Orthodox Calendar
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1

  • Circumcision of Our Lord; St Basil the Great
  • The Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ
  • Our Father among the Saints Basil the Great (379).
  • St Gregory, Bishop of Nazianzus (374), father of St Gregory the Theologian
  • St Emilia (375), mother of Sts Macrina, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Theosevia

2

  • Forefeast of Theophany
  • St Seraphim of Sarov (1833)
  • St Sylvester, Pope of Rome (335)
  • Venerable Juliana of Lazarevskoye (1604)
  • Holy New Martyr George the Georgian (1770)

3

  • Royal Hours of Theophany
  • Forefeast of Theophany
  • Prophet Malachi (ca. 400 BC)
  • Holy Martyr Gordius of Caesarea (4th c.)
  • Our Holy Mother Genevieve of Paris (ca. 502)

4

  • Saturday before Theophany
  • Forefeast of Theophany
  • Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles.
  • The Ethiopian Eunuch of Queen Candace
  • Venerable Apollinaria (5th c.)

5

Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed

  • 28th Sunday after Pentecost
  • Sunday before Theophany – Eve of Theophany
  • Holy Martyrs Theopemptus and Theonas (ca. 290)
  • Our Venerable Mother Syncletike (4th c.)

6

  • Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
  • The Holy Theophany of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ

7

  • Synaxis of St John the Baptist
  • The Synaxis of the Venerable and Illustrious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John.
  • New Martyr Athanasius of Attalia (1700)
  • Our Venerable Father Cedd, Bishop of Essex and Abbot of Lastingham (664)

8

Fast

  • Our Venerable Mother Domnica (Domnina) (ca. 474)
  • Saint Atticus, Patriarch of Constantinople (425)
  • Saint Severinus (482)

9

  • Holy Martyr Polyeuctus (ca. 250)
  • Saint Peter II, Bishop of Sebaste (4th c.)
  • Venerable Eustratius the Wonderworker (9th c.)
  • Saint Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow (1569)

10

Fast

  • Our Holy Father Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa (395)
  • Our Holy Father Theophan the Recluse (1894)

11

  • Saturday after Theophany
  • Ven. Theodosius the Great
  • Our Holy Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch (519)
  • The Venerable Vitalis (5th c.)
  • Venerable Michael of Klops, Fool for Christ (1456)

12

  • 29th Sunday after Pentecost
  • Sunday after Theophany
  • Holy Martyr Tatiana (ca. 230)
  • Venerable Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth (689-690)

13

  • Holy Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus (315)
  • Our Holy Father Maximos Kavsokalybites (the Hut-burner) (1365)
  • Our Holy Father Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers (369)

14

  • Leavetaking of Theophany
  • Saint Nina, Equal to the Apostles and Enlightener of Georgia (335)
  • Our Holy Father Sava (Sabbas), Enlightener and first Archbishop of Serbia (1236)
  • The Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raithu (4th – 5th c.)

15

Fast

  • Our Holy Father Paul of Thebes (342)
  • Our Holy Father John Kalyvites (the hut-dweller) (ca. 450)
  • Saint Ita of Kileedy, Ireland (570)

16

  • Veneration of the precious Chains of the Holy and Glorious Apostle Peter.

17

Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed

  • Ven. Godbearing Anthony the Great
  • Our Holy Godbearing Father Anthony the Great (356).
  • Pious Emperor Theodosius the Great (395)
  • Our Holy Father Makarios (Kalogeras) of Patmos (1737)

18

  • Our Holy Fathers Athanasius the Great (373) and Cyril (444), Patriarchs of Alexandria

19

  • 30th Sunday after Pentecost
  • Our Holy Father Macarius (Makarios)the Great (ca. 390)
  • Our Holy Father Mark Eugenikos, Metropolitan of Ephesus and Confessor of the Orthodox Faith (1443)

20

  • Ven. Euthymius the Great
  • Our Venerable Father Euthymius the Great (473)
  • Holy Martyrs Inna, Pinna and Rimma (Nirra) (1st – 2nd c.)
  • Saint Peter the Tax Collector (6th c.)

21

  • Our Venerable Father Maximos the Confessor (662)
  • Holy Martyr Agnes of Rome (ca. 304)
  • Our Holy Father Maximos the Greek (1556)

22

Fast

  • Holy Apostle Timothy
  • Holy Martyr Anastasius of Persia (628)

23

  • Hieromartyr Clement of Ancyra, and Martyr Agathangelus (296)

24

Fast

  • Our Holy Mother Xenia of Petersburg, fool for Christ (ca. 1800)
  • Our Venerable Mother Xenia of Rome, with her two maidservants (5th c.)
  • Our Holy Father Macedonian (ca. 430)

25

  • St Gregory the Theologian
  • Our Father among the Saints Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople (389)

26

  • 31st Sunday after Pentecost
  • New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
  • Our Holy Father Xenophon, his wife Mary and their sons Arcadius and John (6th c.)
  • St Ammonas of Egypt, disciple of St Anthony the Great (350)
  • Our Holy Mother Paula of Rome (404)

27

  • Transl. Relics of St John Chrysostom
  • Translation of the relics (437) of St John Chrysostom.

28

  • Our Holy Father Ephraim the Syrian (373)
  • Our Holy Father Isaac the Syrian, bishop of Nineveh (7th c.)

29

Fast

  • Translation of the relics of St Ignatius of Antioch (107)
  • St Andrei Rublev, iconographer (1430)
  • Our Holy Father Aphrahat the Persian (4th c.)
  • Repose of Blessed Father Dimitrios Gagastathis (1975)

30

  • Synaxis 3 Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom
  • Synaxis of the Three Holy Hierarchs: St Basil the Great, St Gregory the Theologian, and St John Chrysostom
  • Saint Peter, King of Bulgaria (970)

31

Fast

  • Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cyrus and John, and those with them (311)
  • Venerable Nicetas, hermit of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod (1108)
  • Marcella of Rome (410)