February
February 2
The Meeting (Presentation) of the Lord in the Temple
From the Festal Menaion of Kallistos Ware and Mother Mary – Elizabethan English
Stichera at Lord, I have Cried
Doxastikon at Lord, I have Cried
From the Festal Menaion of Kallistos Ware and Mother Mary – Modern English
Stichera at Lord, I have Cried
Doxastikon at Lord, I have Cried
From the Menaion of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Stichera at Lord, I have Cried
1st Sessional Hymn – “Let Angels’ holy choirs”
Megalynarion (Composed by Basil Crow)
February 4
Afterfeast of the Meeting (Presentation)
Doxastikon at Lord, I have Cried
February 5
The Holy Virgin Martyr Agatha of Sicily
Doxastikon at Lord, I have Cried
February 6
Saint Photius the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
Idiomelon after the Orthros Gospel and Doxastikon at the Praises
February 8
The Holy Great Martyr Theodore the Commander
Doxastikon at the Aposticha of the Praises
February 10
The Holy Great Martyr Haralampus the Wonderworker
Doxastikon at Lord, I have Cried
Idiomelon after the Orthros Gospel
February 11
The Holy Hieromartyr Blaise
For an audio recording and instructional video of the above Doxastikon, click here.
February 14
Our Righteous Father Auxentius
Doxastikon at Lord, I have Cried
February 17
The Holy Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro
Doxastika at Lord, I have Cried and at the Aposticha
February 19
The Righteous Martyr Philothei of Athens
February 27th
Saint Raphael of Brooklyn
In the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), Saint Raphael of Brooklyn is commemorated on February 27th, the date of his repose. In Antiochian practice, the commemoration of Saint Raphael of Brooklyn is observed on the Saturday before the Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers (November 8), which means that it may fall between November 1 and 7.
St. Raphel of Brooklyn – Doxastikon at the Praises, by Chadi Karam (Byzantine Notation)
St. Raphel of Brooklyn – Doxastikon at the Praises, by Chadi Karam (Western Notation)
For more information about Saint Raphael, including his life and liturgical service, see below: