January 28 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession o ...

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 30 Events Pre-1600 *1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. *1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. 1601–1900 *1607 – An estimated ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 11 by

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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 29th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...

Saints

* Martyr Chryse (ca. 41-54) * Martyrs Sarbelus (''Thathuil'') and his sister Bebaia, of Edessa (110) Συναξαριστής.
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, James, Philotheus, Hyperechius, Abibus, Julian, and Paregorius, at Samosata. * Hieromartyrs Silvanus, Bishop of

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, Luke the

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, and Mocius the

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(312) * Venerable Aphrahates the Persian, Hermit of Antioch (370) * Venerable Ascepsimus, monk. * Saint Ashot Kuropalates of Tao-Klarjeti, Georgia (829)February 11 / January 29
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (''see also:

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 ...

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Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Caesarius, a deacon in

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a communes of France, commune, the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Charente Departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern Franc ...

in France under its first bishop St Ausonius (1st century)January 29
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Hieromartyr

Constantius of Perugia Constantius of Perugia (also known as Costantius, Constance or Costanzo) (died c. 170 AD) is one of the patron saints of Perugia, Italy. Legend According to his legend, of which four versions exist, he was arrested during the persecutions of Ant ...

, first Bishop of Perugia, and Companions (170) * Martyr

Sabinian of Troyes Saint Sabinian of Troyes (died 275) was a pagan who converted to Christianity (tradition states that he was converted by Patroclus of Troyes), and became a martyr under Aurelian. He was beheaded Decapitation or beheading is the total ...

(275) * Martyrs Papias and Maurus, soldiers martyred in Rome under Maximian (ca. 303) * 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 ...

, second Bishop of Trier in Germany (ca. 320) * Saint Blath (Flora), a cook at St Brigid's convent in Kildare where she was honoured as a holy woman (523) * Saint

Gildas the Wise Gildas ( Breton: ''Gweltaz''; c. 450/500 – c. 570) — also known as Gildas the Wise or ''Gildas Sapiens'' — was a 6th-century British monk best known for his scathing religious polemic ''De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae'', which recounts ...

, Abbot, of Rhuys, Brittany (ca. 570) * Saint

Severus Severus is the name of various historical and fictional figures, including: ;Emperors of the Roman empire *Septimius Severus (145–211), Roman emperor from 193 to 211 (rarely known as ''Severus I.'') *Severus Caracalla (188–217), Roman emperor f ...

(''Sulpitius I of Bourges, Sulpicius Severus''), Bishop of Bourges (591) * Saint

Dallán Forgaill Eochaid mac Colla ( 560 – 640), better known as Saint Dallán or Dallán Forgaill ( sga, Dallán Forchella; la, Dallanus Forcellius; Primitive Irish: ''Dallagnas Worgēllas''), was an early Christian Irish poet and saint known as the writer of ...

(of Cluain Dallain), a relative of St Aidan of Ferns, born in Connaught, martyred at Inis-coel by pirates (598) * Saint Aquilinus of

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(Milan), martyred by the Arians (650) * Saint Voloc, a bishop from Ireland who worked in Scotland (ca. 724)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Ignatios the Sinaite, of

Rethymno Rethymno ( el, Ρέθυμνο, , also ''Rethimno'', ''Rethymnon'', ''Réthymnon'', and ''Rhíthymnos'') is a city in Greece on the island of Crete. It is the capital of Rethymno regional unit, and has a population of more than 30,000 inhabitants ...

, Crete. * Venerable Laurence, recluse of the

Kiev Caves Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra ( uk, Києво-Печерська лавра, translit=Kyievo-Pecherska lavra, russian: Киево-Печерская лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Ea ...

and Bishop of Turov (1194) * Saint Ignatius, Bishop of Smolensk (1210) * Saint

Andrei Rublev Andrei Rublev ( rus, Андре́й Рублёв, p=ɐnˈdrʲej rʊˈblʲɵf , also transliterated as ''Andrey Rublyov'') was a Muscovite icon painter born in the 1360s who died between 1427 and 1430 in Moscow. He is considered to be one of the ...

, iconographer, of the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery (Moscow) (1430) * Saints Gerasimus (1441), Pitirim (1455), and Jonah (1470), Bishops of Perm. * New Martyr Demetrius of Chios, at Constantinople (1802)

New martyrs and confessors

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Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics (5th century) of

Hieromartyr In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr (one who dies for his beliefs) who was a bishop or priest. Analogously, a monk who is a priest is known as a hieromonk A hieromonk ( el, Ἱερομόναχος, Ieromonachos; ka, � ...

Ignatius the God-bearer,

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Translation of the relics of the Hieromartyr Ignatius, the Godbearer and Bishop of Antioch
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. * Synaxis of All Saints of

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Icon gallery

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Ignatius the God-bearer,

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, Luke the

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. File:Aschot I. (Iberien).jpg, Saint

Ashot I of Iberia Ashot I the Great ( ka, აშოტ I დიდი ) (died 826/830) was a presiding prince of Iberia (modern Georgia), first of the Bagratid family to have attained to this office c. 813. From his base in Tao-Klarjeti, he fought to enlarge the ...

(''Ashot Kurapalates''), first Bagrationi King of Georgia. Image:St Gildas Fontaine 0708E.jpg, The spring of St.

Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys () is a Communes of France, commune in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys are called in French ''Gildasie ...

Morbihan Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastli ...

. File:Angelsatmamre-trinity-rublev-1410.jpg,

's famous icon of the

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Notes

References

Sources

January 29 / February 11
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
February 11 / January 29
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
January 29
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. 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. 29–30. * 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. 39–40. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
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Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
29 января (ст.ст.) 11 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:January 29 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) January in the Eastern Orthodox calendar