Orthodox Calendar 2000 |
February 2000 |
20th of February
in Old Style
4th of March in
New Style
Saturday
Commemoration of the Dead. St. Leo, bishop of Catania in Sicily. St. Agatho, pope of Rome. Martyr Sadoc (Sadoth), bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him. Beheading of St. Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov Caves. Bessian of Murom with St. Cornelius, abbot of the Pskov Caves. St. Agatho, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves. St. Bessarion the Great wonderworker of Egypt. St. Cindeus, bishop of Pisidia. St. Plotinus, monk. Macarius and 34 monks and novices of Valaam Monastery martyred by the Lutherans (1578).