February 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Feb. 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb. 4

[edit] Fixed commemorations

All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 16 by Old Calendarists

[edit] Saints

• Holy and Righteous Simeon the God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess
• Prophet Azarias (10th century B.C.)
• Martyrs Adrian and Eubulus at Caesarea in Cappadocia (308, 309)
• Martyrs Pappias, Diodorus, and Claudianus at Perge in Pamphylia (250)
• Martyr Blaise of Caesarea in Cappadocia (3rd century)
• Saint Symeon of Tver, first bishop there (1289)
• Saint Ansgar of Hamburg, bishop and enlightener of Denmark and Sweden
• Saint Romanus of Uglich, prince (1285)
• Martyrs Stamatius, his brother John, and Nicholas
• Saint Nicholas of Japan, archbishop (1912)
• Saint James of Serbia, archbishop

[edit] Other commemorations

• Repose of Schemamonk Paul of Simonov Monastery, disciple of Saint Paisius Velich (1825)
• Repose of Hieromonk Isidore of Gethsemane Skete in Moscow (1908)