January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engli ...

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 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 eve ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 18 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 5th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

December 23 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – The Arian Vandal Kingdom ceases its persecution of Nicene Christianity. * 558 – Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks. * 583 – Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque. * 962 &ndas ...

Feasts

* Eve of the

Theophany Theophany (from Ancient Greek , meaning "appearance of a deity") is a personal encounter with a deity, that is an event where the manifestation of a deity occurs in an observable way. Specifically, it "refers to the temporal and spatial manifest ...

of Our Lord and Saviour

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 5/January 18
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

Saints

* Prophet

Micah Micah (; ) is a given name. Micah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible ( Old Testament), and means "Who is like God?" The name is sometimes found with theophoric extensions. Suffix theophory in '' Yah'' and in ''Yahweh'' results in ...

(9th century BC) ''(see also: August 14)'' * Martyr Theopemptus, Bishop of

Nicomedia Nicomedia (; el, Νικομήδεια, ''Nikomedeia''; modern İzmit) was an ancient Greek city located in what is now Turkey. In 286, Nicomedia became the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire (chosen by the emperor Diocleti ...

and Martyr Theonas, former sorcerer (303) * Martyr Sais. * Martyr Theoidus. * Saint

Syncletica of Alexandria Syncletica of Alexandria () was a Christian saint and Desert Mother from Roman Egypt in the 4th century. She is the subject of the ''Vita S. Syncleticæ'', a Greek hagiography purportedly by Athanasius of Alexandria (d. 373) but not written in ...

, nun (c. 350 or c. 460)) * Venerable Domnina (Domna). * Venerable Tatiana, nun. * Saint Apollinaris, Virgin, of

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

(c. 470)
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. p.6. ''(see also:

)'' * Venerable Phosterius the Hermit (6th century) * Saint Menas of Sinai (6th century) * Venerable Gregory of Crete, monk (c. 820) * Venerable Dorotheos the Younger, restorer of the ancient Monastery of the Holy Trinity at Chiliokomon in Amaseia,

Pontus Pontus or Pontos may refer to: * Short Latin name for the Pontus Euxinus, the Greek name for the Black Sea (aka the Euxine sea) * Pontus (mythology), a sea god in Greek mythology * Pontus (region), on the southern coast of the Black Sea, in modern ...

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Hieromartyr Saint

Telesphorus Telesphorus can refer to: * Telesphorus (general), 4th century BC general in ancient Greece * Pope Telesphorus (died c. 137), Catholic pope and Catholic and Orthodox saint * Telesphorus of Cosenza, a name assumed by a 14th century pseudo-prophet d ...

, a Greek who was Pope of Rome for ten years (c. 136)January 5
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. (''see also

February 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. * 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferd ...

, Eastern Orthodox'') * Saint Emiliana, a Roman lady and the paternal aunt of Pope St

Gregory the Great Pope Gregory I ( la, Gregorius I; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. He is known for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregoria ...

(6th century) * Saint Kiara (Chier), a spiritual daughter of St Fintan Munnu; she lived in Ireland near Nenagh in Co. Tipperary, at a place now called Kilkeary after her (c. 680) * Venerable Cera of Ireland (Ciar, Cyra, Cior, Ceara), Abbess (7th century) * Venerable

Conwoïon Saint Conwoïon (or Convoyon or Konvoion) was a Breton saint and abbot. He was probably born around 800 at Comblessac (Ille-et-Vilaine) into a Gallo-Roman family descended, or claiming descent, from Roman senators ("ex genere senatorio"). He su ...

(Convoyon), a Breton saint and Abbot (868) * Saint Gaudentius of Gnesen (Radim Gaudentius), first Archbishop of Gnesen in Poland (1004)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* New Monk-martyr Romanus of Carpenision and Kapsokalyvia, at Constantinople (1694) (''see also

February 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire. * 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Kar ...

'') * Venerable Symeon of the Pskov-Caves Monastery, Hiero-

Schemamonk The degrees of Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic monasticism are the stages an Eastern Orthodox monk or nun passes through in their religious vocation. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the process of becoming a monk or nun is intentionally slo ...

(1960)January 18 / January 5
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Venerable Theophan, Schema-Archimandrite of the Rykhlovsk Monastery ( ru), Ukraine (1977)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Archpriest Andrei Zimin (1920)
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'' Русская Православная Церковь, Официальный сайт Московского Патриархата (Патриархия.ru). 4 апреля 2019 г. 15:00. * New Hieromartyr Joseph Bespalov, and with him 37 Martyrs (1921)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.5.5 января (ст.ст.) 18 января 2013 (нов. ст.)
. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * Hieromartyr Stephen Ponomarev, Protopresbyter, at Alma-Ata (1933) * Virgin-martyr Eugenia Domozhirova, at Alma-Ata (1933) * New Hieromartyr Sergius Lavrov, Priest (1934) * Martyr Matthew Gusev (1938)

Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics of St. Rumon of Tavistock, Bishop, to

Tavistock Abbey Tavistock Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Rumon, is a ruined Benedictine abbey in Tavistock, Devon. Nothing remains of the abbey except the refectory, two gateways and a porch. The abbey church, dedicated to Our Lady and S ...

. * Repose of Monk Alexander of

Valaam Monastery The Valaam Monastery (russian: Валаамский монастырь; Finnish version: ''Valamo Monastery'') is a stauropegic Orthodox monastery in Russian Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Euro ...

(1810)

Icon gallery

File:Micah prophet.jpg, Prophet

(''18th-century icon'') File:Theopemptus, Bishop of Nicomedia, and Theonas (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyrdom of Theopemptus, Bishop of Nicomedia and Theonas, former sorcerer (''

Menologion of Basil II The ''Menologion of Basil II'' (also called ''Menologium of Basil II'', ''Menology of Basil II'') is an illuminated manuscript designed as a church calendar or Eastern Orthodox Church service book (''menologion'') that was compiled c. 1000 AD, f ...

'', 10th century) File:Righteous Syncletica of Alexandria (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Saint

(''Menologion of Basil II'', 10th century) File:Telesphorus.jpg, Hieromartyr Saint

, Pope of Rome.

Notes

References

Sources

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Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
January 18 / January 5
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
January 5
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. 5.

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. p. 6. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
5 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
5 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). *
5 января (ст.ст.) 18 января 2013 (нов. ст.)
. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:January 5 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) January in the Eastern Orthodox calendar