17 February
33 commemorations of 17 February in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 1 March of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Theodore the Recruit
Saints
- Saint Mariamne, Equal to the Apostles, sister of Apostle Philip (1st century)Ἡ Ἁγία Μαριάμνη ἡ Ἰσαπόστολος ἀδελφὴ τοῦ Ἁγίου Φιλίππου τοῦ Ἀποστόλουorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Auxibius of Soli, Bishop of Soli in Cyprus (102)Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὐξίβιος Ἐπίσκοπος Σόλων Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Donatus, Romulus, Secundian, and 86 Companions, at Concordia (Portogruaro), near Venice (304)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ρωμύλος, Σεκουνδιανός, Δονάτος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Great-martyr Theodore the Tyro (c. 306)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας ὁ Τήρωνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Theodoulos, at Caesarea Palestina (308)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδουλος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Mesrop Mashtots of Armenia (440)pravoslavie.ru
- Holy Emperor Marcian (457) and St. Pulcheria, his wife (453)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μαρκιανὸς καὶ Πουλχερία οἱ βασιλεῖςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Martyr Theocteristus, Abbot of Pelekete Monastery near Prusa (8th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοστήρικτοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- St. Euxiphius I, Bishop and Wonderworker, listed in some synaxaria as one of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (late 12th century)christopherklitou.com · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Theodore the Silent, of the Kiev Caves Monastery (13th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Theodosius, monastic founder at Mt. Kelifarevo (1363), and his disciple St. Romanus (c. 1370), of Turnovo, BulgariaὉ Ὅσιος Ρωμανὸς ὁ ἐκ Τυρνόβουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Michael Mavroeidis of Adrianopolis (1490)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μιχαὴλ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ ἐν Ἀδριανούπολειsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Hermogenes of Moscow, Patriarch and Wonderworker of Moscow and all Russia (1612)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐρμογένης ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πατριάρχης Μόσχαςmospat.ru · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Theodore of Byzantium, at Mytilene (1795)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Βυζαντινὸςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Theodore of Adjara, Hieromonk, at Mt. Athos (1822)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Barnabas, Elder of Gethsemane Skete, of St. Sergius Lavra (1906)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαρνάβας τῆς Γεθσημανῆsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nicholas Planas, Priest, of Athens (1932)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Joseph Zograph of Dionysiou, Hieromonk, at Mt. Athos (1819)oca.org
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Paul Kosminkov, Archpriest, of Lystsevo, Moscow (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Michael Nikologorsky, Priest (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyr Anna Chetverikov (1940)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 Faustinus and Companions, a group of forty-five martyrs honoured in Romeorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Lommán of Trim (Luman), a nephew of St Patrick and the first Bishop of Trim in Meath in Ireland (c. 450)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Habet-Deus, Bishop of Luna in Tuscany in Italy, probably martyred by the Arian Vandals (c. 500)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Fortchern, Bishop of Trim in Ireland, he later lived as a hermit (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Guevrock (Gueroc; Kerric), Abbot of Loc-Kirec, he also helped St Paul of Léon (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Fintan of Clonenagh, a disciple of St Columba, he led the life of a hermit in Clonenagh in Leix in Ireland, Confessor (603)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Finan of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne (661)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Silvinus of Auchy, enlightener of the area near Thérouanne, then a monastic in the Benedictine abbey of Auchy-les-Moines (c. 718)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.
- Uncovering of the relics (867–869) of Martyr Menas the Most Eloquent, of Alexandria (ca. 313)Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Μηνᾶ τοῦ Καλλικέλαδοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Weeping "Tikhvin" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, at the Kozak Skete of St. Elias on Mt. Athosoca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Elder Agapitus of the Kiev Caves (1887)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Schemamonk John (Shova) of Kolitsou Skete, Mt. Athos (2009)pravoslavie.ru
The list is February 17 (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.