February 2026Ecclesiastical Calendar

Friday, 13 February

Ven. Martinian of Caesarea

Fast

Saints & Feasts

Ven. Martinian of Caesarea
Holy Apostles and Martyrs Priscilla and Aquila
St Symeon the Myrrh-streamer, founder of the Chilandar Monastery (1200)

Readings of the Day

Epistle

2 John 1.1-13

¹The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; ²For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. ³Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. ⁴I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. ⁵And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. ⁶And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

Gospel

Mark 15.22, 25, 33-41

²²And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. ²⁵And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. ³³And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. ³⁴And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? ³⁵And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. ³⁶And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.

Liturgical data via orthocal.info.