February 8

Feasts

Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple; Great-martyr Theodore Stratelites ("the General") and Prophet Zachariah; Saint Sabbas II, Archbishop of Serbia; Martyrs Nikephoros and Stephen; Martyrs Philadelphos and Polycarp; Saint Makarios, Bishop of Paphus; Saint Pergetos; Saint Kew, virgin of Cornwall; Saint Cuthman, hermit of Steyning; Saint Elfleda, Abbess of Whitby; Virgin-Martyrs Martha and Mary, and their brother Lycarion, in Egypt (see also February 7)