Commemoration of Saint Gregory the Theologian, archbishop of Constantinople (389); Martyrs Felicitas of Rome and seven sons: Januarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalis, and Martial (164); Saint Publius, ascetic of Syria (380); Saint Mares the Singer of Syria (430).
Monthly Archives: January 2026
The Eve of Theophany–Feast of Jordan, The Great Blessing of the Waters
Christ Is Born! Let Us Glorify Him! Thirtieth Sunday after Pentecost, Sunday before the Theophany of our Lord, Jesus Christ, Forefeast of the Theophany of Christ
Commemoration of the Synaxis [meeting] of the 70 Apostles: James the Brother of the Lord, Mark and Luke the Evangelists, Cleopas, Symeon, Barnabas, Justus, Thaddeus, Ananias, Stephen the Protomartyr and Archdeacon, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Onesimus, Epaphras, Archippus, Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, Crispus, Epenetus, Andronicus, Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles, Aristobulus, Herodion, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobus, Hermas, Linus, Gaius, Philologus, Lucius, Jason, Sosipater, Olympas, Tertius, Erastus, Quartus, Euodias, Onesiphorus, Clement, Sosthenes, Apollos, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Carpus, Quadratus, Mark, Zenas, Aristarchus, Pudens, Trophimus, Mark, Artemas, Aquila, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; Dionysius Areopagite and Simeon Niger; St. Theoctistus, Abbot at Cucomo in Sicily (800); Venerable Aquila, of the Far Caves in the Kyiv Caves Abbey (14th century); Venerable Martyr Zosimas the hermit and Martyr Athanasius the warden (3rd – 4th cent.).