January 1
The Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ, St. Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesaria in Cappadocia, Martyr Basil of Ancyra, St. Fulgentius, Bishop of Ruspe in North Africa, Martyr Theodotus, St. Gregory, Bishop of Nazianzus and father of St. Gregory the Theologian, St. Theodosius of Tryglia, abbot, New-martyr Peter of the Peloponnesus, New-Martyr Bishop Platon of Revel, Estonia, and with him priests Michael and Nicholas (1919).
January 2
St. Sylvester, pope of Rome, Repose of St. Seraphim, wonderworker of Sarov, Hieromartyr Theogenes, Bishop of Parium on the Hellespont, St. Sylvester of the Kiev Caves, St. Theopemptus, monk, St. Theodota, mother of the first Saints Cosmas and Damian, St. Mark the Deafmute, Martyr Sergius of Caesarea in Cappadocia, Martyr Theopistus, St. Cosmas, Archbishop of Constantinople, New-Martyr Zorsisus. Righteous Juliana of Lazarevo, Repose of Abbess Thais of Leushy (1915)
January 3
Prophet Malachias, Martyr Gordius at Caesarea in Cappadocia , St. Genevieve of Paris, Repose of Schema-hierodeacon Elder Pantileimon, founder of Kostychev Convent (1884)
January 4
Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles, Zosimas the Hermit, and Martyr Athanasius the Commentarisius, anchorites of Cilicia. Martyrs, Abbot Euthymius and twelve monks of Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos, Repose of St. Eustathius (Eustace), first Archbishop of Serbia, St. Aquila, deacon of the Kiev Caves, New-Martyr Onuphrius Manassias of Chilandar Monastery on Mt. Athos, St. Gregory of Langres (Gaul). Repose of Symeon, metropolitan of Smolensk
January 5
Martyrs Theopemptus, Bishop of Nicomedia, and Theonas, St. Syncletica of Alexandria, Prophet Micah, Virgin Apollinaris of Egypt, St. Gregory of Crete, monk, St. Phosterius the hermit, St. Menas of Sinai, Martyr Theoidus, Martyr Sais, New-Martyr Romanus of Mt. Athos, St. Tatiana
January 6
THE HOLY THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD, GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, New Hieromartyr Romanus, beheaded by the Turks, Repose of Schemamonk Nicholas of Valaam (1824), Schemamonk Sergius (Yanovsky), disciple of St. Herman of Alaska (1876), ). Bishop Theophan the Recluse (1894), New-Martyrs priest Andrew, and with him Lydia, Domnica, Maria and his two daughters (1919
January 7
Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, John, New-Martyr Athanasius of Attalia
January 8
St. George the Chozebite, abbot, St. Domnica of Constantinople, St. Emilian the Confessor, bishop of Cyzicus, St. Elias the hermit of Egypt, Martyrs Julian and his wife Basilissa, and with them Marcionilla and her son Celsus, Anthony, Anastasius, seven children and twenty soldiers, at Antinoe in Egypt, Hieromartyr Carterius of Caesarea in Cappadocia, Martyrs Theophilus the deacon and Helladius in Libya, St. Agatho of Egypt, monk, Saints Cyrus and Atticus, patriarchs of Constantinople, St. Gregory of the Kiev Caves, Hieromartyr Isidore and 72 companions at Yuriev (Dorpats in Estonia), slain by the Latins in 1472, St. Gregory, Bishop of Moesia (Bulgaria), Martyr Abo of Tiflis. St. Paisius of Uglich, St. Gregory (another), wonderworker of the Kiev Caves, Repose of Elder Isaiah of Valaam (1914)
January 9
Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitine in Armenia, Prophet Shemaiah (Samaia, Semeias) (III Kgs 12:22), St. Eustratius the wonderworker, St. Peter, Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, and brother of St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa, Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, New-Martyr Paul (Florensky), Repose of Elder Jonah (Peter in schema), founder of Holy Trinity Monastery in Kiev (1902)
January 10
St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Dometian, bishop of Melitene, St. Marcian, presbyter of Constantinople, Blessed Theosebia the deaconess, sister of St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Ammon, monk, St. Paul, abbot of Obnora (Vologda), and his disciple St. Macarius, abbot of Pisma Monastery, Repose of Schemahieromonk Antipas of Valaam (1882), St. Macarius of the Kiev Caves
January 11
St. Theodosius the Great, the Cenobiarch , St. Theodosius of Antioch, Martyr Mairus, St. Stephen of Placidian near Constantinople, St. Agapius of Apamea in Syria, St. Vitalis of the monastery of Abba Serid at Gaza, St. Theodore, St. Michael of Klops Monastery, fool-for-Christ (Novgorod), St. Theodosius, Metropolitan of Trebizond, St. Romil the hermit of Veddin, Repose of Blessed Nun Eupraxia of Teliakov village, Kostroma (1823)
January 12
Martyr Tatiana of Rome, St. Sabbas I, Archbishop of Serbia, Martyr Mertius of Mauretania, Martyr Peter Apselamus of Palestine, St. Eupraxia of Tabenna in Egypt, Virgin Martyr Euthasia, Eight Martyrs of Nicea, St. Martinian of Byelozersk, abbot, Blessed Galacteon, disciple of St. Martinian, St. Elias the wonderworker, of the Paradise, Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, “The Milk-giver”, Archimandrite Theodosius of Tisman and Sophroniev Monasteries, fellow-struggler of St. Paisius Velichkovsky (1802)
January 13
Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus at Belgrade, Martyr Peter of Anium, at Hierapolis, St. James, Bishop of Nisibis, Martyr Athanasius, Martyrs Pachomius and Papyrinus in Greece, St. Maximus of Kavsokalyvia Skete on Mt. Athos, St. Irinarch of Rostov, St. Eleazar of Anzersk Island at Solovki. St. Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers
January 14
The Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raithu, St. Stephen, abbot of Chenolakos Monastery near Chalcedon, St. Theodulus, son of St. Nilus of Sinai, St. Joseph Analytinus of Raithu Monastery, St. Nina (Nino), Equal-to-the-Apostles, Enlightener of Georgia, Virgin Martyr Agnes, Saint Hilary, Bishop of Poiters New-Martyr Platon, Archbishop of Reval (Estonia) (1919), New Martyrs slain at Raithu Monastery, and New Hieromartyr Ambrose of Sarapul (1918)
January 15
St. Paul of Thebes in Egypt, St. John Calabytes (“Hut-dweller”), Monk-martyr Pansophius of Alexandria, St. Gabriel, founder of Lesnov Monastery in Bulgaria, St. Prochorus, abbot in Vranski desert on the river Pshina in Bulgaria, St. Maximus of Nola
January 16
Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Holy Glorious Apostle Peter, Martyrs Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Meleusippus the brothers, their grandmother Leonilla, and with them Neon, Turbo, and the woman Jonilla (Jovilla), in Cappadocia, Martyr Danax in Macedonia, New Hieromartyr Damascene of Chilandar on Mt. Athos, Blessed Maximus of Totma (Vologda), fool-for-Christ, St. Honoratus, Archbishop of Arles and founder of Lerins Monastery, St. Romil, monk of Mt. Athos, disciple of St. Gregory of Sinai, and with him Saints Nestor, Martinius, Daniel, Sisoes, Zosimas, and Gregory
January 17
St. Anthony the Great, Emperor St. Theodosius the Great, St. Achilles the Confessor, hermit of Egypt, St. Anthony the New, of Berrhia in Macedonia, St. Anthony of Dymsk (Novgorod), St. Anthony of Krasny Kholm, monk. St. Anthony of Chernoezersk, monk, St. Anthony the Roman, of Novgorod, New-Martyr George of Ioannina
January 18
St. Athanasius the Great, and St. Cyril, Archbishops. of Alexandria, St. Marcian of Cyrrhus in Syria, monk, Martyr Xenia, St. Silvanus of Palestine, monk, St. Maximus, ruler of Serbia, metropolitan, St. Athanasius, abbot of Syandemsk, St. Athanasius of Novolotsk, monk, St. Leobardus of Marmoutier (Gaul)
January 19
St. Macarius the Great of Egypt, St. Macarius of Alexandria, Virgin Martyr Euphrasia of Nicomedia, St. Arsenius, Archbishop of Kerkyra (Corfu), Translation of the Relics of St. Gregory the Theologian, St. Mark, Archbishop of Ephesus, St. Meletius the Gallesiote, monk, Blessed Theodore of Novgorod, fool-for-Christ, Opening of the Relics of St. Sabbas of Storozhev or Zvenigorod, St. Macarius, deacon of the Kiev Caves, St. Macarius of the Kiev Caves, St. Anthony, hermit of Georgia, St. Macarius the Roman of Novgorod
January 20
St. Euthymius the Great, Martyrs Bassus, Eusebius, Eutychius and Basilides at Nicomedia, Martyrs Inna, Pinna and Rimma, disciples of Apostle Andrew in Scythia, Martyrs Thyrsus and Agnes, St. Leo the Great, confessor, Emperor of the East, Martyr Anna at Rome, New-Martyr Zacharias at Patrai in Morea, Saints Euthymius the Silent and Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, St. Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Blessed Peter the customs inspector of Constantinople, Repose of Righteous. Theodore Kuzmich (Tsar Alexander) (1864)
January 21
St. Maximus the Confessor, Martyr Neophytus of Nicaea, Martyrs Eugene, Candidus, Valerian and Aquila at Trebizond, Martyr Anastasius, disciple of St. Maximus the Confessor, Virgin Martyr Agnes of Rome, St. Neophytus of Vatopedi (Mt. Athos), St. Maximus the Greek, Synaxis of the Church of the Holy Peace by the Sea in Constantinople, Repose of desert-dweller Timon of Nadeyev (1840)
January 22
Apostle Timothy of the Seventy, Monk-martyr Anastasius the Persian, Martyrs Manuel, Parodus, presbyters; and 377 companions in Bulgaria, Martyr Anastasius the deacon of the Kiev Caves, St. Macarius, abbot of Zhabyn, St. Ioasaph, Enlightener of Alaska and the American land, St. Joseph Samakus the Sanctified of Crete
January 23
Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Ancyra, and Martyr Agathangelos, St. Paulinus the Merciful, Bishop of Nola, St. Mausimas the Syrian, monk, St. Salamanes the Silent of the Euprates, monk, St. Gennadius of Kostroma, monk, St. Eusubius, recluse of Mt. Coryphe near Antioch, Translation of the Relics of St. Theoctistus, Bishop of Novgorod, St. Lupicinus of Lipidiaco (Gaul), Repose of Abbot Damascene of Valaam (1881)
January 24
St. Xenia of Rome and her two female slaves, St. Macedonius, hermit of Syria, Martyrs Babylas of Sicily and his two disciples, Timothy and Agapius, Translation of the Relics of St. Anastasius the Persian, Martyrs Paul, Pausirius, and Theodotian, of Egypt, St. Philo, Bishop of Kalpa in Cyprus, St. Philippicus the presbyter, Martyr Barsimaeus of Syria and his two brothers, St. Zosimas, Bishop of Babylon in Egypt, St. Dionysius of Olympus and Platina (and Mt. Athos), Martyr John of Kazan. St. Gerasimus, Bishop of Perm, St. Xenia of Petersburg, fool-for-Christ, St. Felician, Bishop of Foligno in Italy, Martyrs Hermogenes and Mamas, St. Neophytecluse of Cyprus, Repose of Abbess Sophia of Shamordina Convent (1888) and Bishop Nektary of Seattle (1983)
January 25
St. Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople, St. Publius, ascetic of Syria, St. Mares the Singer of Syria, Martyrs Felicitas of Rome and seven sons: Januarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalis, and Martial, Martyr Medula and her companions, St. Apollo of Thebes, monk, St. Moses, Archbishop of Novgorod, St. Castinus, Bishop of Byzantium, St. Demetrius Skevophylax of Constantinople, New-Martyr Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev (1918), protohieromartyr of the Communist Yoke, Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos “Assuage My Sorrow” and “Unexpected Joy”. Repose of Starets Anatole the Elder of Optina (1894)
January 26
St. Xenophon and his wife, St. Mary, and their two sons, Saints Arcadius and John, of Constantinople, Two Martyrs of Phrygia, St. Symeon “the Ancient” of Mt. Sinai, Martyrs Ananias presbyter, Peter, and seven soldiers, in Phoenicia, Translation of the Relics of St. Theodore, abbot of the Studion, St. Joseph, Bishop of Thessalonica, brother of St. Theodore of the Studion, St. Gabriel, abbot at Jerusalem, and St. Ammon, disciple of St. Anthony the Great, St. Clement, monk, St. David III, king of Georgia, New-Martyr Cyril, Metropolitan of Kazan (1937), New Hieromartyr Arcadius (1938), New-Martyr Matushka Maria of Gatchina (1930), St. Xenophon of Robika, monk, Repose of Metropolitan Gabriel of Novgorod and Petersburg (1801)
January 27
Translation of the relics of St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, St. Peter of Egypt, New-Martyr Demetrius at Constantinople, St. Titus the Soldier, monk of the Kiev Caves, New Hieromartyr Peter Zverev (1929), Translation of the Relics of St. Marciana the Queen to the Church of the Holy Apostles, St. Claudinus, monk, Repose of Nun Neonilla of the Farther Davidov Convent (1875)
January 28
St. Ephraim the Syrian, St. Theodosius, abbot of Totma (Vologda), St. Paladius the hermit of Antioch, St. Isaac the Syrian, Bishop of Ninevah (ascetic writer), St. James the Ascetic of Porphyrianos, Martyr Charis, St. Ephraim, wonderworker of Novotorzhk, St. Ephraim, Bishop of Pereyaslavl (Kiev Caves)
January 29
Translation of the Relics of Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer, Bishop of Antioch. St. Laurence, recluse of the Kiev Caves, Martyrs Romanus, James, Philotheus, Hyperechius, Abibus, Julian, and Paregorius, at Samosota, Martyrs Silvanus, Bishop of Emesa, Luke the deacon, and Mocius (Mucius) the reader, St. Aphraates of Persia, monk, St. Barsimaeus, Bishop of Edessa, Martyrs Sarbelus and his sister Bebaia of Edessa, St. Ascepsimus, monk, Saints Gerasimus, Pitirim, and Jonah, Bishops of Perm, New-Martyr Demetrius of Chios, St. Andrew Rublev, iconographer
January 30
Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom, Hieromartyr Hippolytus, pope of Rome, and with him Martyrs Censorinus, Sabinus, Ares, the virgin Chryse, and with her Martyrs Felix, Maximus, Herculianus, Venerius, Styracius, Mennas, Commodus, Hermes, Maurus, Eusebius, Rusticus, Monagrius, Amandinus, Olympius, Cyprus, Theodore the Tribune, Maximus the Presbyter, Archelaus the deacon, and Cyriacus the bishop, all beheaded at Ostia, Martyr Theophilus the New in Cyprus, St. Zeno, hermit of Antioch, New-Martyr Theodore of Mitylene (Mt. Athos), St. Peter, king of Bulgaria, St. Zeno the Faster of the Kiev Caves, “Tinos” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, Blessed Pelagia of Diviyevo (1884)
January 31
Holy wonderworkers and unmercenaries Cyrus and John, Martyrs Athanasia and her daughters Theoctiste, Theodotia and Eudoxia, at Canopus in Egypt, Martyr Tryphaenes at Cyzicus, Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, and Papias of Egypt, St. Nicetas of the Kiev Caves, Bishop of Novgorod, St. Pachomius, abbot of Keno Monastery, New-Martyr Elias Ardunis of Mt. Athos, Repose of Elder Codratus of Karakallou Monastery, Mt. Athos (1930)
