January 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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January 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Jan. 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 8-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 20 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Synaxis of the Holy and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John*Martyr Athanasius of Attalia...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 9
January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Jan. 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 10-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 22 by Old Calendarists.-Saints:*Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene in Armenia...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 21 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
- Venerable George the Chozebite (7th century)
- Domnica of Constantinople (474474Year 474 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Leo without colleague...
) - 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...
Emilian of Cyzicus, 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...
and confessorConfessor-Confessor of the Faith:Its oldest use is to indicate a saint who has suffered persecution and torture for the faith, but not to the point of death. The term is still used in this way in the East. In Latin Christianity it has come to signify any saint, as well as those who have been declared...
(9th century) - Venerable Gregory, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves Monastery (1094)
- Saint Elias the HermitElias the HermitVenerable Elias the Hermit was a desert dwelling monk of the fourth century AD. He led the ascetic life for nearly eighty years in a mountain cave of Egypt. He is recorded to have lived 110 years....
of EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
(4th century) - Martyrs Julian, his wife BasilissaJulian and BasilissaSaints Julian and Basilissa were husband and wife. They were Christian martyrs who died at either Antioch or, more probably, at Antinoe, in the reign of Diocletian, early in the fourth century, on 9 January, according to the Roman Martyrology, or 8 January, according to the Greek Menaea.Their...
, his son Celsus, MarcionillaCelsus and MarcionillaCelsus and Marcionilla were early Christian martyrs. Marcionilla was a married laywomen, and Celsus was her son. Together with Anastasius, Anthony, and Julian they suffered martyrdom during the persecutions of Diocletian.-External links:...
, AnthonyAnthony of AntiochAnthony was an early Christian priest who suffered martyrdom with Anastasius, Julian, Celsus and Marcionilla, during the persecutions of Diocletian. He lived his life as a desert hermit and denounced the Roman way of life. He practiced celibacy and lived off roots and plants. He also shunned any...
, and AnastasiusAnastasius of Antioch (martyr)Anastasius was a Christian convert who suffered martyrdom with Anthony, Julian, Celsus and Marcionilla, during the persecutions of Diocletian.Anastasius is one of the 140 Colonnade saints which adorn St. Peter's Square.-References:...
; at Antinoe in Egypt (313313Year 313 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantinus and Licinianus...
) - 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....
Carterius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (304304Year 304 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Valerius...
) - Martyrs Theophilus the Deacon and Helladius in LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
(3rd century) - Saint Cyrus of Constantinople, PatriarchPatriarch of ConstantinopleThe Ecumenical Patriarch is the Archbishop of Constantinople – New Rome – ranking as primus inter pares in the Eastern Orthodox communion, which is seen by followers as the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church....
(714714Year 714 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 714 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Asia :* February 28 – An earthquake strikes...
) - Saint Atticus of Constantinople, Patriarch (425425Year 425 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Theodosius and Valentinianus...
) - Saint Agatho of Egypt, 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...
(4th century) - Hieromartyr Isidore at Yuriev, slain by the Roman Catholics (1472)
- 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...
ShemaiahShemaiah (prophet)Shemaiah was a prophet in the reign of Rehoboam . He is venerated as a saint in the liturgical calendar of the Eastern Orthodox Church on January 8.He is best known for two events:...
(10th century BC10th century BCThe 10th century BC started the first day of 1000 BC and ended the last day of 901 BC.- Overview :This period followed the Bronze Age collapse in the Near East, and the century saw the Early Iron Age take hold there. The Greek Dark Ages which had come about in 1200 BC continued. The Neo-Assyrian...
) - Saint Gregory of Moesia in BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, bishop (1012) - Martyr Abo of TiflisAbo of TiflisSaint Abo of Tiflis or Abo Tbileli is a Christian martyr and the Patron Saint of the city of Tbilisi, Georgia....
(790790Year 790 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 790 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Byzantine Empire :* A revolt against Empress Irene...
) - Saint Paisius of Uglich (1504)
- Another Saint Gregory, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (14th century)
Other commemorations
- Repose of Elder Isaiah of ValaamValaamValaam, also known historically by the Finnish name Valamo, is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. The total area of its more than 50 islands is 36 km². The largest island is also called Valaam. It is best known as...
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