January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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January 12 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - January 14

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 26 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For January 13, Orthodox churches using the Old Calendar commemorate the saints listed on December 31.

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.^[1][2] (Serbian Calendar: Apodosis of the Theophany)

Saints

• Martyr Peter of Anium at Hieropolis (Peter Apselamus at Eleutheropolis) (c. 309)^[1][3] (see also January 12,^[4][5] and October 14^[6])
• Martyrs Hermylus the Deacon and Stratonicus, at Belgrade (315)^[1][7][8][9]
• Martyr Athanasius.^[10]
• Martyrs Pachomius and Papyrinus, by drowning.^[11]
• Saint Jacob of Nisibis, Bishop of Nisibis, the "Moses of Mesopotamia" (c. 350)^{[1][12][13][note 2]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Potitus, a boy venerated as a martyr near Naples in Italy (c. 138 - 161)^{[16][note 3]} (see also: July 1)
• Saint Andrew of Trier, twelfth Bishop of Trier in Germany, sometimes listed as a martyr (235)^[16]
• Forty soldier-martyrs of Rome, who suffered on the Via Lavicana, under Gallienus (262)^{[16][note 4]}
• Saint Agricius of Trier (Agrecius, Agritius), Bishop of Trier in Germany, took part in the Council of Arles in 314 (c. 333)^[16]
• Saint Hilary of Poitiers (Hilary of Pictavium), Bishop of Poitiers (368)^{[1][18][19][note 5]}
• Saint Viventius, an eastern priest who travelled to the West and attached himself to St Hilary of Poitiers, ended his life as a hermit (c. 400)^[16]
• Saint Erbin of Dumnonia (Ervan, Erbyn, Erme), King of Dumnonia (now Cornwall and Devon) and saint of Wales (c. 480)^[16]
• Saint Remigius of Rheims, Apostle to the Franks (437–533), and Bishop of Rheims from 459 (533)^{[20][note 6]}
• Saint Elian (Eilan, Allan), Missionary to Cornwall, England (6th century)^{[16][22][note 7]} (see also: January 12 - Greek)
• Saint Kentigern (Kentigern Mungo, Kentigern of Glasgow), Apostle of the Brythonic Kingdom of Strathclyde and patron saint and founder of the city of Glasgow (614)^{[23][note 8]} (see also January 14 - Russian)
• Saint Enogatus, fifth successor of St Malo as Bishop of Aleth in Brittany (631)^[16]
• Saints Gumesindus and Servusdei, two martyrs, one a parish-priest, the other a monk, in Cordoba in Spain under Abderrahman II (852)^[16]
• Saint Berno of Cluny, first Abbot of Cluny and initiator of the Cluniac reforms which spread across Europe (927)^{[16][note 9]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Maximus Kavsokalyvites of Mount Athos (1354)^[1][24][25]
• St. Irenarchus the Recluse, of Rostov (1616)^[1][26][27]
• Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island at Solovki (1656)^[1][28][29]
• St. Jeremias I, Patriarch of Constantinople (1546)^{[30][31][note 10]}

Other commemorations

• Consecration of the monastery of the Prophet Elias - the so-called "Monastery of the Deep Stream" - in Triglia, Bithynia (10th century)^{[32][33][note 11]}

Icon gallery

• 
  Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus at Belgrade
  (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century)
• 
  Martyr Athanasius
  (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century)
• 
  The ordination of St Hilary of Poitiers
  (14th century; Vie de saintes)
• 
  St. Remigius, Königswinter

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. Jacob of Nisibis was called the "Moses of Mesopotamia"^[14][15] for his wisdom and wonderworking abilities. He was the second Bishop of Nisibis, spiritual father of the renowned Syriac writer and theologian Ephrem the Syrian, celebrated ascetic and one of the 318 fathers of the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea.
3. "In Sardinia, St. Potitus, martyr, who, having suffered much under the emperor Antoninus and the governor Gelasius, was at last put to death by the sword."^[17]
4. "At Rome, on the Lavican road, the crowning of forty holy soldiers, a reward they merited by confessing the true faith, under the emperor Gallienus."^[17]
5. Born in Poitiers in France of pagan patrician parents, he married early in life. Shortly after he became Orthodox and in 353 he became Bishop of Poitiers. At once he began a campaign against Arianism and for this reason was exiled to Phrygia by the Arian Emperor Constantius. But in Phrygia he was even more objectionable to the Arians, who clamoured for his recall. He returned to Poiters in 360.^[16]
6. "AT Rheims, in France, St. Remigius, bishop confessor, who converted the Franks to Christ, regenerated Clovis, their king, in the sacred font of baptism and instructed him in the mysteries of faith. After he had been many years bishop, and had distinguished himself by his sanctity and the power of working miracles, he departed this life on the 13th of January. His festival, however, is kept on this day (October 1), when his sacred body was translated."^[21]
7. Probably born in Cornwall, he belonged to the family of St Ismael. Llanelian in Anglesey and Llanelian in Clwyd are named after him and St Allen's church in Cornwall is dedicated to him.
8. The name Mungo means 'darling'. He began preaching in Cathures on the Clyde on the site of the city of Glasgow and was consecrated first Bishop of the Strathclyde Britons. Driven into exile, he preached around Carlisle and then went to Wales, where he stayed with St David at Menevia. Returning to Scotland, he continued his labours, making Glasgow his centre. He is venerated as the Apostle of north-west England and south-west Scotland.^[16]
9. Born in Burgundy in France, he became a monk at St Martin's Abbey in Autun. He restored Baume-les-Messieurs and founded monasteries at Gigny, Bourg-Dieu, Massay and Cluny (910), where he was abbot until 926.
10. St. Jeremias I was formally numbered among the Saints by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on January 10, 2023 (N.S.).
11. (in Greek): "Τα εγκαίνια της Μονής του Προφήτου Ηλιού της καλουμένης του Βαθέος Pύακος."

References

1. January 13/January 26. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
2. Afterfeast of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
3. Martyr Peter of Anium, at Hieropolis. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
4. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Ἀβεσαλαμίτης. 12 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. Martyr Peter Apselamus of Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
6. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Αὐσελάμου. 14 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕρμυλος καὶ Στρατόνικος. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. Martyr Hermylus of Belgrade. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
9. Martyr Stratonicus of Belgrade. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
10. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παχώμιος καὶ Παπυρίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. St James the Bishop of Nisibis. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
14. Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch: Archdiocese of the Western U.S. St. James (Jacob) bishop of Nisibis, July 15.
15. Sir William Smith. "JACOBUS (4) or JAMES bishop of Nisibis in Mesopotamia". In: Volume 3 of A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines: Being a Continuation of 'The Dictionary of the Bible'. J. Murray, 1882. p.326.
16. January 13. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
17. 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.13-14.
18. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱλάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Πικτώνων. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. St Hilary the Bishop of Poitiers. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
20. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρεμίγιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ρημῶν. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. 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.303.
22. St Elian, Missionary to Cornwall, England. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
23. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Κεντιγκέρνος Ἐπίσκοπος Γλασκόβης. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάξιμος ὁ Καυσοκαλυβίτης, 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
25. Venerable Maximus Kavsokalyvites of Mt Athos. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
26. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Εἰρήναρχος ὁ Ἔγκλειστος. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
27. Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
28. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἐλεάζαρος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
29. Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island, Solovki. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
30. Mystagogy Resource Center: Elder Gerasimos Mikragiannanitis and Ecumenical Patriarch Jeremiah I Have Been Canonized By the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
31. Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople: Announcement of the Work of the Holy and Sacred Synod - 10 January 2023.
32. (in Greek) Αγίου Νικοδήμου Αγιορείτου Συναξαριστής των δώδεκα μηνών του ενιαυτού. Τόμος Β´. Εκδόσεις Δόμος, 2005.
33. (in Greek) Ανάμνηση των εγκαινίων της Μονής του Προφήτη Ηλία της ονομαζόμενης του Βαθέος Ρύακος. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Sources

• January 13/January 26. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• January 26 / January 13. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• January 13. 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. 7.
• January 13. 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. 13–14.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 13 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 13 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 26 января (13 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 13 января (ст.ст.) 26 января 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).