Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of January 1
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on January 1 — on the Old Calendar, civil January 14.
Major feast
Circumcision of the Lord · St. Basil the Great — about the feast and its dates
Commemorated on January 1
- Circumcision of the Lord
- St. Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea
St. Basil the Great
Archbishop of Caesarea (†379), one of the Three Hierarchs. He gave the Church her longer Liturgy, her first hospitals, and the rule that still shapes monastic life. Commemorated January 1.
When it falls
- New Calendar: January 1 every year
- Old Calendar: civil January 14
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.