January 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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January 8 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 January8 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Feasts Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus ChristJanuary 8/January 21. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Afterfeast of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Saints Prophet Shemaiah (10th century BC)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Προφήτης Σαμέας . 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Hieromonk Makarios of Simonos Petra (Ed.). THE SYNAXARION: The Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church: VOLUME THREE - January, February. Transl. from the French by Christopher Hookway. Holy Convent of the Annunciation of Our Lady, Ormylia (Chalkidike), 2001. p. 84. Martyrs Julian and his wife, Basilissa, and with them Celsius and his mother, Marcionilla, Anastasius, the priest Anthony, seven brothers, and twenty prison guards, of Antinoe in Egypt (283–305)Martyrs Julian and his wife, Basilissa, and those with them in Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰουλιανός, Βασίλισσα, Κέλσιος, Ἀναστάσιος καὶ Ἀντώνιος οἱ Μάρτυρες . 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. JULIAN, BASILISSA, CELSUS, AND COMPANIONS, MM. (ABOUT 310.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 121-125. Hieromartyr Carterius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (304)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Καρτέριος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Elias the Hermit, Wonderworker of Egypt (4th century)Venerable Elias the Hermit, of Egypt. OCA - 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. 6. (see also: January 12 - Greek) Hieromartyr Theophilus the Deacon, and Martyr Helladius, in Libya (4th century)Martyrs Theophilus the Deacon, and Helladius, in Libya. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεόφιλος καὶ Ἑλλάδιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Atticus, Patriarch of Constantinople (425)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀττικὸς Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ATTICUS, PATR. OF CONSTANTINOPLE (A.D. 425.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 100. Venerable Domnica the Righteous of Constantinople (c. 474)Venerable Domnica of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Δομνίκη. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Agathon of Egypt, Monk (5th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀγάθων. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Theodore of Constantinople, founder and abbot of the Monastery of Chora (c. 595)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος Κτήτορας καὶ Ἡγούμενος τῆς μονῆς τῆς Χώρας. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable George the Chozebite, Abbot (7th century)Venerable George the Chozebite, Abbot. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος ὁ Χοζεβίτης. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.THE FEAST OF SAINTS IOANNIS AND GEORGIOS THE CHOSEBITES. Jerusalem Patriarchate: Official News Gate. 21/01/2017. Retrieved: 23 January 2017. Saint Cyrus (Kyros), Patriarch of Constantinople (714)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύρος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Abo of Tiflis, the Perfumer, of Baghdad, at Tbilisi, Georgia (786)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀβὼ ὁ Μάρτυρας. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Abo the Perfumer, of Tbilisi, Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Emilian the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus (820)Saint Emilian the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also August 8 - Greek) Saint Gregory of Ochrid, Bishop of Moesia (1012)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος Ἐπίσκοπος Μοισίας. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Patiens, venerated as the fourth Bishop of Metz and patron-saint of that city (2nd century)January 8 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PATIENS. B. (ABOUT A.D. 152.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 100. Hieromartyr Lucian (priest, the "Apostle of Beauvais"), and martyrs Maximian and Julian, in Beauvais in the north of France (290)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. LUCIAN, B. M. AT BEAUVAIS." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 99-100. Saint Eugenian (Egemoine), Bishop of Autun, a staunch defender of Orthodoxy against Arianism, for which he was martyred (4th century) Saint Severin, Bishop of Cologne (c. 397) Saint Severinus of Noricum, Monk of Göttweig Abbey, Apostle of Austria (Austria and Bavaria) (482)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σεβερίνος. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SEVERINUS, P. AP. OF NORICUM. (A.D. 482.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 101-112. Saint Ergnad (Ercnacta), born in Ulster in Ireland, she was made a nun by Saint Patrick (5th century) Saint Maximus, Bishop of Pavia in Italy, he attended Councils in Rome under Pope Symmachus (511) Saint Frodobert, a monk at Luxeuil in France, he founded the monastery of Moutier-la-Celle near Troyes, where he led a life of unceasing prayer and asceticism (673)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. FRODOBERT, AB. OF TROYES. (7TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 112-115. Saint Nathalan of Aberdeenshire (678)January 21 / January 8. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). НАТАЛАН ТУЛЛИХТСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 30, 2026. Saint Erhard, Bishop of Regensburg, Bavaria (c. 686) Saint Albert of Cashel, English laborer in Ireland and Bavaria (7th century) Holy Virgin Gudula (Goule), patroness of Brussels, Belgium (712)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. GUDULA, V. (ABOUT 712.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 115-118. Saint Pega of Peakirk, an anchoress in the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, and the sister of Saint Guthlac (719)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PEGA, V. (ABOUT A.D. 718.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 118. Saint Garibaldus (Gaubald), first Bishop of Regensburg (762) Saint Æthelhelm (Athelm), the first Bishop of Wells, and later Archbishop of Canterbury (926) Saint Wulfsige III (Wulsin), a monk whom Saint Dunstan loved as a son, became Abbot of Westminster in 980, and Bishop of Sherborne in 993 (1002)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. WULSIN, B. OF SHERBOURN. (A.D. 983.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 118-119.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves (1093)Venerable Gregory, Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας καὶ Θαυματουργός. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Gregory the Recluse of the Kiev Caves (14th century)Venerable Gregory the Recluse, of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Ἔγκλειστος. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Macarius (Makris) of Vatopedi on Mount Athos and Pantocratoros monastery in Constantinople, Abbot (1430)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος Μακρής. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Paisius of Uglich, Igumen of the Protection monastery, near Uglich (1504)Saint Paisius of Uglich. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Παΐσιος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Elder Isaiah of Valaam Monastery (1914)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἡσαΐας. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyr Isidore, Priest, and 72 companions at Yuriev (Dorpat), Estonia, slain by German Catholic Latins in (1472)Hieromartyr Isidore and 72 others at Yuriev, Estonia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῶ 72 Μάρτυρες. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. ИСИДОР ЮРЬЕВСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 30, 2026.

New Hieromartyr Victor Usov, Priest (1937) 8 января (ст.ст.) 21 января 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). УСОВ ВИКТОР СЕМЕНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 30, 2026. New Hieromartyr Paphnutius Kostin, Hieromonk of Optina Monastery (1938) ПАФНУТИЙ (КОСТИН). Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 28, 2026. New Hieromartyrs Demetrius Plyshevsky, ПЛЫШЕВСКИЙ ДМИТРИЙ ИВАНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 30, 2026. and Vladimir Pasternatsky, ПАСТЕРНАЦКИЙ ВЛАДИМИР ИЛАРИОНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 30, 2026. Priests (1938) New Martyr Michael Novoselov, ideologist of the Josephite movement (1938) НОВОСЕЛОВ МИХАИЛ АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 30, 2026. New Hieromartyr Basil Arkhangelsky, Priest (1939) АРХАНГЕЛЬСКИЙ ВАСИЛИЙ АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 30, 2026.

New Martyr John Malyshev (1940) МАЛЫШЕВ ИВАН ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 30, 2026. New Hieromartyr Michael Rozov, Priest, Confessor, of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1941) РОЗОВ МИХАИЛ ПЕТРОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 30, 2026. New Martyr Ivan Pavlovich Lyubimov, Psalmist (1942) ЛЮБИМОВ ИВАН ПАВЛОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 30, 2026.

Other commemorations Repose of Mother Alexandra (Princess Ileana), foundress of the Monastery of the Transfiguration, in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania (1991)

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Sources January 8/January 21. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). January 21 / January 8. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). January 8. 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. 6. January 8. 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. 8–9.

Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 8 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 8 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources 21 января (8 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).