28 February
21 commemorations of 28 February in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 12 March of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Apostles of the Seventy Nymphas and Eubulus (1st century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νυμφᾶς καὶ Εὔβουλος οἱ Ἀπόστολοιorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Nestor of Magydos, Bishop of Magydos, at Perge in Pamphylia (c. 250)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νέστωρας ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Macarius, Rufinus, Justus and Theophilus, in Rome (250)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μακάριος, Ρουφῖνος, Ἰοῦστος καὶ Θεόφιλος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Martyrs Caerellius, Publius, Gaius, and Serapion, in AlexandriaΟἱ Ἅγιοι Καιράλιος, Πουπούλιος, Γάϊος καὶ Σεραπίων οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Holy 6 Martyrs in Alexandria, EgyptΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕξι Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐξ Αἰγύπτουsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Abercius, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Ἀβίρκιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saints Marina and Kyra, and Domnica, nuns, of Beroea (Aleppo) in Syria (c. 450)Οἱ Ὁσίες Κύρα καὶ Μαράναoca.org · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Proterius of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria, and six companions (457)Ὁ Ἅγιος Προτέριος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀλεξανδρείαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Basil the Confessor (747), companion of St. Procopius, at DecapolisὉ Ὅσιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ὁμολογητήςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Yaroslav the Wise, thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev (1054)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰαροσλάβος ὁ Σοφόςsynaxarion.gr
- Holy 40,000 Martyrs, under the Mamluk Turks, by burning (13th century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τεσσαράκοντα Χιλιάδες Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Blessed Nicholas of Pskov, Fool-for-Christ (1576)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός τοῦ Πσκὼφsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Virgin-martyr Kyranna of Thessaloniki (1751)Ἡ Ἁγία Κυράννα ἡ Νεομάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Sergius, Priest (1932)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 Romanus of Condat, desert-dweller of Condat in the Jura Mountains, Gaul (460)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Hilary (Hilarus), Pope of Rome (468)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Llibio, the patron-saint of Llanlibio in Anglesey in Wales (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Maidoc (Madoc), Bishop, Llanmadog in Wales was named after him (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ruellinus (Ruellin), successor of St Tudwal as Bishop of Tréguier in Brittany (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Sillan (Silvanus), a disciple of St Comgall in Bangor Abbey, Co. Down, Ireland, and his second successor as abbot there (c. 610)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.
- Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Antioch (1092)Μνήμη Μεγάλου Σεισμοῦsynaxarion.gr
The list is February 28 (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.