Orthodox Calendar for January 2026

January 2026
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 Circumcision of Our Lord; St Basil the Great St Gregory, Bishop of Nazianzus (374), father of St Gregory the Theologian St Emilia (375), mother of Sts Macrina, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Theosevia	2 Forefeast of Theophany Repose of St Seraphim of Sarov St Sylvester, Pope of Rome (335) Venerable Juliana of Lazarevskoye (1604) Holy New Martyr George the Georgian (1770)	3 Saturday before Theophany Forefeast of Theophany Prophet Malachi Holy Martyr Gordius of Caesarea (4th c.) Our Holy Mother Genevieve of Paris (ca. 502)
4 30th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday before Theophany Forefeast of Theophany Synaxis of Seventy Apostles The Ethiopian Eunuch of Queen Candace Venerable Apollinaria (5th c.)	5 Fast—Strict Fast Eve of Theophany Holy Martyrs Theopemptus and Theonas (ca. 290) Our Venerable Mother Syncletike (4th c.)	6 Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ	7 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)	8 Ven. George the Chozebite Our Venerable Mother Domnica (Domnina) (ca. 474) Saint Atticus, Patriarch of Constantinople (425) Saint Severinus (482)	9 Fast Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene in Armenia Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow Saint Peter II, Bishop of Sebaste (4th c.) Venerable Eustratius the Wonderworker (9th c.) Saint Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow (1569)	10 Saturday after Theophany St Gregory of Nyssa St Theophan the Recluse Our Holy Father Theophan the Recluse (1894)
11 31st Sunday after Pentecost Sunday after Theophany Ven. Theodosius the Great The Venerable Vitalis (5th c.) Venerable Michael of Klops, Fool for Christ (1456)	12 St Sava, Archbishop of Serbia Holy Martyr Tatiana (ca. 230) Venerable Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth (689-690)	13 Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus Our Holy Father Maximos Kavsokalybites (the Hut-burner) (1365) Our Holy Father Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers (369)	14 Fast 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.)	15 Ven. Paul of Thebes and John Calabytes Saint Ita of Kileedy, Ireland (570)	16 Fast Veneration of Chains of Apostle Peter	17 Ven. Godbearing Anthony the Great Pious Emperor Theodosius the Great (395) Our Holy Father Makarios (Kalogeras) of Patmos (1737)
18 32nd Sunday after Pentecost Ss Athanasius the Great and Cyril of Alexandria	19 Ven. Macarius the Great Our Holy Father Mark Eugenikos, Metropolitan of Ephesus and Confessor of the Orthodox Faith (1443)	20 Ven. Euthymius the Great Holy Martyrs Inna, Pinna and Rimma (Nirra) (1st – 2nd c.) Saint Peter the Tax Collector (6th c.)	21 Fast Ven. Maximus the Confessor Holy Martyr Agnes of Rome (ca. 304) Our Holy Father Maximos the Greek (1556)	22 Apostle Timothy of the Seventy Holy Martyr Anastasius of Persia (628)	23 Fast Hieromartyr Clement and Martyr Agathangel	24 Ven. Xenia of Rome Bl. Xenia of St Petersburg Our Holy Mother Xenia of Petersburg, fool for Christ (ca. 1800) Our Holy Father Macedonian (ca. 430)
25 Sunday of Zacchaeus St Gregory the Theologian	26 Ven. Xenophon and Mary St Ammonas of Egypt, disciple of St Anthony the Great (350) Our Holy Mother Paula of Rome (404)	27 Transl. Relics of St John Chrysostom	28 Fast Ven. Ephrem the Syrian Our Holy Father Isaac the Syrian, bishop of Nineveh (7th c.)	29 Trans. Rel. Ignatius the Godbearer St Andrei Rublev, iconographer (1430) Our Holy Father Aphrahat the Persian (4th c.) Repose of Blessed Father Dimitrios Gagastathis (1975)	30 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Synaxis 3 Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom Saint Peter, King of Bulgaria (970)	31 Unmercenaries Cyrus and John Venerable Nicetas, hermit of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod (1108) Marcella of Rome (410)