22 February
38 commemorations of 22 February in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 6 March of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Saint Abilius (Avilius), Bishop of Alexandria (98)orthochristian.com · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Telesphorus, Pope of Rome (136)Ὁ Ἅγιος Τελεσφόρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ρώμηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Papias, Bishop of Hierapolis (2nd century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Synesius (Synetus), by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Συνετὸς ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyrs Maurice, his son Photinus, Theodore, Philip, and 70 soldiers, at Apamea in Syria (286-305)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Anthusa and her 12 servants, by the swordἩ Ἁγία Ἀνθοῦσα μετὰ τῶν δώδεκα οἰκετῶν αὐτῆςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Titus of Bostra, Bishop of Bostra in Arabia (378)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ariston the Wonderworker, Bishop of Arsinoe, Cyprus (Famagusta) (c. late 4th - early 5th centuries)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρίστων ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀρσινόης Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Baradates, hermit near Antioch (469)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαραδάτοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Saints Thalassius and Limneus hermits near Cyrrhus (5th century)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Θαλάσσιος καὶ Λιμναῖοςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Holy Nine Children of Kola, Georgia (6th century)
- Guram, Adarnasе, Baqar, Vache, Bardzim, Dachi, Dzhuansher, Ramaz, and Parsman
- Saint Leontius of Lycia (6th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Babylus and his wife Comnita, of Nicosa (7th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Athanasius the Confessor of Constantinople (821)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ ἐν Παυλοπετρίῳsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Peter the Stylite of Mount Athosholytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Blaise, BishopὉ Ἅγιος Βλάσιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Herman, founder of Stolobny Monastery, Novgorod (1614)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γερμανὸς ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Michael Lisitsyn, priest, of Ust-Labinskaya (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Joseph Smirnov, Protopresbyter, and Vladimir Ilinsky, Priest (1918)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs John Kastorsky, Deacon, and John Perebaskin, of Kostroma-Galich (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Martyr Blessed Theoktista Mikhailovna, Fool-for-Christ, of Voronezh (1936)Ἡ Ὁσία Θεοκτίστη ἡ Νεομάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Michael Gorbunov, John Orlov, Victor Morigerovsky, John Parushnikov, Sergius Belokurov, Andrew Yasenev, and Paul Smirnov, Priests (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs Sergius Bukashkin and Antipas Kirillov, Hieromonks (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin-martyrs Elizabeth Timokhin, Irene Smirnov, and Barbara Losev (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Virgin-martyr Parasceva Makarov (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyrs Stephen Frantov and Nicholas Nekrasov (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyrs Leonid Salkov and Peter Antonov, of Alma-Ata (1938)
- Martyr Andrew Gnevishev of Tver (1941)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Philaret (Pryakhin), Abbot, of Trubino, Tver (1942)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.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 Paschasius, eleventh Bishop of Vienne in France (c. 312)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Maximianus of Ravenna, Bishop of Ravenna (c. 556)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Elwin (Elwen), missionary, a holy man who accompanied St Breaca from Ireland to Cornwall (6th century)orthodox.cn · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint John the Saxon, born in Saxony in Germany, he restored monasticism in England after the Danish attacks, Abbot of Athelney (895)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Raynerius (Raynier), a Benedictine monk at Beaulieu near Limoges, France (c. 967)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 (607-610) of the Holy Apostles Andronicus and Junia (1st century) and the Holy Martyrs, at the Gate of Eugenius at ConstantinopleΕὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίων Ἀποστόλων Ἀνδρονίκου καὶ Ἰουνίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Righteous Gregory (“Golden Grits”) Miroshnikov of Sednev (1855)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Schemanun Avramia of Kashin (1855)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Blessed Theoktista Mikhailovna, Fool-for-Christ, of Voronezh (1936)pravoslavie.ru
The list is February 22 (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.