4 February
33 commemorations of 4 February in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 17 February of the civil calendar.
Feasts
- Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Templeoca.org
Saints
- Martyrs Jadorus and Isidore, who suffered under Decius (3rd century)orthochristian.com · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Phileas, Bishop of Thmuis, and Martyr Philoromus the Magistrate (c. 303)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Theoctistus, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Θεόκτιστος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable John of Irenopolis, Bishop of Irenopolis, Cilicia and one of the 318 fathers of Nicaea (c. 325)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ ἐν Εἰρηνουπόλειsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Abramius of Arbela, Bishop of Arbela in Assyria (c. 344–347)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀβράμιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀρβὴλ Περσίδοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Isidore of Pelusium (c. 436–440)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰσίδωρος ο Πηλουσιώτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · Roman Martyrology · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Evagrius, fellow-ascetic of St. Shio of Mgvime, Georgia (6th century)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Εὐάγριος καὶ Σίοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Nicetas of Pythiae (modern Kouri) (pre-iconoclasm)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ ἐν τοῖς Πυθίοιςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Iasimos the Wonderworker (Jasim), monk and healerὉ Ὅσιος Ἰάσιμος ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Nicholas the Confessor, Abbot, of the Studion Monastery (868)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικόλαος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Στουδίτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Right-Believing George Vsievolodovich of Vladimir, Great Prince of Vladimir (1238)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Πρίγκηπαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Abraham and Coprius, founders of Pechenga Monastery in Vologda (15th century)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Κόπριςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Cyril, Abbot and Wonderworker of New Lake Monastery (Novoezersk) in Novgorod (1532)Ὁ Ὅσιος Κύριλλος ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Joseph of Aleppo in Syria (1686)synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- Venerable Martyr Anthony of Supraśl (1516)repozytorium.uwb.edu.pl
- New Martyr Joseph of Aleppo in Syria (1686)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας τοῦ Χαλεπλῆsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Methodius (Krasnoperov), Bishop of Petropavlovsk (1921)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs (1938)
- Theodosius (Bobkov), Hieromonk of the Chudov Monastery, Moscow
- Nicholas Kandaurov, Archpriest, Moscow
- Boris Nazarov, Archpriest, of Protasievo, Verey
- Alexander Pokrovsky, Archpriest, of Mineyevo, Moscow
- Alexander Sokolov, Archpriest, of Paveltsovo, Moscow
- Peter Sokolov, Archpriest, of Klin, Moscow
- John Tikhomirov, Archpriest, of Petrovskoye, Moscow
- Nicholas Pospelov, priest, of Bylovo, Podolsk
- Virgin-martyr Raphaela Vishnyakova, Schemanun, of Moscow
- Seraphim Vavilov, Archdeacon
- Alexy Knyazhesky, priest
- Nikolay Golyshev, priest
- Arkady Lobtsov, priest
- Mikhail Rybin, priest
- Alexei Lebedev, priest
- Andrew Bednov, priest
- Dimitri Kedrolivansky, priest
- John Artobolevsky, Archpriest, Moscow
- John Aleshkovsky, priest
- Alexander Minervin, priest
- Alexis Sharov, priest
- Eustace Sokolsky, priest
- Sergius Soloviev, priest
- Virgin-martyrs Anna Efremova, Maria Vinogradova and Ekaterina Dekalina
- Martyrs John Shuvalov, Basil Ivanov, Demetry Ilyinsky, Theodore Palshkov, and Demetry Kazamatsky (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.
- Martyrs Aquilinus, Geminus, Gelasius, Magnus and Donatus, martyrs in 'Forum Sempronii', which has been interpreted as Fossombrone in central Italy (3rd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Martyr Eutychius, in Rome under Diocletian (4th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Aventinus of Chartres, Bishop of Chartres (c. 520)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Aventinus of Troyes, an almoner to St Lupus, Bishop of Troyes, then became a hermit at Saint-Aventin (c. 538)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Vincent of Troyes, Bishop of Troyes (c. 546)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyr Aldate of Gloucester (6th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Modan, Abbot of Stirling and Falkirk (6th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Liephard, a bishop and companion of King Cædwalla of Wessex during the latter's pilgrimage to Rome, martyred near Cambrai in France (690)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Vulgis, Bishop and Abbot of Lobbes Abbey in Belgium (c. 760)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Nithard, a monk at Corbie Abbey in Saxony in Germany and a companion of St Ansgar, whom he followed to Sweden as a missionary, martyred there by pagan... (845)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Rabanus Maurus, archbishop of Mainz (856)forum-orthodoxe.com
- Saint Rembert, Bishop of Hamburg-Bremen (865)Roman Martyrology · 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 the royal recluse Nun Dosithea of Moscow (1810)Ἡ Ἁγία Δοσιθέα Βασίλισσα τῆς Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
The list is February 4 (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.