5th of January

5th of January
The Synaxarion

On the 5th of the month, we keep the VIGIL (Paramone) of the THEOPHANY and the Memory of the Holy Martyrs THEOPEMPTUS and THEONAS; the Venerable SYNCLETICA; our Venerable Father GREGORY of AKRITAS; our Venerable Father PHOSTERIUS; the Holy Monk and New Martyr ROMANUS of CARPENNISION, who was slain by the sword at Constantinople in 1694