January 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will ...

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 ru ...

- January 8 All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''January 20'' by

Orthodox Churches Orthodox Church may refer to: * Eastern Orthodox Church * Oriental Orthodox Churches * Orthodox Presbyterian Church * Orthodox Presbyterian Church of New Zealand * State church of the Roman Empire * True Orthodox church See also * Orthodox (di ...

on the

Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Eastern Orthodox Chri ...

. For January 7th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on '' December 25''.

Feasts

* Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior

Jesus Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

.January 7/January 20
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

Saints

* '' Synaxis of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist Saint John''.Great Synaxaristes:
Σύναξις Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου Προδρόμου καὶ ἡ μετένεξις τῆς Ἁγίας αὐτοῦ Χειρὸς εἰς Κωνσταντινούπολη
'' 7 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John
OCA - Feasts and Saints. * Saint Julian the Deacon, of

Aegina Aegina (; el, Αίγινα, ''Aígina'' ; grc, Αἴγῑνα) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of the hero Aeacus, who was born on the island a ...

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Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Crispin,

Bishop of Pavia The Diocese of Pavia ( la, Dioecesis Papiensis) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan only since 1817.January 7
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint

Valentine A valentine is a card or gift given on Valentine's Day, or one's sweetheart. Valentine or Valentines may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Valentine (name), a given name and a surname, including a list of people and fictional char ...

, an abbot who became a bishop in Rhaetia (470) * Saint Brannock of Braunton (''Brannocus'', ''Brynach''), England (6th century) ''(see also: June 26)'' * Saint Cedd, Bishop of Lastingham (664) ''(see also: October 26)'' * Saint Cronan Beg, a Bishop of Aendrum in

County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to th ...

in Ireland (7th century) * Saint Tillo of Solignac (''Thillo, Thielman, Théau, Tilloine, Tillmann'') (702) * Saint Kentigerna, Hermitess of Loch Lomond (734).January 20 / January 7
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint Emilian (''Émilion, Aemilio''), born in Vannes, he was a monk at Saujon near Saintes, and died as a hermit in the forest of Combes near Bordeaux (767) * Blessed Widukind (''Wittekind, Wittikind, Wittikund'') of Westphalia (807) * Saint Aldric of Le Mans (''Aldericus, Audry''), Bishop of Le Mans in France, from 832 (856) * Saint Reinold (''Rainald, Reynold''), monk at the monastery of St Pantaleon in Cologne in Germany (960) * Saint Anastasius of Sens, Archbishop of Sens (977)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint

Feodor I of Russia Fyodor I Ivanovich (russian: Фёдор I Иванович) or Feodor I Ioannovich (russian: Феодор I Иоаннович; 31 May 1557 – 17 January (NS) 1598), also known as Feodor the Bellringer (russian: Феодор Звонарь), ...

(''Fyodor (Theodore) I Ivanovich''), last Rurikid Tsar of

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

(1598))., group=note * New Martyr Athanasius of Attalia and Smyrna (1700)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Alexander Skalsky, of Alma-Ata, Protopresbyter (1933) * New Hieromartyr Paphnutius (Kostin), Hieromonk of Optina Monastery (1938) * New Hieromartyr Basil, Priest (1939) * Martyr John (1940) * Martyr John (1942)

Other commemorations

* The Miracle of Saint

John the Baptist John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...

Chios Chios (; el, Χίος, Chíos , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greece, Greek list of islands of Greece, island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. Chios is ...

(1740)Leonidas J. Papadopulos, Georgia Lizardos, et al (Transl.). ''"The Miracle of Saint John Baptist in Chios."'' In: ''New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke''. Seattle: St. Nectarios Press, 1985. pp.8-11.

Icon gallery

File:Synaxis of Saint John the Holy Glorious Prophet, Baptist, and Forerunner (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Synaxis of Saint John, the Holy Glorious Prophet, Baptist, and Forerunner ('' Menologion of Basil II'', 10th century) File:Saint cedd.jpg, Saint Cedd, Bishop of Lastingham. File:Tsarskiy titulyarnik feodor iv.jpg, Blessed

Notes

References

Sources

January 7/January 20
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
January 20 / January 7
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
January 7
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. 6.

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. 7–8. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
7 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
7 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). *
7 января (ст.ст.) 20 января 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:January 7 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) January in the Eastern Orthodox calendar