For Prayer and Fasting

December 25
The Adoration of the Magi: Melchior, Caspar, and Balthasar. Commemoration of the shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord.
Massacre of Venerable Jonah and with him 50 monks and 65 laymen at St. Tryphon of Pechenega.

Galatians 4:4-7
Matthew 2:1-12
Γαλάτας 4:4-7
Ματθαῖον 2:1-12
Галатам 4:4-7
Матфея 2:1-12

December 26
Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Hieromartyr Euthymius, bishop of Sardis (840).
Venerable Constantine, monk, of Synnada (9th c.).
Venerable Evaristus of the Studion Monastery (825).
Venerable Nicodemus the Serbian.
St. Archelaus, bishop of Kaskhara in Mesopotamia (3rd c.).
St. Zenon, bishop of Maiuma in Palestine (4th c.).
St. Tathai, abbot of Llantathan.

December 27
Venerable Theodore Graptus ("the Branded") of Palestine and Bithynia, confessor (840), brother of St. Theophanes the Confessor and Hymnographer (850).
St. Theodore, archbishop of Constantinople (686).
Venerable Luke, monk, of Tryglia.
St. Maximus, bishop of Alexandria (282).
St. Maurice and the Theban Legion. (Candidus, Innocent, Exuperius and 6,600 others) (302).

December 28
The 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia, including Glycerius, Zeno, Theophilus, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Migdonius, Indes, Gorgonius, Peter, Euthymius, and the virgins Agape, Domna, Theophila and others (302).
Apostle Nicanor the Deacon (34).
Venerable Simon the Myrrh-gusher, founder of Simonopetra Monastery, Mt. Athos (1287).
Venerable Babylas of Tarsus in Cilicia.
Martyr Secundus.

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

December 29
The 14,000 Infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Herod at Bethlehem (1st c.).
Venerable Marcellus, abbot of the monastery of the Unsleeping Ones (485).
Venerable Thaddeus, confessor, of the Studion (818).
Venerable Benjamin, monk, of Nitria in Egypt (392).
Venerable Athenodorus, disciple of St. Pachomius the Great (4th c.).
St. George, bishop of Nicomedia (9th c.).
St. Trophimus, first bishop of Aries (3rd c.).

Tone six
Galatians 1:11-19 Sunday After
Matthew 2:13-23 Sunday After
Галатам 1:11-19 (недели по Рождестве Xристовом)
Матфея 2:13-23 (недели по Рождестве Xристовом)

December 30
Virgin-martyr Anysia at Thessalonica (298).
Martyr Zoticus of Constantinople, feeder of orphans (4th c.).
Apostle Timon the Deacon (1st c.).
Martyr Philoterus of Nicomedia, and with him six soldiers and one count (311).
Venerable Theodora, nun of Caesarea in Cappadocia (8th cen.).
Venerable Theodora, nun, of Constantinople (940).
Martyrs Magistrianus, Paulinus, Umbrius, Verus, Severus, Callistratus, Florentius, Arianus, Anthimus, Ubricius, Isidore, Euculus, Sampson, Studius, and Thespesius, who suffered under Julian the Apostate (4th c.).
St. Egwin, bishop of Worcester (717).

December 31
Venerable Melania the Younger, nun, of Rome (439).
Venerable Gelasius, monk, of Palestine.
Venerable Gaius, monk.
Venerable Theophylactus of Ochrid (1126).
Ten Virgin-martyrs of Nicomedia.
Venerable Zoticus of Constantinople, feeder of orphans (4th c.).
St. Anysius, bishop of Thessalonica (406).
Venerable Sabiana, Abbess of the Samtskhe Monastery (11th c.).
Martyrs Busiris, Gaudentius and Nemo.

January 1
St. Basil the Great, archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (379).
Martyr Basil of Ancyra (ca. 362).
St. Emelia, mother of Sts. Macrina, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa (375).
St. Gregory, bishop of Nazianzus (374) and father of St. Gregory the Theologian.
Martyr Theodotos.
Venerable Theodosius of Tryglia, abbot.
St. Fulgentius, bishop of Ruspe in North Africa (533).
St. Eugendus, abbot of Condatin the Jura Mountains (510).
St. Clarus of Vienne (ca. 660).
St. Fanchea of Killeany (ca. 520).

January 2
St. Sylvester, pope of Rome (335).
Hieromartyr Theogenes, bishop of Parium on the Hellespont (320).
St. Gerasimus, patriarch of Alexandria.
Venerable Theopemptos.
St. Theodota, mother of the first Sts. Cosmas and Damian (3rd c.).
Venerable Mark the Deaf.
Martyr Sergius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (301).
Martyrs Theopistos.
St. Cosmas, archbishop of Constantinople (1081).
Venerable Ammon of Tabennisi, monk (5th c.).

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.).

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

Mark 1:9-11 Matins Gospel 
Μαρκον 1:9-11 
Марка 1:9-11 (на утрене)

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 seven.

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  
The Great Blessing of Water
Ο Μεγάλος Ἁγιασμός
Великая Агиасма 

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).

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).

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 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 eight.
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 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.

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).

Tone one.
Matthew 28:16-20 (1st MatinsGospel)
ΕΩΘΙΝΟΝ Α' (1) ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟY 28,16-20(Αγρυπνία)
Матфея28:16-20 (на утрене. Евангелие 1-e)
 

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 one.
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 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.).

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.).