Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of January 17
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on January 17 — on the Old Calendar, civil January 30.
Commemorated on January 17
- St. Anthony the Great, Father of Monasticism
St. Anthony the Great
The father of monasticism (†356). He heard 'sell what you have and give to the poor' read in church, and did it. Twenty years of desert solitude made him a physician for the whole world.
When it falls
- New Calendar: January 17 every year
- Old Calendar: civil January 30
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.