8 February
28 commemorations of 8 February in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 21 February of the civil calendar.
Feasts
- Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Templeoca.org
Saints
- Prophet Zechariah, of the Twelve Minor Prophets (520 BC)Ὁ Προφήτης Ζαχαρίαςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin-martyrs Martha and Mary, sisters, and the monk Lukarion, martyrs by crucifixionΟἱ Ἅγιοι Μάρθα, Μαρία καὶ Λυκαρίων ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Nicephorus and StephenΟἱ Ἅγιοι Νικηφόρος καὶ Στέφανος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr PergetosὉ Ἅγιος Περγέτος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Great martyr Theodore Stratelates "the General" of Heraclea (319)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας ὁ Στρατηλάτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Agathangelus, Bishop of Damascus (c. 325)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγαθάγγελος Ἐπίσκοπος Δαμασκοῦsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable ascetics Philadelphus and Polycarp, monastics, reposed in peaceΟἱ Ὅσιοι Φιλάδελφος καὶ Πολύκαρποςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Sabbas II, Archbishop of Serbia (1271)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σάββας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σερβίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Makarios, Bishop of Paphos on Cyprus (1688)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Πάφουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Lyubov of Ryazan, Fool-for-Christ (1921)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs Andrew Dobrynin, Archpriest of Prechistoye-Naumovo, Yaroslavl, and Peter Markov, Archpriest of Korenevo, Moscow (1938)pravenc.ru · newmartyros.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Simeon Kulgavets and Sergius Lubomudrov, priests (1938)
- New Hieromartyr Alexander Abissov, Priest (1942)pravenc.ru
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 Juventius of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia (1st century)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Martyrs Paul, Lucius and Cyriacus, in RomeRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Cointha (Conitus) of Alexandria (249)pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Jacut and Guethenoc, disciples of St Budoc, they were driven from Britain to Brittany (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Honoratus of Milan, Bishop of Milan and Confessor (570)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Kewe (Kigwe, Ciwa), a saint venerated in Gwent in Walesorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Oncho (Onchuo), a pilgrim, poet, and guardian of holy relics and the Celtic tradition (c. 600)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Nicetius of Besançon (Nizier), Bishop of Besançon in France and a friend of St Columbanus of Luxeuil (611)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Paulus of Verdun, Bishop of Verdun, renowned for miracles (c. 649)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ælfflæd of Whitby (Elfleda), Abbess of Whitby Abbey (714)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cuthmann of Steyning, a confessor who lived a holy life as a shepherd near Steyning in Sussex in England (8th century)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Mlada (Mileda, Mary), a Benedictine abbess and founder of the first monastery in Bohemia (994)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Meingold of Huy, a holy man who lived in Huy on the Meuse and was venerated in Belgium (10th century)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 Schema-Abbot Theodore of Valaam Monastery (1937)pravoslavie.ru
The list is February 8 (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.