January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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January 13 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 January13 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Feasts Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus ChristJanuary 13/January 26. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Afterfeast of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (Serbian Calendar: Apodosis of the Theophany)

Saints Martyr Peter of Anium, at Hieropolis (Peter Apselamus at Eleutheropolis) (c. 309)Martyr Peter of Anium, at Hieropolis. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also January 12,Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Ἀβεσαλαμίτης. 12 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Peter Apselamus of Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and October 14Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Αὐσελάμου . 14 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.) Martyrs Hermylus (Hermilos) the Deacon and Stratonicus (Stratonikos), at Belgrade (315)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕρμυλος καὶ Στρατόνικος. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus of Belgrade. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyr AthanasiusGreat Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyrs Pachomius and Papyrinus in Greece, by drowningGreat Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παχώμιος καὶ Παπυρίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Jacob (James), Bishop of Nisibis, the "Moses of Mesopotamia" (c. 350)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint James, Bishop of Nisibis. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Potitus, a boy venerated as a martyr near Naples, Italy (c. 138 - 161)January 13 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. (see also: July 1) Saint Andrew, twelfth Bishop of Trier, Germany, sometimes listed as a martyr (235) Forty soldier-martyrs of Rome, who suffered on the Via Lavicana, under Gallienus (262) Saint Agricius (Agrecius, Agritius), Bishop of Trier, Germany, took part in the Council of Arles in 314 (c. 333) Saint Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers (Pictavium) (368)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱλάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Πικτώνων. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers. OCA - Feasts and Saints. Saint Viventius, an eastern priest who travelled to the West and attached himself to Saint Hilary of Poitiers, ended his life as a hermit (c. 400) Saint Erbin (Ervan, Erbyn, Erme), King of Dumnonia (now Cornwall and Devon) and saint of Wales (c. 480) Saint Remigius, Apostle to the Franks (437–533), and Bishop of Rheims from 459 (533)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρεμίγιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ρημῶν. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Elian (Eilan, Allan), Missionary to Cornwall, England (6th century)Saint Elian, Missionary to Cornwall, England. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: January 12 - Greek) Saint Kentigern (Kentigern Mungo, Kentigern of Glasgow), Apostle of the Brythonic Kingdom of Strathclyde and patron saint and founder of the city of Glasgow (614)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κεντιγκέρνος Ἐπίσκοπος Γλασκόβης. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also January 14 - Russian) Saint Enogatus, fifth successor of Saint Malo as Bishop of Aleth in Brittany (631) Saints Gumesindus and Servusdei, two martyrs, one a parish-priest, the other a monk, in Cordoba in Spain under Abderrahman II (852) Saint Berno, first Abbot of Cluny and initiator of the Cluniac reforms which spread across Europe (927)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Maximos Kavsokalyvites of Kavsokalyvia (Kafsokalyvia), Mount Athos (1354)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάξιμος ὁ Καυσοκαλυβίτης, 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Maximus Kavsokalyvites of Mount Athos. OCA - Feasts and Saints. Saint Jeremias I (Jeremiah I), Patriarch of Constantinople (1546)Saint Jeremiah I Patriarch of Constantinople. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Mystagogy Resource Center: Elder Gerasimos Mikragiannanitis and Ecumenical Patriarch Jeremiah I Have Been Canonized By the Ecumenical Patriarchate.Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople: Announcement of the Work of the Holy and Sacred Synod - 10 January 2023 . Saint Irenarchus (Irenarch) the Recluse of Rostov (1616)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Εἰρήναρχος ὁ Ἔγκλειστος. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island at Solovki (1656)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἐλεάζαρος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island, Solovki. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Joseph the Merciful, Metropolitan of Moldova (1902)

Other commemorations Panagia Mesopanditissa (Mediator of All) Icon of the Mother of God, of CreteSynaxis of Panagia Mesopanditissa of Crete Orthodox Christianity Then and Now - www.johnsanidopoulos.com Consecration of the monastery of the Prophet Elias - the so-called "Monastery of the Deep Stream" - in Triglia, Bithynia (10th century) Αγίου Νικοδήμου Αγιορείτου Συναξαριστής των δώδεκα μηνών του ενιαυτού. Τόμος Β´. Εκδόσεις Δόμος, 2005. Ανάμνηση των εγκαινίων της Μονής του Προφήτη Ηλία της ονομαζόμενης του Βαθέος Ρύακος. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

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Sources January 13/January 26. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). January 26 / January 13. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). January 13. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. 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. 7. January 13. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 13–14. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 13 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 26 января (13 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 13 января (ст.ст.) 26 января 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).