January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 26
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January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Jan. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 25-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 6 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Xenia of Rome *Saint Macedonius of Syria, hermit...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 26
January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Jan. 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 27-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 8 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Xenophon, his wife Mary, and their sons Arcadius and John...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 7 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 the Theologian, ArchbishopArchbishopAn archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
of ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
(389389Year 389 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Timasius and Promotus...
) - Saint Publius of Syria, ascetic (380380Year 380 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Augustus...
) - Saint Mares the Singer (430430Year 430 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Theodosius and Valentinianus...
) - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s Felicitas of RomeFelicitas of RomeFelicitas of Rome is a saint numbered among the Christian martyrs. Apart from her name, the only thing known for certain about this martyr is that she was buried in the Cemetery of Maximus, on the Via Salaria on a 23 November. However, a legend presents her as the mother of the seven martyrs whose...
and her sons Januarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalis, and Martial (164164Year 164 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Macrinus and Celsus...
) - Saint Moses of Novgorod, archbishop (1362)
- Saint Castinus of ByzantiumCastinus of ByzantiumCastinus I was Bishop of Byzantium the period 230–237. In some catalogues he appears as Constantine.He descended from Rome, and he was senator and not a Christian. He was convverted to Christianity by the bishop of Argyropolis Cyrillianus. Then he gave his fortune to the poor and was devoted to the...
, 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...
(3rd century) - Saint Demetrius Skevophylax ("Keeper of the Sacred Vessels") of Constantinople (8th century)
- Martyr Auxentius of Constantinople
- Protomartyr of the Communist Yoke Vladimir of Kiev, metropolitan bishopMetropolitan bishopIn Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
(1918) - Saint Anatole the Elder of Optina
- Martyr Medula
- Saint Apollo of Thebes, 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...
- New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia (celebrated on the Sunday nearest to January 25)
Other commemorations
- IconIconAn icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches...
s of the Most Holy TheotokosTheotokosTheotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God...
"Assuage My Sorrow" and "Unexpected Joy"