January 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

January 19 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - January 21.

All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 2 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For January 20th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on January 7.

Saints

• Martyrs Inna, Pinna, and Rimma (1st-2nd century), disciples of the Apostle Andrew in Scythia
• Martyr Eusebius (298)
• Martyrs Bassus, Eusebius, Eutychius, and Basilides, at Nicomedia (303)
• Venerable Euthymius the Great (473)
• Saint Leo I, Eastern Roman Emperor and Confessor (474)
• Martyrs Thyrsus and Agnes (5th century)
• Saint Peter the Publican (Tax Collector, Customs Inspector) of Constantinople (c. 527-565)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Anna at Rome
• Saint Fabian, Pope of Rome (250)
• Saint Sebastian, one of the most renowned of all the martyrs of Rome (c. 288)
• Saint Molagga (Molacus, Laicin), disciple of Saint David in Wales, founded a monastery in Fulachmhin (Fermoy), Ireland (655)
• Saint Féchín (Fechinus), founded Fore Abbey at Meath (665)
• Saint Maurus, monk and Abbot of Classe in Ravenna (Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe), and finally Bishop of Cesena (946)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves (13th-14th century)
• Venerable Euthymius the Silent, Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves (14th century)
• Saint Neophytus of Vatopedi, Mount Athos (14th century) <small>(see also: January 21)</small>
• Saint Euthymius, Patriarch of Tarnovo (Turnovo, Trnovo) and Bulgaria (1402)
• Saint Euthymius of Syamzha (Syadem, Syandema, Syandemsk, Syandemsky, Syanzhema, Syanzhemsk), Vologda Oblast (1470)
• Venerable Euthymius of Arkhangelsk (1523)
• Venerable Feodor (Theodore) Kuzmich of Tomsk (1864)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Martyr Zachariah (Zacharias) of Patras, Morea (1782)
• New Hieromartyr Ioan Pettai, Estonian Martyr Presbyter
• New Hieromartyr Paul Dobromyslov, Archpriest of Ryazan (1940)
• Venerable New Confessor Ekvtime (Euthymius) Kereselidze of Georgia (1944) <small>(see also: February 2 - Greek)</small>

Other commemorations

• Repose of Elder Gerasim, founder of Ascension Monastery, Irkutsk (1676)

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Notes

References

Sources

• January 20 / February 2. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• February 2 / January 20. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• January 20. 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. 9.
• January 20. 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. 20–21.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 20 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 20 ΙανουαρίοÏÂ. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 2 февраля (20 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 20 января (ст.ст.) 2 февраля 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).