth Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. II. Dublin, 1875. pp. 360-367.
26. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. Mael, Melchu, Mun, and Rioch, Bishops. (End of 5th Century.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 178.
27. 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. 55.
28. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—Reputed Festival of St. Munis, Bishop of Forgney, County of Longford. [Fifth Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. II. Dublin, 1875. pp. 368-369.
29. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Vedast, B. of Arras. (About A.D. 540.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 179-181.
30. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἄμανδος φωτιστὴς τῆς Βελγικῆς. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
31. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Amandus, B. of Maestricht. (About A.D. 684.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 182-186.
32. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ ἐκ Γεωργίας. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
33. St Arsenius of Iqalto in Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
34. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Δαμασκηνὸς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Σιναΐτης. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
35. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρτέμιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Σιναΐτης. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
36. 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. 13.

Sources

• February 6 / 19. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
• February 19 / 6. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• February 6. 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. 13.
• The Sixth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China.
• February 6. 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. 39–40.
• 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. 55.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 6 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 19 февраля (6 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).