January 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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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...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 28
January 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Jan. 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 29-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 10 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable Ephraim the Syrian *Venerable Theodosius of Totma in Vologda, abbot...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 9 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...
Peter of Egypt (400400Year 400 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Stilicho and Aurelianus...
) - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Demetrius at 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:...
(1784) - Saint Titus the Soldier, 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...
of the Kiev Caves Monastery - Russian new martyr Peter Zverev (1929)
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relicRelicIn religion, a relic is a part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial...
s of Saint John ChrysostomJohn ChrysostomJohn Chrysostom , Archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, and his ascetic...
, 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 Constantinople (438438Year 438 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Theodosius and Glabrio...
) - Translation of the relics of Saint Marciana the Queen, to the Church of the Holy Apostles
- Repose of NunNunA nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life. She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent...
Neonilla of the Farther Davidov Convent (1875)