Feb. 2 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Feb. 4

All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 16 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For February 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on January 21.

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Meeting of Our Lord.^[1][2]

Saints

• Prophet Azariah (10th century B.C.)^{[1][3][4][note 2]}
• Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-receiver^[6][7] and Anna the Prophetess^[8][9] (1st century)^[1][4]
• Martyrs Papias, Diodorus, and Claudianus, at Perge in Pamphylia (250)^[1][10][11] (see also: October 25)
• Martyr Blaise of Caesarea in Cappadocia (3rd century)^{[1][4][12][13][14]}
• Martyrs Paul and Simon, by the sword.^[4][15]
• Martyr Paul the Syrian (284-305)^[1][10]
• Martyrs Adrian^[16] and Eubulus,^[17] at Caesarea in Cappadocia (c. 308-309)^[1][4][18]
• Venerable Claudius.^[4][19]
• Saint Laurence of Canterbury, the second Archbishop of Canterbury (619)^[1][10][20] (see also: February 2 - West)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Celerinus the Martyr (c.250)^{[21][22][note 3][note 4]}
• Martyrs Laurentinus, Ignatius and Celerina, martyrs in North Africa (3rd century)^{[22][24][note 5][note 6]}
• Martyrs Felix, Symphronius (Sempronius),^[25] Hippolytus and Companions, a group of martyrs in North Africa.^[22][23]
• Saints Tigides (4th century) and Remedius (419), two bishops who succeeded one another as Bishops of Gap in France.^[22][23]
• Virgin-martyr Ia of Cornwall (Hia, Ives), a Cornish evangelist and martyr (450)^{[10][22][note 7]}
• Saints Lupicinus and Felix, Bishops of Lyons in France (5th century)^[22][23]
• Saint Laurence the Illuminator (Lawrence of Spoleto), Bishop of Spoleto, then founder of Farfa Abbey (576)^{[22][26][note 8]}
• Saint Philip of Vienne, Bishop of Vienne in France (c. 578)^[22]
• Saint Caellainn (Caoilfionn), a church in Roscommon in Ireland is dedicated to her (6th century?)^[22][27]
• Saint Hadelin of Dinant, founder of the monastery of Chelles, in Belgium (690)^{[22][28][note 9]}
• Saint Werburga of Chester, Abbess (c. 700)^{[1][10][22][29][30][note 10]}
• Saint Berlinda of Meerbeke (Berlindis, Bellaude), a niece of St Amandus, she became a nun at Moorsel near Alost in Belgium, and later an anchoress in Meerbeke (702)^[22][31]
• Saint Werburgh of Bardney, a widow who became a nun, probably at Bardney Abbey in England, where she later became Abbess (c. 785)^{[22][note 11]}
• Saint Deodatus, a monk at Lagny Abbey in France (8th century)^[22]
• Saint Ansgar of Hamburg, Bishop of Hamburg, Enlightener of Denmark and Sweden, "Apostle of the North" (865)^{[1][10][22][32][33][note 12][note 13]}
• Saint Anatolius, a bishop in Scotland, who went to Rome on pilgrimage and settled as a hermit in Salins in the Jura in France (9th century)^[22][34]
• Saint Liafdag, Bishop in Jutland in Denmark, martyred by pagans (c. 980)^{[22][note 14]}
• Saint Oliver of Ancona (Oliverius, Liberius), a monk at Santa Maria di Portonuovo in Ancona in Italy (c. 1050)^[22]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Sviatoslav-Gabriel and his son Saint Dimitry, of Yuriev (1253)^[1][10]
• Saint Romanus of Uglich, Prince of Uglich (1285)^{[1][10][35][36][note 15]}
• Saint Symeon of Tver, Bishop of Polotsk and Tver, first bishop there (1289)^{[1][10][37][38][note 16]}
• Saint James (Jakov I), Archbishop of Serbia (1292)^[1][10][39]
• Venerable Sabbas of Ioannina (15th century)^{[1][10][40][note 17]}
• Saint Ignatius of Mariupol in the Crimea, Metropolitan of Gothia and Kafa (1786)^{[1][10][41][note 18][note 19]}
• New Martyrs Stamatius and John, brothers, and their companion Nicholas, of Spetses, at Chios (1822)^{[1][10][4][45]}
• Saint Nicholas of Japan, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Enlightener of Japan (1912)^[1][10][46] [with Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of Siberia and Alaska (1879)]^[47]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Vladimir (Zagreba), Hieromonk of Borisoglebsk Monastery, Novotorzhok (1938)^{[1][48][49][50]}
• New Hieromartyr Basil Zalessky, Archpriest, of Astrakhan (1938)^{[1][10][49][50]}
• New Hieromartyr Adrian Troitsky, Archpriest, of Kazan (1938)^{[1][10][49][50]}
• New Hieromartyrs John Tomilov, Timothy Izotov, Priests (1938)^[10][49][50]
• Martyr Michael Agayev (1938)^[10][49][50]

Other commemorations

• Repose of Schemamonk Paul of Simonov Monastery (1825), disciple of St. Paisius (Velichkovsky).^[1][51]
• Repose of Hieromonk Isidore of Gethsemane Skete in Moscow (1908)^[1]

Icon gallery

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  Illustration in the Bible Historiale of King Asa of Judah destroying the idols, at Azariah's instigation.
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  Righteous Symeon the God-receiver.
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  Saint Werburga of Chester.
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  Saint Ansgar, Bishop of Hamburg, Enlightener of Denmark and Sweden, "Apostle of the North".
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  Saints of Uglich, including St. Romanus of Uglich (second from right).
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  Saint Ignatius of Mariupol in the Crimea, Metropolitan of Gothia and Kafa.
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  Saint Nicholas of Japan, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Enlightener of Japan.