January 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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January 19 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 January19 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints Virgin Martyr Euphrasia of Nicomedia (303)January 19 / February 1. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐφρασία ἡ Μάρτυς. 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Virgin Martyr Euphrasia of Nicomedia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrene (c. 307-323)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδοτος Ἐπίσκοπος Κυρήνειας. 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Macarius the Great of Egypt (390)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Αἰγύπτιος ὁ Ἀναχωρητὴς. 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Macarius the Great of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Macarius the Younger of Alexandria (c. 394)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς. 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Macarius of Alexandria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Macarius, Bishop of Ierissos on the Chalkidiki peninsula (c. 395-408)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἱερισσοῦ. 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saints Maximos and Dometios (Maximus and Domatius) of Nitria (4th century)Holy Brothers Maximos and Dometios at Nitria Orthodox Christianity Then and Now - www.johnsanidopoulos.comΌσιοι Μάξιμος και Δομέτιος οι αυτάδελφοι saint.gr Venerable Anton (Anthony) the Stylite of Martqopi, founder of monasticism in Georgia, of the Thirteen Assyrian Fathers (6th century)Saint Anthony, founder of Monasticism in Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Venerable Anton the Stylite of Martqophi. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Martyr Anthony Rawah the Qoraisite (797) Saint Arsenius, Archbishop of Corfu (Kerkyra) (953)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κερκύρας. 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Arsenius, Archbishop of Kerkyra. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Pre-Schism Western saints Martyr Pontian, in Spoleto, Italy under Marcus Aurelius (169)January 19 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Virgin Martyr Messalina, in Foligno, Italy (251) Martyrs Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum, in Rome (270) (see also: July 6) Martyrs Paul, Gerontius, Januarius, Saturninus, Saccesius, Julius, Catius, Pius and Germanus, in Numidia in North AfricaGreat Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παῦλος, Γερόντιος, Ἰανουάριος, Σατουρνῖνος, Σακκέσιος, Ἰούλιος, Κάτιος, Πῖος καὶ Γερμανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες . 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Firminus, third Bishop of Gévaudan (Gabales), France Saint Bassian, Bishop of Lodi, Lombardy (413) Saint Contestus (Contentius), Bishop of Bayeux, France from 480 on (510) Saint Laumer (Lomer, Laudomarus), Abbot of Corbion Monastery (593) Saint Branwalader (Breward) of Cornwall, Bishop in Jersey in the Channel Islands (6th century) Saint Nathalan (Nachlan, Nauchlan), Bishop of Tullicht, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (678) Saint Remigius, Bishop of Rouen, France from 755 onwards (772) Saint Arcontius, Bishop of Viviers, France, killed by a mob for having upheld the rights of the Church (c. 8th century) Saint Catellus (Castellus), Bishop of Castellamare to the south of Naples, Italy (9th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Cosmas of the Monastery of St. John Chrysostom, at Koutsovendis, CyprusGreat Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Κοσμᾶς ὁ Χρυσοστόματος. 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Macarius the Faster of the Kiev Near Caves (12th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Νηστευτὴς ἐκ Ρωσίας. 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Macarius the Faster, of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Meletios the Confessor and Monk of Mount Galesios (1283)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μελέτιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Γαλησιώτης. 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Macarius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves, Wonderworker (13th-14th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Διάκονος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Macarius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Righteous Theodore the Fool for Christ of Novgorod (1392)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός τοῦ Νόβγκοροντ. 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Mark Eugenikos, Archbishop of Ephesus, who resisted the Roman Catholic heresies (1444)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μᾶρκος ὁ Εὐγενικὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Ἐφέσου . 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Mark, Archbishop of Ephesus. 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). pp. 8-9. Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Abbot (1550)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Ρωμαῖος. 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Makarios the Roman of Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyr Peter Skipetrov, Archpriest of Petrograd (1918)February 1 / January 19. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). 19 января (ст.ст.) 1 февраля 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). (see also February 1) New Hieromartyr Nicholas Vostorgov, Priest (1930) Martyr Theodore Gusev (1940)

Other commemorations Commemoration of the miracle wrought by Saint Basil the Great at Nicaea, when by his prayer he opened the gates of the Universal (Catholic) church and entrusted it to the OrthodoxCommemoration of the miracle of Saint Basil the Great at Nicaea. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Μνήμη Θαύματος Μεγάλου Βασιλείου. 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Translation of the relics (950) of Saint Gregory the Theologian (389)The transfer of the relics of Saint Gregory the Theologian. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Γρηγορίου Θεολόγου. 19 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Opening of the relics (1652) of Saint Sabbas of Storozhev in Zvenigorod (1406)Opening of the Relics of Venerable Savva of Storozhev, or Zvenigorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Repose of Schemanun Anatolia of Diveyevo Convent (1949) Commemoration of the 'Venerable Fathers, the Founders of Monasticism, and of All Saints Who Shone Forth in the Land of Egypt' (2025)Russian Church adds St. Olga of Alaska to calendar, establishes feast of Egyptian saints . Orthodox Christianity. Moscow, October 31, 2025. Retrieved: February 15, 2026.The Holy Synod has resolved to establish the Feast of All Saints Who Shone Forth in the Land of Egypt. Russian Orthodox Church - Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa. 01 November 2025, 20:05. Retrieved: June 16, 2026. (Russian Orthodox Church)

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