January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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January 26 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 January26 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints Martyrs Ananias the priest, Peter the prison guard, and seven soldiers, in Phoenicia (295)January 26 / February 8. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνανίας, Πέτρος καὶ οἱ ἑπτὰ στρατιῶτες μάρτυρες . 26 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyrs Ananias the Presbyter, Peter, and seven soldiers, in Phoenicia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. The Holy Two Martys of PhrygiaGreat Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δύο Μάρτυρες. 26 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. 10. Venerable Ammon of Egypt (350), disciple of Saint Anthony the GreatGreat Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀμμωνᾶς . 26 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Symeon "the Ancient" of Mount Sinai (c. 390)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ὁ Παλαιός . 26 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Simeon "the Ancient" of Mount Sinai. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Paula of Rome (Paula of Palestine), monastic foundress in Palestine (404)Saint Paula. OCA - Lives of the Saints.St. Paula of Palestine (404). HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Venerable Gabriel, Abbot of the monastery of Saint Stephanos in Jerusalem (c. 490)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γαβριήλ . 26 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Xenophon and his wife Mary, and their two sons Saints Arcadius and John, of Constantinople (6th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ξενοφῶν μετὰ τῆς συμβίου του Μαρίας καὶ τῶν τέκνων Ἀρκαδίου καὶ Ἰωάννου. 26 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Xenophon, his wife, Mary, and their two sons, Arcadius and John, of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Συναξαριστής. 26 Ιανουαρίου . ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Saint Theodore of Ajareli.Saint Theodore of Ajareli. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Conon, Bishop and monastic founder on the Isle of Man (648) Saint Theofrid (Theofroy), a monk at Luxeuil in France who became Abbot of Corbie, and a Bishop (c. 690) Saint Athanasius, honoured as a bishop in Sorrento in the south of Italy Saint Alphonsus of Astorga, Bishop of Astorga in Spain (9th century) Saint Ansurius (Aduri, Asurius, Isauri), Bishop of Orense in Galicia (925)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Clement of Mt. Sagmation (1111)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Κλήμης . 26 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Blessed David IV the Builder (the Restorer), King of Georgia (1125)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δαυΐδ βασιλεὺς τῆς Γεωργίας . 26 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Blessed David IV, King of Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Xenophon, Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod (1262) 26 января (ст.ст.) 8 февраля 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).Saint Xenophon of Robeika. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Arcadius of Vyaznikovsky (1592)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρκάδιος . 26 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Joseph Naniescu of Suceava, Metropolitan of Moldova, Romania (1902)Two new saints canonized by Romanian Orthodox Church . BASILICA.RO (Biserica Ortodoxă Română). 06.10.2017.

New martyrs and confessors New Nun-martyr Matushka Maria Lelyanova of Gatchina (1932)February 8 / January 26. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (see also: April 4) New Hieromartyr Cyril, Metropolitan of Kazan (1937)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος ὁ Μάρτυρας Μητροπολίτης Καζάν. 26 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Hieromartyr Arcadius (1938) Martyr John Popov (1938)

Other commemorations Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Constantinople (447-448), during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II (r. 408–450)Great Synaxaristes: Μνήμη Μεγάλου Σεισμοῦ . 26 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: September 25) Translation of the relics (845) of Venerable Theodore the Confessor, Abbot of the Studion (826), and his brother Saint Joseph the Confessor,Saint Joseph, Bishop of Thessalonica, and brother of Saint Theodore of Studion. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Archbishop of Thessalonica (832)Translation of the relics of Venerable Theodore, Abbot of Studion. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Θεοδώρου τοῦ Στουδίτου. 26 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Repose of Metropolitan Gabriel of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg (1801)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ Μητροπολίτης Νόβγκοροντ καὶ Ἁγίας Πετρούπολης . 26 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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Sources January 26 / February 8. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). February 8 / January 26. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). January 26. 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 26. 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. 26–27. 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. p. 36. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 26 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 26 Ιανουαρίου . ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 8 февраля (26 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 26 января (ст.ст.) 8 февраля 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).