December 31 It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Years Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the following ...

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 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...

All fixed commemorations are observed by Orthodox Churches on 1 January of the

Julian calendar The Julian calendar, proposed by Roman consul Julius Caesar in 46 BC, was a reform of the Roman calendar. It took effect on , by edict. It was designed with the aid of Greek mathematicians and astronomers such as Sosigenes of Alexandr ...

('Old Calendar'), which equates to January 14 on the New Style calendar. For January 1 (New Style), Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

December 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1154 – Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey. * 1187 – Pope Clement III is elected. * 1490 – Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy. * 1562 &ndas ...

Feasts

* Feast of the

Circumcision of Christ The circumcision of Jesus is an event from the life of Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke chapter 2, which states: And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, his name was called Jesus, the name called by the angel befo ...

Saints

* Martyr Theodotus, by the sword.January 14 / January 1
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Martyr Basil of Ancyra (362) ''(see also:

)'' * Saint

Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder Gregory the Elder or Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder ( – 374) was the bishop of the see of Nazianzus in Roman province of Cappadocia. However, he is better remembered as the patriarch of an important family of ecclesiastics. Career A member of ...

, bishop and father of Saint

Gregory the Theologian Gregory of Nazianzus ( el, Γρηγόριος ὁ Ναζιανζηνός, ''Grēgorios ho Nazianzēnos''; ''Liturgy of the Hours'' Volume I, Proper of Saints, 2 January. – 25 January 390,), also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory N ...

(374)January 1/14
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * Saint

Emilia Emilia may refer to: People * Emilia (given name), list of people with this name Places * Emilia (region), a historical region of Italy. Reggio, Emilia * Emilia-Romagna, an administrative region in Italy, including the historical regions of Emi ...

, (mother of Sts. Macrina,

Basil the Great Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great ( grc, Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας, ''Hágios Basíleios ho Mégas''; cop, Ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲟⲥ; 330 – January 1 or 2, 379), was a bishop of Cae ...

, Naucratius,

Peter of Sebaste Peter of Sebaste (ca. 340 – 391) was a bishop, taking his usual name from the city of his bishopric, Sebaste in Lesser Armenia. He was the younger brother of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, the famous Christian jurist Naucratius, and Mac ...

, and

Gregory of Nyssa Gregory of Nyssa, also known as Gregory Nyssen ( grc-gre, Γρηγόριος Νύσσης; c. 335 – c. 395), was Bishop of Nyssa in Cappadocia from 372 to 376 and from 378 until his death in 395. He is venerated as a saint in Catholicis ...

) (375) * Saint

, Archbishop of

Caesarea in Cappadocia Kayseri (; el, Καισάρεια) is a large industrialised city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri province. The Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality area is composed of five districts: the two central districts of Kocasinan ...

(379) * Saint Theodosius of Tryglia, abbot

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Hieromartyr

Concordius of Spoleto Concordius of Spoleto is a little-known Christian saint and martyr of the 2nd century. There is another martyr Concordiuwho died in the 4th century. Life Concordius was ordained a subdeacon by Pope Pius I in Rome, and was reclusive; spending m ...

(c. 175)January 1
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Thirty soldier-martyrs in Rome, under Diocletian (c. 304) * Saint Telemachus (''Almachius''), hermit who came to Rome from the East and publicly protested against Pagan rites on New Year's Day, killed by gladiators in the Roman amphitheatre (391 or 404) * Saint Basil, Bishop of Aix en Provence (c. 475) * Saint

Eugendus Saint Eugendus (also Augendus; french: Oyand, Oyan; 449 – January 1, 510) was the fourth abbot of Condat Abbey, at Saint-Claude, Jura. He was born at Izernore. Life He was instructed in reading and writing by his father, who had become a prie ...

, fourth Abbot of

Condat Abbey Condat Abbey was founded in the 420s in the valley of Bienne, in the Jura mountains, in modern-day France. Condat became the capital of ''Haut Jura''. The founders were local monks, Romanus (died c. 463), who had been ordained by St. Hilary of Arl ...

in the

Jura Mountains The Jura Mountains ( , , , ; french: Massif du Jura; german: Juragebirge; it, Massiccio del Giura, rm, Montagnas da Jura) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the Frenc ...

(510) * Saint Fanchea of Killeany (''Fanchea of Rossory''), sister of St

Enda of Aran Saint Enda of Aran (Éanna, Éinne or Endeus, died 530 AD) is an Irish saint. His feast day is 21 March. Enda was a warrior-king of Oriel in Ulster, converted by his sister, Saint Fanchea, an abbess. About 484 he established the first Iri ...

(c. 520) * Saint

Fulgentius of Ruspe Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentius, also known as Fulgentius of Ruspe (462 or 467 – 1 January 527 or 533) was North African Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Ruspe, in modern-day Tunisia, during the 5th and 6th century. He has been ca ...

, Bishop of

Ruspe Ruspe or Ruspae was a town in the Roman province of Byzacena, in '' Africa propria''. It served as the episcopal see of Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe. It is now a Roman Catholic titular bishopric. Name The name "Ruspe" is usually understood to be a h ...

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

(533) * Saint Justin of Chieti, bishop of Chieti, Italy (c. 540) * Saint Felix of Bourges, Bishop of Bourges (c. 580) * Saint Connat (''Comnata'', ''Comnatan''), Abbess of

Kildare Abbey Kildare Abbey is a former monastery in County Kildare, Ireland, founded by St Brigid in the 5th century, and destroyed in the 12th century. Originally known as ''Druim Criaidh'', or the Ridge of Clay, Kildare came to be known as ''Cill-Dara'', or ...

in Ireland (c. 590) * Saint Maelrhys, a saint on Bardsey Island in Wales (6th century) * Saint Clarus, Abbot of St. Marcellus Monastery in Vienne, Gaul (c. 660) * Saint Cúan (''Mochua, Moncan''), Irish abbot, founder of many churches and monasteries in Ireland, lived to nearly 100 (752) * Saint

Peter of Atroa Peter of Atroa (773–837) was an abbot who was later canonized as a saint. Biography He was born the eldest of three children. His given name was Theophylact. At eighteen, he determined to become a monk and joined Paul the Hesychast at his he ...

, Abbot, opponent of iconoclasm (''Peter the Standard-Bearer'') (837)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.4. (''see also:

January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...

- East'') * Saint William of Dijon (William of Volpiano), Italian monastic reformer and architect (1031)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* New Martyr Peter of Tripolis in the Peloponnesus, at Temisi in Asia Minor (1776) * Saint Athanasius (Volkhovsky), Bishop of Mohyliv,

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 ...

of Poltava (1801)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Jeremiah Leonov (1918)1 января (ст.ст.) 14 января 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * New Hieromartyrs Platon (Kulbush), Bishop of Tallinn (Reval),

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

, and with him protopresbyters Michael (Blaive) and Nicholas (Bezhanitsky) (1919)Great Synaxaristes:
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλάτων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ
'' 1 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * New Hieromartyrs Alexander (Trapitsyn), Archbishop of

Samara Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...

; :* with him, priests: John (Smirnov), Alexander (Ivanov), Alexander (Organov), John (Suldin), Trophimus (Miachin), Viacheslav Infantov, Basil Vitevsky, and Jacob Alferov (1938)

Icon gallery

File:Menologion of Basil 047.jpg,

. ''Menologion of Basil II''. File:Menologion of Basil 048.jpg, St.

. ''Menologion of Basil II''. File:Basil of Caesarea.jpg, St. Basil the Great. File:St. Basil the Great, lower register of sanctuary.jpg, Fresco of St. Basil the Great, lower register of sanctuary in Church of the Theotokos Peribleptos in Ohrid (13th century). File:Saint Platon.jpg, St. Platon (Kulbush), Bishop of Tallinn (Reval),

. File:Bishop of Murom Alexandr.jpg, New Hieromartyr Alexander (Trapitsyn), Archbishop of

Notes

References

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January 14 / January 1
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January 1
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Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. *
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1 января (ст.ст.) 14 января 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:January 1 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) January in the Eastern Orthodox calendar