27 February
32 commemorations of 27 February in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 11 March of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Raphael of Brooklyn
Saints
- Martyrs Julian and his disciple Eunos (Kronion), at Alexandria (250- 252)orthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Abundius, Alexander, Antigonus, Calanus, Januarius, Makarios, Severianus, Titianus and Fortunatus, and those martyred with them (c. 284–305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀβουδάντιος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀντίγονος, Καλανός, Ἰανουάριος, Μακάριος, Σεβηριανός, Τιτιανός, Φορτουνίων οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς Μαρτυρήσαντεςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Gelasius the Actor, of Heliopolis (297)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γελάσιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Nesius, by whippingὉ Ἅγιος Νήσιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Macarius of Jerusalem, Bishop of Jerusalem (334)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Thalelæus of Syria, hermit, of Gabala in Syria (c. 460)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θαλλέλαιοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Asclepius and Jacob of Nimouza, monks near Cyrrhus (5th century)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀσκληπιὸς καὶ Ἰάκωβοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Stephen, monk, of Constantinople (614)Ὁ Ὅσιος Στέφανοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Procopius the Confessor, of Decapolis (c. 750)Ὁ Ὅσιος Προκόπιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Δεκαπολίτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · Roman Martyrology · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Timothy of Caesarea, monkὉ Ὅσιος Τιμόθεος ὁ ἐν Καισαρείᾳsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Titus, hieromonk of the Kiev Caves Monastery (1196)Ὁ Ὅσιος Τίτος ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Titus the Soldier, monk of the Kiev Caves (14th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Pitirim, Bishop of Tambov (1698)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Elias of Trebizond (1749)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἠλίας ὁ Νεομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Archimandrite Photius of the Yuriev Monastery, Novgorod (1838)Ὁ Ὅσιος Φώτιος ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Raphael of Brooklyn, Good Shepherd of the Lost Sheep in America (1915)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ραφαὴλ Ἐπίσκοπος Μπρούκλυνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Sergei Uvitsky, Priest (1932)mospat.ru
- New Hieromartyr Peter Uspensky, Priest (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyr Michael Markov (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Venerable Elder Ephraim of Katounakia (1998)ec-patr.org · orthochristian.com · romfea.gr
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 Honorina (Honorine), an early martyr in the north of Franceorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Comgan, Abbot of Glenthsen or Killeshin in Ireland (c. 565)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Leander of Seville, Archbishop of Seville (600)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λέανδρος Ἐπίσκοπος Σεβίλληςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Baldomerus (Galmier), by trade a locksmith in Lyon in France, who entered the monastery of St Justus (c. 650)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ælfnoth of Stowe (Alnoth), a hermit at Stowe near Bugbrooke, martyred by robbers (c. 700)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Herefrith of Louth, Bishop of Lincolnshire (c. 873)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint John of Gorze, Abbot of Gorze (c. 975)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.
- Twelve Holy Greek Architects of the Kiev Caves Lavraukrainian-orthodoxy.org
- Repose of Archimandrite Photius of the Yuriev Monastery, Novgorod (1838)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Monk Anthony of Valaam Monastery (1848)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Hieromonk Justinian of Valaam Monastery (1966)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archimandrite Alypy (Voronov) of the Pskov-Caves Monastery (1975)pravoslavie.ru
The list is February 27 (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.