January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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January 25 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 January25 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints Venerable Castinus, Bishop of Byzantium (240)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Καστίνος . 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 25 Ιανουαρίου . ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Martyr Medula and her entourageGreat Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Μεδούλη καὶ ἡ συνοδεία της. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Apollo of the Thebaid, ascetic and wonderworker, reposed in peace (c. 361-363)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀπολλώ . 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Bretanion (Vetranion), Bishop of Tomis in Moesia, Confessor (c. 380)Saint Vetranion of Tomis. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βρετάννιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής . 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Publius the Ascetic of Euphratensis, Syria (380)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Πούπλιος. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Publius the Ascetic of Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Theodotos, Igumen of the "Monastery of St. Publius"Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδοτος . 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Gregory the Theologian of Nazianzus, Archbishop of Constantinople (390)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Θεολόγος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 25 января (ст.ст.) 7 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).Saint Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Mares the Singer of Omeros near Cyrrhus, Syria (430)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάρης . 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Mares the Singer in Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Demetrius the Skevophylax ("Keeper of the Sacred Vessels") of Constantinople (8th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Δημήτριος ὁ Σκευοφύλαξ. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Martyr Felicitas of Rome, and her seven sons (c. 164):January 25 / February 7. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Martyr Felicitas of Rome, and her seven sons. OCA - Lives of the Saints.January 25 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. (see also: November 23 in the West) Januarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalis, and Martial Saint Artemas, a child martyr in Pozzuoli (Puteoli) in Italy Saint Dwynwen of Llanddwyn Island, Patroness of Love and Marriage (c. 460)Dmitry Lapa. VENERABLE DWYNWEN OF LLANDDWYN ISLAND, PATRONESS OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE . Orthodox Christianity (Pravoslavie.ru). 07/02/2017. Retrieved: 13 March 2017. Saint Eochod of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts of Galloway (597) Saint Maurus (584) and Saint Placidus (6th century), early disciples of Saint Benedict Saint Sigeberht of East Anglia (Sigebert), the first Christian King of East Anglia in England (634)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. 35-36. Saint Racho (Ragnobert), Bishop of Autun, France (c. 660) Hieromartyr Praejectus (Priest, Prest, Preils, Prix), Bishop of Clermont (676) Saint Amarinus, Abbot of a monastery in the Vosges in France, and companion in martyrdom of Saint Praejectus (Priest) (676) Saint Thorgyth (Tortgith), nun at the convent of Barking in England with Saint Ethelburgh (c. 700) Saint Poppo, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium, renowned for miracles (1048)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Moses, Archbishop of Novgorod (1362)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μωϋσῆς ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντ. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Moses, Archbishop of Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: April 19 - Translation) Saint Gregory of Golutvin (15th century)February 7 / January 25. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saint Basian, Archbishop of Rostov (1516)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασιανὸς Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ροστὼβ Ρωσίας . 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: March 23) Venerable Anatole I Zertsalov, Elder of Optina Monastery (1894)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνατόλιος τῆς Ὄπτινα . 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Anatole I of Optina. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Georgia (1896)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ ἐκ Γεωργίας . 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

New martyrs and confessors New Martyr Auxentius of Constantinople (1720)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὐξέντιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας . 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.New Martyr Auxentius of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. New Hieromartyr Dositheus, Archbishop of Tbilisi, Georgia (1795)Saint Dositheus of Tbilisi. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: September 12) New Hieromartyr Vladimir Bogoyavlensky, Metropolitan of Kiev, Protomartyr of the Communist yoke in Russia (1918)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βλαδίμηρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Μητροπολίτης Κιέβου. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable New Martyr Elizabeth Romanova (Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine) (1918)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἐλισάβετ ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυς . 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable New Martyr Abbess Margaret Gunaronulo of Menzelino (1918)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Μαργαρίτα . 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Hieromartyr Peter Zverev, Archbishop of Voronezh (1929) New Hieromartyr Basil Zelentsov, Bishop of Priluki (1930) (see also: March 22) New Martyr Athanasia Lepeshkin, Abbess of Zosima Hermitage (Smolensk Hodigitria Convent), near Moscow (ru) (1931) New Hieromartyr Stephen Grachev, Priest (1938) New Martyr Boris Zavarin (1938)

Other commemorations Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Assuage My Sorrow" (1640)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Παραμυθίας ἐν Ρωσίᾳ . 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Translation to Moscow of the Icon of the Mother of God "Assuage my Sorrow". OCA - Lives of the Saints. Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy"Icon of the Mother of God "The Unexpected Joy". OCA - Lives of the Saints. Repose of Archpriest Sergius Orlov of Akulovo (1975) Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church (1992, 2013) Богослужебные указания за 8 февраля 2015 года . Русская православная церковь, официальный сайт Московского патриархата (Patriarchia.ru). 8 февраля 2015 года. (celebrated on the Sunday nearest to January 25)

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Sources January 25 / February 7. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). February 7 / January 25. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). January 25. 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. 10. January 25. 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. 25–26. 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. 35–36. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 25 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 7 февраля (25 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 25 января (ст.ст.) 7 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).