Hieromartyr Polycarp the Bishop of Smyrna; St. Gorgonia, sister of St. Gregory the Theologian (Beginning of Great Lent. Aliturgical day. Great Canon)
Orthodox Calendar, February 23 Hieromartyr Polycarp the Bishop of Smyrna Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, who was “fruitful in every good work” (Col. 1:10), was born in the first century, and lived in Smyrna in…