Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of January 5
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on January 5 — on the Old Calendar, civil January 18.
Commemorated on January 5
- Eve of Theophany
- Martyrs Theopemptus and Theonas
When it falls
- New Calendar: January 5 every year
- Old Calendar: civil January 18
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.