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January 3 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective January3 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Feasts Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus ChristJanuary 3/January 16. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

Saints Holy Prophet Malachi (c. 400 BC)Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Προφήτης Μαλαχίας. 3 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Holy Prophet Malachi. OCA - Feasts and Saints. Martyr Peter, in Avlona (Aulane) of Samaria, Palestine (311)Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 3 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PETER BALSAM, M. (A.D. 291.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 39-41. Martyr Gordius, at Caesarea in Cappadocia, centurion, by the sword (c. 314)Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ἅγιος Γόρδιος . 3 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Gordius at Caesarea, in Cappadocia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. GORDIUS M. (ABOUT A.D. 320.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 42-44. Hieromartyr Titus, Bishop of Tomis (323)Sfinții Mucenici Tit și Gordian, propovăduitori și apărători ai credinței ortodoxe în Dacia Pontică doxologia.ro Venerable Meliton of Beirut (537)Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Μελίτων ἐκ Βηρυτοῦ . 3 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Peter of Atroa (Peter the Standard-Bearer) (837)Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Πέτρος ὁ Σημειοφόρος. 3 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: September 13, January 1 - Western Rite) Venerable Acacius the Wonderworker, of Mount Latros (Latmos), at the Megisti Lavra of the Theotokos of Myrsinon (c. 10th century)Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀκάκιος ὁ Θαυματουργός . 3 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 3 Martyrs, a mother and her two children slain by fireGreat Synaxaristes: : Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μητέρα καὶ τὰ δύο τέκνα της οἱ Μάρτυρες . 3 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Thomais of Lesbos (10th century)Great Synaxaristes: : Ἡ Ὁσία Θωμαΐς ἐκ Λέσβου. 3 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. ФОМАИДА КОНСТАНТИНОПОЛЬСКАЯ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 20, 2026.

Pre-Schism Western saints Hieromartyr Daniel of Padua, a Deacon who helped Saint Prosdocimus, the first Bishop of Padua in Italy (168)January 3 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Anterus, Pope of Rome (236)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ANTEROS, P. M. (A.D. 236.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 38. (see also: August 5 - Eastern Calendar) Hieromartyr Florentius of Vienne, a martyred Bishop of Vienne in France (3rd century) Venerable Genevieve of Paris (502)Great Synaxaristes: : Ἡ Ὁσία Γενεβιέβη ἐκ Παρισίων . 3 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Genevieve of Paris. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. GENOVEVA, V. (A.D. 512.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 46-51.ST. PATRICK OF IRELAND AND OTHER WESTERN SAINTS OFFICIALLY ADDED TO RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH CALENDAR . orthochristian.com. Moscow, March 10, 2017. Retrieved: 14 March 2017. ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 9 марта 2017 года. Русская Православная Церковь - Официальный сайт Московского Патриархата (Patriarchia.ru). 9 марта 2017 г. 20:08. Retrieved: 14 March 2017. Saint Fintan of Doon, a disciple of Saint Comgall at Bangor in Ireland; he is honoured as the patron-saint of Doon in Limerick where his holy well still exists (6th century) Saint Finlugh of Derry (Finlag), a brother of Saint Fintan of Doon, he went to Scotland where he became one of Saint Columba's disciples; returning to Ireland, he became abbot of a monastery in County Londonderry (6th century) Saint Blitmund, a monk at Bobbio Abbey in Italy (c. 660) Saint Bertilia of Mareuil, anchoress (c. 687)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. BERTILIA, V. (A.D. 687.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 51-52. Saint Findlugan of Islay (Finlaggan, Fionn Lugain) (7th century) Saint Wenog, an early saint in Wales

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Righteous Ekvtime (Euthymius) Takaishvili the Man of God of Tbilisi (1953)Saint Euthymius (Takaishvili). OCA - Feasts and Saints.

New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyr Basil Kholmogorov, Archpriest, of Ostrov, Moscow (1938) ХОЛМОГОРОВ ВАСИЛИЙ ИВАНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 20, 2026.

Other commemorations Repose of Schemahierodeacon Elder Panteleimon, founder of Kostychev Convent (1884)Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Παντελεήμων . 3 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Discovery of the Relics (1950) of the Holy Great Martyr Ephraim, Monk of Nea Makri (1426)Discovery of the Relics of the Holy Great Martyr Ephraim. OCA - Feasts and Saints. (see also: December 21 - ; and May 5 - feast day)

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