Martyr
Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch in Syria († c. 257)
In Russian: Мч. Никифора, из Антиохии Сирской (ок. 257)
In Church Slavonic: Ст҃а́гѡ мч҃ника нїки́фора, и҆з̾ а҆нтїохі́и сѵ́рскїѧ (ок. 257)
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
- (9 February on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
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2027
Old calendar
- (9 February on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
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Also commemorated on 22 February 2026
- Cheesefare Sunday (Forgiveness Sunday): Commemoration of the Expulsion of Adam from Paradise
- Finding of the relics of Holy Hierarch Innocent, Bishop of Irkutsk (1805)
- New Hieromartyr Priest Basil († 1930)
- New Hieromartyr Priest John († 1938)
- Hieromartyrs Marcellus, Bishop of Syracuse in Sicily; Philagrius, Bishop of Cyprus; and Pancratius Bishop of Tauromenium (1st C)
- Venerable Pancratius, Hieromonk of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves (13th C)
- Venerable Gennadius († c. 1516) of Vazha Lake