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January 21 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 January21 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints Martyrs Eugenios (Eugene), Candidus, Valerian, and Aquila, at Trebizond (303)January 21 / February 3. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εὐγένιος, Οὐαλεριανός, Κάνδιδος καὶ Ἀκύλας οἱ Μάρτυρες. 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 21 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Martyrs Eugene, Candidus, Valerian, and Aquila, at Trebizond. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Virgin Martyr Agnes of Rome (c. 304)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἁγνὴ ἡ Μάρτυς . 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Virgin Martyr Agnes of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyr Neophytus of Nicaea (305)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νεόφυτος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Neophytus of Nicea. OCA - Lives of the Saints. The Holy Four Martyrs of Tyre, by the swordGreat Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τέσσερις Μάρτυρες . 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Apollonios of the Thebaid, ascetic (4th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀπολλώνιος . 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: March 31) Venerable Maximus the Confessor (662)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁμολογητής. 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Maximus the Confessor. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyr Anastasius (662), disciple of Venerable Maximus the ConfessorGreat Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Μάρτυρας . 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Anastasius, disciple of Venerable Maximus the Confessor. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Zosimas, Bishop of Syracuse (662)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ζώσιμος . 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: March 30) Martyrs Gabriel and Zionios, and companions, under the Bulgarian ruler Omurtag (c. 814-831)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γαβριὴλ καὶ Σιώνιος οἱ Μάρτυρες . 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Publius, first Bishop of Malta and later Bishop of Athens, martyred under Trajan (c. 112,January 21 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. or, c. 161-180Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πούπλιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀθηνῶν . 13 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.) (see also: March 13 in the East) Hieromartyr Fructuosus, Bishop of Tarragona, Spain, and his deacons Augurius and Eulogius (259)Martyr Fructuosis, Bishop of Tarragona, Spain, and his deacons Augurius and Eulogius. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyr Patroclus of Troyes, under Aurelian (c. 270-275)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πάτροκλος ὁ Μάρτυρας . 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Epiphanius of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia (496) Saint Brigid (Briga) of Kilbride, venerated around Lismore, Ireland (6th century) Saint Lawdog (6th century) Saint Vimin (Wynnin, Gwynnin), a Bishop in Scotland, said to have founded the monastery of Holywood (6th century) Saint Meinrad of Einsiedeln, hermit, martyred by robbers (861) Saint Maccallin (Macallan), Abbot of Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache Abbey and Waulsort (978)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Neophytus of Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos (14th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεόφυτος. 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Neóphytos of Vatopaidi Monastery on Mount Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.(see also: January 20) Venerable Maximus the Greek of Russia (1556)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάξιμος ὁ Γραικός . 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 21 января (ст.ст.) 3 февраля 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).Venerable Maximus the Greek. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Timon, Monk of Nadeyev and Kostroma (1840)February 3 / January 21. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Τίμων ἐκ Ρωσίας . 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint George (John) Mkheidze of Georgia (1960)Saint George (John) of Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyr Elias Berezovsky, Priest of Alma-Ata (1938)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. 9.

Other commemorations Synaxis of All the Martyred Saints, from Protomartyr Stephen up to the presentGreat Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πάντες Μάρτυρες ἀπὸ τοῦ Πρωτομάρτυρα Στέφανου μέχρι σήμερα. 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Synaxis of the Church of Holy Peace (Saint Irene) by the Sea in ConstantinopleGreat Synaxaristes: Μνήμη Ἐγκαινίων ναοῦ τῆς Ἁγίας Εἰρήνης . 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Icons "Paramythia" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (Vatopedi Mother of Consolation, Mother of God of Vatopedi), at Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos (807)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Παραμυθίας. 21 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Icon of the Mother of God "Comfort" or "Consolation". OCA - Lives of the Saints. Icon of the Mother of God "Stabbed" (Greek: "Esphagmeni." Slavonic: "Zaklannaya"), at Vatopedi monastery (14th century)Icon of the Mother of God "Stabbed". OCA - Lives of the Saints. Icon of the Mother of God "Xenophon Hodegetria" (1730)Icon of the Mother of God "Xenophon Hodegetria". OCA - Lives of the Saints.

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Sources January 21 / February 3. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). February 3 / January 21. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). January 21. 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. 9. January 21. 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. 21–22. Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 28–31. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 21 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 21 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 3 февраля (21 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 21 января (ст.ст.) 3 февраля 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).