3 February
43 commemorations of 3 February in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 16 February of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Nicholas of Japan
Feasts
- Afterfeast of the Meeting of Our Lordorthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Saints
- Prophet Azariah (10th century B.C.)Ὁ Προφήτης Ἀζαρίαςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Συμεὼν ὁ Δίκαιος ὁ Θεοδόχοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Papias, Diodorus, and Claudianus, at Perge in Pamphylia (250)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Blaise of Caesarea in Cappadocia (3rd century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βλάσιος ὁ βουκόλοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Paul and Simon, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Παῦλος καὶ Σίμων οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyr Paul the Syrian (284-305)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Adrian and Eubulus, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (c. 308-309)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀδριανὸς καὶ Εὔβουλος οἱ Μάρτυρεςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable ClaudiusὉ Ὅσιος Κλαύδιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Laurence of Canterbury, the second Archbishop of Canterbury (619)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λαυρέντιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Καντουαρίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Sviatoslav-Gabriel and his son Saint Dimitry, of Yuriev (1253)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Romanus of Uglich, Prince of Uglich (1285)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρωμανὸς ὁ Πρίγκιπαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Symeon of Tver, Bishop of Polotsk and Tver, first bishop there (1289)Ὁ Ἅγιος Συμεὼν ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint James (Jakov I), Archbishop of Serbia (1292)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σερβίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Sabbas of Ioannina (15th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ὁ Πνευματικὸςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ignatius of Mariupol in the Crimea, Metropolitan of Gothia and Kafa (1786)orthochristian.com · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyrs Stamatius and John, brothers, and their companion Nicholas, of Spetses, at Chios (1822)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σταμάτιος καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ Νεομάρτυρες οἱ αὐτάδελφοι καὶ ὁ συνοδίτης αὐτῶν Νικόλαοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nicholas of Japan, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Enlightener of Japan (1912) [with Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of Siberia and Alaska...Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Ἰσαπόστολοςsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Vladimir (Zagreba), Hieromonk of Borisoglebsk Monastery, Novotorzhok (1938)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · fond.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Basil Zalessky, Archpriest, of Astrakhan (1938)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Adrian Troitsky, Archpriest, of Kazan (1938)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs John Tomilov, Timothy Izotov, Priests (1938)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyr Michael Agayev (1938)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Saint Celerinus the Martyr (c.250)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κελερίνος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Laurentinus, Ignatius and Celerina, martyrs in North Africa (3rd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Felix, Symphronius (Sempronius), Hippolytus and Companions, a group of martyrs in North AfricaRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Tigides (4th century) and Remedius (419), two bishops who succeeded one another as Bishops of Gap in FranceRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Virgin-martyr Ia of Cornwall (Hia, Ives), a Cornish evangelist and martyr (450)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Lupicinus and Felix, Bishop of Lyon in France (5th century)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Laurence the Illuminator (Lawrence of Spoleto), Bishop of Spoleto, then founder of Farfa Abbey (576)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Philip of Vienne, Bishop of Vienne in France (c. 578)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Caellainn (Caoilfionn), a church in Roscommon in Ireland is dedicated to her (6th century?)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Hadelin of Dinant, founder of the monastery of Chelles, in Belgium (690)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Werburga of Chester, Abbess (c. 700)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- 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)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Werburgh of Bardney, a widow who became a nun, probably at Bardney Abbey in England, where she later became Abbess (c. 785)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Deodatus, a monk at Lagny Abbey in France (8th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ansgar of Hamburg, Bishop of Hamburg, Enlightener of Denmark and Sweden, "Apostle of the North" (865)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνσέριος ὁ Ἀπόστολος τῆς Δανίας καὶ τῆς Σκανδιναβίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- 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)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Liafdag, Bishop in Jutland in Denmark, martyred by pagans (c. 980)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Oliver of Ancona (Oliverius, Liberius), a monk at Santa Maria di Portonuovo in Ancona in Italy (c. 1050)orthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Repose of Schemamonk Paul of Simonov Monastery (1825), disciple of St. Paisius (Velichkovsky)Ὁ Ὅσιος Παῦλος ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Hieromonk Isidore of Gethsemane Skete in Moscow (1908)pravoslavie.ru
The list is February 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.