January 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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January 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
December 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - January 2All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 14 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Hieromartyr Concordius of Spoleto December 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - January 2All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 14 by...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 3
January 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Jan. 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 4-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 16 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Holy Prophet Malachi *Martyr Gordius, at Caesarea in Cappadocia...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 15 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
- Saint SylvesterPope Silvester IPope Sylvester I was pope from 31 January 314 to 31 December 335, succeeding Pope Miltiades.He filled the See of Rome at a very important era in the history of the Catholic Church, but very little is known of him....
, PopePopeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
of RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
(335) - Repose of Venerable Saint Seraphim of SarovSeraphim of SarovSaint Seraphim of Sarov , born Prokhor Moshnin , is one of the most renowned Russian monks and mystics in the Orthodox Church. He is generally considered the greatest of the 19th century startsy and, arguably, the first...
, Wonderworker (1833) - HieromartyrHieromartyrIn the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was also one of the clergy . In like manner a priest-monk is often called a hieromonk....
Theogenes of Parium, 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...
on the Hellespont (320) - 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...
Ammon of Tabennisi, 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 Sylvester of the Kiev Caves (12th century)
- Venerable Theopemtus, monk
- Saint Theodota, mother of Saints Cosmas and Damian
- Venerable Mark the deaf-mute
- MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Sergius of Caesarea in Cappadocia - Martyr Theopistus
- Saint Cosmas of Constantinople, 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...
(1075) - Martyr Zorsisus (1770)
- Righteous Juliana of LazarevoJuliana of LazarevoSaint Juliana of Lazarevo is a saint of the Orthodox Church. She was born in Moscow, to Justin and Stefanida Nedyurev, and married Yury Osorin, owner of the village of Lazarevo, near Murom...
(1604) - Martyr George the Georgian
- Saint Schottin of Kilkenny Ireland (6th Century)