January 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Jan. 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 10-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 22 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene in Armenia...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 11
January 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Jan. 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 12-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 24 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Theodosius of Antioch *Saint Stephen of Placidian near Constantinople*Saint Theodore...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 23 by Old CalendaristsOld calendarists
The term Old Calendarist refers to any Orthodox Christian or any Orthodox Church body which uses the historic Julian calendar , and whose Church body is not in communion with the Orthodox Churches that use the New Calendar...
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Saints
- SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
Gregory of NyssaGregory of NyssaSt. Gregory of Nyssa was a Christian bishop and saint. He was a younger brother of Basil the Great and a good friend of Gregory of Nazianzus. His significance has long been recognized in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Catholic and Roman Catholic branches of Christianity...
, bishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
(394394Year 394 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flavianus without colleague...
) - Saint Dometian of Melitene, bishop (601601Year 601 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 601 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Arts and sciences :* The earliest dated English words...
) - Saint Marcian of Constantinople, presbyterPresbyterPresbyter in the New Testament refers to a leader in local Christian congregations, then a synonym of episkopos...
(471471Year 471 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Novus and Probianus...
) - Saint Paul of Obnora in VologdaVologdaVologda is a city and the administrative, cultural, and scientific center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Vologda River. The city is a major transport knot of the Northwest of Russia. Vologda is among the Russian cities possessing an especially valuable historical heritage...
, abbotAbbotThe word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
(1429) - Saint Macarius of Obnora in Vologda, abbot (14th century)
- Blessed TheosebiaTheosebiaTheosebia, also known as Theosebia the Deaconess is a 4th century Christian leader recognized as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.As a saint she is referred to as Blessed Theosebia the Deaconess....
the DeaconessDeaconessDeaconess is a non-clerical order in some Christian denominations which sees to the care of women in the community. That word comes from a Greek word diakonos as well as deacon, which means a servant or helper and occurs frequently in the Christian New Testament of the Bible. Deaconesses trace...
, sister of Saint Basil the Great (385385Year 385 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Bauto...
) - Saint Ammon, monkMonkA monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
- Saint Macarius of the Kiev Caves Monastery
Other commemorations
- Repose of Hieroschemamonk Antipas of ValaamValaamValaam, also known historically by the Finnish name Valamo, is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. The total area of its more than 50 islands is 36 km². The largest island is also called Valaam. It is best known as...
(1882)