# February 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

February 16 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 18
All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 2 (March 1 on leap years) by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For February 17th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 4.

## Saints

* Saint Mariamne, Equal to the Apostles, sister of Apostle Philip (1st century)
* Saint Auxibius of Soli, Bishop of Soli in Cyprus (102)
* Martyrs Donatus, Romulus, Secundian, and 86 Companions, at Concordia (Portogruaro), near Venice (304)
* Great-martyr Theodore the Tyro (c. 306)
* Martyr Theodoulos, at Caesarea Palestina (308)
* Saint Mesrop Mashtots of Armenia (440)
* Holy Emperor Marcian (457) and St. Pulcheria, his wife (453)
* Venerable Martyr Theocteristus, Abbot of Pelekete monastery near Prusa (8th century) (see also: November 10 and February 28)

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyrs Faustinus and Companions, a group of forty-five martyrs honoured in Rome.
* Saint Lommán of Trim (Luman), a nephew of St Patrick and the first Bishop of Trim in Meath in Ireland (c. 450)
* Saint Habet-Deus, Bishop of Luna in Tuscany in Italy, probably martyred by the Arian Vandals (c. 500)
* Saint Fortchern, Bishop of Trim in Ireland, he later lived as a hermit (6th century)
* Saint Guevrock (Gueroc; Kerric), Abbot of Loc-Kirec, he also helped St Paul of Léon (6th century)
* Saint Fintan of Clonenagh, a disciple of St Columba, he led the life of a hermit in Clonenagh in Leix in Ireland, Confessor (603)
* Saint Finan of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne (661)
* Saint Silvinus of Auchy, enlightener of the area near Thérouanne, then a monastic in the Benedictine abbey of Auchy-les-Moines (fr) (c. 718)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* St. Euxiphius I, Bishop and Wonderworker, listed in some synaxaria as one of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (late 12th century) (see also: September 17)
* Venerable Theodore the Silent, of the Kiev Caves Monastery (13th century)
* Venerable Theodosius, monastic founder at Mt. Kelifarevo (1363), and his disciple St. Romanus (c. 1370), of Turnovo, Bulgaria.
* New Martyr Michael Mavroeidis of Adrianopolis (1490)
* Saint Hermogenes of Moscow, Patriarch and Wonderworker of Moscow and all Russia (1612)
* New Martyr Theodore of Byzantium, at Mytilene (1795)
* New Hieromartyr Theodore of Adjara, Hieromonk, at Mt. Athos (1822)
* Venerable Barnabas, Elder of Gethsemane Skete, of St. Sergius Lavra (1906)
* Saint Nicholas Planas, Priest, of Athens (1932) (see also: March 2 - New Calendar date)
* New Hieromartyr Joseph Zograph of Dionysiou, Hieromonk, at Mt. Athos (1819)

### New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Paul Kosminkov, Archpriest, of Lystsevo, Moscow (1938)
* New Hieromartyr Michael Nikologorsky, Priest (1938)
* Martyr Anna Chetverikov (1940) (see also: February 18)

## Other commemorations

* Uncovering of the relics (867-869) of Martyr Menas the Most Eloquent, of Alexandria (ca. 313)
* Weeping "Tikhvin" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, at the Kozak Skete of St. Elias on Mt. Athos.
* Repose of Elder Agapitus of the Kiev Caves (1887)
* Repose of Schemamonk John (Shova) of Kolitsou Skete, Mt. Athos (2009)

## Icon gallery

* Great-martyr Theodore the Tyro.
* St. Mesrop Mashtots of Armenia.
* Solidus of Emperor Marcian.
* Venerable Theodosius of Turnovo, monastic founder at Mt. Kelifarevo
* Saint Hermogenes of Moscow, Patriarch and Wonderworker of Moscow and all Russia.
* Saint Nicholas Planas of Athens (1851–1932).
* The Theotokos of Tikhvin in the golden riza.