Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of February 17
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on February 17 — on the Old Calendar, civil March 2.
Commemorated on February 17
- Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit (Tyro)
When it falls
- New Calendar: February 17 every year
- Old Calendar: civil March 2
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.