January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...

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 ...

January 29 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. * 946 – Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler o ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 10 by Orthodox Churches 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 28th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

January 15 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. * 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...

Saints

* Venerable

Ephraim the Syrian Ephrem the Syrian ( syc, ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, Mār ʾAp̄rêm Sūryāyā, ; grc-koi, Ἐφραὶμ ὁ Σῦρος, Efrém o Sýros; la, Ephraem Syrus; am, ቅዱስ ኤፍሬም ሶርያዊ; ), also known as Saint Ephrem, Saint ...

(373)January 28 / February 10
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * Venerable Palladius the Hermit of Antioch,

Wonderworker Thaumaturgy is the purported capability of a magician to work magic or other paranormal events or a saint to perform miracles. It is sometimes translated into English as wonderworking. A practitioner of thaumaturgy is a "thaumaturge", "thauma ...

(4th century) * The Holy Two Martyrs, mother and daughter, by the sword. * Martyr Charita. * Saint Isaac the Syrian, Bishop of Nineveh (7th century) * Venerable James the Ascetic, of Porphyreon (''Porphyrianos'') in Palestine. * Saint George Ugryn the Martyr (1015), brother of Ephraim of Novotorzhok * Venerable Ephraim of Novotorzhok, Abbot and

, founder of the Sts. Boris and Gleb Monastery (Novotorzhok) (1053)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Flavian, a deputy-prefect of Rome, martyred in Civitavecchia in Italy under Diocletian (ca. 304)January 28
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint

Valerius The gens Valeria was a patrician family at ancient Rome, prominent from the very beginning of the Republic to the latest period of the Empire. Publius Valerius Poplicola was one of the consuls in 509 BC, the year that saw the overthrow of th ...

, Bishop of Saragossa in Spain, with whom St Vincent served as deacon (315) * Saint Cannera (''Cainder, Kinnera''), Virgin recluse on the Isle of Inis Cathaig, Co. Clare and of Bantry Bay, Co. Cork, Ireland (ca. 530) * Saint

John of Reomans John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

(''John of Reomay (Réomé)''), in

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 ...

(544) * Saints Brigid and Maura, daughters of a Scottish Chieftain, Martyrs in Picardy while on pilgrimage to Rome. * Saint Antimus, one of the first Abbots of Brantôme in France (8th century) * Saint

Glastian Saint Glastian of Kinglassie (or Glastianus, Glascianus; died 830) was a bishop based in Fife who acted as a mediator in the wars between the Picts and the invading Scots. His feast day is 28 January. Heritage The church in Kinglassie, which be ...

, patron saint of Kinglassie in Fife in Scotland (830) * Saint Odo of Beauvais, Bishop of Beauvais (880)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Ephraim of the Kiev Caves, Bishop of Pereyaslavl (ca. 1098) * Venerable Theodosius, founder of Totma Monastery (Vologda) (1568)

New martyrs and confessors

* Saint Theodore, presbyter, Confessor (1933)February 10 / January 28
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * New Hiero-confessor Arsenius (Stadnitsky), Metropolitan of Tashkent and Turkestan (1936) * New Hieromartyr Ignatius (Sadkovsky), Bishop of Skopin (1938) * New Hieromartyr Vladimir Pishchulin, Priest, at Simferopol (1938) * New Hieromartyr Bartholomew (Ratnykh), Hieromonk, at Feodosia (Crimea) (1938) * Virgin-martyr Olga (1938) * New Hiero-confessor Archimandrite Leontius (Stasevich) of Jablechna (Poland), who reposed at Mikhailovsk (Ivanovo) (Russia) (1972)

Other commemorations

* "Sumorin

Totma Totma (russian: То́тьма) is a town and the administrative center of Totemsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Sukhona River at its confluence with the Pesya Denga, northeast of Vologda, the administrati ...

" Icon of the Mother of God (16th century)
Icon of the Mother of God of Sumorin-Totem
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Icon gallery

File:Saint Ephraimof bishop of Pereyeslav.jpg, Venerable Ephraim of the Kiev Caves, Bishop of Pereyaslavl.

Notes

References

Sources

January 28 / February 10
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
February 10 / January 28
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
January 28
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. 10–11.

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. 28–29. * 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. p. 38. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
28 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
28 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). *
28 января (ст.ст.) 10 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:January 28 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) January in the Eastern Orthodox calendar