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)
