January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Jan. 8 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – Jan. 10

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 22 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

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][note 2]}
• Saint Peter of Sebaste, Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia (c. 395)^{[1][7][8][note 3]}
• Saint Eustratius the Wonderworker, of Tarsus (821)^[1][9][10]
• Venerable Basil and Gregory the Wonderworkers, uncles of Saint Eustratius (9th century)^{[11][note 4]}

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][note 5]}
• Virgin-martyr Marciana of Mauretania, in Mauritania in North Africa (c. 303)^{[12][note 6]}
• Saint Marcellinus of Ancona, Bishop of Ancona (566)^{[12][note 7]}
• Saint Waningus (Vaneng), Benedictine abbot (c. 686)^{[12][note 8]}
• 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][note 9]}
• Saint Brithwald (Brihtwald), a monk and then the Abbot of Reculver in Kent, and in 693 becoming the ninth Archbishop of Canterbury (731)^{[12][16][note 10]}
• 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][17]
• Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of all Russia (1569)^[1][18][19]
• Saint Jonah (Miroshnichenko), (Peter in Schema), founder of Holy Trinity Monastery in Kiev, Wonderworker (1902)^[1][20][21]

New Martyrs and Confessors

• New Hieromartyr Paul (Nikolsky), Priest (1943)^[22][23]

Other Commemorations

• Commemoration of the great earthquake at Constantinople (869)^{[24][25][note 11]}
• Translation of the relics (903) of St. Judoc, hermit of Ponthieu.^[23][26]
• Commemoration of Stefan Yavorsky, Metropolitan of Ryazan and Murom (1722) – defender of Orthodoxy.^[21]
• Commemoration of Schema-Archimandrite Gabriel (Starodub), Native of Poltava (2010) and of his spiritual Father, Schema-Archimandrite Vitaly (Sidorenko).^[21]

Icon Gallery

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  Martyrdom of Polyeuctus of Melitene
  (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century)

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  Martyrdom of St. Marciana of Mauretania
  (French miniature, 15th century)

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  Monastery dedicated to St Mary, in Reculver, where Saint Brithwald was Abbot.

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  Saint Foellan's cave, showing structure and altar.

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  Icon of St. Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow
  (Trapeza of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra)

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  Trinity Monastery of St. Jonas, Kiev (1871).

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  Metropolitan Stefan Yavorsky.

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. Saint Lawrence is unknown in the Synaxaristes and in the Menaia. His memory is recorded however in Lavreotic Codex C 24 f. 112a, where it is stated that he suffered martyrdom in the arena from the pagans.
3. Brother of Sts. Macrina, Basil the Great, Naucratius, and Gregory of Nyssa.
4. The Venerable Gregory was a monk at the Monastery of Avgaron (Auguron).
5. Epictetus was a bishop mentioned by St Cyprian.
6. Accused of breaking a statue of a goddess, she was thrown to the wild beasts and gored to death by a bull.
7. "At Ancona, St. Marcellinus, bishop, who, according to St. Gregory, miraculously delivered that city from destruction by fire."^[13]
8. Born near Rouen, he became a monk and helped St Wandrille found Fontenelle. Soon after he himself founded another important monastery in Fécamp in France.
9. "ST. ADRIAN was born in Africa, but was settled in a religious house near Naples, when the Pope St. Vitalian called him to Rome, with the intention of consecrating him as successor to St. Deusdedit, in the See of Canterbury. At the earnest request of Adrian, the Pope accepted St. Theodore in his place, but on the condition that he should accompany him to England, to be his guide through France, which he had already visited twice, and his adviser in the administration of his diocese; lest Theodore, who was a Greek by birth and education, should be disposed to introduce dangerous novelties into the English Church. The Saints were detained some time in France; and when St. Theodore was able to cross the sea, St. Adrian was still obliged to stay, through the jealousy of Ebroin, Mayor of the Palace, who suspected that he might have some political mission from the Eastern Emperor. At length Adrian also reached Canterbury, and, on the retirement of St. Benet Biscop from the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, was appointed to succeed him in his office, a place which he retained till his death. St. Theodore and his faithful counsellor were both men of great learning, in all branches of ecclesiastical discipline, and in their perfect knowledge of the Greek and Latin languages. The benefits of their joint labours were felt throughout the land. Episcopal Sees were multiplied, resident priests established, where hitherto they had not been known, synods held, and Church discipline well settled. One work, in which St. Adrian had a special share, was the establishment of schools, which were eagerly thronged by the youth of England, and spread their benefits far and wide. They had many distinguished pupils, who were as familiar with Greek and Latin as with their native tongue. Among the most illustrious are mentioned St. Aldhelm, Tobias, Bishop of Rochester, and Albinus, who was afterwards Abbot in place of St. Adrian. The Saint long survived St. Theodore, and continued perseveringly in the duties which had been assigned to him, until, after spending thirty-nine years in England, he was called to receive the reward of his labours in the year 710."^[15]
10. "ST. BRITHWALD, or Berctuald, was Abbot of Reculver, in Kent, when, on the death of St. Theodore, he was chosen to succeed him in the primacy of the English Church. Though less learned than his great predecessor, he was nevertheless well versed in the Holy Scriptures, and all other matters belonging to ecclesiastical and monastic discipline. On his appointment he went over to France and received episcopal consecration from Godwin, Archbishop of Lyons, and was not installed till the following year. During his long episcopate of thirty-seven years, St. Brithwald did much in the cause of religion, and many Bishops received consecration at his hands. Though at first opposed to him, he became a friend of St. Wilfrid's, and gladly promulgated the apostolic letters restoring him to his See, using his utmost endeavours to reconcile him with the princes and others, who were hostile to him. At length, worn out with years and labours, St. Brithwald was called to his everlasting rest, and buried near St. Theodore, within the church of the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul."^[15]
11. In agreement with the Synaxarion, on this day early in the reign of Emperor Basil I (867 AD -), a great and terrible earthquake took place during which the great dome of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Stigmatos crashed down, as well as that of the Theotokos of Phoros. This fact is recorded in Codex 1578 of the National Library of Paris, but is commemorated there on January 10th.

References

1. January 9/January 22. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
2. Prophet Shemaiah (Samaia or Semeias). OCA - Feasts and Saints.
3. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Πολύευκτος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene, in Armenia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
5. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀντωνίνα ἡ Μάρτυς. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Λαυρέντιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 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: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐστράτιος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. St Eustratius the Wonderworker. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
11. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βασίλειος καὶ Γρηγόριος οἱ Θαυματουργοί. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. January 9. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
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: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀδριανὸς Ἡγούμενος Καντουαρίας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. 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.11-12.
16. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Brithwald. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Παρθένα ἡ Ἐδεσσαία. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίλιππος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
20. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωνᾶς ὁ Γέροντας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. Dr. Alexander Roman. January. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
22. Official Orthodox Calendar of Moscow Patriarchate on January,9 (in Russian): Сщмч. Павла Никольского пресвитера (1943).
23. January 22 / January 9. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
24. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Μνήμη Μεγάλου Σεισμοῦ. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
25. Glanville Downey. "Earthquakes at Constantinople and Vicinity, A.D. 342-1454." Speculum. Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct., 1955), pp.596-600.
26. Alban Butler, (Michael Walsh, ed.). "December 13: St Judoc, or Josse (AD 688)." In: Butler's Lives of the Saints. 1991.

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).
• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• January 9. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. January. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• 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: (Greek) 9 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (Russian) 22 января (9 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
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