February 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple.

  Saints

• Prophet Zechariah, of the Twelve Minor Prophets
• Virgin-martyrs Martha and Mary, sisters, and the monk Lukarion, martyrs by crucifixion.
• Martyrs Nicephorus and Stephen.
• Martyr Pergetos.
• Great martyr Theodore Stratelates "the General" of Heraclea
• Saint Agathangelus, Bishop of Damascus
• Venerable ascetics Philadelphus and Polycarp, monastics, reposed in peace.

  Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Juventius of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia
• Martyrs Paul, Lucius and Cyriacus, in Rome.
• Martyr Cointha of Alexandria
• Saints Jacut and Guethenoc, disciples of St Budoc, they were driven from Britain to Brittany
• Saint Honoratus of Milan, Bishop of Milan and Confessor
• Saint Kewe, a saint venerated in Gwent in Wales.
• Saint Oncho, a pilgrim, poet, and guardian of holy relics and the Celtic tradition
• Saint Nicetius of Besançon , Bishop of Besançon in France and a friend of St Columbanus of Luxeuil
• Saint Paulus of Verdun, Bishop of Verdun, renowned for miracles
• Saint Ælfflæd of Whitby, Abbess of Whitby Abbey
• Saint Cuthmann of Steyning, a confessor who lived a holy life as a shepherd near Steyning in Sussex in England
• Saint Mlada, a Benedictine abbess and founder of the first monastery in Bohemia
• Saint Meingold of Huy, a holy man who lived in Huy on the Meuse and was venerated in Belgium

  Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Sabbas II, Archbishop of Serbia
• Saint Makarios, Bishop of Paphos on Cyprus
• Saint Lyubov of Ryazan, Fool-for-Christ

  New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyrs Andrew Dobrynin, Archpriest of Prechistoye-Naumovo, Yaroslavl, and Peter Markov, Archpriest of Korenevo, Moscow
• New Hieromartyrs Simeon Kulgavets and Sergius Lubomudrov, priests
• New Hieromartyr Alexander Abissov, Priest

  Other commemorations

• Repose of Schema-Abbot Theodore of Valaam Monastery

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