January 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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January 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Jan. 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 3-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 15 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Saint Sylvester, Pope of Rome *Repose of Venerable Saint Seraphim of Sarov, Wonderworker...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 4
January 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Jan. 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 5-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 17 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles*Saint Theoctistus, abbot at Cucomo in Sicily...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 16 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
- Holy ProphetProphetIn religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
MalachiMalachiMalachi, Malachias or Mal'achi was a Jewish prophet in the Hebrew Bible. He had two brothers, Nathaniel and Josiah. Malachi was the writer of the Book of Malachi, the last book of the Neviim section in the Jewish Tanakh...
(400 B.C.) - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Gordius, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (3rd century) - Venerable GenevieveGenevieveSt Genevieve , in Latin Sancta Genovefa, from Germanic keno and wefa , is the patron saint of Paris in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox tradition...
of ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... - 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...
Abelard, 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...
Other commemorations
- Repose of Schemahierodeacon Panteleimon, founder of Kostychev Convent