January 23
Events Pre-1600
* 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.
* 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.
*1264 & ...
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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 rul ...
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January 25
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.
* 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...
All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 6 by
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops via ...
es on the
Old Calendar
Old Calendarists (Greek language, Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Easte ...
.
For January 24th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on
January 11
Events Pre-1600
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.
* 630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muhamma ...
.
Saints
* Hieromartyr Babylas of Sicily and his two disciples martyrs Timothy and Agapius (3rd century)
[January 24 / February 6]
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).[ Συναξαριστής. ]
24 Ιανουαρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
* Martyrs Paul, Pausirius, and Theodotian, brothers, of Egypt (3rd century)
[
* Martyrs Barsimos of Syria,][ and his two brothers, by the sword, in Persia.
* Martyr Philippicus the Presbyter.][
* Martyr Chrysoploki (''Chrysoploca'').][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). pp. 9-10.]
* Saint Helladios the Commentarisius (prison warden).[ (''see also: ]January 18
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
* 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...
'')
* Martyrs Hermogenes and Menas (''Mamas, Mamatos'').[ (''see also: ]December 10
Events Pre-1600
* 1317 – The "Nyköping Banquet": King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköpi ...
'')
* Saints Hermogenes and Philemon, Bishop of Karpathos
Karpathos ( el, Κάρπαθος, ), also Carpathos, is the second largest of the Greek Dodecanese islands, in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Together with the neighboring smaller Saria Island it forms the municipality of Karpathos, which is part o ...
.[
* Venerable ]Macedonius of Syria Macedonius the Hermit, sometimes known as Macedonius Kritophagus, lived at the turn of the fourth to fifth century in Byzantine Syria. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, with a feast day of January 24.
Macedonius began his a ...
, hermit of Mt. Silpius, near Antioch (ca. 420)[
* Saint Saint Xenia the Righteous of Rome and her two female slaves (5th century)][24 января (ст.ст.) 6 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.)]
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
* Saint Philon (''Philonas''), Wonderworking Bishop of Karpasia Karpasia may refer to:
* Karpass Peninsula, the long, finger-like peninsula of northeastern Cyprus
* Karpasia (town)
Karpasia ( grc, Καρπάσεια and Καρπασία), Latinized as Carpasia, and also known as Karpasion (sometimes mistaken f ...
on Cyprus (5th century)[
* Venerable Zosimas, ascetic of the desert.][
* Saint Zosimas of Cilicia, Bishop of Babylon in Egypt (6th century)][February 6 / January 24]
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
Pre-Schism Western saints
* Saint Felician of Foligno
Felician(us) of Foligno ( it, San Feliciano di Foligno) (c. 160 – c. 250) is the patron saint of Foligno.
Biography
According to Christian tradition, he was born in ''Forum Flaminii'' (present-day San Giovanni Profiamma), on the Via Flaminia, of ...
, Bishop of Foligno in Italy (254)[January 24]
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
* Saint Zamas, first Bishop of Bologna
The Archdiocese of Bologna is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Italy. The cathedra is in the cathedral church of San Pietro, Bologna. The current archbishop is Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, ...
in Italy (ca. 268)[
* Saint Artemius (''Arthemius''), ]Bishop of Clermont
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Clermont (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Claromontana''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Clermont'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman ...
(396)[
* Saint Exuperantius of Cingoli, ]Bishop of Cingoli
The Diocese of Cingoli was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy. It was founded in the 5th century. Nothing is heard of the diocese or of its bishops after the sixth decade of the 6th century. The time and reason for its cease is speculative. It was c ...
near Ancona in Italy (5th century)[
* Saint Guasacht, converted by Patrick, whom he helped as Bishop of ]Granard
Granard () is a town in the north of County Longford, Ireland, and has a traceable history going back to AD 236. It is situated just south of the boundary between the watersheds of the Shannon and the Erne, at the point where the N55 nationa ...
in Ireland (5th century)[
* Saint Lupicinus of Lipidiaco (]Gaul
Gaul ( la, Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first described by the Romans. It was inhabited by Celtic and Aquitani tribes, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, most of Switzerland, parts of Northern Italy (only during ...
) (500)[
* Venerable martyr ]Cadoc
Saint Cadoc or Cadog ( lat-med, Cadocus; also Modern Welsh: Cattwg; born or before) was a 5th–6th-century Abbot of Llancarfan, near Cowbridge in Glamorgan, Wales, a monastery famous from the era of the British church as a centre of learnin ...
(''Docus, Cathmael, Cadvaci''), founder of the monastery of Llancarfan not far from Cardiff in Wales, and hermit (ca.580)[
* Saint ]Suranus
Saint Suranus (died ) was an abbot in Umbria, Italy who was martyred by Lombards.
His feast day is 24 January.
Life
Suranus was abbot of a monastery at Sora near Caserta, Italy.
He was martyred by marauding Lombards around 580 AD when they ...
, Abbot of a monastery at Sora near Caserta
Caserta () is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial, and industrial ''comune'' and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Camp ...
, martyred by the Lombards (ca. 580)[
* Saint Bertrand (''Bertram, Bertran, Ebertram''), a disciple of St ]Bertin
Bertin ( la, Bertinus; 615 – ''c''. 709 AD), also known as Saint Bertin the Great, was the Franks, Frankish abbot of a monastery in Saint-Omer later named the Abbey of Saint Bertin after him. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic and Ort ...
us, helped St. Omer
Omer may refer to:
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* Omer (unit), an ancient unit of measure used in the era of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem
* The Counting of the Omer (''sefirat ha'omer''), a 49 day period in the Jewish calendar
* Omer (Book of Mormon), a Jaredite ...
enlighten the north of France and Flanders, later became Abbot of Saint-Quentin (7th century)[
* Saint Erembert I, Abbot of ]Kremsmünster Abbey
Kremsmünster Abbey (german: Stift Kremsmünster) is a Benedictine monastery in Kremsmünster in Upper Austria.
History
The monastery was founded in 777 AD by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria. According to the foundation legend, Tassilo founded the ...
in Austria (ca. 1050)[
]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
* Venerable Neophytus the Recluse, of Cyprus, Wonderworker (1204)[
* Saint Gerasimus of Perm, Bishop of Perm (1441)][
* Martyr John of Kazan (1529)][
* Venerable Dionysius of Olympus, and Mt. Athos, Wonderworker (1541)][ (''see also: ]January 23
Events Pre-1600
* 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.
* 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.
*1264 & ...
'')
* Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg, Fool-for-Christ
Foolishness for Christ ( el, διά Χριστόν σαλότητα, cu, оуродъ, юродъ) refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining an ascetic order or religious life, or deliberately flouting socie ...
(1806)[
* Saint Sophia, first Abbess of ]Shamordino Convent
The Convent of Saint Ambrose of Optina, St. Ambrose and Our Lady of Kazan (Казанская Амвросиевская ставропигиальная женская пустынь) is a stauropegial Russian Orthodox convent in the village of Sh ...
(1888)[
]
New martyrs and confessors
* Martyr Nicholas Tsikura (1918)[
]
Other commemorations
* 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 of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...
s (632) of Monk-martyr Anastasius the Persian (628)[
* Dedication of the Church of St. Zacharias, in Constantinople, founded by St. Domnica of Constantinople (5th century)
* Dedication of the Church of the Holy Prophet and Forerunner John the Baptist, near ]Taurus
Taurus is Latin for 'bull' and may refer to:
* Taurus (astrology), the astrological sign
* Taurus (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac
* Taurus (mythology), one of two Greek mythological characters named Taurus
* '' Bos tauru ...
.
* Repose of Bishop Nektary (Kontzevitch) of Seattle (1983)[
* Commemoration of the Seven Venerable Saints of ]Philotheou monastery
Philotheou or Filotheou Monastery ( el, Μονή Φιλοθέου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the north-eastern side of the peninsula.
History
It was founded by the Blessed ...
:
:* Philotheos, master builder of the monastery;
Venerable Philotheus the Founder of Philotheou Monastery of Mt Athos
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. Theodosius, Igumen and Metropolitan of Trebizond; Dionysius and Symeon; Dometios the Hesychast; Damianos; and hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia
Kosmas the Aetolian, sometimes Cosmas the Aetolian or Patrokosmas "Father Kosmas" ( el, Κοσμᾶς ὁ Αἰτωλός, ''Kosmas Etolos''; born between 1700 and 1714 – died 1779), was a monk in the Greek Orthodox Church. He is recognized as ...
, Equal to the Apostles
Equal-to-apostles or equal-to-the-apostles (; la, aequalis apostolis; ar, معادل الرسل, ''muʿādil ar-rusul''; ka, მოციქულთასწორი, tr; ro, întocmai cu Apostolii; russian: равноапостольный, ...
.[
]
Icon gallery
File:Paul, Pausirius, and Theodotian of Egypt (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyrs Paul, Pausirius, and Theodotian, brothers, of Egypt.
File:Xenia of Rome.jpg, St. Xenia of Rome.
File:Anastasius of Persia (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Translation of the relics of Monk-martyr Anastasius the Persian.
Notes
References
Sources
January 24 / February 6
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
February 6 / January 24
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
January 24
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). pp. 9–10.
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. 24–25.
Greek Sources
* Great Synaxaristes:
24 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
* Συναξαριστής.
24 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).
*
24 января (ст.ст.) 6 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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