February 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
February 28 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 1
All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 13 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For February 29th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 16.
Saints
- Saint Leo of Cappadocia, monastic.Venerable John Cassian the Roman, Abbot of Monastery of St Victor, Marseille
- Venerable Germanus of Dacia Pontica
- Venerable John, called Barsanuphius, of Nitria in Egypt
- Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Defeltos
- Martyr Theocteristus, Abbot of Pelekete Monastery near Prusa
Pre-Schism Western saints
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Venerable Cassian, recluse and faster of the Kiev Caves
- Saint Cassian of Mu Lake Hermitage, disciple of St. Alexander of Svir
- Saint Arsenius (Matseyevich), Archbishop of Rostov
- Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkiv and Akhtyr
Other commemorations
- "Devpeteruv" Icon of the Mother of God