January 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - January 6
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 18 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For January 5th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 23.Feasts
- Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Saints
- Prophet Micah
- Martyr Theopemptus, Bishop of Nicomedia and Martyr Theonas, former sorcerer
- Martyr Sais.
- Martyr Theoidus.
- Saint Syncletica of Alexandria, nun )
- Venerable Domnina.
- Venerable Tatiana, nun.
- Saint Apollinaris, Virgin, of Egypt
- Venerable Phosterius the Hermit
- Saint Menas of Sinai
- Venerable Gregory of Crete, monk
- Venerable Dorotheos the Younger, restorer of the ancient Monastery of the Holy Trinity at Chiliokomon in Amaseia, Pontus.
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Hieromartyr Saint Telesphorus, a Greek who was Pope of Rome for ten years
- Saint Emiliana, a Roman lady and the paternal aunt of Pope St Gregory the Great
- Saint Kiara, a spiritual daughter of St Fintan Munnu; she lived in Ireland near Nenagh in Co. Tipperary, at a place now called Kilkeary after her
- Venerable Cera of Ireland, Abbess
- Venerable Conwoïon, a Breton saint and Abbot
- Saint Gaudentius of Gnesen, first Archbishop of Gnesen in Poland
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- New Monk-martyr Romanus of Carpenision and Kapsokalyvia, at Constantinople
- Venerable Symeon of the Pskov-Caves Monastery, Hiero-Schemamonk
- Venerable Theophan, Schema-Archimandrite of the Rykhlovsk Monastery, Ukraine
- New Hieromartyr Archpriest Andrei Zimin
- New Hieromartyr Joseph Bespalov, and with him 37 Martyrs
- Hieromartyr Stephen Ponomarev, Protopresbyter, at Alma-Ata
- Virgin-martyr Eugenia Domozhirova, at Alma-Ata
- New Hieromartyr Sergius Lavrov, Priest
- Martyr Matthew Gusev
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relics of St. Rumon, Bishop, to Tavistock Abbey.
- Repose of Monk Alexander of Valaam Monastery
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