January 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 20 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For January 7th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 25.

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.[1][2]

Saints

• Synaxis of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist Saint John.[1][3][4][note 2]
• Saint Julian the Deacon, of Aegina (391)[5][note 3]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Crispin of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia in Italy, he signed the acts of the Council of Milan (467).[6]
• Saint Valentine, an abbot who became a bishop in Rhaetia (470)[6][note 4]
• Saint Brannock of Braunton (Brynach), England (6th century)[1][7][note 5]
• Saint Cedd, Bishop of Lastingham (664)[1][8]
• Saint Cronan Beg, a Bishop of Aendrum in County Down in Ireland (7th century)[6]
• Saint Tillo of Solignac (Thillo, Thielman, Théau, Tilloine, Tillmann) (702)[6][note 6]
• Saint Kentigerna, Hermitess of Loch Lomond (734).[6][9][note 7]
• Saint Emilian (Émilion, Aemilio), born in Vannes, he was a monk at Saujon near Saintes, and died as a hermit in the forest of Combes near Bordeaux (767)[6]
• Blessed Wittikund (Wittekind, Wittikind, Widukind) of Westphalia (807)[6][10][note 8]
• Saint Aldric of Le Mans (Aldericus, Audry), Bishop of Le Mans in France, from 832 (856)[6]
• Saint Reinold (Rainald, Reynold), monk at the monastery of St Pantaleon in Cologne in Germany (960)[6][note 9]
• Saint Anastasius of Sens, Archbishop of Sens (977)[6][note 10]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Feodor I of Russia (Fyodor (Theodore) I Ivanovich), last Rurikid Tsar of Russia (1598)[11][note 11]
• New Martyr Athanasius of Attalia and Smyrna (1700)[1][12][13]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Alexander Skalsky, of Alma-Ata, Protopresbyter (1933)[14][note 12]
• New Hieromartyr Paphnutius (Kostin), Hieromonk of Optina Monastery (1938)[1][9]
• New Hieromartyr Basil, Priest (1939)[9]
• Martyr John (1940)[9]
• Martyr John (1942)[9]

Other commemorations

• The Miracle of Saint John the Baptist in Chios (1740)[15]

Icon gallery

• 
  Synaxis of Saint John, the Holy Glorious Prophet, Baptist, and Forerunner (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century)
• 
  Saint Cedd, Bishop of Lastingham.
• 
  Blessed Feodor I of Russia.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. On this day we also celebrate the translation to Constantinople of the holy right hand of St John the Forerunner (956 AD).[3] The holy Evangelist Luke, who went preaching Christ in various cities and towns, came to Sebaste, where they gave him the right hand of the holy Prophet John, the very hand with which he had baptized the Savior. The Evangelist Luke took it with him to his native city of Antioch.[4] There, many miracles subsequently took place. It is said that during the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Bishop also elevated the holy relic; sometimes the relic became extended and sometimes it became contracted; when it was extended it signified a fertile harvest, however when it contracted it signified deprivation and poverty.[3] When the Moslems seized Antioch centuries later, a Deacon named Job brought the holy hand of the Forerunner from Antioch to Chalcedon. From there, on the eve of the Theophany of the Lord, it was transferred to Constantinople (956 AD) and kept thereafter.[4]
3. The Bishop of Athens ordained Julian as Deacon. Adorned with the grace of the holy order, he went forth along with the Priest Julius to preach the Gospel and baptized many. At the end of his life he departed for Gozzano near Lake Maggiore, where he practiced asceticism and prayer, and reposed peacefully in the year 391 AD.
4. He reposed in Mais in the Tyrol in Austria. Some years later his relics were translated to Trent and then to Passau.
5. Born in Wales, he crossed to Devon in England and founded a monastery in Braunton.[6]
6. Born in Saxony in Germany, he was abducted by robbers and enslaved. Freed by St Eligius of Noyon, he became a monk at Solignac and enlightened the area around Tournai and Courtrai in Belgium.
7. Daughter of Kelly, prince of Leinster and mother of St Coellan. After her husband's death she left Ireland and became an Anchoress on the island of Inchebroida on Loch Lomond in Scotland, where a church is dedicated to her.
8. A noble from Westphalia in Germany, he was converted by a vision and baptised in 785. He was zealous in spreading Christianity and restoring churches.
9. He was killed by stonemasons who threw his body into a pool near the Rhine. It was later found by divine revelation.
10. He began building the Cathedral and greatly helped the monks of Saint-Pierre-le-Vif, in whose church he was buried.
11. In Russian documents he is sometimes called blessed (Russian: Блаженный).
12. See: (in Russian) СКАЛЬСКИЙ АЛЕКСАНДР ФИЛИМОНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree").

References

1. January 7/January 20. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
2. Afterfeast of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
3. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Σύναξις Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου Προδρόμου καὶ ἡ μετένεξις τῆς Ἁγίας αὐτοῦ Χειρὸς εἰς Κωνσταντινούπολη. 7 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
5. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ Διάκονος, ὁ ἐξ Αἰγίνης. 7 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. January 7. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
7. St Brannock of Braunton. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
8. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Σεντ Ἐπίσκοπος Σκωτίας. 7 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. January 20 / January 7. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
10. Widukind. Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon.
11. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Πρίγκιπας. 7 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐξ Ἀτταλείας. 7 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Leonidas J. Papadopulos, Georgia Lizardos, et al (Transl.). "New Martyr Athanasios of Attaleia." In: New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke. Seattle: St. Nectarios Press, 1985. pp.11-12.
14. 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.
15. Leonidas J. Papadopulos, Georgia Lizardos, et al (Transl.). "The Miracle of Saint John Baptist in Chios." In: New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke. Seattle: St. Nectarios Press, 1985. pp.8-11.

Sources

• January 7/January 20. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• January 20 / January 7. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• January 7. 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 7. 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. 7–8.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 7 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 7 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 20 января (7 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 7 января (ст.ст.) 20 января 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).