6th of February

On the 6th of the month, we keep the Memory of our Holy Father BUCOLUS, Bishop of SMYRNA; the Holy Martyr JULIAN of EMESA; the Holy Martyr FAUSTA and her Companions EVILASIUS and MAXIMUS; the Holy Martyrs DOROTHEA and THEOPHILUS; our Holy Father PHOTIUS the CONFESSOR, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; our Venerable Father JAMES the ASCETIC of Syria; our Holy Godbearing Fathers BARSANUPHIUS the GREAT and JOHN the PROPHET, who shone by their ascesis and their teaching at the Monastery of Abba Serious at GAZA; Saint VEDAST (Vast), Bishop of ARRAS; Saint AMANDUS, Bishop of MAASTRICHT; our Venerable Fathers SABAS of Sicily, his father CHRISTOPHER and his brother MACARIUS; our Venerable Father ARSENIUS of IQALTHO

Sts. Barsanuphius and John

5th of February

On the 5th of the month, we keep the Memory of the Holy Martyr AGATHA; our Venerable Father THEODOSIUS of SKOPELOS in Cilicia; the Holy New Martyr ANTONY of ATHENS, who was slain by the sword at Constantinople in 1774; Saint THEODOSIUS, Archbishop of CHERNIGOV; Saint AVITUS, Bishop of VIENNE

4th of February

On the 4th of the month, we keep the Memory of our Venerable Father ISIDORE of PELUSIUM; our Venerable Father NICOLAS the STOUDITE; the Blessed Hieromartyyr ABRAHM, Bishop of ARBIL; the Holy Martyrs PHILEAS, Bishop of THMUIS and PHILOROMUS; Saint George, Prince of VLADIMIR; the Venerable CYRIL of NEW LAKE (Novoezezrsk); the Holy New Martyr ANTONY of KARYES

3rd of February

On the 3rd of the month, we keep the Memory of the Holy and Righteous SYMEON the ‘GOD-RECEIVER’ (Theodochos) and of the Prophetess ANNA; the Holy Martyr BLAISE the GRAZIER; the Holy New Martyrs STAMATIUS, JOHN and NICOLAS, who suffered on the island of CHIOS in 1822; our Father among the Saints NICOLAS, Archbishop of JAPAN; Saint ASKAR, Bishop of HAMBURG and Apostle of SCANDINAVIA; our Holy Father JAMES, Archbishop of SERBIA

St. Nicolas of Japan

2nd of February

On the 2nd of the month, we keep the feast of the HOLY MEETING (HYPAPANTE) of Our Lord, God and Savior JESUS CHRIST; the Holy New Martyr JORDAN of TREBIZOND, who was slain by the sword at Constantinople in 1650; the Holy New Martyr GABRIEL, slain by the sword at Constantinople in 1676

1st of February

On the 1st of the month, we keep the Forefeast of the Holy Meeting of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, and the Memory of the Holy Martyr TRYPHON; Saints SATURUS, SATURNINUS, SECUNDUS, REVOCATUS, PERPETUA and FELICITY, who fulfilled their martyrdom at CARTHAGE; our Venerable Father PETER of GALATIA; our Venerable Fathers DAVID, SYMEON and GEORGE of MYTILENE, brothers according to the flesh; the Holy New Martyr ANASTASIUS, who was cut in pieces at Nauplion in 1655; Saint BRIGID of KILDARE; Finding of the Relics of the Holy Martyrs of MEGARA; ADRIAN, POLYEUCTUS, PLATO and GEORGE; the Holy Martyr RIZQALLAH ibn NABA’ of TRIPOLI

31st of January

On the 31st of the month, we keep the Memory of the Holy Martyrs and unmercenary physicians CYRUS and JOHN, and of the Holy Martyrs ATHANASIA and her daughters THEODOTA, THEOCTISTA and EUDOXIA; the Holy New Martyr ALIAS ARDOUNIS, who was burnt to death at Kalamata in 1686; the Venerable NICETAS, anchorite of the CAVES of KIEV and Bishop of NOVGOROD; the Venerable Widow MARCELLA of ROME

30th of January

On the 30th of the month, we celebrate the joint Memory of our THREE Holy Fathers and DOCTORS of the Universe: BASIL the GREAT, GREGORY the THEOLOGIAN and JOHN CHRYSOSTOM; the Blessed Hieromartyr HIPPOLYTUS of Rome and of his Companions: CENSORINUS, SABINUS, CHRYSE (or Aura), FELIX, MAXIMUS, HERCULES, VENERIUS, STYRACIUS, MENAS, COMMODUS, HERMES, MAURUS, EUSEBIUS, RUSTICUS, MONAGRIUS, AMANDINUS, OLYMPIUS, CYPRUS, THEODORE the Tribune; MAXIMUS the Priest; ARCHELAUS the Deacon and CYRIACUS the Bishop; the Holy Martyr THEOPHILUS the YOUNGER; the Holy New Martyr THEODORE of MYTILENE, who was handed in 1784; Saint PETER, King of BULGARIA; Saint BATHILD, Queen of France

29th of January

On the 29th of the month, we commemorate the 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; the Holy Martyrs SARBELUS and his sister BEBAIA at EDESSA; our Holy Father APHRAHAT the Persian, who died in peace; the Holy New Martyr DEMETRIUS of CHIOS, who was slain by the sword at Constantinople in 1802; Saints GERASIMUS, PITIRIM and JONAH, Bishops of PERM; our Holy Father GILDAS of RHUYS in Brittany; the holy Hieromartyr JOHN Pettai of VALGA in Estonia

St. Gildas of Wales

28th of January

On the 28th of the month we keep the Memory of our Venerable Godbearing Father EPHRAIM the SYRIAN; our Holy Father PALLADIUS the ANCHORITE; our Holy Father JAMES the ASCETIC; our Venerable Father ISAAC the SYRIAN; our Venerable Father EPHRAIM the EUNUCH, monk of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES and Bishop of PEREYASLAVL; the Venerable THEODOSIUS of TOTMA; our Venerable Father JOHN of RÉOMÉ; our Venerable Father XENOPHON, founder of the Monastery of ROBEIKA

27th of January

On the 27th of the month, we keep the Memory of the TRANSLATION of the RELICS of our Holy Father JOHN CHRYSOSTOM to CONSTANTINOPLE; the Holy New Martyr DEMETRIUS, beheaded at Constantinople in 1784; our Venerable Father LEONTIUS of IVANOVSK; the Devout King ASHOT of Georgia, the KUROPALATES

26th of January

On the 26th of the month, we keep the Memory of our Venerable Father XENOPHON, of his wife MARY and of their sons ARCADIUS and JOHN; Our Venerable Father SYMEON the ELDER; our Venerable Father AMMONAS, who lived in ascesis in Egypt; our Venerable Father CLEMENT, who practiced asceticism at Mount SAGMATION, near Thebes; Saint DAVID II the RESTORER (Agmashemebeli), King of Georgia; the Venerable PAULA of ROME

25th of January

On the 25th of the month, we keep the Memory of our Holy Father GREGORY the THEOLOGIAN, Archbishop of CONSTANTINOPLE; our Venerable Father PUBLIUS; our Venerable Father MARIS, who died in peace; our Venerable Father APOLLOS of the THEBAID, who died in peace; the Holy New Martyr AUXENTIUS, who was slain by the sword at Constantinople; Saint MOSES, Archbishop of NOVGOROD; Saint GABRIEL (Kikodze), Bishop of IMERETI

24th of January

On the 24th of the month, we keep the Memory of our Venerable Mother XENIA and of her two maidservants; the Holy Martyrs PAUL, PAUSIRIOS and THEODOTION; the Holy Hieromartyr BABYLAS of ANTIOCH and his two Companions AGAPIUS and TIMOTHY, martyred in SICILY; our Venerable Father MACEDONIAN, who died in peace; our Venerable Father ZOSIMUS, who died in peace; our Venerable Father NEOPHYTUS the RECLUSE; our Holy Mother XENIA of ST PETERSBURG

23rd of January

On the 23rd of the month, we keep the Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr CLEMENT Bishop of ANCYRA, and of the Holy Martyr AGATHANGELUS; the Venerable EUSEBIUS; the Venerable MAESMAS the SYRIAN; the Venerable SALAMAN the HESYCHAST; our Venerable Father DIONYSIUS of OLYMPUS; the Venerable GENNADIUS of KOSTROMA

22nd of January

On the 22nd of the month, we keep the Memory of the Holy Apostle TIMOTHY; the Holy Monk and Martyr ANASTASIUS the PERSIAN; the Holy Hieromartyrs MANUEL, GEORGE, PETER, and LEO; and of their Companions GABRIEL, SIONIUS, JOHN, LEO, PARODUS and of the THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN other Holy Martyrs; our Venerable Father JOSEPH SAMAKOS the SANCTIFIED, of CRETE; the Venerable MACARIUS the Wonderworker, Abbot of the Monastery of ZHABIN