January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
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 January 26 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)
The Holy Two Martys of Phrygia
Venerable Ammon of Egypt (350), disciple of Saint Anthony the Great
Venerable Symeon "the Ancient" of Mount Sinai (c. 390)
Saint Paula of Rome (Paula of Palestine), monastic foundress in Palestine (404)
Venerable Gabriel, Abbot of the monastery of Saint Stephanos in Jerusalem (c. 490)
Venerable Xenophon and his wife Mary, and their two sons Saints Arcadius and John, of Constantinople (6th century)
Saint Theodore of Ajareli.
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)
Blessed David IV the Builder (the Restorer), King of Georgia (1125)
Venerable Xenophon, Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod (1262)
Venerable Arcadius of Vyaznikovsky (1592)
Saint Joseph Naniescu of Suceava, Metropolitan of Moldova, Romania (1902)
New martyrs and confessors
New Nun-martyr Matushka Maria Lelyanova of Gatchina (1932) (see also: April 4)
New Hieromartyr Cyril, Metropolitan of Kazan (1937)
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) (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, Archbishop of Thessalonica (832)
Repose of Metropolitan Gabriel of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg (1801)
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Notes
References
Sources
January 26 / February 8. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
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