Daily Readings and Saint Feast Days
1 February
Readings
Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 8:28-39
Gospel: Luke 10:19-21
Saints and Feasts
Perpetua & her Companions
Timothy the Confessor
Bridget of Ireland
Our Holy Father Basil, Archbishop of Thessolonica
Anastasios the New Martyr of Navplion
The Four Martyrs Andrianus, Polyeuktos, Plato and George who contested in Megara
2 February
Readings
Matins: Luke 2:25-32
Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:7-17
Gospel: Luke 2:22-40
Saints and Feasts
The Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple
Gabriel the New Martyr of Constantinople
Jordan the New Martyr
Agathadoros the Martyr of Cappadocia
3 February
Readings
Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:11-14
Gospel: Luke 2:25-38
Saints and Feasts
The Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-Receiver and the Holy Prophetess Anna
Stamatios, John, & Nicholas, New Martyrs of Spetses
4 February
Readings
Epistle: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:11-19
Gospel: Luke 18:2-8
Saints and Feasts
Nicholas the Confessor
Hieromartyr Abramius
John the Righteous, Bishop of Irinopolis
Theodosios the Righteous
Joseph the New Martyr of Aleppo
5 February
Readings
Matins: John 21:14-25
Epistle: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:10-15
Gospel: Luke 18:10-14
Saints and Feasts
Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today
Polyeuktos, Partriarch Of Constantinople
Antonios the New Martyr of Athens
Theodosios, Archbishop of Chernigov
Theodosios of Antioch
6 February
Readings
Matins: John 10:1-9
Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:26-28; 8:1-2
Gospel: John 10:9-16
Saints and Feasts
Photius the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople
Barsanuphius the Great and John of Gaza
Ilyan of Homs
7 February
Readings
Epistle: St. Peter's Second Universal Letter 2:9-22
Gospel: Mark 13:14-23
Saints and Feasts
Parthenius, Bishop of Lampsacus
Luke of Mount Stirion
Theopemptos the Martyr & his Companions
George the New Martyr of Crete
Richard, King of Wessex
8 February
Readings
Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:4-10
Gospel: Matthew 10:16-22
Saints and Feasts
Theodore the Commander & Great Martyr
The Holy Prophet Zacharias (Zachariah)
Nicephoros & Stephanos the Martyrs
Cuthman of Steyning
9 February
Readings
Epistle: St. John's First Universal Letter 1:8-10; 2:1-6
Gospel: Mark 13:31-37: 14:1-2
Saints and Feasts
Leavetaking of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple
Nicephoros the Martyr of Antioch
Markellos, Philagrios, & Pankratios the Hieromartyrs
Teilo, Bishop of Llandaff
10 February
Readings
Epistle: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10
Gospel: John 15:17-27; 16:1-2
Saints and Feasts
The Holy Hieromartyr Haralambos
Anastasios, Patriarch of Jerusalem
Porphyrios & Baptos the Monk-martyrs
11 February
Readings
Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:1-6
Gospel: Matthew 10:1, 5-8
Saints and Feasts
Blaise the Holy Martyr of Sebastia
Finding of the relics of Zachariah the Prophet, Father of the Holy Forerunner
George the Serbian
12 February
Readings
Matins: Matthew 28:16-20
Epistle: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 6:12-20
Gospel: Luke 15:11-32
Saints and Feasts
Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch
Antonius, Archbishop of Constantinople
Christos the New Martyr
Meletios of Ypseni
13 February
Readings
Epistle: St. John's First Universal Letter 2:18-29; 3:1-8
Gospel: Mark 11:1-11
Saints and Feasts
Aquilla & Priscilla the Apostles
Eulogios, Patriarch of Alexandria
Symeon the Myrrhbearer of Serbia
14 February
Readings
Epistle: St. John's First Universal Letter 3:9-22
Gospel: Mark 14:10-42
Saints and Feasts
Holy Father Auxentius of the Mountain
Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles & Teacher of the Slavs
Nicholas the New Martyr of Corinth
Abraham, Bishop of Carrhes in Mesopotamia
15 February
Readings
Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to Philemon 1:1-25
Gospel: Mark 14:43-72; 15:1
Saints and Feasts
Onesimus the Apostle of the 70
Our Righteous Father Anthimus the Elder of Chios
Eusebius the Righteous of Syria
Onesimos, Patriarch of Constantinople
Maïor the Martyr
16 February
Readings
Epistle: St. John's First Universal Letter 4:20-21; 5:1-21
Gospel: Mark 15:1-15
Saints and Feasts
Pamphilus the Martyr & his Companions
Flavianos, Patriarch of Constantinople
Romanos the Younger
17 February
Readings
Epistle: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10
Gospel: Luke 20:46-47; 21:1-4
Saints and Feasts
Theodore the Tyro, Great Martyr
Mariamne, Sister of Apostle Philip
Righteous Auxentius
The Pious Rulers Marcian and Pulcheria
Theodore the New Martyr of Byzantium
Hermogenes (Germogen), Patriarch of Moscow
18 February
Readings
Epistle: St. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 4:13-17
Gospel: Luke 21:8-9,25-27,33-36
Saints and Feasts
Agapetus the Confessor, Bishop of Sinai
Flavian the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
19 February
Readings
Matins: Mark 16:1-8
Epistle: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 8:8-13; 9:1-2
Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46
Saints and Feasts
Judgment Sunday (Meatfare Sunday)
The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Philemon, Apphia, Archippus, and Onesimus
Philothei the Righteous Martyr of Athens
Niketas the Younger
20 February
Readings
Epistle: St. John's Third Universal Letter 1:1-15
Gospel: Luke 19:29-40; 22:7-39
Saints and Feasts
Agathus, Pope of Rome
Bessarion the Great
Sadok the Bishop and the 128 other Martyrs of Persia
Plotinus
21 February
Readings
Epistle: St. Jude's First Universal Letter 1:1-10
Gospel: Luke 22:39-42, 45-71; 23:1
Saints and Feasts
John III, Patriarch of Constantinople
Eustathius, Bishop of Antioch
Zachariah, Patriarch of Jerusalem
22 February
Readings
Vespers OT1: Joel 3:12-21
Vespers OT2: Joel 2:12-26
Saints and Feasts
The Finding of the Precious Relics of the Holy Martyrs in the Quarter of Eugenius
Our Righteous Fathers Thalassius and Baradatus
Anthousa the Martyr & her 12 Servants
23 February
Readings
Epistle: St. Jude's First Universal Letter 1:11-25
Gospel: Luke 23:1-31, 33, 44-56
Saints and Feasts
Polycarp the Holy Martyr & Bishop of Smyrna
Proterios, Archbishop of Alexandria
Gorgonia the Righteous, sister of Gregory the Theologian
Damian the New Martyr of Mount Athos
Boswell, Abbot of Melrose Abbey
24 February
Readings
Matins: Luke 7:17-30
Epistle: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15
Gospel: Matthew 11:2-15
Saints and Feasts
First & Second Finding of the Venerable Head of John the Baptist
Romanos, Prince of Uglich
Boswell, Abbot of Melrose Abbey
Cumine the White, Abbot of Iona
25 February
Readings
Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26; 6:1-2
Gospel: Matthew 6:1-13
Saints and Feasts
Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople
Reginos, Bishop of Skopelos
Holy Martyr Alexander of Thrace
Markellos, Bishop of Apamea
26 February
Readings
Matins: Mark 16:9-20
Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:11-14; 14:1-4
Gospel: Matthew 6:14-21
Saints and Feasts
The Holy Great Martyr Photine, the Samaritan Women
Holy Martyr Theocletus
John Calphas the new Martyr
27 February
Readings
Orthros OT: Isaiah 1:1-20
Vespers OT1: Genesis 1:1-13
Vespers OT2: Proverbs 1:1-20
Saints and Feasts
Procopius the Confessor of Decapolis
Stephen the Monk
Gelasios the Actor and Martyr of Heliopolis
Nesios the Martyr
28 February
Readings
Orthros OT: Isaiah 1:19-2:3
Vespers OT1: Genesis 1:14-23
Vespers OT2: Proverbs 1:20-33
Saints and Feasts
Righteous John Cassian the Confessor
Kyranna the New Martyr of Thessaloniki
Jonah the Righteous Martyr of Lerios
Note: On Monday, February 27, 2017, Great Lent Begins.