February 13, 2026

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Our Holy Father Auxentius (470)

St Martinian, monk, of Caesarea in Palestine (422) - February 13th

Our Holy Father Auxentius (470)
22 hours ago
He was of Persian origin, born in Syria. As a young man, he distinguished himself as a member of the court of the Emperor Theodosius the Younger. Seeing the vanity of the world's honors and pleasures, he became a monk in Constantinople; but when t...

St Martinian, monk, of Caesarea in Palestine (422) - February 13th
46 hours ago
"The life of this saint is wonderful beyond measure and is worth reading in full. What did he not endure to fulfil the Law of God? At the age of eighteen, he went off into a mountain in Cappadocia called the Ark and spent 25 years in fasting, vigi...

St. Alexis, metropolitan of Moscow and wonder-worker of all Russia (1378)
70 hours ago
He was born early in the 14th century to a family of court dignitaries in Moscow. Despite a fine education, he was not drawn to worldly success and became a monk at the age of twenty. In time Alexis was consecrated Bishop of Vladimir, then Metropo...

St Theodora the Empress (867)
94 hours ago
Theodora was the wife of Emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast, but secretly revered the icons, and protected others who did, until the emperor's death. Upon his death, she quickly restored veneration of icons to churches throughout the empire, the ev...

Hieromartyr Haralambos (Charalampus), bishop of Magnesia (202)
118 hours ago
"This great saint was bishop in Magnesia, and suffered for Christ at the age of 113. When a violent persecution broke out under the Emperor Septimus Severus, the aged Charalampus did not hide from his persecutors, but freely and openly preached th...