January 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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January 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Jan. 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 21-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 2 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Euthymius the Great...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 22
January 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Jan. 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 23-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 4 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Timothy, of the Seventy Apostles*Monk and martyr Anastasius the Persian...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 3 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
- Venerable Maximus the ConfessorMaximus the ConfessorMaximus the Confessor was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, he was a civil servant, and an aide to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius...
(682682Year 682 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 682 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.- Europe :* Jarrow Priory is established by Benedict...
) - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Neophytus of Nicaea (305305Year 305 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Valerius...
) - Martyrs Eugene, Canclidus, Aquila, and Valerian at Trebizond (284284Year 284 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Carinus and Numerianus...
) - Virgin-martyr Agnes of RomeSaint AgnesAgnes of Rome is a virgin–martyr, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass...
(304304Year 304 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Valerius...
) - Venerable Maximus the GreekMaximus the GreekMaximus the Greek, also known as Maximos the Greek or Maksim Grek , was a Greek monk, publicist, writer, scholar, humanist, and translator active in Russia...
(1556) - Martyr Anasthasius, disciple of Saint Maximus the Confessor (662662Year 662 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 662 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.- Europe :* The regent Grimuald usurps the kingship of...
) - Martyr Neophytus of Vatopedi
Other commemorations
- Repose of desert-dweller Timon of Nadeyev (1840)