For Prayer and Fasting

January 3
Prophet Malachias (400 B.C.).
Martyr Gordius at Caesarea in Cappadocia (314).
St. Genevieve of Paris (512).
Venerable Abelard, abbot.
St. Peter of Atroa (837).
St. Thomais of Lesbos (10th c.).
St. Findlugan of Islay (7th c.).

January 4
Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles: James the Brother of the Lo'rd, Mark the Evangelist, Luke the Evangelist, Cleopas the Brother of Joseph the Betrothed, Symeon the son of Cleopas, Barnabas, Justus, Thaddeus, Ananias, Stephen the Archdeacon; Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, and Parmenas of the seven deacons; Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Onesimus, Epaphras, Archippus, Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, Crispus, Epenetus, Andronicus, Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles, Aristobulus, Herodion, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobus, Hermas, Linus, Gaius, Philologus, Lucius, Jason, Sosipater, Olympas, Tertius, Erastus, Quartus, Euodias, Onesiphorus, Clement, Sosthenes, Apollos, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Carpus, Quadratus, Mark called John, Zenas, Aristarchus, Pudens, Trophimus, Mark, Artemas, Aquila, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; Dionysius Areopagite and Simeon Niger.
Venerable Theoctistus, abbot at Cucomo in Sicily (800).
Martyr Zosimas the Hermit and Martyr Athanasius the Commentarisius (superintendent of prisoners), anchorites of Cilicia (3rd-4th c.).
Martyrs Chrysantha and Euphemia.
Venerable Euthymius the New of Thessalonica, monk.
St. Gregory of Langres (539-540).
Venerable Fathers Evagre, Ilia the Deacon, and the Disciples of the Thirteen Syrian Fathers (6th. c.).

January 5
Martyrs Theopemptus, bishop of Nicomedia, and Theonas (303).
Venerable Syncletica of Alexandria (350).
Prophet Micah (9th c. B.C.).
Venerable Apollinaris of Egypt (470).
Sts. Phosterius the Hermit and Menas of Sinai (6th c.).
Venerable Gregory of Crete, monk (820).
Martyr Theoidus.
Martyr Sais.
St. Tatiana.
St. Menas of Sinai (6th c.).
Translation of the relics of St. Rumon, bishop, to Tavistock.

Tone five.
John20:11-18 (8th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Η' (8) ΙΩΑΝΝΗ 20,11-18 (Αγρυπνία)
Иоанна20:11-18 (на утрене. Евангелие 8-e)

January 6 
The Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ (Baptism of the Lord).
Repose of St. Theophan the Recluse, bishop of Tambov (1894).
Hieromartyr Romanus monk of Lacedemonia, beheaded by the Turks (1695) (Greek).

Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7
Matthew 3:13-17
Titus 2:11-14;3:4-7
Matthew 3:13-17
Титу 2:11-14; 3:4-7
Матфея 3:13-17 

January 7
Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, John.
St. Cedd, bishop of Lastingham (664).
St. Brannock (Brynach) of Braunton (6th c.).
St. Kentigerna, hermitess of Loch Lomond.

January 8
Venerable Domnica of Constantinople (395).
Hieromartyr Carterius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (304).
Martyrs Theophilus the Deacon and Helladius in Libya (4th c.).
Martyrs Julian and his wife Basilissa, and with them Marcionilla and her son Celsus, Anthony, Anastasius, seven children, and twenty soldiers, at Antinoe in Egypt (313).
Venerable Elias the Hermit of Egypt (4th c.).
Martyr Abo the Perfumer of Baghdad, who suffered at Tbilisi, Georgia (786).
Sts. Atticus (425) and Cyrus (714), patriarchs of Constantinople.
Venerable Agatho of Egypt, monk (4th c.)
Holy Virgin Gudula of Brussels (659).
St. Severinus, apostle of Noricum, Austria (482).
St. Theodore of Constantinople (595).
St. Erhard, bishop of Regensburg (700).
St. Emilian the Confessor, bishop of Cyzicus (9th c.).
St. Severin, bishop of Cologne (397).

January 9
Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene in Armenia (259).
Prophet Shemaiah (Samaia, Semeias) (10th c. B.C.).
St. Peter, bishop of Sebaste in Armenia (395), and brother of St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa.
Venerable Eustratius the Wonderworker of Tarsus (821).
St. Adrian of Canterbury (709).
St. Berhtwald Archbishop of Canterbury (731).

January 10
St. Gregory of Nyssa (395).
Venerable Dometian, bishop of Melitene (601).
Venerable Marcian, presbyter of Constantinople (471).
Blessed Theosebia the Deaconess (385), sister of St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa.
Venerable Ammon of Nitria, monk (5th c.).

January 11
Venerable Theodosius the Great, the Cenobiarch (529).
Sts. Theodore and Agapius of Apamea in Syria.
Martyr Mairus.
St. Stephen of Placidian near Constantinople.
St. Agapius of Apamea in Syria.
Hieromartyr Hyginus, pope of Rome (142).
Venerable Vitalis of the monastery of Abba Serid (Seridos) at Gaza (609-620).

January 12
Martyr Tatiana of Rome (226-235).
St. Sava I, first archbishop of Serbia (1235).
Martyr Mertius of Mauretania (284-305).
Martyr Peter Apselamus of Eleutheropolis in Palestine (309).
Venerable Eupraxia of Tabenna in Egypt (393).
Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "Akathist" and "The Milk-giver".
Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "Popskaya".
Virgin Martyr Euthasia.
Venerable Benedict Bishop, abbot of Wearmouth (689-690).
Eight Martyrs of Nicaea.
St. Elias the Wonderworker, of the Paradise.
St. Theodora of Alexandria, instructress of nuns (5th c.).
Martyr Philotheus of Antioch (ca. 305).

Tone Six.
John20:19-31 (9th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Θ' (9) ΙΩΑΝΝΗ 20,19-31 (Αγρυπνία)
Иоанна20:19-31 (на утрене. Евангелие 9-e)

January 13
Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus at Belgrade (315).
Martyr Peter of Anium, at Eleutheropolis (1st c.).
Venerable James, bishop of Nisibis (350).
Martyr Athanasius.
St. Hilary, bishop of Poitiers (369).
Martyrs Pachomius and Papyrinus in Greece.

Tone six.
1 Timothy 1:15-17
Luke 18:35-43
Тимофею 1:15-17
Луки 18:35-43

January 14
The Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raithu: Isaiah, Sabbas, Moses and his disciple Moses, Jeremiah, Paul, Adam, Sergius, Domnus, Proclus, Hypatius, Isaac, Macarius, Mark, Benjamin, Eusebius, Elias, and others (4th-5th c.).
St. Nina (Nino), equal-to-the-Apostles, enlightener of Georgia (335).
Venerable Joseph Analytinus of Raithu Monastery (4th c.).
Venerable Theodulus, son of Venerable Nilus of Sinai (5th c.).
Venerable Stephen, abbot of Chenolakkos Monastery near Chalcedon (716).
Martyr Agnes.
St. Kentigern, first bishop of Strath-clyde, Scotland (612).

January 15
St. Paul of Thebes, Egypt (341), and St. John Calabytes ("Hut-dweller") of Constantinople, monks (450).
Monk-martyr Pansophius of Alexandria (249-251).
St. Prochorus, abbot in Vranski Desert on the river Pchinja in Bulgaria (10th c.).
St. Gabriel, founder of Lesnovo Monastery, Serbia-Bulgaria (980).
St. Maximus, bishop of Nola (250).
Venerable Ita of Killeedy, hermitess and foster-mother of St. Brendan (570).
Venerable Maurus, disciple of St. Benedict (584) .
St. Salome of Udjarma, and St. Perozhavra of Sivnia, Georgia (4th c.).

January 16
Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Holy and All-glorious Apostle Peter.
Martyrs the brothers Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Meleusippus, their grandmother Leonilla, and with them Neon, Turbo, and the woman Jonilla (Jovilla), in Cappadocia (ca. 161-180).
Martyr Danax the Reader in Macedonia (2nd c.).
St. Honoratus the Archbishop of Arles and Founder of Lerins Monastery (429).
Venerable Romilos, monk of Mt. Athos and Ravanica (Serbia) (1375), disciple of St. Gregory of Sinai, and with him Sts. Nestor, Martinius, Daniel, Sisoes, Zosimas, and Gregory.
St. Honoratus, archbishop of Aries and founder of Lerins Monastery (429).
St. Sigebert, king of the East Angles, martyr (635).
St. Fursey of Burgh Castle, enlightener of East Anglia and Langy (650).
St. James of Tarentaise (429).

January 17
Venerable Anthony the Great (356).
Emperor St. Theodosius the Great (395).
Venerable Achilles the Confessor, hermit of Egypt (5th c.).

January 18
St. Athanasius the Great (373) and St. Cyril (444), archbishops of Alexandria.
Venerable Cyril, schemamonk, and Venerable Maria, schemanun (1337) (parents of St. Sergius of Radonezh).
Venerable Marcian of Cyrrhus in Syria, monk (ca. 303).
Martyr Xenia.
St. Maximus of Serbia, metropolitan (1516).
Venerable Silvanus, of Palestine, monk.
St. Leobardus of Marmoutier (6th c.).
Martyr Theodula and her companions Helladius, Boethius, Evagrius and Macarius of Anazarbus in Cilicia, (304).

January 19
Venerable Macarius the Great of Egypt (390).
Virgin-martyr Euphrasia of Nicomedia (303).
Venerable Macarius of Alexandria (394).
Venerable Anton the Stylite of Martqophi, Georgia (6th c.).
St. Arsenius, archbishop of Kerkyra (Corfu) (953).
St. Branwalader (Breward) of Cornwall and the Channel Islands (6th c.).
St. Fillan (Foelan) of Strathfillan (VIII).
Translation of the relics (950) of St. Gregory the Theologian (389).
Martyr Anthony Rawah the Qpraisite (8th c.).

Tone seven.
John21:1-14 (10th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Ι΄ (10) ΙΩΑΝΝΗ 21,1-14 (Αγρυπνία)
Иоанна21:1-14 (на утрене. Евангелие 10-e)

January 20
Venerable Euthymius the Great (473).
Martyrs Inna, Pinna, and Rimma, disciples of Apostle Andrew in Scythia (lst-2nd c.).
Martyrs Bassus, Eusebius, Eutychius, and Basilides at Nicomedia (303).
Martyr Anna at Rome.
Martyrs Therses and Agnes.
St. Leo the Great, confessor, emperor of the East (474).
Blessed Peter the Customs Inspector of Constantinople (6th c.).

Tone seven.
1 Timothy 4:9-15
Luke 19:1-10
Τιμόθεον α'4:9-15
Λουκᾶν19:1-10
1 Тимофею 4:9-15
Луки19:1-10

January 21
Venerable Maximus the Confessor (662).
Martyr Neophytus of Nicaea (305).
Martyrs Eugene, Candidus, Valerian, and Aquila at Trebizond (303).
Venerable Maximus the Greek of Russia (1556).
New Hieromartyr Elias priest (1938).
Virgin-martyr Agnes of Rome (304).
Martyr Anastasius, disciple of St. Maximus the Confessor (662).
Wonderworking Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Paramythia (Vatopedi, Mt. Athos).
Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "Stabbed" ("Zaklannaya") and "Xenophite Hodegetria".
Venerable Neophytes of Vatopedi on Mt Athos.
St. Zosimas, bishop of Syracuse (662).
Synaxis of the Church of Holy Peace by the Sea in Constantinople.
St. Timon, monk of Nadeyev and Kostroma (1840).

January 22
Apostle Timothy of the Seventy (ca. 96).
Monk-martyr Anastasius the Persian (628).
Martyrs Manuel, George, Peter, Leontius, bishops; Sionius, Gabriel, John, Leontus, Parodus, presbyters; and 377 companions in Bulgaria (814).
St. Brithwald of Wilton (1045).
St. Wendreda, virgin of March.

January 23
Hieromartyr Clement, bishop of Ancyra, and Martyr Agathangelus (296).
Venerable Mausimas the Syrian, monk (4th c.).
Venerable Salamanes the Silent of the Euphrates, monk (ca. 400).
St. Paulinus the Merciful, bishop of Nola (431).
Commemoration of the Sixth Ecumenical Council (680-681).
St. Eusebius, recluse of Mt. Coryphe near Antioch (5th c.).

January 24
Venerable Xenia of Rome and her two female slaves (5th c.).
Martyrs Babylas of Sicily and his two disciples Timothy and Agapius (3rd c.).
Venerable Macedonius, hermit of Syria (ca. 420).
Translation of the relics (632) of St. Anastasius the Persian (628).
St. Felician, bishop of Foligno in Italy (254).
St. Lupicinus of Lipidiaco (500).
St. Neophytus the Recluse of Cyprus (1214).
Martyrs Hermogenes and Mamas.
Martyrs Paul, Pausirius, and Theodotian, of Egypt (3rd c.).
St. Philo, bishop of Carpasia in Cyprus (5th c.).
The Priest Martyr Philippikos the Presbyter and Martyr Barsima of Syria and his two brothers.
Venerable Zosimas, bishop of Babylon in Egypt (6th c.).

January 25
St. Gregory the Theologian, archbishop of Constantinople (389).
Martyrs Felicitas of Rome and seven sons: Januarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalis, and Martial (164).
Venerable Publius, ascetic of Syria (380).
Venerable Mares the Singer of Syria (430).
St. Castinus, bishop of Byzantium (240).
Venerable Demetrius Skevophylax ("Keeper of the Sacred Vessels") of Constantinople (8th c.).
Venerable Apollo of the Thebaid, monk (4th c.).
St. Bretanion (Vetranion), bishop of Tomis (380).

January 26
St. Xenophon and his wife, St. Mary, and their two sons, Sts. Arcadius and John, of Constantinople (6th c.).
Martyrs Ananias presbyter, Peter, and seven soldiers, in Phoenicia (295).
Venerable Symeon "the Ancient" of Mt. Sinai (ca. 390).
Translation of the relics of Venerable Theodore, abbot of the Studion (845).
St. Joseph, bishop of Thessalonica, brother of St. Theodore of the Studion (830).
St. David IV the Builder, king of Georgia and Abkhazeti (1125).
St. Ammon, of Egypt, disciple of St. Anthony the Great (350), and St. Gabriel, abbot at Jerusalem (490).
St. Conon, bishop and monastic founder on the Isle of Man (648).
Two Martyrs of Phrygia.
St. Paula of Palestine (404).

Tone eight.
John21:15-25 (11th Matins Gospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ ΙΑ' (11) ΙΩΑΝΝΗ 21,15-25 (Αγρυπνία)
Иоанна21:15-25 (на утрене. Евангелие 11-e)

January 27
Translation of the relics (437) of St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople.
Venerable Peter of Egypt (5th c.).

Tone eight
2 Timothy 3:10-15
Luke 18:10-14
Β Τιμ. γ´ 10 - 15
Λουκ. ιη´ 10 - 14
2 Тимофею 3:10-15
Луки18:10-14

January 28
Venerable Ephraim the Syrian (373).
Venerable Palladius the Hermit of Antioch (4th c.).
Venerable Isaac the Syrian, bishop of Nineveh (ascetic writer) (7th c.).
Venerable John of Reomans (544).
Venerable James the Ascetic of Porphyreon in Palestine.

January 29
Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer, bishop of Antioch (107).
Martyrs Romanus, James, Philotheus, Hyperechius, Abibus, Julian and Paregorius at Samosata (297)
Martyrs Silvanus, bishop of Emesa, Luke the Deacon, and Mocius (Mucius) the Reader (312).
Synaxis of All Saints of Yekaterinburg.
Venerable Aphrahates of Persia, monk (370).
St. Barsimaeus the Confessor, bishop of Edessa (2nd c.).
Martyrs Sarbelus and his sister Bebaia of Edessa (115) .
Venerable Sulpicius Severus, disciple of St. Martin of Tours (406).
Venerable Gildas the Wise, abbot of Rhuys, Brittany (ca. 570).
St. Ashot Kuropalates of Tao-Klardjeti (829).

January 30
Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom.
Hieromartyr Hippolytus, pope of Rome, and with him Martyrs Censorinus, Sabinus, Ares, the Virgin Chryse, Martyrs Felix, Maximus, Herculianus, Venerius, Styracius, Mennas, Commodus, Hermes, Maurus, Eusebius, Rusticus, Monagrius, Amandinus, Olympius, Cyprus, Theodore the Tribune, Maximus the Presbyter, Archelaus the Deacon, and Cyriacus the Bishop, at Ostia (269).
Venerable Zeno, hermit of Antioch and disciple of St. Basil the Great (414).
Martyr Theophilus the New in Cyprus (784).
St. Peter, king of Bulgaria (969).
New Martyr Theodore of Mitylene (Mt. Athos) (1784).
New Hieromartyrs Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich and Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich, Eugene Poselianin.
St. Adelgonda, foundress of Maubeuge (680).
St. Bathild, queen of France (680).

January 31
Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cyrus and John (311) and with them Martyrs Athanasia and her daughters Theoctiste, Theodota, and Eudoxia, at Canopus in Egypt (311).
St. Nicetas of the Kiev Caves, bishop of Novgorod (1108).
Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, and Papias of Egypt (251).
Martyr Tryphaenes at Cyzicus (1st c.).
St. Marcella of Rome (410).
St. Athanasius, bishop of Methona (880).

 February 1
Martyr Tryphon of Campsada near Apamea in Syria (250).
Martyrs Perpetua, a woman of Carthage, and the catechumens Saturus, Revocatus, Saturninus, Secundulus, and Felicitas (202-203).
Venerable Peter of Galatia, hermit near Antioch in Syria (429).
Venerable Vendemianus (Bendemianus), hermit of Bithynia (512).
St. Brigid of Ireland (523).
St. Seiriol, abbot of Penmon (Anglesey) (6th c.).
St. Basil, archbishop of Thessalonica (895).
Venerable Timothy the Confessor.
Martyrs Theion with 2 children at Kariona .
Martyr Elias the New of Damascus (779).
Sts. David (784), Symeon (843), and George (844), confessors of Mitylene.

Luke 2:25-32 Matins Gospel

 February 2
The Meeting of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Martyr Agathodorus of Cappadocia.

Hebrews 7:7-17 Epistle, Meeting
Luke 2:22-40 Gospel, Meeting

St. Nicholas, enlightener of Japan (1912)
John10:1-9(Matins Gospel)