Andrew and Anatolios

Venerable Andrew and Anatolios, disciples of St. Euthymios the Great.

Sts. Andrew and Anatolios were disciples of St. Euthymios the Great in the Judaean desert. They followed the way of their elder in fasting, vigil and prayer and reposed in peace in the fifth century.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Andrew and Anatolios is commemorated on February 21. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 6 (a day earlier in leap years) of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on February 21

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  Timothy of Symbola

  Venerable, Τιμόθεος

  Venerable Timothy of Symbola.

  Name days: Timotheos, Tim, Timos, Timothy

• Eustathios of Antioch

  Hierarch, Ευστάθιος Αντιοχείας

  St. Eustathios the Confessor, Archbishop of Antioch, Father of the First Ecumenical Council.

  Name days: Efstathios, Eustathios, Stathis, Eustathius, Efstathia, Stathoula

• John Scholastikos

  Hierarch, Ιωάννης ο Σχολαστικός

  St. John III Scholastikos, Patriarch of Constantinople, compiler of the canons.

• Zacharias of Jerusalem

  Hierarch, Ζαχαρίας Ιεροσολύμων

  St. Zacharias, Patriarch of Jerusalem, who was led captive to Persia.

• George of Amastris

  Hierarch, Γεώργιος Αμάστριδος

  St. George, Bishop of Amastris on the Black Sea, wonderworker.