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Today's feasts February 16 2026: Hieromartyrs Pamphilus of Caesarea, Priest, and Valens, Deacon, and Martyrs Paul, Seleucus, Porphyrius, Julian, Theodulus, Elias, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Samuel, and Daniel, at Caesarea in Palaestina (c. 307-309); Saint Maruthas of Martyropolis, Bishop of Sophene and Martyropolis (422), and the Martyrs of Persia (4th century), whose relics rest in Martyropolis; Saint Flavian of Antioch, Archbishop of Antioch (404); Saint Flavian the Confessor, Archbishop of Constantinople (449); Venerable Flavian the Hermit, monastic and Wonderworker; Saint Mary the New, of Byzia in Thrace (9th century); Saint Onesimus, of the Seventy Apostles (c. 68) (see also February 15); Saint Honestus (Honestus of Nîmes), disciple of Saturninus of Toulouse, who preached the Gospel in Spain (270); Saint Faustinus of Brescia, Bishop of Brescia and Confessor (381); Hieromartyr Tanco of Verden, Bishop of Verden (815); New Monk-martyr Romanus of Karpenision and Kapsokalyvia, Mount Athos, at Constantinople (1694) (see also January 5); Saint Basil Gryaznov of Pavlovo-Posadsky (1869); Saint Macarius (Nevsky), Metropolitan of Moscow, Apostle to the Altai (1926); Saint Nicholas of Japan, Archbishop of Japan and Equal-to-the-Apostles (1912) (see also February 3); New Hieromartyr Peter Lagov, Priest (1931); New Hieromartyr Elias Chetverukhin, Priest, of Moscow (1934); New Hieromartyr Paul, Priest (1938); Other Commemorations: Translation of the relics of Virgin-martyr Juliana of Nicomedia (304); Synaxis of the 'Cypriot' Icon of the Theotokos. ( February 3 2026: Julian Calendar ) Synaxis of Ss. Simeon and Anna; Postfeast of the Meeting of the Lord; Saint Ansgar, Bishop of Hamburg, Apostle of the North, and Enlightener of Denmark and Sweden; Nicholas, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop and Enlightener of Japan (Old Calendar date; see also February 16); Prophet Azarias; Martyrs Adrian and Eubulus at Caesaria in Cappadocia; Saint Symeon, first Bishop of Tver; Saint Romanus, prince of Uglich; New-Martyrs Stamatius and John, brothers, and Nicholas, their companion; Saint James (or Jacob), Archbishop of Serbia; Martyrs Papias, Diodorus, and Claudanus at Perge in Pamphylia; Martyr Blaise of Caesaria in Cappadocia; Saint Arsenius Ikaltoeli; Saint Ia, virgin of St. Ives; Saint Werburga, Abbess of Hanbury; Saint Lawrence, Archbishop of Canterbury (see also February 2); Saint Vlasios, the Cowherd; Martyrs Paul and Simon; Saint Claudios. Other events: repose of Schemamonk Paul of Simonov Monastery, disciple of St. Paisius Velichkovsky, and Hieromonk Isidore of Gethsemane Skete, Moscow Featured article The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora." Recently featured: Raphael Morgan, Holy Week, Georges Florovsky, Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria, Paschal Homily, Pachomius the Great. View all featured articles.

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