February 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
February 11 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 February 11 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.
Saints
Hieromartyr Blaise, Bishop of Sebaste (316)
The Holy 7 women martyrs and 2 youth, companions of Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste (316).
Hieromartyr Lucius of Adrianople (348)
Saint Theodora, wife of Emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast (867)
Saint Blaise the Hieromartyr of Acarnania (Vlasios of Sklavaina) (1006)
Pre-Schism Western saints
Saint Calocerus, a disciple of St Apollinaris, whom he succeeded as Bishop of Ravenna, Confessor (c. 130) (see also: April 18; May 19)
Martyrs of North-West Africa, the 'Guardians of the Holy Scriptures' (303)
Martyrs Saturninus, Dativus, Felix, Ampelius, Victoria and Companions (304) (see also: February 12 - Greek)
Saint Lazarus of Milan, Archbishop of Milan, he defended his flock from the Ostrogoths.
Saints Priscus the Bishop, with Castrensis, Tammarus, Rosius, Heraclius, Secundinus, Adjutor, Mark, Augustus, Elpidius, Canion and Vindonius, priests (5th century)
Saint Severinus, a Burgundian who became the Abbot of Agaunum in Switzerland (507)
Saint Desideratus (Désiré), successor of St Avitus as Bishop of Clermont in Auvergne in France (6th century) (see also: February 10)
Saint Desiderius, Bishop of Vienne and martyr (608)
Saint Cædmon of Whitby, monk, hymnographer (c. 680)
Saint Gobnait, abbess of Ballyvourney, County Cork, Ireland (7th century)
Saint Gregory II, Pope of Rome (731)
Saint Benedict of Aniane, monastic reformer (821)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
Saint Gabriel of Pskov (Prince Vsevolod of Pskov), Prince and wonderworker of Pskov (1138)
Venerable Demetrius, monk and wonderworker of Priluki Monastery in Vologda (1392)
New Martyr George of Kratovo, at Sofia, burned at the stake (1515)
Venerable Cassian the Barefoot (in the world 'Kosmas'), ascetic of the Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery (1532)
Other commemorations
Uncovering of the relics of Saint Zechariah, the father of St. John the Baptist (415)
Repose of Archbishop Simon (Vinogradov) of Shanghai and Peking (1933)
Glorification (2026) of the Venerable Tikhon (Golenkov) of Kapsala, Mount Athos (1968) (see also: September 10)
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Notes
References
Sources
February 11 / 24. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
February 24 / 11.
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