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 ...

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 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 5 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 23rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and th ...

Saints

Hieromartyr In the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr (one who dies for his beliefs) who was a bishop or priest. Hieromartyrs do not constitute a special rank of saint and are commemorated at the Divine Liturgy toge ...

Clement of Ancyra Clement of Ancyra (; c. 258 – 312) was a bishop who served during the rule of Roman emperor Diocletian. He was arrested by Roman authorities and tried by Diocletian. Emperor Diocletian attempted to convert Clement to Paganism but Clement refu ...

, Bishop of Ancyra, and Martyr Agathangelus (312)January 23 / February 5
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
23 Ιανουαρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Saint

Ascholius Saint Ascholius (Ἀσχόλιος, d. 383/4) was Bishop of Thessalonica from AD 379 until his death, at the time of the adoption of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire. He baptized Emperor Theodosius I. Ascholius was appo ...

, Bishop of Thessaloniki (383) * Venerable Eusebius, recluse of Mount Coryphe near

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; , ) "Antioch on Daphne"; or "Antioch the Great"; ; ; ; ; ; ; . was a Hellenistic Greek city founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. One of the most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period, it served as ...

(4th century) * Venerable Salamanes the Silent (''Salamanes the Hesychast''), of the

Euphrates The Euphrates ( ; see #Etymology, below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of West Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (). Originati ...

, monk (ca. 400) * Venerable Mausimas the Syrian, priest near

Cyrrhus Cyrrhus (; ) is a city in ancient Syria founded by Seleucus Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals. Other names for the city include Coricium, Corice, Hagioupolis, Nebi Huri (), and Khoros (). A false etymology of the sixth century conne ...

(before 423) * Saint Paulinus the Merciful, Bishop of

Nola Nola is a town and a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, southern Italy. It lies on the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines. It is traditionally credited as the diocese that introduced bells to Christian worship. ...

(431)February 5 / January 23
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * The Holy Two Martyrs of

Parium Parium (or Parion; ) was a Greek city of Adrasteia in Mysia on the Hellespont. Its bishopric was a suffragan of Cyzicus, the metropolitan see of the Roman province of Hellespontus. History Founded in 709 B.C., the ancient city of Parion is lo ...

, near

Cyzicus Cyzicus ( ; ; ) was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. It was located on the shoreward side of the present Kapıdağ Peninsula (the classical Arctonnesus), a tombolo which is said to have or ...

and

Lampsacus Lampsacus (; ) was an ancient Greece, ancient Greek city located in modern day Turkey, strategically situated on the eastern side of the Hellespont in the northern Troad. An inhabitant of Lampsacus was called a Lampsacene. The name has been trans ...

, in Asia Minor.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.

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

Emerentiana Emerentiana () was a Roman virgin and martyr, who lived around the start of the 4th century. Her feast day is 23 January. Legend According to the legend of Agnes of Rome, Emerentiana was her foster sister.January 23
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Amasius of Teano, Bishop of Teano in central Italy (356) * Saints

Severian and Aquila Severian, Siverian, Severians or Severianus may refer to: People Ancient Rome: pagans In chronological order. *Publius Juventius Celsus Titus Aufidius Hoenius Severianus (c. 67 – c. 130), Roman jurist * Sextus Cocceius Severianus (fl. 145–163), ...

, a husband and wife martyred in Julia Caesarea in Mauritania in North Africa. * Saint Martyrius (''Martory''), a hermit in the Abruzzi in Italy (6th century) * Saint Ormond (''Armand''), monk of the monastery of Saint Mairé in France, where he became abbot (6th century) * Saint

Ildefonsus Ildefonsus or Ildephonsus (rarely ''Ildephoses'' or ''Ildefonse''; Spanish: San Ildefonso; c. 8 December A.D. 607 – 23 January A.D. 667) was a scholar and theologian who served as the metropolitan (religion), metropolitan Bishop of Toledo fo ...

, Metropolitan Bishop of Toledo from 657 (667) * Saint Colman of Lismore, Abbot of

Lismore Abbey Lismore Abbey is a former monastery in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland. Its site is now occupied by Lismore Castle. History Foundation by Mochuda Lismore Abbey was founded around 632 by Mochuda, in a picturesque site, steeply rising from the ...

in Ireland and also a bishop (702) * Saint Lufthild, a saint honoured near Cologne in Germany, where she lived as an anchoress (ca. 850) * Saint Maimbod (''Mainboeuf''), martyred by pagans while preaching to peasants near Kaltenbrunn in Alsace, now in France (ca. 880)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Dionysius of Olympus and Mt. Athos (1541) * Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma, monk (1565) * Venerable Alexander, Abbot of Voche, near Galich, in Kostroma Oblast (16th century) (''see also:

March 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. * 1329 – Pope John XXII ...

'')

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Seraphim (Bulashov), Abbot of Holy Transfiguration Guslitsky Monastery (Moscow) (1938)23 января (ст.ст.) 5 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * New Hieromartyr Anatolius (Grisjuk) of Odessa, Bishop and Martyr (1938) * Virgin-martyrs Evdokia and Ekaterine (1938) * Virgin-martyr Militsa (1938)

Other commemorations

* Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the

Sixth Ecumenical Council The Third Council of Constantinople, counted as the Sixth Ecumenical Council by the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches, and by certain other Western Churches, met in 680–681 and condemned monoenergism and monothelitism as heretical and ...

(680-681) ''(see also:

September 14 Events Pre-1600 *AD 81 – Domitian became Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. * 786 – "Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Bir ...

)'' * Synaxis of the Saints of

Kostroma Kostroma (, ) is a historic city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russian cities, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Volga and Kostroma. In the 2021 census, the population is 267, ...

. * Translation of the

relic In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains or personal effects of a saint or other person preserved for the purpose of veneration as a tangible memorial. Reli ...

s (1786) of St. Theoctistus,

Archbishop of Novgorod The Diocese of Novgorod () is one of the oldest offices in the Russian Orthodox Church. The medieval archbishops of Novgorod were among the most important figures in medieval Russian history and culture and their successors (as bishops, archbishop ...

(1310)
Translation of the relics of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. * Repose of

Abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. The name is derived from ''abba'', the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ''ab'', and means "father". The female equivale ...

Damascene of

Valaam Monastery The Valaam Monastery (; ) is a stauropegic Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monastery in Russian Republic of Karelia, Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe. History It is not clear when the mon ...

(1881) * Repose of Archimandrite John (Krestiankin) of the

Pskov-Caves Monastery Pskov-Pechory Monastery or The Pskovo-Pechersky Dormition Monastery or Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery (, ) is a Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox male monastery, located in Pechory, Pskov Oblast in Russia, just a few kilometers from the Esto ...

(2006)

Icon gallery

File:British Museum Emerentiana stoned.jpg,

Emerentiana Emerentiana () was a Roman virgin and martyr, who lived around the start of the 4th century. Her feast day is 23 January. Legend According to the legend of Agnes of Rome, Emerentiana was her foster sister.Royal Gold Cup The Royal Gold Cup or Saint Agnes Cup is a solid gold covered cup lavishly decorated with enamel and pearls. It was made for the French royal family at the end of the 14th century, and later belonged to several English monarchs before spending ...

(''14th century''). File:El Greco 032.jpg, Saint

, Metropolitan Bishop of Toledo (''

El Greco Doménikos Theotokópoulos (, ; 1 October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco (; "The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance, regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. ...

, ca. 1610-1614'') File:Gennady Kostromskoy and Lyubimogradsky (XVIII c.).jpeg, Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma. File:Анатолий (Грисюк).jpg, New Hieromartyr Anatolius (Grisjuk) of Odessa. File:45-manasses-chronicle.jpg,

(''Miniature, 14th century'') File:Sobor kos cvytih.jpg, Synaxis of the Saints of Kostroma.

Notes

References

Sources

January 23 / February 5
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
February 5 / January 23
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
January 23
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. 23–24. * 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. 33–34. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
23 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
23 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). *
23 января (ст.ст.) 5 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:January 23 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) January in the Eastern Orthodox calendar