21 February
25 commemorations of 21 February in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 5 March of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Saint Eustathius of Antioch, Archbishop of Antioch (337)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐστάθιος Πατριάρχης Ἀντιοχείαςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Severian, Bishop of Scythopolis in Palestine (452)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Andreas and Anatolios, monastics of the Church of Jerusalem, disciples of Venerable Euthymius the Great (5th century)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀνδρέας καὶ Ἀνατόλιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Maximianus of Ravenna, Bishop of Ravenna and Confessor (c. 556)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαξιμιανὸς Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ραβέννηςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Saint John Scholasticus, Patriarch of Constantinople (577)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ ἀπὸ Σχολαστικῶν Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Zachariah, Patriarch of Jerusalem (632)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζαχαρίας Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμωνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Timothy of Symbola on Mt. Olympus in Bithynia (795)Ὁ Ὅσιος Τιμόθεος ὁ ἐν Συμβόλοιςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint George of Amastris, Bishop of Amastris on the Black Sea (c. 805)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀμάστριδοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Macarius, Hieroschemamonk of Glinsk Hermitage (1864)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs Alexander Vislyansky, Daniel Alferov and Gregory Klebanov, Priests (1930)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Constantine Pyatikrestovsky, Priest and Paul Shirokogorov, Deacon (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Virgin-Martyr Olga Koshelev (1939)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 Felix of Metz, third Bishop of Metz in France for over forty years (2nd century))orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Severus and Sixty-Two Companions, martyrs in Syrmium in Pannonia (3rd-4th centuries)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Alexander of Adrumetum, martyred with others in North Africa (c. 434)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Verulus, Secundinus, Siricius, Felix, Servulus, Saturninus, Fortunatus and Companions, martyrs in North Africa, probably under the Vandals (c. 434)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βερούλιος, Σεκουνδίνος, Σιρίκιος, Φελίσιος, Σέρβουλος, Σατουρνίνος, Φουρτουνάτος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Paterius, a monk, disciple and friend of St Gregory the Great, he became Bishop of Brescia and was a prolific writer (606))Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Pepin of Landen, Duke of Brabant, he was the husband of St Itta (Ida) of Metz and the father of St Bavo of Ghent, St Gertrude of Nivelles and St Begga (c. 646)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ercongotha, daughter of King Erconbert of Kent and St Saxburgh, became a nun at Faremoutiers-en-Brie under her aunt, St Ethelburgh, but reposed very young (660)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gundebert (Gumbert, Gondelbert), Bishop of Sens in France, later the founder of the monastery of Senones around 660 (c. 676)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Germanus of Granfelden, Abbot of Granfield in the Val Moutier in Switzerland, martyred with another monk, Randoald, while interceding for the poor (677)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Avitus II of Clermont, Bishop of Clermont in Auvergne, one of the great bishops of the age (689)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Valerius, a monk and Abbot of San Pedro de Montes, he left several ascetic writings (695)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.
- "Kozelshchina" (Kolzelshchanskaya) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1881)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Κοζελσλὰνκ τῆς Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Blessed Simon (Todorsky), bishop of Pskov (1754)pravoslavie.ru
The list is February 21 (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.