January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. *1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köyli� ...

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January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Heraclius Constantine is crowned as co-emperor ('' Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated b ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 3 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. For January 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Sima Chi becomes emperor of the Jin dynasty (266–420), Jin dynasty in succession to his brother, Emperor Hui of Jin, Sima Zhong, despite a challenge from his other brother, Sima Ying. * 871 ...

Saints

* Martyrs Eugenios, Candidus, Valerianus, and Aquilas, at Trebizond (303)January 21 / February 3
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
21 Ιανουαρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Virgin-martyr

Agnes of Rome Agnes of Rome (21 January 304) is a virgin martyr, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as the Anglican Communion and Lutheranism, Lutheran Chu ...

(ca. 304) * Martyr Neophytus of Nicaea (305) * The Holy Four Martyrs of Tyre, by the sword. * Venerable Apollonios of the

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, ascetic (4th century) (''see also:

March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. * 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging ...

'') * Venerable

Maximus the Confessor Maximus the Confessor (), also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople ( – 13 August 662), was a Christianity, Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, Maximus was a civil se ...

(662) * Martyr Anastasius (662), disciple of St. Maximus the Confessor. * Saint Zosimas, Bishop of Syracuse (662) ''(see also:

March 30 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Avar–Byzantine wars: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro- Slavic army is decimated by the plague. * 1282 ...

)'' * Martyrs Gabriel and Zionios, and companions, under the Bulgarian ruler Omurtag (ca. 814-831)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Publius, first Bishop of Malta and later Bishop of Athens, martyred under Trajan (ca. 112,January 21
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. or, ca. 161-180) (''see also:

March 13 Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Mu ...

in the East'') * Saint Fructuosus, Bishop of Tarragoña in Spain, and Deacons Augurius and Eulogius (259) * Martyr Patroclus of Troyes, under

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(ca. 270-275) * Saint Epiphanius of Pavia,

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(Briga), known as St Brigid of Kilbride, venerated around Lismore in Ireland (6th century) * Saint Lawdog (6th century) * Saint Vimin (''Wynnin, Gwynnin''), a Bishop in Scotland, said to have founded the monastery of Holywood (6th century) * Saint Meinrad of Einsiedeln, hermit, martyred by robbers (861) * Saint Maccallin (''Macallan''), Abbot of Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache Abbey and Waulsort (978)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Neophytus of Vatopedi monastery, Mt. Athos (14th century)(''see also:

''). * Venerable Maximus the Greek of Russia (1556)21 января (ст.ст.) 3 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * Venerable Timon, monk (desert-dweller) of Nadeyev and

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(1840)February 3 / January 21
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint George-John (Mkheidze) of Georgia (1960)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Elias Berezovsky, Priest of Alma-Ata (1938)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. 9.

Other commemorations

* Synaxis of All the Martyred Saints, from Protomartyr Stephen up to the present. * Synaxis of the Church of Holy Peace (''Saint Irene''), by the Sea in Constantinople.

Icons

* "

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" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (''Vatopedi Mother of Consolation, Mother of God of Vatopedi''), at Vatopedi monastery, Mt. Athos (807) * Icon of the Mother of God "Stabbed" (''Greek: "Esphagmeni." Slavonic: "Zaklannaya"''), at Vatopedi monastery (14th century) * Icon of the Mother of God "Xenophon Hodigitria" (1730)
Icon of the Mother of God “Xenophon Hodigitria”
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Icon gallery

File:Panagia Paramythia Icon from Vatopedi Monastery 14th Century.jpg, Panagia Paramythia Icon from Vatopedi Monastery 14th Century File:Aquila, Valerian, Eugene and Candidus of Trebizond (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Aquila, Valerian, Eugene and Candidus of Trebizond (''Menologion of Basil II'') File:Sainte Agnès BnF Nouvelle acquisition française 16251 fol. 96.jpg, St.

with a white lamb and a crucifix. File:Maximus Confessor.jpg, Venerable

. File:Fructuosus.JPG, Detail of a Romanesque mural of Saint Fructuosus. File:Soest - St-Patrokli-Dom 17 ies.jpg, Apse of St

Patroclus In Greek mythology, Patroclus (generally pronounced ; ) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and an important character in Homer's ''Iliad''. Born in Opus, Patroclus was the son of the Argonaut Menoetius. When he was a child, he was exiled from ...

' Cathedral in Soest. File:Maximgrek.jpg, Venerable Maximus the Greek of Russia.

Notes

References

Sources

January 21 / February 3
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
February 3 / January 21
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
January 21
OCA - The Lives of the Saints. * 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. 9.

Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. *
The Roman Martyrology
'' 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. 21–22. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 28–31. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
21 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
21 Ιανουαρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
21 января (ст.ст.) 3 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:January 21 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) January in the Eastern Orthodox calendar