December 31 It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Year's Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the followi ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...

January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Emp ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 14 by

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is List of Christian denominations by number of members, one of the three major doctrinal and ...

es on the

Old Calendar Calendar reform or calendrical reform is any significant revision of a calendar system. The term sometimes is used instead for a proposal to switch to a different calendar design. Principles The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...

. For January 1 (New Style), Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

December 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1154 – Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey. * 1187 – Pope Clement III is elected. * 1490 – Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy. * 1562 &ndas ...

Feasts

* Feast of the

Circumcision of Christ The circumcision of Jesus is an event from the life of Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke chapter 2, which states: And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, his name was called Jesus, the name called by the angel before he ...

Saints

* Martyr Theodotus, by the sword.January 14 / January 1
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Martyr Basil of Ancyra (362) ''(see also:

)'' * Saint

Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder Gregory the Elder or Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder (Greek: Γρηγόριος ό Γέρος; – 374) was the bishop of the see of Nazianzus in Roman province of Cappadocia. However, he is better remembered as the patriarch of an important fa ...

, bishop and father of Saint

Gregory the Theologian Gregory of Nazianzus (; ''Liturgy of the Hours'' Volume I, Proper of Saints, 2 January. – 25 January 390), also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen, was an early Roman Christian theologian and prelate who served as Archbi ...

(374)January 1/14
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * Saint Emilia, (mother of Sts. Macrina,

Basil the Great Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great (330 – 1 or 2 January 379) was an early Roman Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia from 370 until his death in 379. He was an influential theologian who suppor ...

Naucratius Saint Naucratius () was the son of Basil the Elder and Emmelia of Caesarea. He was the younger brother of Macrina the Younger and Basil the Great, and an older brother of Gregory of Nyssa Gregory of Nyssa, also known as Gregory Nyssen ( ...

Peter of Sebaste Peter of Sebaste (; c. 340 – 391) was a bishop, taking his usual name from the city of his bishopric, Sebaste in Lesser Armenia. He was the younger brother of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, the famous Christian jurist Naucratius, and ...

, and

Gregory of Nyssa Gregory of Nyssa, also known as Gregory Nyssen ( or Γρηγόριος Νυσσηνός; c. 335 – c. 394), was an early Roman Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Nyssa from 372 to 376 and from 378 until his death in 394. He is ve ...

) (375) * Saint

, Archbishop of

Caesarea in Cappadocia Kayseri () is a large city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri province. Historically known as Caesarea, it has been the historical capital of Cappadocia since ancient times. The Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality area is co ...

(379) * Saint Theodosius of Tryglia, abbot

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Hieromartyr

Concordius of Spoleto Concordius of Spoleto is a little-known Christian saint and martyr of the 2nd century. There is another martyr Concordiuwho died in the 4th century. Life Concordius was the son of the presbyter Gordian. He was ordained a subdeacon by Pope Pius ...

(c. 175)January 1
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Thirty soldier-martyrs in Rome, under Diocletian (c. 304) *

Saint Telemachus Saint Telemachus (also Almachus or Almachius) was a monk who, according to the Church historian Theodoret, tried to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and was stoned to death by the crowd. The Christian Emperor Honorius, howeve ...

(''Almachius''), hermit who came to Rome from the East and publicly protested against Pagan rites on New Year's Day, killed by gladiators in the Roman amphitheatre (391 or 404) * Saint Basil, Bishop of Aix en Provence (c. 475) * Saint Eugendus, fourth Abbot of

Condat Abbey Condat Abbey was founded in the 420s in the valley of Bienne, in the Jura mountains, in modern-day France. Condat became the capital of '' Haut Jura''. The founders were local monks, Romanus (died c. 463), who had been ordained by St. Hilary of ...

in the

Jura Mountains The Jura Mountains ( ) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the French–Swiss border. While the Jura range proper (" folded Jura", ) is located in France and Switzerla ...

(510) * Saint Fanchea of Killeany (''Fanchea of Rossory''), sister of St

Enda of Aran Saint Enda of Aran (Éanna, Éinne or Endeus, died 530 AD) is an Irish saint. His feast day is 21 March. Enda was a warrior-king of Oriel in Ulster, converted by his sister, Saint Fanchea, an abbess. About 484 he established the first Iri ...

(c. 520) * Saint

Fulgentius of Ruspe Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentius, also known as Fulgentius of Ruspe (462 or 467 – 1 January 527 or 533), was a North African Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Ruspe in what is now Tunisia, during the 5th and 6th century. He is vene ...

, Bishop of

Ruspe Ruspe or Ruspae was a town in the Roman province of Byzacena, in '' Africa propria''. It served as the episcopal see of Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe. It is now a Roman Catholic titular bishopric. Name The name "Ruspe" is usually understood to be a ...

North Africa North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...

(533) * Saint

Justin of Chieti Saint Justin of Chieti () is venerated as an early bishop of Chieti, Italy. His date of death varies, and is sometimes given as the 3rd, 4th, or 6th centuries. Historical evidence for Justin's existence from before the 15th century does not exis ...

, bishop of Chieti, Italy (c. 540) * Saint Felix of Bourges, Bishop of Bourges (c. 580) * Saint Connat (''Comnata'', ''Comnatan''), Abbess of

Kildare Abbey Kildare Abbey is a former monastery in County Kildare, Ireland, founded by St Brigid in the 5th century, and destroyed in the 12th century. Originally known as ''Druim Criaidh'', or the Ridge of Clay, Kildare came to be known as ''Cill-Dara'', o ...

in Ireland (c. 590) * Saint Maelrhys, a saint on Bardsey Island in Wales (6th century) * Saint Clarus, Abbot of St. Marcellus Monastery in Vienne, Gaul (c. 660) * Saint Cúan (''Mochua, Moncan''), Irish abbot, founder of many churches and monasteries in Ireland, lived to nearly 100 (752) * Saint Peter of Atroa, Abbot, opponent of iconoclasm (''Peter the Standard-Bearer'') (837)The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.4. (''see also:

January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...

- East'') * Saint

William of Dijon William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is ...

(William of Volpiano), Italian monastic reformer and architect (1031)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Peter Mogila, Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (1646) * New Martyr Peter of Tripolis in the Peloponnesus, at Temisi in Asia Minor (1776) * Saint Athanasius (Volkhovsky), Bishop of Mohyliv,

Wonderworker Thaumaturgy () is the practical application of magic to effect change in the physical world. Historically, thaumaturgy has been associated with the manipulation of natural forces, the creation of wonders, and the performance of magical feats t ...

Poltava Poltava (, ; , ) is a city located on the Vorskla, Vorskla River in Central Ukraine, Central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast as well as Poltava Raion within the oblast. It also hosts the administration of Po ...

(1801)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Jeremiah Leonov (1918)1 января (ст.ст.) 14 января 2013 (нов. ст.)
. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * New Hieromartyrs Platon (Kulbush), Bishop of Tallinn (Reval),

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

, and with him protopresbyters Michael (Blaive) and Nicholas (Bezhanitsky) (1919)Great Synaxaristes:
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλάτων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ
'' 1 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * New Hieromartyrs Alexander (Trapitsyn), Archbishop of

Samara Samara, formerly known as Kuybyshev (1935–1991), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 ...

; ** with him, priests: John (Smirnov), Alexander (Ivanov), Alexander (Organov), John (Suldin), Trophimus (Miachin), Viacheslav Infantov, Basil Vitevsky, and Jacob Alferov (1938)

Picture gallery

File:Menologion of Basil 047.jpg,

. ''Menologion of Basil II''. File:Telemachus.JPG, St. Telemachus (from Foxe's Book of Martyrs, 1563). File:Basil of Caesarea.jpg, St. Basil the Great. File:St. Basil the Great, lower register of sanctuary.jpg, Fresco of St. Basil the Great, lower register of sanctuary in the Church of St. Mary Peribleptos in Ohrid (13th century). File:Guillaume de Volpiano.JPG, St.

William of Volpiano William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is ...

, statue above his tomb in

Fécamp Abbey The Abbey of the Holy Trinity at Fécamp, commonly known as Fécamp Abbey (), is a Benedictine abbey in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France. The abbey is known as the first producer of bénédictine, a herbal liqueur based on brand ...

. File:Petro Mohyla- big.jpg, St. Peter Mogila, Metropolitan of Kiev and Galica (17th century). File:Saint Platon.jpg, St. Platon (Kulbush), Bishop of Tallinn (Reval),

. File:Bishop of Murom Alexandr.jpg, New Hieromartyr Alexander (Trapitsyn), Archbishop of

Notes

References

Sources

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January 14 / January 1
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January 1
OCA - The Lives of the Saints.

Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. *
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'' Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 1–3. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
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1 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
1 Ιανουαρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources *

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1 января (ст.ст.) 14 января 2013 (нов. ст.)
. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:January 1 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) January in the Eastern Orthodox calendar