January 1 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - January 3
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 15 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For January 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the saints listed on December 20.
Contents
Feasts
Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Saints
Saint Theodota, mother of the first Saints Cosmas and Damian (3rd century)
Martyr Sergius, by the sword, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (301)
Martyr Theopistus (Theopistos), by stoning
Hieromartyr Theogenes, Bishop of Parium on the Hellespont (c. 320)
Saint Sylvester I, Pope of Rome (335) (see also December 31 - Latin Calendar)
Martyr Basil of Ancyra, under Julian the Apostate (362) (see also January 1 - Slavonic)
Hieromartyr Isidore, Bishop of Antioch, by the Arians (4th century)
Righteous Theopemptos, Monk
Venerable Mark the Deaf Mute
Saint Amun (Ammon) of Tabennisi, monk (5th century)
Pre-Schism Western saints
Martyrs Artaxus, Acutus, Eugenda, Maximianus, Timothy, Tobias and Vitus, in Syrmium in Pannonia (3rd–4th century)
Martyrs of Rome, many martyrs who suffered in Rome under Diocletian for refusing to give up the Holy Scriptures (c. 303)
Thousand Martyrs of Lichfield ('field of bodies') in England:
Hieromartyr Amphibalos and 999 others at Lichfield, under Diocletian (c. 303)
Saint Martinianus (Maternian), Bishop of Milan, Italy, took part in the Third Oecumenical Council at Ephesus and wrote against Nestorianism (c. 435)
Saint Aspasius, Bishop of Auch, France, took part in the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Councils of Orleans in 533, 541 and 549, besides holding a council in Auch in 551 (c. 560)
Saint Schottin (Schotin, Scarthin), hermit of Kilkenny, Ireland (6th century) (see also January 6)
Saint Seiriol the Righteous, Abbott of Penmon Priory, brother of King Cynlas of Rhos and King Einion of Llŷn (6th century) (see also February 1 - Latin Calendar)
Saint Munchin the Wise (Mainchín of Limerick), probably the first Bishop of Limerick and also its patron-saint (late 6th century)
Saint Blidulf (Bladulf), a monk at Bobbio Abbey, Italy who bravely denounced the heresy of the Lombard King Ariovald, an Arian (c. 630)
Saint Vincentian (Viance, Viants), a disciple of Saint Menelaus, he became a hermit near Tulle in Auvergne, France (c. 730)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
Saint Cosmas I the Jerusalemite and Wonderworker, Patriarch of Constantinople (1081)
Venerable Sylvester the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves (12th century)
Venerable Neilos (Nilos, Nilus) Erichiotis the Sanctified (1334) (see also August 16)
Righteous Juliana the Merciful of Lazarevo and Murom (1604)
Repose (1833) and Second Finding (1991) of the Relics of Venerable Seraphim, Wonderworker of Sarov
Venerable Gennadios of Kerkyra (1859)
New martyrs and confessors
New Martyr George (Zorzes, Zorsisus) the Georgian, at Mytilene (1770)
New Confessor Smaragda, Abbess of Nezhinsk, Ukraine (1935)
New Martyr Basil Petrov (1942)
Other commemorations
Repose of Hieroschemamonk Gabriel of Optina Monastery and Whitehoof Convent (1871)
Repose of Abbess Thaisia of Leushino Monastery (1915)
Martyred Elder Ioasaph of St. Tikhon of Kaluga Monastery (1919)
Repose of Elder Iakovos of Epirus (1961)
