Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of January 3
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on January 3 — on the Old Calendar, civil January 16.
Commemorated on January 3
- Prophet Malachi
- Martyr Gordius
When it falls
- New Calendar: January 3 every year
- Old Calendar: civil January 16
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.