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January 5 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 January5 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Feasts Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.January 5/January 18 . Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Eve of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. OCA - Feasts and Saints.

Saints Prophet Micah (9th century BC)Prophet Micah. OCA - Feasts and Saints. (see also: August 14) Hieromartyr Theopemptus, Bishop of Nicomedia, and Martyr Theonas, former sorcerer (303)Hieromartyr Theopemptus, Bishop of Nicomedia, and Martyr Theonas. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Great Synaxaristes: : Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεόπεμπτος καὶ Θεωνᾶς . 5 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Sais.Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ἅγιος Σάϊς ὁ Μάρτυρας . 5 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Theoeidos.Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόειδος ὁ Μάρτυρας . 5 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Syncletica (Synkletika, Syncletike), Nun of Alexandria (c. 350 or c. 460)Venerable Synkletika of Alexandria. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Great Synaxaristes: : Ἡ Ἁγία Συγκλητική . 5 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SYNCLETICA, V. (4TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 67-69. Righteous Domnina (Domna).Great Synaxaristes: : Ἡ Ὁσία Δομνίνα. 5 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Righteous Tatiana, Nun.Great Synaxaristes: : Ἡ Ὁσία Τατιανή. 5 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Talida, Abbess at Antinoë, and her disciple Taora (5th century) Saint Apollinaria, Virgin of Egypt (c. 470)Saint Apollinaria of Egypt. OCA - Feasts and Saints.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. 6.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. APOLLINARIS SYNCLETICA, V. (BEGINNING OF 5TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 70-72. (see also: January 4) Venerable Phosterius the Hermit (6th-7th century)Venerable Phosterius the Hermit. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Φωστήριος. 5 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Menas of Sinai (6th century)Venerable Menas of Sinai. OCA - Feasts and Saints. Venerable Gregory of Crete, Monk (c. 820)Venerable Gregory of Crete. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ ἐν Ἀκρίτᾳ. 5 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Dorotheos the Younger, restorer of the ancient Monastery of the Holy Trinity at Chiliokomon in Amaseia, Pontus.Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Δωρόθεος. 5 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Hieromartyr Telesphorus, a Greek who was Pope of Rome for ten years (c. 136)January 5 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. TELESPHORUS, POPE, M. (A.D. 139.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 65. (see also February 22, Eastern Orthodox) Saint Emiliana, a Roman lady and the paternal aunt of Saint Gregory the Great (6th century) Saint Kiara (Chier), a spiritual daughter of Saint Fintan Munnu; she lived in Ireland near Nenagh in Co. Tipperary, at a place now called Kilkeary after her (c. 680) Venerable Cera of Ireland (Ciar, Cyra, Cior, Ceara), Abbess (7th century) Venerable Conwoïon (Convoyon), a Breton saint and Abbot (868) Saint Gaudentius of Gnesen (Radim Gaudentius), first Archbishop of Gnesen in Poland (1004)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Symeon of the Pskov-Caves Monastery, Hieroschemamonk (1960)January 18 / January 5. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). СИМЕОН (ЖЕЛНИН). Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 26, 2026. Venerable Theophan (Medvedev), Schema-Archimandrite of the Rykhlovsk Monastery (ru), in the Nizhyn diocese, Ukraine (1977) ФЕОФАН РЫХЛОВСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 26, 2026. (see also: August 11 - Uncovering of Relics)

New martyrs and confessors New Venerable Martyr Romanus of Karpenisi (Carpenision) and Kapsokalyvia, at Constantinople (1694)Venerable Romanus the Martyr. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρωμανὸς ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας . 5 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. РОМАН КАРПЕНИСИЙСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 26, 2026. (see also February 16) New Hieromartyr Andrei (Andrew) Zimin, Archpriest, ЗИМИН АНДРЕЙ СЕМЕНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 26, 2026. his wife Lydia, his mother-in-law Domnica, his two or three daughters, and his servant Maria, of Ussurisk, Siberia (1920)RUSSIAN SYNOD ADDS FOUR NAMES TO SYNAXIS OF NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS . Orthodox Christianity. Moscow, April 5, 2019. ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 4 апреля 2019 года . Русская Православная Церковь, Официальный сайт Московского Патриархата (Патриархия.ru). 4 апреля 2019 г. 15:00. New Hieromartyr Joseph Bespalov, and with him 37 Martyrs (1921)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. 5. 5 января (ст.ст.) 18 января 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). БЕСПАЛОВ ИОСИФ ЯКОВЛЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 26, 2026. New Hieromartyr Stephen Ponomarev, Protopresbyter, at Alma-Ata (1933) New Virgin Martyr Eugenia Domozhirova, at Alma-Ata (1933) ДОМОЖИРОВА ЕВГЕНИЯ ПЕТРОВНА. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 26, 2026. New Hieromartyr Sergius Lavrov, Priest (1934) ЛАВРОВ СЕРГЕЙ НИКОЛАЕВИЧ, ТАМБОВСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 26, 2026. New Martyr Matthew Gusev (1938) ГУСЕВ МАТВЕЙ ИВАНОВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 26, 2026.

Other commemorations Translation of the relics (981) of Saint Rumon of Tavistock, Bishop (6th century), to Tavistock Abbey. Repose of Monk Alexander of Valaam Monastery (1810)

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