February 9
Feasts
Leavetaking of the Presentation of our Lord; Martyr Nicephorus of Antioch; Hieromartyrs Marcellus, Bishop of Sicily, Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina, and Philagrius, Bishop of Cyprus; Martyr Peter Damascene; Saints Nicephorus and Gennadius, monks of Vazheozersk (Vologda); Saint Pancratius, hieromonk of the Kiev Caves; Saints Aemilianus and Braccchio of Tours (Gaul); Saint Teilo, Bishop of Llandaff; Saint Roman of Cilicia; Martyr Apollonia, Deaconess of Alexandria; Venerable Shio Mgvime; translation of the relics of Innocent, first Bishop of Irkutsk (see also November 26). Other events: repose of Maria, desert-dweller of Olonets