January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

January 8 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – January 10

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 22 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For January 9th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 27.

Feasts

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

Saints

• Prophet Shemaiah (Samaia, Semeias), (III Kings 12:22), (10th century BC)^{[1] [2]} (see also: January 8 - Greek)
• Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene in Armenia (259)^{[1] [3] [4]}
• Martyr Antonina of Nicomedia, martyred at sea.^[5]
• Martyr Lawrence, martyred in the arena, by the pagans.^[6]
• Saint Peter of Sebaste, Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia (c. 395)^{[1] [7] [8]}
• Saint Eustratius the Wonderworker, of Tarsus (821)^{[1] [9] [10]}
• Venerable Basil and Gregory the Wonderworkers, uncles of Saint Eustratius (9th century)^[11]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Virgin-Martyr Paschasia, venerated from ancient times in Dijon in France (c. 178)^[12]
• Epictetus, Jucundus, Secundus, Vitalis, Felix and seven other Companions - Twelve martyrs in North Africa, probably under Decian (c. 250)^{[12] [13]}
• Virgin-martyr Marciana of Mauretania, in Mauritania in North Africa (c. 303)^[12]
• Saint Marcellinus of Ancona, Bishop of Ancona (566)^[12]
• Saint Waningus (Vaneng), Benedictine abbot (c. 686)^[12]
• Saint Maurontus (Maurontius, Mauruntius), founder of the monastery of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil on the Loire in France (c. 700)^[12]
• Saint Adrian, Abbot of Sts Peter and Paul, later called St Augustine's, in Canterbury (710)^{[1] [12] [14]}
• Saint Brithwald (Brihtwald), a monk and then the Abbot of Reculver in Kent, and in 693 becoming the ninth Archbishop of Canterbury (731)^{[12] [15]}
• Saint Foellan (Foilan, Fillan), born in Ireland, he accompanied his mother, St Kentigerna, and his relative, St Comgan, to Scotland, where he lived as a monk (8th century)^[12]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• New Martyr Parthena of Edessa, in Macedonia (1375)^{[1] [16]}
• Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of all Russia (1569)^{[1] [17] [18]}
• Saint Jonah (Miroshnichenko), (Peter in Schema), founder of Holy Trinity Monastery in Kiev, Wonderworker (1902)^{[1] [19] [20]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Paul (Nikolsky), Priest (1943)^{[21] [22]}

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the great earthquake at Constantinople (869)^{[23] [24]}
• Translation of the relics (903) of St. Judoc, hermit of Ponthieu.^{[22] [25]}

Sources

• January 9/January 22. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• January 22 / January 9. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• January 9. 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 9. 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. p. 10.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 9 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 22 января (9 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 9 января (ст.ст.) 22 января 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20180109.html January 9/January 22
2. Prophet Shemaiah (Samaia or Semeias). OCA - Feasts and Saints.
3. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πολύευκτος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene, in Armenia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
5. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀντωνίνα ἡ Μάρτυς. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Λαυρέντιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος Ἐπίσκοπος Σεβαστείας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. St Peter the Bishop of Sebaste, in Armenia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
9. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐστράτιος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. St Eustratius the Wonderworker. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
11. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βασίλειος καὶ Γρηγόριος οἱ Θαυματουργοί. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdjan.htm January 9
13. 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. p.10.
14. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀδριανὸς Ἡγούμενος Καντουαρίας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Brithwald. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Παρθένα ἡ Ἐδεσσαία. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίλιππος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
19. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωνᾶς ὁ Γέροντας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. RUSSIAN CHURCH ADDS 30 LOCALLY-VENERATED SAINTS TO CHURCH-WIDE CALENDAR. Orthodox Christianity. December 1, 2017.
21. http://calendar.rop.ru/mes1/jan09.html Official Orthodox Calendar of Moscow Patriarchate on January,9 (in Russian): Сщмч. Павла Никольского пресвитера (1943).
22. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2012&today=22&month=1&trp=0&tzo=-4 January 22 / January 9
23. Great Synaxaristes: Μνήμη Μεγάλου Σεισμοῦ. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. Glanville Downey. "Earthquakes at Constantinople and Vicinity, A.D. 342-1454." Speculum. Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct., 1955), pp.596-600.
25. [Alban Butler]