February 2026
The Orthodox calendar for February 2026: each day with its feast, its saint, and its fast.
In February 2026, on the New Calendar, the Orthodox Church keeps the Meeting of Our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Temple on February 2; and Great Lent and Holy Week from February 23.
- 1Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, Beginning of the Lenten Triodionfast-free
Perpetua and Felicity › - 2The Meeting of Our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Templefast-free
- 3Tuesdayfast-free
Simeon the Godbearer and Anna the Prophetess › - 4Wednesdayfast-free
St Isidore of Pelusium › - 5Thursdayfast-free
St Agatha of Palermo in Sicily › - 6Fridayfast-free
St Photios of Constantinople › - 7Saturdayfast-free
St Parthenius of Lampsacus › - 8Sunday of the Prodigal Son
St Theodore Stratelates › - 9Leavetaking of the Meeting of the Lord
St Innocent of Irkutsk › - 10Tuesday
St Haralambos › - 11Wednesdayfast
St Blaise of Sebaste › - 12Thursday
St Aleksy, Metropolitan of All Russia › - 13Fridayfast
Priscilla and Aquila › - 14Meatfare Saturday of Souls
St Auxentius › - 15Sunday of the Last Judgment (Meatfare Sunday)
St Dalmatius of Siberia › - 16Mondayfast
Pamphylius and His Companions › - 17Tuesdayfast
St Germogen of Moscow › - 18Wednesdayfast
St Leo the Great of Rome › - 19Thursdayfast
Philemon, Archippus and Apphia › - 20Fridayfast
St Bessarion the Wonderworker of Egypt › - 21Saturday of Cheesefare Weekfast
St Eustathius of Antioch › - 22Forgiveness Sundayfast
The Martyrs at the Gate of Eugenius › - 23Clean Monday, the Beginning of Great Lentfast
St Polycarp of Smyrna › - 24Tuesdayfast
St Aethelberht of Kent › - 25Wednesdayfast
St Tarasius of Constantinople › - 26Thursdayfast
St Porphyrius of Gaza › - 27Fridayfast
St Leander of Seville › - 28Saturdayfast
St Theodore Tyro ›
Questions about February 2026
What Orthodox feasts are in February 2026?
On the New Calendar, the Church keeps the Meeting of Our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Temple on February 2.
Is there an Orthodox fast in February 2026?
Yes. On the New Calendar, the Church keeps Great Lent and Holy Week from February 23.