January's Orthodox Christian Saints

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St. Basil the Great ; Martyr Basil of Ancyra; St. Gregory, bishop of Nazianzus; St. Emelia ; St. Eugendus, abbot of Condat; St. Fanchea of Killeany; St. Fulgentius, bishop of Ruspe in North Africa; St. Clarus;  St. Theodosius of Tryglia; New Martyr Peter of Tripolis; New Hieromartyrs Platon, bishop of Revel & Priests Michael and Nicholas & Alexander, archbishop of Samara

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St. Juliana of Lazarevo; St. Sylvester, pope of Rome; repose of St. Seraphim of Sarov; St. Theodota, mother of the first Ss. Cosmas & Damian;   Martyr Sergius of Caesarea in Cappadocia; Hieromartyr Theogenes, bishop of Parim; St. Ammon of Tabennisi; St. Cosmas, archbishop of Constantinople; St. Sylvester of the Kiev Caves; New Martyr George (Zorzes) the Georgian; *Repose of Hieroschemamonk Gabriel of Optina and Whitehoof Convent; Abbess Thaisia of Leushino, Elder Iakovos of Epirus; Elder Ioasaph of St. Tikhon of Kaluga Monastery
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St. Genevieve; Prophet Malachi; Martyr Gordius; St. Findlugan of Islay; St. Peter of Atroa; St. Thomais of Lesbos; Righteous Euthymius the Man of God of Tbilisi; *Repose of Schema-hierodeacon Elder Panteleimon
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Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles: James the Brother of the Lord, Mark the Evangelist, Luke the Evangelist, Cleopas the Brother of the Righteous Joseph the Betrothed, Symeon the son of Cleopas, Barnabas, Justus, Thaddeus, Ananias, Stephen the Archdeacon, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, and Parmenas of the seven deacons, Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Onesimus, Epaphras, Archippus, Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles, Aristobulus, Herodion, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobus, Hermas, Linus, Gaius, Philologus, Luke, Jason, Sosipater, Olympas, Tertius, Erastus, Quartus, Euodias, Onesiphorus, Clement, Sosthenes, Apollos, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Carpus, Quadratus, Mark called John, Zenas, Aristarchus, Pudens, Trophimus, Mark, Artemas, Aquila, Nymphas, Eubulus, Fortunatus, Achaicus, Stephanas, Zacchaeus; Martyr Djan Darada; Martyr Zosimas the Hermit; Martyr Athansius the Commentarisius; St. Gregory of Langres; St. Evagrius; St. Elijah the Deacon and others (Georgia); St. Theoctistus; St. Euthymius the Younger of Thessalonica; Martyrs Abbot Euthymius and the 12 Monks of Vatopedi, Mt. Athos; Repose of St. Eustathius I, archbishop of Serbia; St. Aquila, deacon of the Kiev Caves; St. Symeon, metropolitan of Smolensk; New Monk-martyr Onuphrius Manassias of Gabrovo and Hilander Monastery
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Hieromartyr Theopemptus & Martyr Theonas; St. Syncletica of Alexandria; Prophet Micah; Virgin Apollinaris of Egypt; St. Phosterius the Hermit; St. Menas of Sinai; St. Gregory of Crete; New Monk-martyr Romanus of Carpenision and Kavsokalyvia; St. Symeon of the Pskov Caves; *Repose of Monk Alexander of Valaam
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Passing Through the Red Sea; Holy Theophany; New Hieromartyr Romanus of Lacedemonia; New Hieromartyr Archpriest Andrew Zimin, his wife Lydia, his mother-in-law Domnica, his two daughters & his servant Maria of Ussurisk; St. Laurence of Chernigov; *Repose of Schemamonk Nicholas of Valaam and Schemamonk Sergius
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Synaxis of John the Baptist and Forerunner; St. Brannock (Brynach) of Braunton, England; St. Cedd, bishop of Lastingham; St. Pachomius; New Martyr Athansius of Attalia and Smyrna
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St. Dominica the Righteous
; St. George the Chozebite; Hieromartyr Carterius of Caesarea; Martyr Julian and his wife Basilissa, & with them Martyrs Celsius, his mother Marcianilla, Anastasius, the priest Anthony, seven brothers, and twenty prison guards, of Antinoe in Egypt; St. Elias the Hermit of Egypt; Martyrs Theophilus the Deacon and Helladius in Libya, St. Severin; Ss. Atticus and Cyrus; St. Severinus of Gottweig; St. Theodore of Constantinople; Holy Virgin Gudula of Brussels; St. Erhard; St. Emilian the Confessor; St. Gregory of Ochrid; St. Gregory, wonderworker of the Kiev Caves; St. Gregory, hermit of the Kiev Caves; St. Macarius of Vatopedi; New Hieromartyr Priest Isidore and 72 companions at Yuriev in Estonia, slain by the Latins in 1472; St. Paisius of Uglich; St. Agatho of Egypt; Holy Martyr Abo; *Repose of Elder Isaiah of Valaam
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Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene in Armenia; Prophet Shemaiah; St. Peter, bishop of Sebaste in Armenia; St. Adrian of Canterbury; St. Eustratius the Wonderworker of Tarsus; New Martyr Parthena of Edessa in Macedonia; Hieromartyr Philip, metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia; St. Jonah, founder of Hol Tinity Monastery in Kiev
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St. Gregory of Nyssa
; St. Ammon of Nitria; St. Marcian; St. Dometian; St. Paul, abbot of Obnora and his disciple St. Macarius, abbot of Pisma Monastery; Monk-martyr Ephraim, elder of Obnora and six monks of Obnora whose relics are incorrupt; St. Antipas of Calapodeshti, Romania & Valaam Monastery; St. Theophan the Recluse, bishop of Tambov; New Hieromartyr Anatole, metropolitan of Odessa; St. Theosebia
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St. Theodosius the Great, the Coenobiarch; Hieromartyr Hyginus; St. Theodosius, ascetic of Rhosus and Antioch; St. Stephen of Placidian; St. Agapius of Apamea; St. Theodosius of Mt. Athos, metropolitan of Trebizond; St. Michael of Klops Monastery, fool-for-Christ; St. Vitalis at Gaza; Chernigov-Eletskaya Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos; *Repose of Blessed Nun Eupraxia of Teliakov village, Kostroma
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St. Tatiana
; St. Theodora of Alexandria; Martyr Mertius of Mauretania; Martyr Philtheus of Antioch; Martyr Peter Apselamus of Eleutheropolis in Palestine; St. Epraxia I of Tabenna in Egypt; St. Benedict Biscop, abbot of Wearmouth; St. Sava I, enlightener and first archbishop of Serbia; St. Martinian of White Lake and his disciple Galacteon; Eight Martyrs of Nicaea; St. Elias the Wonderworker; Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Milk-giver"  
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Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus at Belgrade; Martyr Peter of Anium; St. James, bishop of Nisibis; St. Hilary, bishop of Poitiers; St. Maximus of Kapsokalyvia Skete, Mt. Athos; St. Irenarch the Recluse of Rostov; St. Eleazar of Anzersk Island
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St. Nina of Georgia
; St. Sava of Serbia; The Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raithu: Isaiah, Sabbas, Moses and his disciple Moses, Jeremiah, Paul, Adam, Sergius, Domnus, Proclus, Hypatius, Isaac, Macarius, Mark, Benjamin, Eusebius, Elias, and others; St. Joseph Analytinus of Raith Monastery; St. Theodulus; St. Kentigern- Mungo, first bishop of Strathclyde (Glasgow), Scotland; St. Stephen, abbot of Chenolakkos Monastery; St. Meletius; New Martyrs slain at Raithu Monastery near Kazan; *Repose of Nicholas Motovilov, disciple of St. Seraphim of Sarov; Hieromonk Cosmas, missionary to Zaire
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St. Paul of Thebes; St. John Calabytes of Constantinople; Monk-martyr Pansophuis of Alexandria; St. Maximus, bishop of Nola; St. Salome of Udjarma and St. Perodzhavra of Svinia, Georgia; St. Ita of Killeedy; St. Maurus; St. Prochorus, abbot in Vranski Desert; St. Gabriel; St. Barlaam of Keret Lake; New Hieromartyr Benjamin, bishop of Romanov; Icon of the Mother of God "Tsilkan"
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The Liberation of St. Peter
; Martyrs Speusippus and his brothers Eleusippus & Meleusippus, their grandmother Leonilla, and Neon, Turbo, and Jonilla; Martyr Danax the Reader; St. Honoratus, archbishop of Arles and founder of Lerins Monastery; St. James ot Tarentaise; Martyr Sigebert; St. Fursey, Irish missoinary monk of Burgh Castle, Lagny and Peronne; St. Romilus of Ravanica; Blessed Maximus, foor-for-Christ; New Hieromartyr Damascene of Gabrovo; New Hieromartyr Nicholas of Mytilene; *Repose of Elder Theodore of Irkutsk and Priest Demetrius Gagastathis of Platanos, Trikala
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St. Anthony the Great; St. Theodosius the Great, Emperor; St. Achilles the Confessor, hermit of Egypt; St. Anthony the New of Berrhia in Macedonia; St. Anthony the Roman of Novgorod; St. Anthony of Krasny Kholm; St. Anthony of Chernoezersk; St. Macarius Kalogeras of Patmos; New Martyr George of Ioannina; *Repose of Schema-abbot Herman of Zosima Hermitage and Archmandrite Tikhon of Inkerman
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St. Athanasios the Great
; St. Cyril, archbishop of Alexandria; Martyr Theodula and her companions Helladius, Boethius, Evagrius, & Macarius of Anazarbus in Cilicia; St. Marcian of Cyrrhs in Syria; St. Leobardus of Marmourtier; St. Ninnidh of Inismacsaint; St. Ephraim the Lesser of Georgia; St. Joachim, patriarch of Trnovo; St. Cyril, schemamonk and St. Maria, schemanun, parents of St. Sergius of Radonezh; St. Maximus of Serbia; St. Athanasius, abbot of Syanzhema; St. Athanasis of Novolok; St. Alexis, hieromonk of Teklati, Georgia
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St. Mark of Ephesus;
St. Anton of Martqopi; St. Macarius the Great of Egypt; St. Macariuus of Alexandria; Virgin-martyr Euphrasia of Nicomedia; Translation of the relics of St. Gregory the Theologian; St. Branwalader of Cornwall and the Channel Islands; Martyr Anthony Rawah the Qoraisite; St. Arsenius; St. Macarius the Faster of the Kiev Caves; St. Meletius, confessor of Mt. Galesion; St. Macarius, deacon of the Kiev Caves; Blessed Theodore of Novgorod, fool-for-Christ; St. Macarius the Roman of Novgorod; Opening of the relics of St. Sabbas of Storozhev; *Repose of Schemanun Anatolia of Diveyevo
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St. Euthymius the Great; Martyrs Inna, Pinna, & Rimma, disciples of Apostle Andrew; Martyrs Bassus, Eusebius, Eutychius & Basilides; St. Leo the Great, confessor, emperor of the East; Blessed Peter the Customs Inspector of Constantinople; Ss. Laurence the Recluse & Schemamonk Euthymius the Silent, of the Kiev Caves; St. Neophytus of Vatopedi, Mt. Athos; St. Euthymius, patriarch of Turnovo; St. Euthymius of Syanzhema; St. Euthymius of Archangelsk; New Martyr Zachariah of Patras in Morea; St. Theodore Kuzmich of Tomsk; St. Ekvtime the Confessor, of Georgia; *Repose of Elder Gerasim, fonder of Ascension Monastery, Irkutsk
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St. Maximos the Confessor
; Martyrs Eugene, Candidus, Valerian, & Aquila; Martyr Neophytus of Nicaea; Martyr Anastasius, disciple of St. Maximos the Confessor; St. Zosimas, bishop of Syracuse; St. Maximus the Greek of Russia; St. Timon; Synaxis of the Chrch of Holy Peace by the Sea in Constantinople; Icons of the Holy Theotokos "Hodigitria ("Direstress") at Xenophontos and "Paramythia" at Vatopedi; St. Agnes
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St. Timothy
; Monk-martyr Anastasius the Persian; Hieromartyrs bishops: Manuel, George, Peter, & Leontius, Hieromartyrs priests: Sionius, Gabriel, John, Leontus, & Parodus, & 377 companions, in Bulgaria; St. Brithwald of Wilton; Martyr Anastasius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves; St. Joseph Samakus the Sanctified of Crete; St. Macarius, abbot of Zhabyn, wonderworker of Belev
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Hieromartyr Clement, bishop of Ancyra & Martyr Agathangelus; St. Eusebius, recluse of Mt. Coryphe; St. Salamanes the Silent of the Euphrates; St. Mausimas the Syrian; St. Paulinus the Merciful, bishop of Nola; Commemoration of the Sixth Ecumenical Council; St. Gennadius of Kostroma; Synaxis of All Saints of Kostroma; Translation of the relics of St. Theoctistus, archbishop of Novgorod; St. Dionysius of Olympus and Mt. Athos; *Repose of Abbot Damascene of Valaam and Archmandrite John (Krestyankin) of the Pskov Caves
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St. Xenia of St. Petersburg
; St. Xenia of Rome and her two female slaves; Martyrs Babylas of Sicily and his two disciples Timothy and Agapius; Martyrs Paul, Pausirius, & Theodotian, of Egypt; St. Felician, bishop of Foligno, Italy; St. Macedonius, hermit of St. Silpius; St. Philo, bishop of Carpasia; St. Lupicinus of Lipidiaco; St. Zosimas, bishop of Babylon; Translation of the relics of Monk-martyr Anastasius the Persian; St. Neophytus the Recluse of Cyprus; St. Gerasimus, bishop of Perm; Martyr John of Kazan; St. Dionysius of Olympus and Mt. Athos; *Repose of Scheman-abbess Sophia of Shamordino Convent & Bishop Nektary of Seattle
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St. Gregory the Theologian
; Martyrs Felicity of Rome and seven sons: Januarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalis, & Martial; St. Castinus, bishop of Byzantium; St. Publius; St. Bretanion, bishop of Tomis; St. Apollo of the Thebaid; St. Mares the Singer of Omeros; Hieromartyr Praejectus, bishop of Clermont; St. Demetrius Skevophylax of Constantinople; St. Moses, archbishop of Novgorod; St. Gregory of Golutvin; New Martyr Auxentius of Constantinople; St. Anatole I of Optina; St. Gabriel, bishop of Imereti, Georgia; New Hieromartyr Vladimir, metropolitan of Kiev, protomartyr of the communist yoke in Russia; New Martyr Abbess Margaret of Menzelino; New Hieromartyrs Peter, archbishop of Voronezh & Basil, bishop of Priluki; New Martyr Abbess Athanasia of Zosima Hermitage; Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "Assuage My Sorrow" and "Unexpected Joy"; *Repose of Archpriest Sergius Orlov of Akulovo
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St. David the Builder
; St. Xenophon of Constantinople and his wife, St. Mary, and their two sons, Ss. Arcadius and John; Martyrs Ananias the priest, Peter the prison guard, and seven soldiers, in Phoenica; St. Symeon "the Ancient" of Mt. Sinai; St. Ammon of Egypt, disciple of St. Anthony the Great; St. Gabriel, abbot at Jerusalem; St. Paula of Rome; St. Conon, bishop and monastic founder on the Isle of Man; Translation of the relics of Ss. Theodore the Confessor, abbot of the Studion & his brother Joseph the Confessor, archbishop of Thessalonica; St. Clement of Mt. Sagmation; St. Xenophon, abbot of Robeika; New Martyr Matushka Maria of Gatchina; *Repose of Metropolitan Gabriel of Novgorod and St. Petersburg & Metropolitan Joseph of Suceava, Romania
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Translation of the relics of St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople; St. Peter of Egypt; New Martyr Demetrius; St. Demetrius Klepinine, priest of Paris; St. Leontius of Ivanovo; New Hieromartyr Leontius the Mystic of Tarnopol and Jablechna; *Repose of Nun Neonilla of the Farther Davidov Convent & Schemanun Margarita of Diveyevo
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St. Ephraim the Syrian
; St. Isaac the Syrian, bishop of Nineveh; St. Palladius the Hermit of Antioch; St. John of Roemans; St. Ephraim, abbot, wonderworker of Novotorzhok; St. Ephraim of the Kiev Caves, bishop of Pereyaslavl; St. Theodoius of Totma; New Hieromartrs Ignatius, bishop of Skopin & Priest Vladimir Pishchulin & Monk-martyr Bartholomew; St. James the Ascetic of Porphyreon
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St. Lawrence of the Kiev Caves;
Holy Martyr Ashot Kuropalates; Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer, bishop of Antioch; st. Barsimaeus the Confessor, bishop of Edessa; Martyrs Sarbelus & his sister Bebaia of Edessa; Martyrs Romas, James, Philotheus, Hyperechius, Abibus, Julian, & Paregorius, at Samosata; Hieromartyrs Silvanus, bishop of Emesa, Luke the Deacon, & Mocius the Reader; St. Aphrahates the Persian, hermit of Antioch; St. Sulpicius Severus, disciple of St. Martin of Tours; St. Gildas the Wise, abbot of Rhuys, Brittany; St. Ignatius, bishop of Smolensk; St. Andrew Rublev, iconographer; Ss. Gerasimus, Pitirim, & Jonah, bishops of Perm; New Martyr Demetrius of Chios
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The Three Holy Hierarchs
; Hieromartyr Hippolytus & with him Martyrs Censorinus, Sabinus, Ares, the Virgin Chryse, Felix, Maximus, Herculianus, Venerius, Styracius, Mennas, Commodus, Hermes, Maures, Eusebius, Rusticus, Monagrius, Amandinus, Olympius, Cyprus, Theodore the Tribune, Maximus the priest, Archelaus the deacon, & Cyriacus the bishop, at Ostia; St. Zeno, hermit of Antioch; St. Adelgonda, foundress of Maubeuge; St. Bathilde, queen of France; Martyr Theophilus the New in Cyprus; St. Peter, king of Bulgaria; St. Zeno the Faster of the Kiev Caves; New Martyr Hadji Theodore of Mytilene; New Martyr Demetrius of Sliven; "Tinos" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos; *Repose of Blessed Pelagia of Diveyevo
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Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cyrus & John & Martyrs Athanasia and her daughters Theoctista, Theodota, and Eudoxia, at Canopus in Egypt; Martyr Tryphaenes at Cyzicus; Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, & Papias of Egypt; St. Marcella of Rome; St. Athanasius, bishop of Methone; St. Nicetas of the Kiev Caves, bishop of Novgorod; St. Pachomius, abbot of Keno Lake Monastery; New Monk-martyr Elias (Ardunis) of Mt. Athos & Kalamata; St. Arsenius of Paros; *Repose of Elder Codratus of Karakallou, Mt. Athos & Hieroschemamonk Stephen of Kislovodsk

*Those listed in red are not canonized in the Orthodox Church, but it is customary to celebrate a memorial for them on the day listed.  
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