January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

January 24 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - January 26

All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 7 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For January 25th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on January 12.

Saints

• Venerable Castinus of Byzantium, Bishop of Byzantium (240)^{[1] [2]}
• Martyr Medula and her entourage.^{[2] [3]}
• Venerable Apollo of the Thebaid, ascetic and wonderworker, reposed in peace (ca. 361-363)^{[2] [4]}
• Saint Bretanion (Vetranion), Bishop of Tomis in Moesia, Confessor (ca. 380)^[5]
• Venerable Publius of Syria, ascetic of Euphratensis in Syria (380)^{[2] [6] [7]}
• Venerable Theodotos, Igumen of the "Monastery of St. Publius".^{[2] [8]}
• Saint Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople (390)^{[2] [9] [10] [11]}
• Venerable Mares the Singer, of Omeros near Cyrrhus (430)^{[2] [12] [13]}
• Venerable Demetrius the Skevophylax ("Keeper of the Sacred Vessels") of Constantinople (8th century)^{[2] [14]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Felicitas of Rome and seven sons (ca. 164):^{[15] [16] [17]} (see also: November 23 in the West)

• Januarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalis, and Martial.^[17]
• Saint Artemas, a child martyr in Pozzuoli (Puteoli) in Italy.^[17]
• Saint Dwynwen of Llanddwyn Island, Patroness of Love and Marriage (c. 460)^{[17] [18]}
• Saint Eochod of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts of Galloway (597)^[17]
• Saint Maurus (584) and Saint Placidus (6th century), early disciples of St Benedict.^[17]
• Saint Sigeberht of East Anglia (Sigebert), the first Christian King of East Anglia in England (634)^{[17] [19]}
• Saint Racho of Autun (Ragnobert), Bishop of Autun in France (ca. 660)^[17]
• Hieromartyr Praejectus (Priest, Prest, Preils, Prix), Bishop of Clermont (676)^{[15] [17]}
• Saint Amarinus, Abbot of a monastery in the Vosges in France, and companion in martyrdom of St Praejectus (St Priest) (676)^[17]
• Saint Thorgyth (Tortgith), nun at the convent of Barking in England with St Ethelburgh (ca. 700)^[17]
• Saint Poppo of Stavelot, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium, renowned for miracles (1048)^[17]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Moses of Novgorod, Archbishop of Novgorod (1362)^{[15] [20] [21]} (see also: April 19 - Translation)
• Saint Gregory of Golutvin (15th century)^{[15] [22]}
• Saint Basian, Archbishop of Rostov (1516)^[23] (see also: March 23)
• New Martyr Auxentius of Constantinople (1720)^{[15] [2] [24] [25]}
• Saint Anatole I (Zertsalov) of Optina Monastery, Elder of Optina (1894)^{[15] [10] [26] [27]}
• Saint Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti (Georgia) (1896)^{[15] [28] [29]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky), Metropolitan of Kiev, Protomartyr of the Communist yoke in Russia (1918)^{[15] [10] [22] [30] [31]}
• Venerable New Martyr St. Elizabeth Romanova (Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864–1918)) (1918)^[32]
• Venerable New Martyr Abbess Margaret (Gunaronulo) of Menzelino (1918)^{[15] [22] [33]}
• New Hieromartyr Peter (Zverev), Archbishop of Voronezh (1929)^{[15] [10] [22]}
• New Hieromartyr Basil (Zelentsov), Bishop of Priluki (1930)^{[15] [10] [22]}
• New Martyr Athanasia (Lepeshkin), Abbess of the Smolensk Hodigitria Convent, near Moscow (1931)^{[15] [22]}
• New Hieromartyr Stephen Grachev, Priest (1938)^[22]
• New Martyr Boris Zavarin (1938)^[22]

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Assuage My Sorrow" (1640)^{[15] [10] [34] [35]}
• Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy."^{[15] [36]}
• Repose of Archpriest Sergius Orlov of Akulovo (1975)^[15]
• Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia (1992, 2013)^[37] ( celebrated on the Sunday nearest to January 25 )

Sources

• January 25 / February 7. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• February 7 / January 25. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• January 25. 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. 10.
• January 25. 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. 25–26.
• Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 35–36.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 25 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 7 февраля (25 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 25 января (ст.ст.) 7 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Καστίνος. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. Συναξαριστής. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
3. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Μεδούλη καὶ ἡ συνοδεία της. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀπολλώ. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βρετάννιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Πούπλιος. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. St Publius the Ascetic of Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
8. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδοτος. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Θεολόγος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. 25 января (ст.ст.) 7 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
11. St Gregory the Theologian the Archbishop of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
12. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάρης. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. St Mares the Singer in Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
14. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Δημήτριος ὁ Σκευοφύλαξ. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20180125.html January 25 / February 7
16. Martyr Felicitas of Rome, and Seven Sons. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
17. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdjan.htm January 25
18. Dmitry Lapa. VENERABLE DWYNWEN OF LLANDDWYN ISLAND, PATRONESS OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE. Orthodox Christianity (Pravoslavie.ru). 07/02/2017. Retrieved: 13 March 2017.
19. Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 35-36.
20. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μωϋσῆς ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντ. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
22. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2012&today=7&month=2&trp=0&tzo=-4 February 7 / January 25
23. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασιανὸς Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ροστὼβ Ρωσίας. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὐξέντιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
25. New Martyr Auxentius of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
26. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνατόλιος τῆς Ὄπτινα. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
27. Venerable Anatole I of Optina. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
28. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ ἐκ Γεωργίας. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
29. St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
30. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βλαδίμηρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Μητροπολίτης Κιέβου. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
31. St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
32. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἐλισάβετ ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυς. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
33. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Μαργαρίτα. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
34. Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Παραμυθίας ἐν Ρωσίᾳ. 25 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
35. Translation to Moscow of the Icon of the Mother of God “Assuage my sorrow”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
36. Icon of the Mother of God “the Unexpected Joy”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
37. Богослужебные указания за 8 февраля 2015 года. Русская православная церковь, официальный сайт Московского патриархата (Patriarchia.ru). 8 февраля 2015 года.