Orthodox Calendar for January 2023

January 2023
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1 Nativity Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Sunday before Nativity Martyr Boniface and Righteous Aglaida Martyrs Boniface, Probus, Ares, Timothy, Polyeuktos, Eutychios and Thessaloniki Our Righteous Father Gregentius, Bishop of Ethiopia	2 Nativity Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Forefeast of Nativity Hieromartyr Ignatius the Godbearer Repose of Our Holy Father John of Kronstadt (1908)	3 Nativity Fast Forefeast of Nativity Virgin Martyr Juliana and Companions Our Holy Father Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow (1326) Saint Procopius of Vyatka, Fool for Christ (1627)	4 Nativity Fast Forefeast of Nativity Greatmartyr Anastasia and Companions Chrysogonos, Theodota, Evodias, & Eutychianus, the Martyrs The opening of the gates of the Great Church of God	5 Nativity Fast Forefeast of Nativity Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete Our Venerable Father Paul, Archbishop of Neocaesarea (4th c.) Our Holy Father Nahum of Ochrid, Wonderworker and Enlightener of the Slavs (ca. 900)	6 Nativity Fast—Strict Fast Eve of Nativity Eve of the Nativity of Christ Holy Virgin and Martyr Eugenia and her companions (ca. 190)	7 Nativity of Christ The Shepherds who saw the Lord The Veneration of the Magi
8 Sunday after Nativity Synaxis of the Most-Holy Theotokos Hieromartyr Euthymius of Sardis The Flight into Egypt of the Holy Family Our Holy Father Constantine of Synnada (7th c.)	9 Protomartyr Stephen Our Righteous Father Theodore the Branded, brother of St Theophanes the Hymnographer Theodore, Patriarch of Constantinople	10 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia Our Holy Father Simon the Outpourer of Myrrh, Founder of Simonopetra Monastery, Mt Athos (1287) Holy Martyr Glycerus	11 Holy Innocents Slain by Herod Our Venerable Father Marcellus, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones (485) Our Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor	12 Virgin Martyr Anysia at Thessalonica Our Holy Father Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia (1563) Gideon the New Martyr of Mount Athos	13 Leavetaking of the Nativity Ven. Melania the Younger of Rome Saint Zoticus, Cherisher of the Poor and Servant of Lepers (4th c) St Theophylact, Archbishop of Ochrid (ca. 1126)	14 Saturday before Theophany Circumcision of Our Lord Our Father among the Saints Basil the Great (379). St Gregory, Bishop of Nazianzus (374), father of St Gregory the Theologian Peter the New Martyr of the Peloponnesos
15 Sunday before Theophany Forefeast of Theophany Repose of St Seraphim of Sarov St Sylvester, Pope of Rome (335) Venerable Juliana of Lazarevskoye (1604)	16 Forefeast of Theophany Prophet Malachi Holy Martyr Gordius of Caesarea (4th c.) Our Holy Mother Genevieve of Paris (ca. 502)	17 Forefeast of Theophany Synaxis of Seventy Apostles The Ethiopian Eunuch of Queen Candace Venerable Apollinaria (5th c.)	18 Fast—Strict Fast Eve of Theophany Holy Martyrs Theopemptus and Theonas (ca. 290) Our Venerable Mother Syncletike (4th c.) Gregory of Akrita	19 Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Theophan the Recluse	20 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Synaxis of St John the Baptist New Martyr Athanasius of Attalia (1700) Our Venerable Father Cedd, Bishop of Essex and Abbot of Lastingham (664)	21 Saturday after Theophany Our Venerable Mother Domnica (Domnina) (ca. 474) Saint Atticus, Patriarch of Constantinople (425) Saint Severinus (482)
22 Sunday after Theophany Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene in Armenia Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow Saint Peter II, Bishop of Sebaste (4th c.)	23 St Gregory of Nyssa St Theophan the Recluse Dometian, Bishop of Melitene	24 Our Holy Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch (519) The Venerable Vitalis (5th c.) Venerable Michael of Klops, Fool for Christ (1456)	25 Fast St Sava, Archbishop of Serbia Holy Martyr Tatiana (ca. 230) Venerable Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth (689-690)	26 Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus Our Holy Father Maximos Kavsokalybites (the Hut-burner) (1365) Our Holy Father Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers (369)	27 Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of Theophany St Nino of Georgia Our Holy Father Sava (Sabbas), Enlightener and first Archbishop of Serbia (1236) The Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raithu (4th – 5th c.)	28 Ven. Paul of Thebes and John Calabytes Our Holy Father John Kalyvites (the hut-dweller) (ca. 450) Saint Ita of Kileedy, Ireland (570)
29 Sunday of the Canaanite Woman Veneration of Chains of Apostle Peter Righteous Hierodeacon Makarios of Kalogeras Romilo the Monk of Mount Athos	30 Ven. Godbearing Anthony the Great Pious Emperor Theodosius the Great (395) Our Holy Father Makarios (Kalogeras) of Patmos (1737) George the New Martyr of Ioannina	31 Ss Athanasius the Great and Cyril of Alexandria Zenia the Martyr