Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of January 7
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on January 7 — on the Old Calendar, civil January 20.
Commemorated on January 7
- Synaxis of St. John the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist
When it falls
- New Calendar: January 7 every year
- Old Calendar: civil January 20
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.