Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of February 23
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on February 23 — on the Old Calendar, civil March 8.
Commemorated on February 23
- Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
When it falls
- New Calendar: February 23 every year
- Old Calendar: civil March 8
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.