… a thousand years as one day. – January

January

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Friday after January 21st – Our Mother of Consolation, Panagia Paramythia

Sunday nearest January 25th – Synaxis of all the New Martyrs of the Russian Church in the Twentieth Century, and especially the Memory of the Blessed Hieromartyrs Vladimir of Kiev and Benjamin of Petrograd, of Tsar Nicholas II and the imperial family as well as of the Holy Martyr the Grand Duchess Elizabeth

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Not in Synaxarion because New

January 12th – Saint Eulogia, the mother of Saint Theodosius the Cenobiarch

January 13th – Massacre of the Venerable Martyrs of the Monastery of Saint Theodosius the Cenobiarch in 614 AD

January 29th – Saint Demetrios Gagastathis

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  • Holy Prophet Malachi
  • Holy Matryr Gordius of Caesarea
  • The Holy Martyrs, a Mother and her Two Children, who were burnt to death
  • Venerable Father Peter of Atroa, the Miracle-bearer (semiphoros)
  • Venerable Thomais of Lesbos
  • Venerable Acacius of Latros, the Wonderworker, who founded the Lavra of the Mother of God of the Myrsyrion
  • Our Holy Mother Genevieve of Paris
  • Our Venerable Father Melitas (or Meliton), Abbot of the Lavra of St Sabas
  • Saint Euthymius Taqaishvili, ‘the Man of God.’

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  • The Synaxis of the Seventy Holy and Glorious Apostles: Agabus, Aquila, Ampliatus Bishop of Odyssopolis, Ananias Bishop of Damascus, Andronicus, Apelles Bishop of Smyrna, Apelles Bishop of Heraclea, Apollos Bishop of Caesarea, Aristarchus Bishop of Apamea, Aristobulus Bishop of Britain, Artemas Bishop of Lystra, Archippus, Asyncritus, Achaicus, Barnabas, Carpus, Caesar, Cephas, Clement Bishop of Sardis, Quartus, Crescens Bishop of Chalcedon, Epaenetus Bishop of Carthage, Epaphroditus Bishop of Colophon, Erastus Bishop of Paneas, Eubulus, Euodius Bishop of Antioch, Fortunatus, Gaius Bishop of Ephesus, Hermas Bishop of Philippae, Herodion Bishop of Patras, Jason Bishop of Tarsus, Linus established by Saint Peter as Bishop of Rome, Luke Bishop of Laodicea, Mark also called John Bishop of Byblos, Mark nephew of Barnabas and Bishop of Apollonias, Narcissus Bishop of Athens, Nymphas, Onesimus, Onesiphorus Bishop of Colophon, Patrobas Bishop of Pozzuoli, Philemon Bishop of Gaza, Pudens, Rufus Bishop of Thebes, Silas Bishop of Corinth, Silvanus Bishop of Thessalonica, Stachys disciple of Paul and Andrew Bishop of Byzantium, Stephanas, Sosthenes Bishop of Colophon, Sosipater Bishop of Iconium, Tertius Bishop of Iconium, Timothy Bishop of Ephesus, Titus Bishop of Crete, Trophimus, Tychicus, Zenas Bishop of Diospolis.
    Other disciples of Christ or of the Apostles: Quadratus, Olympas, Phlegon, Philologus, Urban Bishop of Macedonia. With them we also associate the ‘Lord’s brethren’, the sons of Joseph: James first Bishop of Jerusalem, Justus Bishop of Eleutheropolis, Symeon (Cleopas) Bishop of Jerusalem, six of the seven Deacons: Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon and Parmenas, as well as Zacchaeus who climbed a sycamore tree to see Christ.
  • Holy Martyrs, the Monk Zosimus and Athanasius the Notary
  • Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Euphemia, Venerated at Constantinople
  • Venerable John Scholarios, disciple of Saint Sabas and Abbot of the Monastery of the Tower of Eudocia
  • Six Holy Martyrs who, after their contests, died in peace
  • Venerable Apollinaria, a Virgin of the senatorial rank, who lived in ascesis in Egypt under the name of Dorotheus
  • Venerable Father Theoctistus, Abbot of the Monastery of Coucoumios in Sicily, who died in peace
  • Venerable Euthymius the Younger, who was laid to rest in the sanctuary of St Mocius at Constantinople
  • Venerable Euthymius, Abbot of Vatopedi, drowned in the sea after Confessing the Orthodox Faith, and of his twelve Monks, hanged on a hilltop after suffering numerous torments at the time of the incursion of the Latinizers on to Mount Athos
  • Holy Monk and New Martyr Onuphrius, who suffered on Chios in 1818
  • Saint Eustathios, Archbishop of Serbia
  • Our Venerable Fathers Evagrius and Elias the Deacon, disciples of the Thirteen Syrian Fathers
  • Our Venerable Father Achilles of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves
  • Our Venerable Father Timothy of Kakhouchta
  • Saint Nikephoros the Leper, Monk of Chios

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  • Our Venerable Mother Domnica (Domnina)
  • Our Venerable Father George the Chozebite
  • Holy Hieromartyr Carterius of Caesarea
  • Saint Theophilus the Deacon and Saint Helladius, a lay-man, Martyred in Libya
  • Venerable Father Agathon, who died in peace
  • Holy Prophet Shemaiah the Elamite
  • Saint Atticus, Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Our Holy Father Cyrus, Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Venerable Theodore, Founder of the Monastery of Saint Saviour in Chora at Constantinople
  • Venerable Macarius Makres, Abbot of the Monastery of Christ Pantokrator
  • Holy Martyr Abo of Tiflis, in Georgia
  • Venerable Gregory of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves
  • Saint Gregory, Wonderworker at the Lavra of the Kiev Caves
  • Saint Gregory, Bishop of Ohrid (d.1012)
  • Holy Hieromartyr Isidore of Yuryev and of his seventy-two companions
  • Saint Severinus, Apostle of Noricum

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  • Holy Martyr Tatiana of Rome
  • Holy Martyr Mertius
  • Venerable Father Elias the Wonderworker
  • Holy Martyr Philotheus of Antioch
  • The Eight Holy Martyrs of Nicea, who were slain by the sword
  • Holy Martyr Euthasia, who was slain by the sword
  • Our Venerable Father Martinian of White Lake (Byeolzersk)
  • Venerable Galaction, disciple of Saint Martinian
  • Venerable Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth
  • Holy Hieromartyr Basil Solovski and the Holy Martyr Stephen Grigonov of Saatse in Estonia

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  • Our Venerable Father Paul of Thebes
  • Our Venerable Father John the Kalyvite
  • Holy Martyr Pansophius of Alexandria
  • The Six Monks, unknown by name, who died in peace in the Utter Desert
  • Venerable Gabriel, founder of the Monastery of Lesnovo in Bulgaria
  • Venerable Prochorus, founder of the Monastery of Vranski in Bulgaria
  • Our Venerable Father Maurus, disciple of Saint Benedict
  • Saint Gerasimus II (Palladas), Patriarch of Alexandria
  • Holy Father Nectarius of Tobolsk
  • Saints Salome Ugiarmeli and Perozhavra Sivnieli of Georgia

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  • Our Holy Godbearing Father Antony the Great
  • The Most Pious Emperor Theodosius the Great
  • Venerable Achilles (Achillas) of Scetis, who died in peace
  • Our Venerable Father Antony the Younger, ascetic and Wonderworker who lived in the skete of Beroia
  • Our Venerable Father Macarius (Kalogeras) of Patmos
  • Holy New Martyr George of Ioannina
  • Venerable Antony the Roman
  • Venerable Antony, founder of the Monastery of Dymsk in the region of Novgorog
  • Venerable Antony of Krasny Kholm
  • Venerbale Antony of Vologda, who succeeded Saint Joseph as Abbot of Volokolamsk

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  • Our Holy Fathers Athanasius and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria
  • Holy Martyr Theodulia and of her companions Helladius, Boethius, Evagrius and Macarius
  • Holy Martyr Xenia, who was burnt to death
  • Saint Ephrem, Bishop of Melasson
  • Saint Maximus, Prince of Serbia and Metropolitan of Hungro-Wallachia
  • Venerable Athanasius, founder of the Monastery of Syademsk
  • Our Venerable Father Athanasius (Navolosky), the Fool for Christ
  • Saint Joachim I, Patriarch of Trnovo
  • Our Venerable Father the Hieromonk Alexis Shoushania
  • Our Venerable Father Ephraim the Philosopher of Georgia

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  • Holy Hieromartyr Clement Bishop of Ancyra, and of the Holy Martyr Agathangelus
  • The Two Martyrs of Parion (on the Hellespont), who were thrown into a pit and so died
  • Venerable Eusebius
  • Venerable Maesmas the Syrian
  • Venerable Salaman the Hesychast
  • Our Venerable Father Dionysius of Olympus
  • Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma

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  • Our Holy Father Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople
  • Our Venerable Father Castinus, Bishop of Byzantium
  • Holy Martyr Medula and of her Companions, who were burnt to death
  • Our Venerable Father Demetrius the Skevophylax
  • Our Venerable Father Publius
  • Our Venerable Father Maris, who died in peace
  • Our Venerable Father Apollos of the Thebaid, who died in peace
  • Holy New Martyr Auxentius, who was slain by the sword at Constantinople
  • Saint Moses, Archbishop of Novgorod
  • On the Sunday nearest 25 January, we keep the Synaxis of all the New Martyrs of the Russian Church in the Twentieth Century, and especially the Memory of the Blessed Hieromartyrs Vladimir of Kiev and Benjamin of Petrograd, of Tsar Nicholas II and the imperial family as well as of the Holy Martyr the Grand Duchess Elizabeth
  • The Blessed Hieromartyr Alexander Hotovitsky
  • Saint Bassian II, Bishop of Rostov
  • Saint Gabriel (Kikodze), Bishop of Imereti

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  • Our Venerable Father Xenophon, of his wife Mary and of their sons Arcadius and John
  • Our Venerable Father Symeon the Elder
  • Holy Martyrs Ananias the Priest, Peter the Gaoler and their Companions the Seven Soldiers
  • Our Venerable Father Ammonas, who lived in Ascesis in Egypt
  • Our Venerable Father Gabriel, Abbot at Jerusalem
  • The Two Holy Martyrs of Phrygia, who were beaten to death
  • Our Venerable Father Clement, who practised Asceticism at Mount Sagmation, near Thebes
  • Memory of the Translation of the Relics of our Holy Fathers Theodore the Stoudite and Joseph of Thessalonica
  • Saint David II the Restorer, King of Georgia
  • Venerable Paula of Rome
  • Our Venerable Father Arcadius of Viayma

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  • The Memory of the Translation of the Relics of our Holy Father John Chrysostom to Constantinople
  • Holy Empress Marciana, the wife of Justin I (518-27), who was illustrious for her works of charity and fell asleep in peace. She was laid to rest in the Church of the Holy Apostles
  • Venerable Claudinus, who died in peace
  • Our Venerable Father Peter the Egyptian, who died at a great age
  • Holy New Martyr Demetrius, beheaded at Constantinople in 1784
  • Venerable Titus the Soldier, Monk at the Lavra of the Kiev Caves
  • Saint Elias II, Patriarch of Jerusalem
  • Saint Dimitrianus, Bishop of Tamassos on Cyprus
  • Our Venerable Father Leontius of Ivanovsk
  • Devout King Ashot of Georgia, the Kuropalates

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  • Translation of the Relics of the Holy Hieromartyr Ignatius the Godbearer
  • The Seven Martyrs of Samosata: Hyperechius, Philotheus, James the Priest, Abibus, Julian, Romanus and Paregorius
  • Holy Martyrs Silvanus Bishop of Emesa, and of his Companions Luke the Deacon and Mocius the Reader
  • Holy Martyrs Sarbelus and his sister Bebaia at Edessa
  • Saint Barsimaeus the Confessor, Bishop of Edessa, who died in peace
  • Our Holy Father Aphrahat the Persian, who died in peace
  • Holy New Martyr Demetrius of Chios, who was slain by the sword at Constantinople in 1802
  • Our Venerable Father Laurence of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Turov
  • Saints Gerasimus, Pitirim and Jonah, Bishops of Perm
  • Our Holy Father Gildas of Rhuys in Brittany
  • Holy Hieromartyr John Pettai of Valga in Estonia

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  • The joint Memory of our Three Holy Fathers and Doctors of the Universe: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom
  • Blessed Hieromartyr Hippolytus of Rome and of his Companions: Censorinus, Sabinus, Chryse (or Aura), Felix, Maximus, Hercules, Venerius, Styracius, Mena, Commodus, Hermes, Maurus, Eusebius, Rusticus, Monagrius, Amandinus, Olympius, Cyprus, Theodore the Tribune, Maximus the Priest, Archelaus the Deacon and Cyriacus the Bishop
  • Holy Martyr Theophilus the Younger
  • Holy New Martyr Theodore of Mytilene, who was hanged in 1784
  • Saint Peter, King of Bulgaria
  • Venerable Zeno the Faster of the Lavra of the Caves of Kiev
  • Saint Bathild, Queen of France
  • Holy Monk and Martyr Cyriacus of the Lavra of St Sabas, whom the Emir of Jerusalem had cut to pieces in the time of the Arab occupation
  • Venerable Mother Pelagia, the Fool for Christ of the Monastery of Diveyevo (1809-84)

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