12 February
27 commemorations of 12 February in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 25 February of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Holy martyrs Prima, Ampelius, Dativus, Plotinus, Saturninus, Fabius, Felix and their companions, in Carthage, by the sword (304)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πρίμα, Ἀμπλίας, Δάτιβος, Πλωτίνος, Σατορνίνος, Φάβιος, Φῆλιξ οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Meletius of Antioch, Archbishop of Antioch (381)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μελέτιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀντιοχείας τῆς μεγάληςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Saint Mary (Marinus) at Alexandria, nun, and her father Eugene, monk, of Alexandria (6th century)Ἡ Ὁσία Μαρία ἡ μετονομασθείσα Μαρίνοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Antony II of Constantinople, Patriarch (901)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · Roman Martyrology · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Sisinnios, 'Bishop of God', in the region of the Metropolis of Ephesus (c. 919-944)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σισίννιος Ἐπίσκοπος τοῦ Θεοῦsynaxarion.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Prochorus of Georgia, builder of Holy Cross Monastery near Jerusalem (1066)Ὁ Ὅσιος Πρόχορος ἐκ Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venebrable hieromartyr John the Sinaite (1091)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Σιναΐτηςsynaxarion.gr
- New Monk-martyrs Luke (Mukhaidze) (1277) and Nicholas (Dvali) (1314), of Jerusalem, and the holy fathers of the Georgian monasteries in Jerusalemoca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Alexius, Metropolitan and Wonderworker of all Russia (1378)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀλέξιος ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Μόσχαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Bassian, founder and Abbot of Ryabovsky Forest Monastery in Uglich (1509)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασιανὸς τοῦ Οὔγκλιχsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Christos the Gardener, at Constantinople (1748)Ὁ Ἅγιος Χρῆστος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Κηπουρόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov (1840)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μελέτιος Ἐπίσκοπος Χαρκώβsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Meletios of Ypseni (Meletios of Lardos), founder of the Monastery of Panagia Ypseni, Rhodes, in 1855 (19th century)imr.gr · omhksea.org · patriarchate.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Alexius (Buy), Bishop of Voronezh (1930)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Βορονὲζsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Martyr Mitrophan, Archpriest (1931)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μητροφάνης ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · 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 Modestus and Julian, at Carthage (2nd century?)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰουλιανὸς καὶ Μόδεστος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Hieromartyr Urbanus, Pope of Rome (223-230)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Modestus, a deacon, born in Sardinia and martyred under Diocletian (c. 304)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eulalia of Barcelona (Aulaire, Aulazie, Olalla), born in Barcelona in Spain, she was a virgin-martyr under Diocletian (c. 304)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Damian, a martyr in Rome whose relics were found in the Catacombs of St Callistus and sent to Salamanca in SpainRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gaudentius of Verona, Bishop of Verona in Italy, Confessor (c. 465)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Æthelwold of Lindisfarne (740)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Benedict Revelli, a monk at Santa Maria dei Fonti in Italy, then a hermit on the island of Gallinaria in the Gulf of Genoa, became Bishop of Albenga... (c. 900)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Julian the Hospitallerorthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Appearance of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos ("Panagia Portaitissa" or "Gate-Keeper"), Mt. Athos (9th century)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Ἰβηριτίσσηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Consecration of the Church of the Theotokos in Pousgin (1002)Ἐγκαίνια Ναοῦ Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου εἰς Πούσγηνsynaxarion.gr
- Repose of the cave-dweller Anastasia (Logacheva) of Ardatov (1875)pravenc.ru · pravoslavie.ru
The list is February 12 (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.