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</div>[[ Hieromartyr]] [[Polycarp of Smyrna|Polycarp]], [[Bishop]] of Smyrna(167);Holy 73 Martyrs of Sirmium, under Diocletian (303);Martyr Clement, by the sword; [[Martyr]] PolychroniusThea, by the sword; Venerable [[VenerableGorgonia]] Gorgonia the [[Righteous]](375), sister of St. [[Gregory the Theologian]]; Venerable Damian Saint Alexander, founder of the skete Monastery of [[Esphigmenou Monastery the "Unsleeping Ones", Constantinople (430);Saints John, Antioch, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, Moses (Athosanother)|Esphigmenou]] on , and Damian, [[Mount Athosascetic]] and s near Cyrrhus in the Syrian desert (5th century);Saint John Theristes ("the Venerable Harvester") of Stylos in Calabria (9th or 11th century) (''see also [[New-MartyrFebruary 24]] Damian '');Saint Martha, virgin-martyr beheaded in Astorga in Spain under Decius (251);Saint Polycarp, a priest in Rome noted for ministering to those in prison for their faith (c. 300);Saint Romana, a virgin born in Rome who reposed at the age of eighteen while living as an anchoress in a cave on the banks of [[Philotheou Monastery the Tiber (Athos324)|Philotheou]] who suffered ;Saints Syncrotas, Antigonus, Rutilus, Libius, Senerotas and Rogatianus, martyrs at LarissaSirmium in Pannonia (4th century);Saint Florentius of Seville, Confessor, a saint much venerated in Seville in Spain (c. 485);Saint Felix of Brescia, twentieth Bishop of Brescia (c. 650); Saint Jurmin, Prince and an East Anglian prince, son or nephew of King Anna of East Anglia, [[Confessor]] of East Anglia(653); Saint Boswell(''Boisil''), Abbot of Melrose Abbey in Scotland (c. 661) (''see also [[AbbotFebruary 24]] of Maelros''); Saint Mildburga(''Milburgh''), [[Abbess]] of Much WenlockPriory (715); Saints JohnSaint Medrald (''Mérald, AntiochMéraut''), Antoninusa monk at Saint-Evroult (''Ebrulfus'') of Ouche in France, Moseswho later became Abbot of Vendôme (c. 850);Saint Willigis, Zebinas, Polychronius, Moses and Archbishop of Mainz (1011);Venerable Damianof [[Esphigmenou Monastery (Athos)|Esphigmenou Monastery]], on [[asceticMount Athos]]s (1280);Saint Cosmas of the Syrian deserts[[Zographou Monastery (Athos)|Zographou Monastery]], Mount Athos (1281); Saint AlexanderMoses of White Lake Monastery (Byelozersk), founder monk (1480);New Monk-martyr Damian of the [[Philotheou Monastery (Athos)|Philotheou]] and Kissavos, at Larissa (1586);New Hieromartyr Lazarus of the "Unsleeping OnesPeloponnese (c. 1618);Venerable Polycarp of Bryansk, monk of Bryansk (1620-1621)p;" Saint MosesNazarius, Abbot of [[monkValaam Monastery]] of Byelozersk(1809); Saint PolycarpSeraphim (Zenobius), Schema-Metropolitan of Tetritskaro, Georgia, monk of BrianskGlinsk Monastery (1985);New Hieromartyr Michael Edlinsky, Archpriest, of Kiev (1937) (''see also [[November 17]]'');New Hieromartyr Alexis Nikolsky, Priest (1938);New Hieromartyr Nicholas Dimitrov, Priest (1938); Martyr ClementNew Hieromartyr Michael Razhkin, Priest (1938); Martyr TheaSergius Borodavkin (1938); NewHieromartyr Sergius (Bukashkin), Hieromonk, of Novo-Alexandrovka, Moscow (1938);New Hieromartyr Nicholas Antipas (DmitrovKyrillov) , Hieromonk, of TverTatarintsevo, Moscow (1938); Saint ProteriosNew Hieromartyr Philaret (Pryakhin), Abbot, Archbishop of Alexandria. Trubino, Tver (1942);'''Other eventsCommemorations:''' repose Repose of Archimandrite Agapit (Belovidov) of Abbot Nazarius Optina Monastery (1922);Uncovering of the [[relics]] of Blessed [[Matrona of Moscow]] (1998). <noinclude>[[Valaam MonasteryCategory:Calendar day templates|ValaamFebruary 23]]</noinclude>