February 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple. ==Saints==

• Prophet Zechariah, of the Twelve Minor Prophets (520 BC) • Virgin-martyrs Martha and Mary, sisters, (see also February 6 - Slavic) • Martyrs Nicephorus and Stephen. • Martyr Pergetos. • Great martyr Theodore Stratelates "the General" of Heraclea (319) • Saint Agathangelus, Bishop of Damascus (c. 325) • Venerable ascetics Philadelphus and Polycarp, monastics, reposed in peace. ==Pre-Schism Western saints==

• Saint Juventius of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia (1st century) • Martyrs Paul, Lucius and Cyriacus, in Rome. • Saint Nicetius of Besançon (Nizier), Bishop of Besançon in France and a friend of St Columbanus of Luxeuil (611) • Saint Ælfflæd of Whitby (Elfleda), Abbess of Whitby Abbey (714) • Saint Cuthmann of Steyning, a confessor who lived a holy life as a shepherd near Steyning in Sussex in England (8th century) • Saint Mlada (Mileda, Mary), a Benedictine abbess and founder of the first monastery in Bohemia (994) • Saint Meingold of Huy, a holy man who lived in Huy on the Meuse and was venerated in Belgium (10th century) ==Post-Schism Orthodox saints==

• Saint Sabbas II, Archbishop of Serbia (1271) • Saint Makarios, Bishop of Paphos on Cyprus (1688) • Saint Lyubov of Ryazan, Fool-for-Christ (1921) Archpriest of Prechistoye-Naumovo, Yaroslavl, and Peter Markov, Archpriest of Korenevo, Moscow (1938) • New Hieromartyrs Simeon Kulgavets and Sergius Lubomudrov, priests (1938) ==Other commemorations==

• Repose of Schema-Abbot Theodore of Valaam Monastery (1937) ==Icon gallery==

File:Zechariah (Menologion of Basil II).jpg|Prophet Zechariah. File:Teodor Stratilat.jpg|Great martyr Theodore Stratelates "the General" of Heraclea. File:Paùla Kruco.JPG|St Paulus of Verdun, distributing rolls from the "Paul Cross" near Verdun. File:CuthmanShepherd.jpg|St Cuthmann of Steyning. File:Loza Nemanjica Decani e 5.jpg|St Sabbas II, Abp of Serbia. ==Notes==