January 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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January 31 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 January31 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints Martyr Tryphaena of Cyzicus (1st century)January 31 / February 13. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Τρύφαινα ἡ Μάρτυς. 31 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 31 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Martyr Tryphaina at Cyzicus. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, and Papias, at Corinth (251 or 258)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Οὐϊκτωρίνος, Οὐΐκτωρ, Νικηφόρος, Κλαύδιος, Διόδωρος, Σαραπίνος καὶ Παπίας οἱ Μάρτυρες ἐν Κορίνθῳ . 31 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Victorinus of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cyrus and John,Wonderworker and Unmercenary Cyrus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Wonderworker and Unmercenary John. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and Martyrs Athanasia and her daughters Theoctista, Theodota, and Eudoxia, at Canopus in Egypt (311)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κύρος καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ Θαυματουργοί Ἀνάργυροι καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς Ἀθανασία, Θεοδότη, Θεοκτίστη καὶ Εὐδοξία οἱ Μάρτυρες. 31 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Athanasia and her daughters at Canopus in Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyrs Saturninus, Thyrsus and Victor, at Alexandria.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σατουρνίνος, Θύρσος καὶ Βίκτωρ οἱ Μάρτυρες. 31 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyrs Tharsicius, Zoticus, Cyriacus, and their companions, at Alexandaria.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ταρσίζιος, Ζωτικός, Κυριακὸς καὶ Σώκιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 31 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Julius of Aegina (Julius of Novara), missionary priest to northern Italy (401)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰούλιος ὁ Πρεσβύτερος ἐξ Αἰγίνης. 31 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.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. 32–33. Saint Athanasius, Bishop of Methone (ca. 880)February 13 / January 31. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Geminian of Modena, Deacon and later successor of the Bishop of Modena (348) Saint Marcella of Rome (410) Saint Madoes (Madianus), a saint who has left his name to a place in the Carse of Gowrie in Scotland. Saint Áedan (Maedoc), first Bishop of Ferns in Co. Wexford in Ireland, where he also founded and became abbot of a monastery (626) Saint Adamnan (Adomnán), born in Ireland, he became a monk at Coldingham Priory, now in Scotland (681) Saint Wilgils, father of St Willibrord, born in Northumbria in England, he settled on the banks of the River Humber and lived as a hermit (c. 700) Saint Bobinus, monk at Moutier-la-Celle. Later he became Bishop of Troyes (c. 766) Saint Ulphia (Wulfia, Olfe, Wulfe), hermitess near Amiens in France (8th century) Saint Eusebius, monk at St Gall in Switzerland and later lived as a hermit on Mount St Victor in the Vorarlberg (884) Saint John Angelus, born in Venice in Italy, he became a monk at Pomposa (c. 1050)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Nikita, recluse of the Kiev Caves, Bishop of Novgorod (1108)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ἐκ Κιέβου. 31 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves the Bishop of Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Pachomius, abbot of Keno Lake Monastery (1525) ПАХОМИЙ КЕНСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 28, 2026. (see also May 15) New Monk-martyr Elias (Ardunis) of Mount Athos and Kalamata (1686)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἠλίας ὁ Νέος Ὁσιομάρτυρας τοῦ Ἀρδούνη. 31 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Arsenius the New, of Paros (1877)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ ἐν Πάρῳ . 31 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Arsenius of Paros. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Other commemorations Synaxis of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Koroniotissa or Dakryrroousis, at Lixouri, Cephalonia (1867)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Κορωνιωτίσσης ἢ Δακρυρροούσης. 31 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Repose of Eugene Poselyanin (Pogozhev), spiritual writer (1931) Repose of Elder Codratus (Condratus) of Karakalou monastery, Mount Athos (1940) Repose of Hieroschemamonk Stephen (Ignatenko) of Kislovodsk (1973) Martyrdom of Paul (de Ballester-Convallier), Bishop of Nazianzus, in Mexico City (1984)

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Sources January 31 / February 13. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). February 13 / January 31. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). January 31. 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. 11. January 31. 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. 32–33. 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. 42–43. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 31 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 31 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 13 февраля (31 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 31 января (ст.ст.) 13 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).