February 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 17 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For February 4th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on January 22.

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple.^[1]

Saints

• Martyrs Jadorus and Isidore, who suffered under Decius (3rd century)^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Hieromartyr Phileas, Bishop of Thmuis, and Martyr Philoromus the Magistrate (c. 303)^{[2] [4] [5]}
• Martyr Theoctistus, by the sword.^{[6] [7]}
• Venerable John of Irenopolis, Bishop of Irenopolis, Cilicia and one of the 318 fathers of Nicaea (c. 325)^{[2] [4] [7] [8]}
• Hieromartyr Abramius of Arbela, Bishop of Arbela in Assyria (c. 344–347)^{[2] [7] [9] [10]}
• Venerable Isidore of Pelusium (c. 436–440)^{[2] [7] [11] [12] [13]}
• Saint Evagrius, fellow-ascetic of St. Shio of Mgvime, Georgia (6th century)^{[2] [4] [14] [15]}
• Venerable Nicetas of Pythiae (modern Kouri) (pre-iconoclasm)^{[7] [16]}
• Venerable Iasimos the Wonderworker (Jasim), monk and healer.^{[7] [17]}
• Venerable Nicholas the Confessor, Abbot, of the Studion Monastery (868)^{[2] [7] [18] [19] [20]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Aquilinus, Geminus, Gelasius, Magnus and Donatus, martyrs in 'Forum Sempronii', which has been interpreted as Fossombrone in central Italy (3rd century)^[21]
• Martyr Eutychius, in Rome under Diocletian (4th century)^[21]
• Saint Aventinus of Chartres, Bishop of Chartres (c. 520)^{[21] [22]}
• Saint Aventinus of Troyes, an almoner to St Lupus, Bishop of Troyes, then became a hermit at Saint-Aventin (c. 538)^{[21] [23]}
• Saint Vincent of Troyes, Bishop of Troyes (c. 546)^[21]
• Hieromartyr Aldate of Gloucester (6th century)^{[2] [4] [21]}
• Saint Modan, Abbot of Stirling and Falkirk (6th century)^{[4] [21] [24]}
• Saint Liephard, a bishop and companion of King Cædwalla of Wessex during the latter's pilgrimage to Rome, martyred near Cambrai in France (690)^[21]
• Saint Vulgis, Bishop and Abbot of Lobbes Abbey in Belgium (c. 760)^[21]
• Saint Nithard, a monk at Corbie Abbey in Saxony in Germany and a companion of St Ansgar, whom he followed to Sweden as a missionary, martyred there by pagan Swedes (845)^[21]
• Saint Rabanus Maurus, archbishop of Mainz (856)^[25]
• Saint Rembert, Bishop of Hamburg-Bremen (865)^{[21] [26]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Right-Believing George Vsievolodovich of Vladimir, Great Prince of Vladimir (1238)^{[2] [4] [27] [28]}
• Venerable Abraham and Coprius, founders of Pechenga Monastery in Vologda (15th century)^{[2] [4] [29] [30]}
• Venerable Cyril, Abbot and Wonderworker of New Lake Monastery (Novoezersk) in Novgorod (1532)^{[2] [31] [32]} (see also November 7)
• New Martyr Joseph of Aleppo in Syria (1686)^[2]

New martyrs and confessors

• Venerable Martyr Anthony of Supraśl (1516)^[33]
• New Martyr Joseph of Aleppo in Syria (1686)^{[2] [4] [7] [34]}
• New Hieromartyr Methodius (Krasnoperov), Bishop of Petropavlovsk (1921)^{[2] [4] [35]}
• New Hieromartyrs (1938):

• Theodosius (Bobkov), Hieromonk of the Chudov Monastery, Moscow^{[2] [35]}

• Nicholas Kandaurov, Archpriest, Moscow^{[2] [35]}

• Boris Nazarov, Archpriest, of Protasievo, Verey^{[2] [35]}

• Alexander Pokrovsky, Archpriest, of Mineyevo, Moscow^{[2] [35]}

• Alexander Sokolov, Archpriest, of Paveltsovo, Moscow^{[2] [35]}

• Peter Sokolov, Archpriest, of Klin, Moscow^{[2] [35]}

• John Tikhomirov, Archpriest, of Petrovskoye, Moscow^{[2] [35]}

• Nicholas Pospelov, priest, of Bylovo, Podolsk^{[2] [35]}

• Virgin-martyr Raphaela Vishnyakova, Schemanun, of Moscow^{[2] [4] [35]}

• Seraphim Vavilov, Archdeacon ^[35]

• Alexy Knyazhesky, priest^{[35] [36]}

• Nikolay Golyshev, priest^{[35] [37]}

• Arkady Lobtsov, priest^{[35] [38]}

• Mikhail Rybin, priest^{[35] [37]}

• Alexei Lebedev, priest^{[35] [39]}

• Andrew Bednov, priest^{[35] [40]}

• Dimitri Kedrolivansky, priest^{[35] [41]}

• John Artobolevsky, Archpriest, Moscow^{[35] [42]}

• John Aleshkovsky, priest^{[35] [42]}

• Alexander Minervin, priest^{[35] [42]}

• Alexis Sharov, priest^{[35] [42]}

• Eustace Sokolsky, priest^{[35] [42]}

• Sergius Soloviev, priest^{[35] [42]}

• Virgin-martyrs Anna Efremova, Maria Vinogradova and Ekaterina Dekalina^{[4] [35]}
• Martyrs John Shuvalov, Basil Ivanov, Demetry Ilyinsky, Theodore Palshkov, and Demetry Kazamatsky (1938)^{[4] [35]}

Other commemorations

• Repose of the royal recluse Nun Dosithea of Moscow (1810)^{[2] [43]}

Sources

• February 4 / 17. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
• February 17 / 4. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• February 4. 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. 12.
• The Fourth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China.
• February 4. 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. 37–38.
• 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. pp. 51–54.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
• Συναξαριστής. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).

Russian Sources

• 17 февраля (4 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 4 февраля по старому стилю / 17 февраля по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2018 год.

Notes and References

1. Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
2. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20200204.html February 4 / 17
3. Martyr Jadorus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
4. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2014&today=17&month=2&trp=0&tzo=-4 February 17 / 4
5. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Phileas, B. M., and others. (304.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 80-83.
6. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόκτιστος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
7. Συναξαριστής. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).
8. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ ἐν Εἰρηνουπόλει. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
9. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀβράμιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀρβὴλ Περσίδος. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
10. Hieromartyr Abramius the Bishop of Arbela in Assyria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
11. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰσίδωρος ο Πηλουσιώτης. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
12. Venerable Isidore of Pelusium. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
13. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Isidore of Pelusium, Monk, P. (About A.D. 449.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 84.
14. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Εὐάγριος καὶ Σίος. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
15. St Evagrisi the disciple of St Shio. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
16. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ ἐν τοῖς Πυθίοις. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
17. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάσιμος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
18. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικόλαος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Στουδίτης. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
19. Venerable Nicholas the Confessor the Abbot of Studion. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
20. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Nicolas of the Studium, C. (868.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 92-97.
21. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdfeb.htm February 4
22. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Aventine of Chateaudun, B. C. (6th Cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 86-87.
23. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Aventine of Troyes, H. (About A.D. 538.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 84-86.
24. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Modan, Abbot, and St. Medan, in Scotland. [Probably in the Eighth or Ninth Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. II. Dublin, 1875. pp. 288-295.
25. Web site: saints pour le 4 février du calendrier ecclésiastique - forum - orthodoxe .com . 2023-07-01 . www.forum-orthodoxe.com.
26. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Rembert, B. C. (A.D. 888.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 98-99.
27. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Πρίγκηπας. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
28. Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
29. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Κόπρις. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
30. Venerable Abraham of Pechenga, Vologda. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
31. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Κύριλλος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
32. Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
33. Repozytorium Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku: Św. Antoni Supraski
34. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας τοῦ Χαλεπλῆ. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
35. 4 февраля по старому стилю / 17 февраля по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2018 год.
36. Алексий. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
37. 17 февраля (4 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
38. Аркадий. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
39. Алексий. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
40. Андей. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
41. Димитрий. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
42. 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. 12.
43. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Δοσιθέα Βασίλισσα τῆς Ρωσίας. 4 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.