Hieromartyr
Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna († 167)
In Russian: Сщмч. Поликарпа, еп. Смирнского (167)
In Church Slavonic: Ст҃а́гѡ сщ҃енномч҃ника полѷка́рпа, є҆пі́скопа смѵ́рнскагѡ (167)
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
- (23 February on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
- , repose
2027
Old calendar
- (23 February on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
- , repose
Also commemorated on 8 March 2026
- Second Sunday of Lent
- Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica († c. 1360)
- New Hieromartyrs Priests Alexis, Nicholas, Michael and Martyr Sergius († 1938)
- Venerable Alexander the founder of the Monastery of the “Unsleeping Ones” († c. 430)
- Venerable John, Antiochus, Antoninus, Moses, Zebinas, Polychronius, another Moses, and Damian, Ascetics of the Syrian Deserts (5th C)
- Venerable Polycarp of Briansk († 1620-1621)
- Кипрской иконы Божией Матери в с. Стромыни Московской области
- Forerunner