Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of January
Every day of January in the Orthodox calendar, with its feasts and principal saints.
- January 1 — Circumcision of the Lord; St. Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea
- January 2 — St. Seraphim of Sarov, Wonderworker; St. Sylvester, Pope of Rome
- January 3 — Prophet Malachi; Martyr Gordius
- January 4 — Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles
- January 5 — Eve of Theophany; Martyrs Theopemptus and Theonas
- January 6 — Holy Theophany of our Lord
- January 7 — Synaxis of St. John the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist
- January 8 — St. George the Chozebite; St. Domnica of Constantinople
- January 9 — Martyr Polyeuctus; St. Philip of Moscow
- January 10 — St. Gregory of Nyssa; St. Theophan the Recluse
- January 11 — St. Theodosius the Great, Cenobiarch
- January 12 — Martyr Tatiana of Rome
- January 13 — Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus
- January 14 — Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raithu; Leavetaking of Theophany
- January 15 — St. Paul of Thebes; St. John the Hut-Dweller
- January 16 — Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Apostle Peter
- January 17 — St. Anthony the Great, Father of Monasticism
- January 18 — Sts. Athanasius and Cyril, Archbishops of Alexandria
- January 19 — St. Macarius the Great of Egypt; St. Mark of Ephesus
- January 20 — St. Euthymius the Great
- January 21 — St. Maximus the Confessor; Martyr Neophytus
- January 22 — Apostle Timothy; Monk-martyr Anastasius the Persian
- January 23 — Hieromartyr Clement of Ancyra; Martyr Agathangelus
- January 24 — St. Xenia of Rome; Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg
- January 25 — St. Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople
- January 26 — St. Xenophon, his wife Mary, and their sons
- January 27 — Translation of the Relics of St. John Chrysostom
- January 28 — St. Ephraim the Syrian; St. Isaac the Syrian
- January 29 — Translation of the Relics of St. Ignatius the God-bearer
- January 30 — The Three Holy Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom
- January 31 — Holy Unmercenaries Cyrus and John
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.