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January 22 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 January22 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints Apostle Timothy, of the Seventy Apostles (c. 96)January 22 / February 4. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Τιμόθεος ὁ Ἀπόστολος . 22 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 22 Ιανουαρίου . ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Apostle Timothy of the Seventy. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Martyr Anastasius the Persian (628)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Πέρσης . 22 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Monastic Martyr Anastasius the Persian. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyrs of Adrianople (815 or 817)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μανουὴλ, Γεώργιος, Πέτρος, Λέων, Σιώνιος, Γαβριήλ, Ἰωάννης, Λέων, Πάροδος καὶ ἄλλοι τριακόσιοι ἑβδομήντα ἑπτὰ Μάρτυρες. 22 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.377 Martyred Companions in Bulgaria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Pre-Schism Western saints Hieromartyr Vincent the Deacon of Zaragoza, in Valencia under Diocletian (304)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βικέντιος ὁ Διάκονος . 22 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.January 22 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Martyrs Vincent, Orontius, and Victor, near Girona, Catalonia, Spain (305) Saint Vincent, Bishop of Digne, France (380) Saint Blaesilla, a daughter of Saint Paula (383) Saint Gaudentius, Bishop of Novara and Confessor (417) Saint Wendreda, Virgin of March, Cambridgeshire (7th century)February 4 / January 22. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saint Dominic of Sora, founder of several monasteries - at Scandrilia, Sora, Sangro, and elsewhere, renowned for miracles (1031) Saint Brithwald (Bertwald), Bishop of Ramsbury (1045)Saint Brihtwald of Wilton. OCA - Lives of the Saints.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. 31-32.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Joseph Samakos (Samakus) the Sanctified of Crete (1511)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Ἡγιασμένος ὁ ἐν Κρήτῃ. 22 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Macarius the Wonderworker, Founder and Abbot of Zhabyn Monastery, Belev (1623)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 22 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Joasaph Bolotov, Enlightener of Alaska and the American land (1799)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάσαφ Φωτιστὴς τῆς Ἀλάσκας. 22 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.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. Venerable Bessarion (Vissarion) Korkoliakos of Agathonos Monastery (1991)Saint Bessarion of Agathonos Resource Page Mystagogy Resource Center - www.mystagogyresourcecenter.com (see also: January 9 - )

New martyrs and confessors New Venerable Martyr Anastasius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves Monastery (12th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Διάκονος. 22 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Monastic Martyr Anastasius the Deacon of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. New Venerable Martyr Gregory of Peć (17th-18th centuries)SERBIAN CHURCH CANONIZES THREE MARTYRS. Orthodox Christianity. May 11, 2018. New Hieromartyrs John, Nicholas, Jacob, Peter, John, John (1938) New Hieromartyrs John Uspensky and Euthymius Tikhonravov,Saint Euthymius. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Priests (1938) 22 января (ст.ст.) 4 февраля 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). New Hieromartyr Mihailo Barbić, parish priest of Krtoli (1940s)Serbian Patriarchate Announces New Canonizations. Union of Orthodox Journalists. 20 May 2025 03:59. Retrieved: February 13, 2026. Саопштење за јавност Светог Архијерејског Сабора Српске Православне Цркве . СРПСКА ПРАВОСЛАВНА ЦРКВА. Објављено 18.05.2025. Retrieved: February 13, 2026. (see also: January 9 - )

Other commemorations Finding of the Holy Icon of "Panagia Eleistria" in Koroni, Messenia (1897)Great Synaxaristes: Εὕρεσις Ἱερᾶς Εἰκόνας Παναγίας Ἐλεηστρίας Κορώνης . 22 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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Sources January 22 / February 4. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). February 4 / January 22. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). January 22. 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 22. 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. 22–23. 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. 31–32. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 22 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 22 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 4 февраля (22 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 22 января (ст.ст.) 4 февраля 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).