20 February
22 commemorations of 20 February in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 4 March of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Eleutherius of Byzantium, Bishop in Byzantium (136)orthochristian.com · Roman Martyrology · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Didymos, Nemesios and Potamios, in CyprusΟἱ Ἅγιοι Δίδυμος, Νεμέσιος καὶ Ποτάμιος οἱ Μάρτυρες ἐκ Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Eutropius, martyr (308)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτρόπιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Hieromartyr Sadoc of Persia (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him (343)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σαδὼκ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Περσίδος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ὀκτὼ τελειωθέντεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Anianus (Aninas)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνιανόςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Bessarion the Great, Wonderworker of Egypt (466)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βησσαρίων ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Agatho of Rome, Pope of Rome (682)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγάθων Πάπας Ρώμηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Leo of Catania (Leo the Wonderworker), Bishop of Catania in Sicily (785)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λέων ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Κατάνηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · orthodoxengland.org.uk · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Cindeus of Pisidia (Kindeos), Bishop of PisidiaὉ Ὅσιος Κινδέος Ἐπίσκοπος Πισιδίαςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Plotinus, monkὉ Ὅσιος Πλωτίνοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev, son of the Varangian (Viking) Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (1054)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Agatho, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves Monastery (13th–14th centuries)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀγάθων ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrdom of St. Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov-Caves Monastery, by beheading, and his disciple St. Bassian of Murom (1570)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κορνήλιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Martyrs 34 monks and novices of Valaam Monastery, martyred by the Lutherans (1578)
- Hieromonk Titus
- Schemamonk Tikhon
- Monks Gelasius, Sergius, Varlaam, Sabbas, Conon, Sylvester, Cyprian, Pimen, John, Samonas, Jonah, David, Cornelius, Niphon, Athanasius, and Serapion; and novices Varlaam, Athanasius, Anthony, Luke, Leontius, Thomas, Dionysius, Philip, Ignatius, Basil, Pachomius, Basil, Theophilus, John, Theodore, and John
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Rozov, Priest (1938)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 Bolcan (Olcan), baptised by St Patrick, Bolcan later became Bishop of Derkan in Ireland (c. 480)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Valerius (Valier), first Bishop of Couserans in France (5th century?)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Falco of Maastricht, Bishop of Maastricht in the Netherlands (512)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eleutherius of Tournai, Bishop of Tournai (531)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Mildrith, Anglo-Saxon abbess of the Abbey at Minster-in-Thanet, Kent (c. 700)Ἡ Ὁσία Μιλδρέδη ἐκ Βρετανίαςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Eucherius of Orléans, Bishop of Orleans (c. 740)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Colgan, called 'the Wise' and 'the Chief Scribe of the Irish' , he was Abbot of Clonmacnoise in Offaly in Ireland (c. 796)orthodoxengland.org.uk
The list is February 20 (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.