23 February
41 commemorations of 23 February in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 7 March of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Polycarp of Smyrna (c. 69-155)
Saints
- Hieromartyr Polycarp of Smyrna, Bishop of Smyrna (167)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πολύκαρπος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Σμύρνηςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Holy 73 Martyrs of Sirmium, under Diocletian (303)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἑβδομήντα Τρεῖς Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Clement, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Κλήμης ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyr Thea, by the swordἩ Ἁγία Θεὴ ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Gorgonia the Righteous (370), sister of St. Gregory the TheologianἩ Ἁγία Γοργονία ἀδελφὴ τοῦ Ἁγίου Γρηγορίου τοῦ Θεολόγουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Alexander, founder of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones, Constantinople (430)oca.org · mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints John, Antioch, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, Moses (another), and Damian, ascetics near Cyrrhus in the Syrian desert (5th century)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἰωάννης, Ἀντίοχος, Ἀντωνίνος καὶ Μωϋσῆςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Damian of Esphigmenou Monastery, on Mount Athos (1280)Ὁ Ὅσιος Δαμιανὸς ὁ Ἐσφιγμενίτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Cosmas of Zograf Monastery, Mount Athos (1281)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Moses of White Lake Monastery, monk (1480)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μωϋσῆς ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Monk-martyr Damian of Philotheou and Kissavos, at Larissa (1586)oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Lazarus of the Peloponnese (c. 1618)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Polycarp of Bryansk, monk of Bryansk (1620-1621)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nazarius, Abbot of Valaam Monastery (1809)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Seraphim (Zenobius), Schema-Metropolitan of Tetritskaro, Georgia, monk of Glinsk Monastery (1985)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Paul Kushnikov, Priest (1918)orthochristian.com · drevo-info.ru · patriarchia.ru
- New Hieromartyr Michael Edlinsky, Archpriest, of Kiev (1937)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Alexis Nikolsky, Priest (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Dimitrov, Priest (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Michael Razhkin, Priest (1938)
- Martyr Sergius Borodavkin (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Sergius (Bukashkin), Hieromonk, of Novo-Alexandrovka, Moscow (1938)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Antipas (Kyrillov), hieromonk, of Tatarintsevo, Moscow (1938)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Philaret (Pryakhin), Abbot, of Trubino, Tver (1942)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 Martha, a virgin-martyr beheaded in Astorga in Spain under Decius (251)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Polycarp, a priest in Rome noted for ministering to those in prison for their faith (c. 300)
- Saint Serenus the Gardener, martyr (307)
- Saint Romana (Romina), a virgin born in Rome who reposed at the age of eighteen while living as an anchoress in a cave on the banks of the Tiber in Italy (324)episcopia-italiei.ro · es.catholic.net
- Saints Syncrotas, Antigonus, Rutilus, Libius, Senerotas and Rogatianus, martyrs at Sirmium in Pannonia (4th century)
- Saint Florentius of Seville, Confessor, a saint much venerated in Seville in Spain (c. 485)Roman Martyrology
- Saint Felix of Brescia, twentieth Bishop of Brescia (c. 650)Roman Martyrology
- Saint Jurmin, an East Anglian prince, son or nephew of King Anna of East Anglia (653)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales
- Saint Boswell (Boisil), Abbot of Melrose Abbey in Scotland (c. 661)
- Saint Mildburga (Milburgh), Abbess of Wenlock Priory (715)Roman Martyrology · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Medrald (Mérald, Méraut), a monk at Saint-Evroult (Ebrulfus) of Ouche in France, who later became Abbot of Vendôme (c. 850)
- Saint Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz (1011)
- Peter Damian, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor (d. 1072)
- Saint John Theristes ("the Harvester") of Stylos in Calabria (d. 1129)holytrinityorthodox.com · pigizois.net · pravoslavie.ru
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Repose of Archimandrite Agapit (Belovidov) of Optina Monastery (1922)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Elder Sabbas (Stavrobouniotes) of Cyprus (1985)pravoslavie.ru
- Finding of the relics (1998) of Blessed Matrona of Moscow (1952)
The list is February 23 (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.