Church calendar for February 2017 will please everyone for whom it is important to celebrate such holidays. While in Ukraine we're talking about that religious people continue to celebrate exactly what they consider necessary - and, in general, they do it correctly, the site reports.

1st of February, on Wednesday, is the Day of Remembrance of St. Macarius the Great of Egypt. This is also Enthronement Day His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. In addition, February 1st is a Lenten Day.
February 2 2017, on Thursday, is the Day of Remembrance of St. Euthymius the Great, as well as the Day of the Martyrs Inna, Pinna and Rimma.
February 3rd, on Friday, they commemorate St. Maxim the Greek, and also celebrate the day of the icon Mother of God"Consolation", aka "Consolation". The day, like February 1, is Lenten.
February 4, on Saturday, the following days: Apostle Timothy, Martyr Anastisius of Persian, and Memorial Day St. Macarius Zhabynsky.
On Sunday, February 5th, the Week of the Publican and the Pharisee begins in 2017. Preparations for Lent begin. In addition, the day of the Holy Martyr Clement of Ancyra and the Council of Kostroma Saints are celebrated.
February 6 2017, on Monday, the Day of Remembrance of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg takes place, and also begins Solid week about the publican and the Pharisee, which indicates that there is no fasting..
February 7 2017, on Tuesday, the Celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God “Quench My Sorrows” is celebrated, as well as the day of remembrance of St. Gregory the Theologian, Hieromartyr Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kyiv. There is no fasting, the Continuous Week continues.
February 8, on Wednesday, they celebrate the Day of Remembrance of the Venerable Xenophon, his wife Mary and their sons Arkady and John. Still no post.
February 9th 2017, Thursday - Transfer of the relics of St. John Chrysostom. Still no post.

February 10(Friday) - Day of St. Ephraim the Syrian, Memorial Day of St. Theodosius of Totem. The continuous week continues.
11 February, on Saturday, they celebrate the Transfer of the Relics of the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-Bearer.
Saint Lawrence, the recluse of Pechersk, Bishop of Turov, as well as the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church. The struggle continues.
12th of February On Sunday 2017, the Week of the Prodigal Son and preparation for Lent begin. To coincide with this, the Council of Ecumenical Teachers and Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom takes place.
February 13 On Monday, the day of the Unmercenary Martyrs Cyrus and John is celebrated, and with them the Martyrs Athanasius and her daughters: Theoktista, Theodotia, and Eudoxia, as well as Saint Nikita, the recluse of Pechersk, Bishop of Novgorod.
The 14th of February, on Tuesday - the Forefeast of the Presentation of the Lord and the Day of Remembrance of the Martyr Tryphon.
On Wednesday, February 15th, the Meeting of our Lord Jesus Christ.
February 16 2017, Thursday - Righteous Simeon the God-Receiver and Anna the Prophetess.
February 17, Friday is the day of St. Isidore of Pelusiot, as well as St. Cyril of Novoezersk, the miracle worker. The day is fast.
18th of Febuary, on Saturday, the Ecumenical Meat Memorial is held parent's Saturday, as well as the day of St. Theodosius of Chernigov and the Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God "Seeking the Lost"..
On Sunday, February 19, the Week begins the Last Judgment(meat-based). Preparations for Lent continue. In addition, this is the Day of Remembrance of the Monks Barsanuphius and John, as well as the Monk Vukol of Smyrna.
From 20 to 26 February 2017 marks Maslenitsa, also known as Cheese Week. This is a Continuous Week, without meat, but there is no fasting...

February 20th 2017, on Monday, the day of St. Parthenius.
February 21, on Tuesday, the day of the Great Martyr Theodore Stratilates is celebrated, as well as the Prophet Zechariah the Sickle Seer from the 12 minor prophets.
February 22, on Wednesday - Martyr Nicephorus, from Antioch of Syria.
February 23 2017, Thursday, is the Day of Remembrance of the Hieromartyr Charalampios, as well as the Righteous Galina.
24 February(Friday) we remember the Blessed Prince Vsevolod, in Holy Baptism Gabriel, of Pskov, as well as the Venerable Demetrius of Prilutsk, Vologda.
25 February, on Saturday, the day of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, as well as St. Alexis of Moscow.
February 26 not an ordinary Sunday, but a forgiven one. In addition, the Venerable Martinian is remembered. Memorial Day of Saints Zoe and Photinia. The spell on Lent. It's a damp week. Memories of Adam's exile.
February 27 2017, on Clean Monday, Lent begins. In addition, this is the day of Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril, the Slovenian teacher.
28th of February, on Tuesday, they celebrate the day of the Vilna Icon of the Mother of God, the Great Martyr Theodore Tiron.

And today, February 5th, recalls JoeInfoMedia journalist Diana Lynn.

St. John the Baptist, tone 2

The memory of the righteous with praise,/ the testimony of the Lord, the Forerunner, suffices for you:/ for you have truly shown that you are more honorable than the prophets,/ that even in the streams of baptism you were deemed worthy of the One who preached./ Those Having suffered for the truth, rejoicing, / you preached the good news to those in hell that God appeared flesh,/ which takes away the sin of the world,// and gives us great mercy.

Translation: The memory of the righteous is honored with praise, but the testimony of the Lord is enough for you, Forerunner, for you truly appeared to be the most glorious of the prophets, for you were worthy to baptize the Preached One in the streams. Therefore, having suffered for the truth with joy, you preached the gospel to those in hell of God, who appeared in the flesh, lifting up the sin of the world and giving us great mercy.

St. Peter with what enthusiasm assured that he would not deny the Lord; and when it came down to it, he denied Him, and three more times. Such is our weakness! Do not be arrogant, and when entering the midst of enemies, place all your hope in the Lord to overcome them. That is why such a high person was allowed to fall, so that after that no one would dare to correct anything good on his own or overcome any enemy, internal or external. However, trust in the Lord, but do not give up your hands. Help from the Lord comes to our efforts and, uniting with them, makes them powerful.

Without these efforts, there is nothing for God’s help to descend upon, and it will not descend. But again, if you have arrogance and, therefore, no need for help and no search for it, it will not come down again. How can she descend to where she is considered superfluous?! And in this case there is nothing to accept it with. She accepts it with her heart. The heart opens to receive with a feeling of need. So both are needed. God help me! but don’t lie down yourself.

Parable of the day

Purchase of repentance

Let's consider repentance. His actions are similar to the actions of a merchant who, when loading a ship, puts into it not just one product, but everything that he recognizes as providing a profit. If he sees another merchant who has suffered losses, he does not imitate him; he imitates those merchants who became rich. Anything unprofitable trading enterprise he rejects; He tries to acquire everything that brings benefits for himself, resorting to loans for this. He takes care to buy the most goods that have already brought him the greatest profit. He asks those who have become rich and do not envy him at what price they can buy and sell various items of trade.

Such activity of a merchant is similar to the activity of a soul wishing to appear safely before God. She is not satisfied with just one good deed: she tries to fulfill everything that promotes her intention; she runs away from everything that harms her.

Brother! Having become the mysterious merchant of our Lord Jesus Christ, make every effort to purchase your King, moving away from everything that brings loss. They bring loss: human glory, pride, self-justification, negligence, slander, covetousness, strife, self-praise, worldly concerns. All this is harmful in the purchase of Jesus, and those His merchants who have these accessories in their goods will not be able to please Jesus.

Fatherland of St. , Abba Isaiah the Hermit, No. 591

Note: Venerable Seraphim Sarovsky, almost one and a half thousand years later, in a conversation about the goal Christian life also likens the acquisition of the Holy Spirit to the profit of a merchant.

Today is February 14 (February 1, old style), Orthodox Church celebrates the Orthodox Church holiday:

* Forefeast of the Presentation of the Lord. * Martyr Tryphon (250).
Martyrs Perpetua, martyrs Satyrus, Revocatus, Sathornilus, Secundus and martyrs Filicitata (c. 202-203). Venerable Peter of Galatia (429); Vendimian, hermit of Bithynia (c. 512); Timothy the Confessor. Saints David and Simeon, confessors of Mytilene and miracle workers (after 820). Saints Basil, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, confessor (c. 870); Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov (1468). Martyrs Feion with 2 youths; Karion; Agathodora; Jordan (1650); Anastasia Navpliota (1655). Venerable Martyr Gabriel of Constantinople (1676). Hieromartyr Nicholas (Mezentsev) archpriest (1938). Conspiracies for Great Lent.

Day of the Holy Martyr Tryphon

The holy martyr Tryphon (†250) was born in one of the regions of Asia Minor - Phrygia, near the city of Apamea, in the village of Kampsada. His parents were simple and pious peasants. As a child, he tended geese and received no education. But Saint Tryphon, while still a child, was granted the gift of miracles by the Lord: he cast out demons, healed illnesses, and with his prayer performed many other good deeds.

Once, the inhabitants of Saint Tryphon’s native village were saved by him from hunger: by the power of his childhood prayer, the saint forced the harmful insects that were destroying the crops to leave. Based on this miracle, the Church has established a special rite of prayer to Saint Tryphon, which is performed when pests attack crops or plantings.

Saint Tryphon became especially famous for expelling a demon from the daughter of the Roman Emperor Gordian (238-244). A demon possessed the young, intelligent and beautiful Princess and tormented her severely. One day he shouted that only Tryphon could drive him out. The emperor ordered to find the miracle worker and bring him to Rome. At that time Saint Tryphon was 16 years old. When the saint approached Rome at a distance of three days' journey, the evil spirit could not bear his approach and left the daughter of Gordian. Saint Tryphon was brought before the emperor, surrounded by court nobility. He begged the saint to show the demon with his own eyes, wanting to make sure that the young man had really healed the princess. After a solitary prayer to God and strict fasting for six days, Saint Tryphon ordered the unclean spirit to appear visibly to the emperor and his entourage. In the Chetii-Minaia of St. Demetrius of Rostov (†1709) this is narrated as follows: “Holy Tryphon is filled with the Holy Spirit, and looking at the invisible spirit with intelligent eyes, he says: I say to you, unclean soul, in the Name of my Lord Jesus Christ, appear clearly existing here, and show them your stingy and cold-hearted image, and your confession of weakness. And the devil appeared before everyone in the form of a black dog, with eyes like fire, his head dragging across the earth...” When asked by Saint Tryphon how he dared to inhabit God’s creation, the demon replied that he does not have such power over Christians, but can only torment those “who follow their own lusts and do things pleasing to us.” Hearing this, many of those present left idolatry and believed in Christ. Generously gifted by the emperor, Saint Tryphon returned to his homeland. He distributed all the gifts he received to the poor along the way.
When Emperor Decius (249-251), a cruel persecutor of Christians, ascended the royal throne, it was reported to his eparch Aquilinus that Saint Tryphon was boldly preaching Christianity and leading many to Baptism. Hearing that the royal servants were looking for him, Saint Tryphon did not take refuge, but gave himself into the hands of the persecutors. Brought to trial before Aquilina in the city of Nicaea, he boldly confessed his faith in Christ. Aquilinus was unable to intimidate young Tryphon with any threats. Then the eparch ordered to tie the hands of the holy martyr, hang him on a tree and beat him for three hours. During the beating, the torturer did not hear a single groan from the martyr. After this, Saint Tryphon was thrown into prison.

After some time, Aquilinus once again used threats and persuasion, and then, seeing the futility of his efforts, subjected the martyr to new tortures. The body of Saint Tryphon was tormented with iron hooks, the wounds were burned with fire, iron nails were driven into his feet and led around the city. And when the martyr was forced to follow the horse on which the eparch went hunting, Saint Tryphon sang the following verses from the psalms of the prophet David: “Make my steps in Thy paths, let not my steps move... Direct my steps, O Lord, according to the word Yours, and let not all iniquity possess me” (Ps. 16:5; 118:133). He often repeated the words of the first martyr, Holy Archdeacon Stephen: “Lord, do not impute this sin to them” (Acts 7:60).

The Lord strengthened His chosen one, and he bravely endured all the torture. During the torment, an Angel appeared before the saint with a precious crown in his hands. Seeing this, the tormentors were frightened, but Aquilinus became even more embittered. The next day he continued the torture, after which he sentenced the martyr Tryphon to be beheaded by the sword. Before his death, the saint thanked God, who strengthened him in his suffering.

The Ancient Life conveys the following words of the holy martyr to God: “...Receive my soul in peace, everyone like me, Thy servant, will be remembered, and in my memory they will bring Holy Sacrifice to You, hear from the height of Thy Shrine, and look upon them from Your Holy Dwelling, giving them abundant and incorruptible gifts, for You are the only Good and Generous Giver forever and ever.” The saint departed to the Lord before his venerable head was cut off.

Christians wanted to bury the body of the martyr in the city of Nicaea - the place of his suffering. But Saint Tryphon, in a vision, ordered his body to be transferred to his homeland, to the village of Kampsada. The will of the holy martyr was fulfilled. Subsequently, the relics of Saint Tryphon were transferred to Constantinople, and then to Rome.
The holy martyr Tryphon enjoys great veneration in the Russian Orthodox Church.

There is a legend that during the reign of Tsar Ivan the Terrible (1533-1584), the king’s favorite gyrfalcon flew away during a hunt. The Tsar ordered falconer Trifon Patrikeev to find the flown away bird and threatened him with death for failure to comply with the order. Falconer Tryfon traveled around the surrounding forests, but to no avail. On the third day, tired of a long search, he lay down to rest, diligently asking for help from his patron, the holy martyr Tryphon. In a dream, he saw a young man on a white horse, holding the royal gyrfalcon in his hand. This young man said: “Take the missing bird, go with God to the king and don’t be sad about anything.” Waking up, the falconer saw the gyrfalcon he was looking for nearby on a pine tree. He immediately took him to the king and told him about the miraculous help he received from the holy martyr Tryphon. Soon, on the spot where the saint appeared, the falconer Tryphon Patrikeev built a chapel, and then a church in the name of the holy martyr Tryphon.

Currently, the head of the holy martyr is kept in the city of Kotor (Montenegro), in cathedral Saint Tryphon. Part of the relics was brought from there to Russia in 1803. In 1819, this shrine was enclosed in three reliquaries in the icon of the holy martyr Tryphon, which was located in the church built in his honor. Nowadays this icon is in the temple in honor of the Sign Holy Mother of God, near the Rizhsky railway station in Moscow, not far from the place of the appearance of St. Tryphon to the falconer.

Martyr Perpetua and with her the martyrs Satyrus, Revocatus, Sathornilus and Secundus and the martyr Filicitata

The martyr Perpetua and with her the martyrs Satyrus, Revocatus, Satornilus and Secundus and the martyr Filicitata suffered in Carthage in 203. Perpetua, a 23-year-old woman, belonged to a noble and wealthy family, the rest came from the slave class. Perpetua was baptized secretly in the absence of her pagan father.
"I am a Christian!" - she answered her father. Filicitata had to give birth in prison, and during her agony she moaned. “Well, you couldn’t bear even mild suffering. What will happen when they throw you to be devoured by wild beasts?” - the prison guard told her. “Now I have endured alone, and then Christ will endure for me, for Whom I will suffer,” answered the martyr. St. All the confessors, except Secundus, who died in prison, were given over to be torn to pieces by wild beasts, and when they did not touch them, they were killed with the sword.

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After numerous holidays in January at someone's house. Although most people are in a working mood after weekends and vacations, they don’t want to tune in purely to work activities, especially since there are other important dates. By tradition, the editors want to publish a calendar of church holidays in February. Read further about what holidays are celebrated by believers in February 2017.

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The second month of winter is one of the coldest months, when the weather is so crazy that apart from a cup of hot tea and a book under a blanket, you don’t want any other activities. However, for religious people, church holidays in February also have great power and are associated with folk traditions, which you need and want to honor, especially with regard to and.

Therefore, look further Orthodox holidays in February 2017 so as not to miss important dates. The photo below shows the church calendar for February 2017, where the days of the shortest month of the year are listed by date with the principles of nutrition and before.

Memorial Day of St. Macarius the Great of Egypt.
Day of enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill.
Fast day.

Memorial Day of St. Euthymius the Great.
Martyrs Inna, Pinna and Rimma.

Venerable Maximus the Greek.
Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God "Consolation" or "Consolation".
Fast day.

Apostle Timothy.
Martyr Anastisius Persianina.
Memorial Day of St. Macarius of Zhabynsky.

Week about the publican and the Pharisee in 2017. Beginning of preparations for Lent.
Hieromartyr Clement of Ancyra.
Cathedral of Kostroma Saints.

Memorial Day of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg.
A continuous week about the publican and the Pharisee - there is no fasting.

Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God "Quiet my sorrows."
Saint Gregory the Theologian.
Hieromartyr Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kyiv.

Memorial Day of the Venerable Xenophon, his wife Mary and their sons Arkady and John.
It's a continuous week - no fasting.

Transfer of the relics of St. John Chrysostom.
It's a continuous week - no fasting.

Venerable Ephraim the Syrian.
Memorial Day of St. Theodosius of Totem.
It's a continuous week - no fasting.

Transfer of the relics of the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-Bearer.
Saint Lawrence, recluse of Pechersk, Bishop of Turov.
Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church.
It's a continuous week - no fasting.

Week of the Prodigal Son. Preparation for Lent.
Council of Ecumenical Teachers and Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom.

The unmercenary martyrs Cyrus and John and with them the martyr Athanasius and her daughters: Theoktista, Theodotia, and Eudoxia.
Saint Nikita, recluse of Pechersk, Bishop of Novgorod.

Forefeast of the Presentation of the Lord.
Memorial Day of the Martyr Tryphon.

Meeting of Our Lord Jesus Christ- one of the most important holidays in the church calendar for February. He is one of the twelve. On this day, believers remember the events described in the Gospel of Luke - the meeting with the elder Simeon of the baby Jesus in the Jerusalem temple on the fortieth day after Christmas. The church calendar for February 2017 includes Candlemas, which in Rus' has always been a holiday by which the start of spring field work was determined. By folk signs Meeting is the border between winter and spring.

Righteous Simeon the God-Receiver and Anna the Prophetess.

Venerable Isidore of Pelusiot.
Venerable Kirill of Novoezersk, wonderworker.
Fast day.

Ecumenical meat-and-meat memorial parental Saturday.
Saint Theodosius of Chernigov.
Celebration of the icon of the Mother of God "Seeking the Lost".

Week of the Last Judgment (meat-eating week). Preparation for Lent.
Memorial Day of Saints Barsanuphius and John.
Venerable Vukol of Smyrna.

Venerable Parthenius.
The first day of Maslenitsa - there is no fasting.

Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates.
Prophet Zechariah the Sickle-Seer from the 12 minor prophets.
The second day of Maslenitsa - no fasting.

Martyr Nicephorus, from Antioch of Syria.
The third day of Maslenitsa - no fasting.

Memorial Day of the Hieromartyr Charalampios.
Righteous Galina.

Blessed Prince Vsevolod, in Holy Baptism of Gabriel, Pskov.
Venerable Demetrius of Prilutsky, Vologda.

Iveron Icon of the Mother of God.
Saint Alexy of Moscow.
Maslenitsa continues - there is no fasting.

On February 14, 4 Orthodox church holidays are celebrated. The list of events informs about church holidays, fasting, days of veneration of the memory of saints. The list will help you find out the date of a significant religious event for Orthodox Christians.

Church Orthodox holidays February 14

Food without meat - only meat is prohibited; You can eat plant foods, dairy products, eggs, fish.