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February 19 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective February19 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Apostles Archippus and Philemon of the Seventy Apostles, and Martyr Apphia (1st century)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄρχιππος, Φιλήμων καὶ Ἀπφίας οἱ Ἀπόστολοι . 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).Martyr Archippus of the Seventy Apostles . OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus, Hesychius, and Asclepiodota of Adrianopolis (305-311)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μάξιμος, Θεόδοτος, Ἡσύχιος καὶ Ἀσκληπιοδότη οἱ Μάρτυρες. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Martyr Maximus of Adrianopolis. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Saints Eugene and Macarius, Priests, Confessors at Antioch (363)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Εὐγένιος καὶ Μακάριος οἱ Ὁμολογητές. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Eugene the Presbyter and Confessor at Antioch. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Mesrop the Translator, of Armenia (439)March 4 / February 19. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (see also: February 17 - Greek) Venerable Rabulas of Samosata ()Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ραβουλᾶς . 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.St Rabulas of Samosata. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Conon, Abbot in Palestine (555)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Κόνων. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Venerable Conan, Abbot of the Pethukla Monastery. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Dositheus of Gaza, disciple of Saint Abba Dorotheus (7th century)Venerable Dositheus of Palestine, the Disciple of the Venerable Abba Dorotheus. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Sophronios, Bishop.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Σωφρόνιος. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Gabinus, a martyr in Rome who was related to the Emperor Diocletian, but also the brother of Pope Gaius, and father of the martyr St Susanna (c. 295)February 19 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Gabinius, P. M. (A.D. 296.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 340. Saint Quodvultdeus, Bishop of Carthage in North Africa, exiled by the Arian Genseric King of the Vandals after the capture of the city in 439 (450) Saint Valerius (Valére), Bishop of Antibes in the south of France () Saint Odran, ranks as the first Christian martyr in Irish history ()Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Odran, M. (About A.D. 451.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 340.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I. — St. Odran, or Odhran, of Disert-Odhrain, in Offaly, King's County, Martyr. [Fifth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. II. Dublin, 1875. pp. 631-634. Saints Publius, Julian, Marcellus and Companions, martyrs in North Africa. Saint Barbatus of Benevento, took part in the Sixth Ecumenical Council in Constantinople at which Monothelitism was condemned (682)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Barbatus of Benevento, B. C. (A.D. 682.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 342-343. Saint Mansuetus, Archbishop of Milan and Confessor, he wrote a treatise against Monothelitism ()Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Mansuetus of Milan, B. C. (After A.D. 680.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 341-342. Saint Beatus of Liébana, a monk at Liebana and was famous for his firm stand against Adoptionism (789) Saint George of Lodève, a monk at Saint-Foi-de-Conques in Rouergue but later moved to Vabres and became Bishop of Lodève ()

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Yaroslav the Wise, son of the Varangian (Viking) Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (1054)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱεροσλάβος ὁ Σοφὸς. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: February 20 - Slavonic; and February 28) New Nun-martyr Philothea of Athens (1588)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Φιλοθέη ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυς ἡ Ἀθηναία. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Martyr Philothea the Monastic. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Silvester of Alexandria, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria from 1569 to 1590, a period of flourishing (1590)Patriarchate of Alexandria canonizes two new saints. Orthodox Christianity. Alexandria, October 9, 2025. Retrieved: February 15, 2026. Στις Αγιοκατατάξεις του Πατριάρχη Σιλβέστρου και του π. Χρυσοστόμου Παπασαραντόπουλου προέβη η Ιερά Σύνοδος του Πατριαρχείου Αλεξανδρείας. Orthodoxia News Agency (ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΙΑ). 08/10/2025 - 13:15. Retrieved: February 15, 2026. Venerable Theodore, Abbot of Sanaxar Monastery (1791) New Hieromartyr Nicetas, Hieromonk, of Epirus and Mt. Athos, at Serres (1809)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικήτας ὁ νέος Ἱερομάρτυρας. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: April 4) Saint Maria, desert-dweller of Olonets (1860)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Μαρία τοῦ Ὅλονετς. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. (see also: February 9) Saint Nikanor (Savić) the New, Abbot of Hilandar (1990)

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Vladimir (Terentiev), Abbot, of Zosima Hermitage, Smolensk (1933) New Martyr Demetrius Volkov (1942)

Other commemorations

Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus (392)Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: February 16)

Icon gallery

Notes

References

Sources February 19 / March 4. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). March 4 / February 19. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). February 19. 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. 16. The Nineteenth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China. February 19. 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. 52-53. 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. 78. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 19 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 4 марта (19 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 19 февраля (ст.ст.) 4 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).