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 ...

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 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 7 by Orthodox Churches 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 25th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

January 12 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine Emperor Zeno (emperor), Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. *1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crow ...

Saints

* Venerable

Castinus of Byzantium Castinus of Byzantium (Greek: Καστῖνος; died 237) was reputedly the bishop of Byzantium between 230 and 237; in some catalogues, he appears as ''Constantine'' or ''Kastinos''. He was a senator from Rome, who initially was not a Chris ...

, Bishop of Byzantium (240) Συναξαριστής.
25 Ιανουαρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Martyr Medula and her entourage. * Venerable Apollo of the

Thebaid The Thebaid or Thebais (, ''Thēbaïs'') was a region in ancient Egypt, comprising the 13 southernmost nome (Egypt), nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos, Egypt, Abydos to Aswan. Pharaonic history The Thebaid acquired its name from its proximit ...

, ascetic and

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 ...

, reposed in peace (ca. 361-363) * Saint Bretanion (Vetranion), Bishop of Tomis in Moesia, Confessor (ca. 380) * Venerable Publius of Syria,

ascetic Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures through self-discipline, self-imposed poverty, and simple living, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their pra ...

of Euphratensis in Syria (380) * Venerable Theodotos, Igumen of the "Monastery of St. Publius". * 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 ...

, Archbishop of

Constantinople Constantinople (#Names of Constantinople, see other names) was a historical city located on the Bosporus that served as the capital of the Roman Empire, Roman, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine, Latin Empire, Latin, and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman empire ...

(390)25 января (ст.ст.) 7 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * Venerable Mares the Singer, of Omeros near Cyrrhus (430) * Venerable Demetrius the Skevophylax ("Keeper of the Sacred Vessels") of Constantinople (8th century)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyrs

Felicitas of Rome Felicitas of Rome (c. 101 – 165), also anglicized as is a saint numbered among the Christian martyrs. Apart from her name, the only thing known for certain about this martyr is that she was buried in the Cemetery of Maximus, on the Via Sa ...

and seven sons (ca. 164):January 25 / February 7
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. (''see also:

November 23 Events Pre-1600 *534 BC – Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. *1248 – Siege of Seville, Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile. *1499 – Seve ...

in the West'') :* Januarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalis, and Martial. * Saint Artemas, a child martyr in Pozzuoli (Puteoli) in Italy. * Saint

Dwynwen Saint Dwynwen (; ), sometimes known as Dwyn or Donwen, is the Welsh patron saint of lovers. She is celebrated throughout Wales on 25 January. History and legend The original tale of Dwynwen has become mixed with elements of folklore and Celt ...

Llanddwyn Island is a small tidal island off the west coast of Anglesey ( Welsh: Ynys Môn), northwest Wales. The nearest settlement is the village of Newborough. Geology and geography The island is of geological interest with pillow lava, jasper formations a ...

, Patroness of Love and Marriage (c. 460) * Saint Eochod of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts of Galloway (597) * Saint Maurus (584) and Saint Placidus (6th century), early disciples of St Benedict. * Saint

Sigeberht of East Anglia Sigeberht of East Anglia (also known as Saint Sigebert), (Old English: ''Sigebryht'') was a saint and a king of East Anglia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. He was the first English kin ...

(Sigebert), the first Christian King of

East Anglia East Anglia is an area of the East of England, often defined as including the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, with parts of Essex sometimes also included. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East Angles, ...

in England (634) * Saint Racho of Autun (''Ragnobert''), Bishop of Autun in France (ca. 660) * Hieromartyr

Praejectus Praejectus, Prejectus or Projectus (; ) (625–676) was a bishop of Clermont, who was killed together with the abbot Amarinus as a result of contemporary political struggles. Life Born in the Auvergne to Gundolenus, of the lesser nobility; he s ...

(''Priest, Prest, Preils, Prix''), Bishop of Clermont (676) * Saint Amarinus, Abbot of a monastery in the Vosges in France, and companion in martyrdom of St Praejectus (''St Priest'') (676) * Saint Thorgyth (Tortgith), nun at the convent of Barking in England with St Ethelburgh (ca. 700) * Saint

Poppo of Stavelot Saint Poppo ( Deinze, 977 – Marchiennes, 25 January 1048) was a knight of noble descent who turned to a monastic life after experiencing a spiritual conversion. He became one of the best known abbots of Stavelot and was one of the first record ...

, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium, renowned for miracles (1048)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Moses of Novgorod,

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 ...

(1362) (''see also:

April 19 Events Pre-1600 *AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Pisonian conspiracy, Piso's plot to kill the Roman emperor, Emperor Nero and all of the List of conspiracies (political), conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callini ...

Translation Translation is the communication of the semantics, meaning of a #Source and target languages, source-language text by means of an Dynamic and formal equivalence, equivalent #Source and target languages, target-language text. The English la ...

'') * Saint Gregory of Golutvin (15th century)February 7 / January 25
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint Basian, Archbishop of Rostov (1516) (''see also:

March 23 Events Pre-1600 * 1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. * 1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the las ...

'') * New Martyr Auxentius of Constantinople (1720) * Saint Anatole I (Zertsalov) of

Optina Monastery The Optina Pustyn (, literally ''Opta's hermitage'') is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for men near Kozelsk in Russia. In the 19th century, the Optina was the most important spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church and served as the model fo ...

, Elder of Optina (1894) * Saint Gabriel, Bishop of

Imereti Imereti ( Georgian: იმერეთი, ) is a region of Georgia situated in the central-western part of the republic along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni River. Imereti is the most populous region in Georgia. It consists of 11 mun ...

(Georgia) (1896)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky), Metropolitan of Kiev, Protomartyr of the Communist yoke in Russia (1918) * Venerable New Martyr St. Elizabeth Romanova (''Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864–1918)'') (1918) * Venerable New Martyr Abbess Margaret (Gunaronulo) of Menzelino (1918) * New Hieromartyr Peter (Zverev), Archbishop of Voronezh (1929) * New Hieromartyr Basil (Zelentsov), Bishop of Priluki (1930) * New Martyr Athanasia (Lepeshkin), Abbess of the Smolensk Hodigitria Convent, near Moscow (1931) * New Hieromartyr Stephen Grachev, Priest (1938) * New Martyr Boris Zavarin (1938)

Other commemorations

* Icon of the Most Holy

Theotokos ''Theotokos'' ( Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are or (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are "Mother of God" or "God-beare ...

"Assuage My Sorrow" (1640) * Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy." * Repose of Archpriest Sergius Orlov of Akulovo (1975) * Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia (1992, 2013)
Богослужебные указания за 8 февраля 2015 года
'' Русская православная церковь, официальный сайт Московского патриархата (Patriarchia.ru). 8 февраля 2015 года. ( ''celebrated on the Sunday nearest to January 25'' )

Icon gallery

File:Gregor-Chora (cropped).jpg, Saint

, Archbishop of

. File:7327 - Milano - San Simpliciano - Transetto des. - Aurelio Luini, affreschi base Organo - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto - 25-mar-2007.jpg, Saint Maurus (584), early disciple of St Benedict. File:Beuron Mauruskapelle Seitenwand Mauruslegende.jpg, St Benedict ordains St. Maurus and rescues St. Placidus. File:Saint-Prix - Plaque saint Pry.jpg, Plaque commemorating St.

(St. Pry), at

Saint-Prix, Val-d'Oise Saint-Prix () is a French Communes of France, commune located in the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, department, in the Île-de-France region. Its inhabitants are called Saint-Prissians. The commune is located 15 km to the north of Paris ...

. File:Владимир (Богоявленский), митрополит Московский.jpg, New Hieromartyr St. Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky), Metropolitan of Kiev, Protomartyr of the Communist yoke in Russia. File:Saint Vladimir of Kiev.jpeg, New Hieromartyr St. Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky), Metropolitan of Kiev, Protomartyr of the Communist yoke in Russia. File:Elisabeth Fyodorovna.jpg, Venerable New Martyr St. Elizabeth Romanova (Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna).

Notes

References

Sources

January 25 / February 7
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
February 7 / January 25
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
January 25
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. 10.

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. 25–26. * 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. 35–36. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
25 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
25 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). *
25 января (ст.ст.) 7 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:January 25 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) January in the Eastern Orthodox calendar