January 11 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - January 13
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 25 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For January 12th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 30.
Feasts
Saints
- Virgin Martyr Tatiana of Rome, and those who suffered with her (226-235)
- Martyr Mertius of Mauretania (284âÂÂ305)
- Martyr Philotheus of Antioch (c. 305)
- Martyr Peter Apselamus of Eleutheropolis, Palestine (309-310) <small>(see also January 13, and October 14)</small>
- Venerable Eupraxia of Tabenna, Egypt (393)
- Saints Tygrius the Presbyter, and Eutropius the Lector, at Constantinople (c. 395 - 408) <small>(see also: June 16)</small>
- Holy Eight Martyrs of Nicaea, by the sword
- Virgin Martyr Euthasia, by the sword
- Venerable Elias the Hermit, Wonderworker of Egypt, Desert Father, of The Paradise (4th century) <small>(see also January 8)</small>
- Saint Eulogia, mother of Saint Theodosius the Cenobiarch (4th century)
- Venerable Theodora of Alexandria, instructress of nuns (5th century)
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Arcadius of Mauretania, a prominent citizen of Caesarea in Mauretania Caesariensis, barbarously martyred under Maximianus Herculeus (c. 302)
- Martyrs Zoticus, Rogatus, Modestus, Casutlus, between forty and fifty soldiers, in Africa
- Saint John of Ravenna (Giovanni I Angelopte), Bishop of Ravenna and Confessor (494)
- Saint Caesaria, the gifted sister of Saint Caesarius of Arles and Abbess of the convent founded there by her brother (c. 530)
- Saint Victorian of Asan, founder and abbot of the monastery of Asan (now called San Vitorián) (c. 560)
- Saint Probus, Bishop of Verona, Italy (c. 591)
- Saint Eilian of Rome (Eilian of Anglesey), (6th century) <small>(see also January 13)</small>
- Saint Salvius (Sauve), Bishop of Amiens, his relics were enshrined in Montreuil in Picardy (c. 625)
- Saint Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth and Confessor (690)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Sava I, Enlightener and first Archbishop of Serbia (1235 or 1237) <small>(see also: January 14 - Greek)</small>
- Venerable Martinian, Abbot of White Lake Monastery (1483)
- Venerable Galacteon, disciple of Saint Martinian of White Lake, Fool for Christ (1506)
- Venerable Archimandrite Theodosius of Tisman and Sophroniev Monasteries, fellow-struggler of St. Paisius Velichkovsky (1802)
- Saint John of Tula, Fool-for-Christ (1850)
New martyrs and confessors
Other commemorations
- Synaxis of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Milk-giver" (; Mlekopitatelnica)
- Synaxis of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Akathist" at Hilandar
- Synaxis of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Mesopantitissis" in Crete (Theotokos of Mesopantitissis)
- Icon of the Mother of God "Priestly" (Popskaya)
- Founder's Icon of the Mother of God at Vatopedi Monastery
- Commemoration of the Church of St. Alexander, near the Church of the Holy Apostles, in Constantinople
Icon gallery
Notes
References
Sources
- January 12/January 25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- January 25 / January 12. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- January 12. 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. 7.
- January 12. 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. 12âÂÂ13.
Greek Sources
Russian Sources