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January 1 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective January1 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Feasts Feast of the Circumcision of ChristGreat Synaxaristes: Περιτομὴ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. 1 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.The Circumcision of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "THE CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 1-3.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article XX.—Feast of the Circumcision of our Lord." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. I. Dublin, 1875. pp. 26–27.

Saints Martyr Theodotus, by the swordGreat Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδοτος. 1 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.January 14 / January 1. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Martyr Basil of Ancyra (362)Martyr Basil of Ancyra. OCA - Feasts and Saints. (see also: January 2) Saint Gregory the Elder, Bishop of Nazianzus and father of Saint Gregory the Theologian (374)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος . 1 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.January 1/14. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Saint Emilia, mother of Saints Macrina the Younger, Basil the Great, Naucratius, Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Theosebia (disputed) (375)Saint Emilia, Mother of Saint Basil the Great. OCA - Feasts and Saints. Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (379)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας ὁ Καππαδόκης. 1 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia. OCA - Feasts and Saints. Saint Theodosius of Tryglia, AbbotGreat Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος. 1 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Hieromartyr Concordius of Spoleto (c. 175)January 1 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CONCORD, P. M. (ABOUT 175.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 3-5. Thirty soldier-martyrs in Rome, under Diocletian (c. 304) Monastic Martyr Telemachus (Telemakhos, Almachius), hermit who came to Rome from the East and publicly protested against Pagan rites on New Year's Day, killed by gladiators in the Roman amphitheatre (391 or 404)Monastic Martyr Telemakhos. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Τηλέμαχος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 1 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. TELEMACHUS, H. M. (ABOUT 404.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 7-10. Saint Basil, Bishop of Aix en Provence (c. 475) Saint Eugendus, fourth Abbot of Condat Abbey in the Jura Mountains (510) Saint Fanchea of Killeany (Fanchea of Rossory), sister of Saint Enda of Aran (c. 520)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. FANCHEA, VIRGIN, ABBESS OF ROSS OIRTHER, OR ROSSORY, COUNTY OF FERMANAGH, AND OF KILLANY, COUNTY OF LOUTH. [FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURY.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. I. Dublin, 1875. pp. 1–11. Saint Fulgentius, Bishop of Ruspe in North Africa (533)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. FULGENTIUS, B. C. (A.D. 533.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 10-18. Saint Justin, Bishop of Chieti, Italy (c. 540) Saint Felix, Bishop of Bourges (c. 580) Saint Connat (Comnata, Comnatan), Abbess of Kildare Abbey in Ireland (c. 590)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article XIV.—St. Connat, or Comnatan, Abbess of Kildare, County of Kildare. [Sixth Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. I. Dublin, 1875. pp. 24–25. Saint Maelrhys, a saint on Bardsey Island in Wales (6th century) Saint Clarus, Abbot of St. Marcellus Monastery in Vienne, Gaul (c. 660) Saint Cúan (Mochua, Moncan), Irish abbot, founder of many churches and monasteries in Ireland, lived to nearly 100 (752)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article XI.—Feast of St. Mochua, or Cuan, Abbot and Patron of Teach-Mochua, or Timahoe, Queen's County. [Sixth or Seventh Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. I. Dublin, 1875. pp. 23–24.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MOCHUA, OR CUAN. (ABOUT 6TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 19-20. Saint Peter of Atroa, Abbot, opponent of iconoclasm (Peter the Standard-Bearer) (837)The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 4. (see also: January 3 - East) Saint William of Dijon (William of Volpiano, Guillaume de Volpiano), Italian monastic reformer and architect (1031)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Athanasius Volkhovsky, Bishop of Mogilev and Polotsk, Wonderworker of Poltava (1801)RUSSIAN CHURCH ADDS 30 LOCALLY-VENERATED SAINTS TO CHURCH-WIDE CALENDAR. Orthodox Christianity. December 1, 2017. АФАНАСИЙ ПОЛТАВСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 18, 2026.

New martyrs and confessors New Martyr Peter of Tripolis in the Peloponnesus, at Temisi in Asia Minor (1776)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Πελοποννήσιος . 1 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Monastic Martyr Jeremiah Leonov of Valaam (1918) 1 января (ст.ст.) 14 января 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). ИЕРЕМИЯ (ЛЕОНОВ). Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 18, 2026. New Hieromartyrs Platon Kulbusch (Kulbush), Bishop of Revel (Tallinn), Estonia, and Michael Blaive and Nicholas Bezhanitsky, Archpriests (1919)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλάτων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ . 1 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also January 14) New Hieromartyrs Alexander Trapitsyn, Archbishop of Samara; АЛЕКСАНДР (ТРАПИЦЫН). Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 18, 2026. with him, priests: John Smirnov, СМИРНОВ ИВАН ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 18, 2026. Alexander Ivanov, ИВАНОВ АЛЕКСАНДР ПЕТРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 18, 2026. Alexander Organov, ОРГАНОВ АЛЕКСАНДР АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 18, 2026. John Suldin, СУЛЬДИН ИВАН ИОСИФОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 18, 2026. Trophimus Miachin, МЯЧИН ТРОФИМ ГРИГОРЬЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 18, 2026. Viacheslav Infantov, ИНФАНТОВ ВЯЧЕСЛАВ АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 18, 2026. Basil Vitevsky, ВИТЕВСКИЙ ВАСИЛИЙ ИВАНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 18, 2026. and Jacob Alferov АЛФЕРОВ ЯКОВ ИВАНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 18, 2026. (1938)

Other commemorations Icon of the Mother of God "You are a Vineyard" (Georgian: Shen khar venakhi)Icon of the Mother of God "You are a Vineyard" (Georgian: Shen khar venakhi). OCA - Feasts and Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Ἀμπελῶνος. 1 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also May 23)

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