25th of January

25th of January
The Synaxarion

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

New Martyrs of Russia (Sunday nearest 25 January)

New Martyrs of Russia (Sunday nearest 25 January)
The Synaxarion

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

24th of January

24th of January
The Synaxarion

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

23rd of January
The Synaxarion

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

22nd of January
The Synaxarion

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

21st of January

21st of January
The Synaxarion

On the 21st of the month, we keep the Memory of our Venerable Father MAXIMUS the CONFESSOR; the holy Martyr NEOPHYTUS of NICAEA; the Holy Martyr AGNES of ROME; our Venerable Father ZOSIMUS of SYRACUSE; our Venerable Father MAXIMUS the GREEK

20th of January

20th of January
The Synaxarion

On the 20th of the month, we keep the Memory of our Venerable Father EUTHYMIUS the GREAT; Saint PETER the TAX COLLECTOR; the Holy New Martyr ZACHARIAS, who suffered at Old Patras in 1782; Saint EUTHYMIUS of TRNOVO, Patriarch of BULGARIA; our Venerable Father THEODORE (Kuzmich) of TOMSK; our Venerable Father EUTHYMIUS KERESELIDZE, the Confessor

St. Euthymius the Great

19th of January

19th of January
The Synaxarion

On the 19th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Venerable Godbearing Father MACARIUS the GREAT, known as the EGYPTIAN; our Venerable Godbearing Father MACARIUS of ALEXANDRIA, known as the CITIZEN; Saint ARSENIUS, Archbishop of CORFU; our Venerable Father MELETIUS the CONFESSOR of Mount Galesion; our holy Father MARK EUGENIKOS, Metropolitan of EPHESUS and Confessor of the Orthodox Faith; the Holy Martyr ANTONY RAWAH the Qoraisite

18th of January

18th of January
The Synaxarion

The 18th of the month, we keep the Memory of our Holy Fathers ATHANASIUS and CYRIL, Patriarchs of ALEXANDRIA; the Holy Martyr THEODULIA and of her Companions HELLADIUS, BOETHIUS, EVAGRIUS and MACARIUS; Saint JOACHIM I, Patriarch of TRNOVO; our Venerable Father, the Hieromonk ALEXIS SHOUSHANIA

17th of the January

17th of the January
The Synaxarion

On the 17th of the month, we celebrate the Memory our Holy Godbearing Father ANTONY the GREAT; the Most Pious Emperor THEODOSIUS the GREAT; our Venerable Father ANTONY the YOUNGER, ascetic and wonderworker who lived in the skate of BEROIA; our Venerable Father MACARIUS (Kalogeras) of PATMOS; the Holy New Martyr GEORGE of IOANNINA

16th of January

16th of January
The Synaxarion

On the 16th of the month, we celebrate the Veneration of the precious CHAINS of the Holy and Glorious Apostle PETER; Memory of the Holy Martyrs and brothers according to the flesh: SPEUSIPPIUS, MELEUSIPPIUS, and of their grandmother NEONILLA; the Holy New Martyr DAMASCENE, who was hanged in 1771; our Holy Father HONORATUS, Bishop of ARLES and founder of the Monastery of LERINS

15th of January

15th of January
The Synaxarion

The 15th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Venerable Father PAUL of THEBES; our Venerable Father JOHN the KALYVITE; the Holy Martyr PANSOPHIUS of ALEXANDRIA; the Venerable GABRIEL, founder of the Monastery of LESNOVO in Bulgaria; our Venerable Father MAURIUS, disciple of Saint Benedict; Saint GERASIMUS II (Palladian), Patriarch of ALEXANDRIA; our Holy Father NECTARIUS of TOBOLSK

14th of January

14th of January
The Synaxarion

The 14th of the month, Leavetaking of the Theophany and Memory of the Venerable FATHERS massacred at Mount SINAI; the FORTY-THREE Holy FATHERS massacred at RAITHU; the Venerable THEODOULUS, son of Saint Niles the Sinaite; Saint NINO (Nina). Equal to the Apostle and Ulluminator of GEORGIA; our Venerable Father SAVA (Sabas), first Archbishop of SERBIA and founder of the Monastery at CHILANDER on the Holy Mountain of Athos; the Hieromartyr PLATON, Bishop of TALLINN

St. Nino of Georgia

13th of January

13th of January
The Synaxarion

The 13th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of the Holy Martyrs HERYLUS and STRATONICUS; our Venerable Father JAMES, Bishop of NISIBIS; our Venerable Father MAXIMUS the KAVSOKALYBITE; the Venerable IRENARCHUS of ROSTOV; the Venerable ELEAZER of ANZERSK; our Holy Father HILARY, Bishop of POITIERS

St. Hilary of Poitiers

12th of January

12th of January
The Synaxarion

The 12th of the month, the Memory of the Holy Martyr TATIANA of ROME; the Holy Martyr MERTIUS; our Venerable Father ELIAS the Wonderworker; the Holy Martyr PHILOTHEUS of ANTIOCH; our Venerable Father MARTINIAN of WHITE LAKE (Byeolzersk); the Venerable BENEDICT BISCOP, Abbot of WEARMOUTH.

11th of January

11th of January
The Synaxarion

The 11th of the month, Memory of our Holy Godbearing Father THEODOSIUS, the CENOBIARCH; the Venerable VITALIS, who died in peace; the Venerable THEODOSIUS, Abbot of the Monastery of PHILOTHEOU and Bishop of TREBIZOND; the Venerable MICHAEL of KLOPS, Fool-for-Christ.

10th of January

10th of January
The Synaxarion

The 10th of the month, Memory of our Holy Father GREGORY, Bishop of NYSSA; our Venerable Father DOMITIAN, Bishop of MELITENE; our Holy Father MARCIAN the STEWARD of the Great Church; our Venerable Father PAUL, founder of the Monastery of OBNORA; our Holy Father THEOPHAN the RECLUSE, Bishop of TAMBOV and VLADIMIR; the Venerable ANTIPAS, the HESYCHAST; our Venerable Fathers MAXIMUS and DOMETIUS of SCETIS; the Holy Hieromartyr ANATOLIUS, Metropolitan of ODESSA

St. Gregory of Nysa

8th of January

8th of January
The Synaxarion

On the 8th of the month, we keep the Memory of our Venerable Mother DOMNICA (Domnina); our Venerable Father GEORGE the CHOZEBITE; the Holy Hieromartyr Caterterius of CAESAREA; our Venerable Father AGATHON, who died in peace; Saint ATTICUS, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE; the Venerable MACARIUS MAKRES, Abbot of the Monastery of CHRIST PANTOKRATOR; the Holy Martyr ABO of TIFLIS, in Georgia; Saint SEVERINUS, Apostle of NORICUM

St. Domnica

7th of January

7th of January
The Synaxarion

On the 7th of the month, we observe the SYNAXIS of the Venerable and Illustrious PROPHET, FORERUNNER and BAPTIST of the Lord, JOHN; translation of the precious relic of the right hand of the Forerunner from Antioch to Constantinople, in the reign of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and Romanus II Lecapenus (956-7); Memory of the Holy New Martyr ATHANASIUS of ATTALIA, who suffered at Smyrna in 1700; our Venerable Father CEDD, Abbot LASTINGHAM