January 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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January 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Jan. 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 7-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 19 by Old Calendarists-Feasts:*The Holy Theophany of Jesus, or His Baptism*Traditionally, the beginning of house blessing season...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 8
January 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Jan. 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 9-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 21 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Venerable George the Chozebite *Domnica of Constantinople...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 20 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
- Synaxis of the Holy and Glorious 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...
, Forerunner, and Baptist JohnJohn the BaptistJohn the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River... - MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Athanasius of AttaliaAthanasius of AttaliaThe holy, glorious and right-victorious Neomartyr Athanasius of Attalia lived in Smyrna in the 17th century. His feast day is celebrated on January 7.-Martyrdom:...