January 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Feasts

• Forefeast of the Theophany.

  Saints

• Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles.
• Martyr Djan Darada, the Ethiopian eunuch of Queen Candace
• Martyrs Chrysanthus and Euthymia.
• Martyrs Zosimas the Hermit and Athanasius the Commentarisius, anchorites of Cilicia
• Venerable Theoprobus of Karpasia, Bishop of Karpasia in Cyprus
• Venerable Apollinaria the Senator
• Venerable Evagrius, with St. Elias the Deacon, and other Disciples of the Thirteen Syrian Fathers, of the Shio-Mgvime Monastery in Georgia
• The Holy Six Martyrs.
• Saint Euthymius the Younger of Thessalonica, monk.
• Venerable Timothy the Stylite
• Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop.
• Martyr Uvelicius.
• Martyr Amma.

  Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Linus, the first Pope of Rome
• Saint Clement I, one of the Seventy Apostles, he was the third Pope of Rome
• Saint Mavilus, a martyr in Hadrumetum in North Africa, thrown to wild beasts at the time of Caracalla
• Martyrs Priscus, Priscillian and Benedicta, in Rome
• Martyr Dafrosa, the mother of St Bibiana, was martyred in Rome under Julian the Apostate
• Martyrs Aquilinus, Geminus, Eugene, Marcian, Quintus, Theodotus and Tryphon, in North Africa under the Arian Hunneric, King of the Vandals
• Saint Gregory of Langres, Bishop of Langres in Gaul, renowned for miracles
• Saint Ferreolus of Uzès, Bishop of Uzès
• Saint Pharäildis, one of the patron-saints of Ghent
• Saint Rigobert, Archbishop of Rheims and Confessor
• Venerable Theoctistus of Sicily, Abbot at Cucomo in Sicily
• Saint Libentius, born in Swabia in Germany, he became Archbishop of Hamburg in 988

  Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Hieromartyr Abbot Euthymius, and twelve Monk-martyrs of Vatopedi Monastery, on Mt. Athos, who suffered martyrdom for denouncing the Latinizing rulers Michael Paleologos and John Bekkos as heretics
• Repose of St. Eustathius I of Serbia, Archbishop of Serbia
• Saint Aquila, Deacon of the Kiev Caves Monastery
• Venerable Symeon of Smolensk, Metropolitan of Smolensk
• New Monk-martyr Onuphrius Manassias of Gabrovo and Chilandar Monastery, Mt. Athos, on Chios
• Venerable Nikephoros the Leper

  New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Alexander Yuzefovitch, Priest, at Alma-Ata
• New Hieromartyr Philip Gregoriev, Protopresbyter, at Alma-Ata
• New Hieromartyr Stephen Ponomarev, Priest
• New Hieromartyr Nicholas Maslov, Priest, at Alma-Ata
• New Hieromartyr Paul Felitsyn, Priest

  Other commemorations

• Finding of the holy relics of New Martyr John the ex-Muslim of Konitsa , in the Holy Monastery of Prousou in Evrytania, Greece.

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