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January 6 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 January6 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Feasts The Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ (Baptism of the Lord) - Cross Procession with Great Blessing of Waters outdoors.January 6/January 19. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Feast of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Great Synaxaristes: : Τὰ Ἅγια Θεοφάνεια τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χρηστοῦ. 6 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "THE EPIPHANY." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 82-85. Traditionally, the beginning of the season of house blessings with Holy Water.

Saints Venerable Evagrius of Nitria (415)Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐάγριος. 6 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Martyr George the Persian (615)Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος ὁ Πέρσης. 6 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Martyrs of North-West Africa, burnt at the stake under Septimius Severus (c. 210)January 6 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Virgin Martyr Macra, from Rheims in France, martyred in Fismes in Champagne before the persecution under Diocletian began (287)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MACRA, V. M. (ABOUT A.D. 303.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 85. Martyr Anastasius, a martyr in Syrmium in Pannonia, now Hungary (4th century) Martyrs Anastasius, Jucundus, Florus, Florianus, Peter, Ratites, Tatia and Tilis, in Syrmium in Pannonia, now Hungary (4th century) Saint Hywyn, probably a companion of Saint Cadfan on his return journey from Brittany to Cornwall and Wales; by tradition he founded Aberdaron in Gwynedd (516) Saint Melaine (Melanius), born in Brittany, he was Bishop of Rennes and succeeded in overcoming idolatry in his diocese (c. 535)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MELANIUS, B. OF RENNES. (A.D. 580.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 85-86. Saint Edeyrn (Eternus), born in Britain, he was hermit and the patron saint of a church in Brittany (6th century) Saint Eigrad (Eugrad), a brother of Saint Samson, he was a disciple of Saint Illtyd and founded a church in Anglesey in Wales (6th century) Saint Schotin (Scarthin), a disciple of Saint David in Wales, lived as a hermit on Mt Mairge in Leix (County Laois) for many years (6th century) (see also: January 2) Saint Merinus (Mirren of Benchor), a disciple of Dunawd at Bangor in Wales and venerated there and in Brittany (6th century) Saint Peter of Canterbury, a monk from St Andrew's in Rome, he was one of the first missionaries sent to England (c. 607)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PETER, AB. OF CANTERBURY. (A.D. 608.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 86. Saint Diman (Dimas, Dima), a monk with Saint Columba and afterwards Bishop of Connor in Ireland (658) Venerable Wiltrudis of Bergen, founded the convent of Bergen near Neuburg in Germany (c. 976) and herself became a nun and the first Abbess (986) Saint Frederick of Arras, a monk at St Vanne and later St Vedast Abbey in Arras (1020)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Macarius of Mount Athos (1431)Venerable Macarius of Mount Athos. OCA - Feasts and Saints. Saint Theophan the Recluse, Bishop of Tambov (1894) 6 января (ст.ст.) 19 января 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). ФЕОФАН ЗАТВОРНИК. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 26, 2026.Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοφάνης ὁ Ἔγκλειστος. 5 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: January 10) Saint Laurence the Wonderworker of Chernigov Convent (1950) (see also: December 29)

New martyrs and confessors New Martyr Assad the Tailor (1218)Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἄσσαντ ὁ Ράπτης. 6 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. АССАД ТКАЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 26, 2026. New Hieromartyr Romanus, Priest of Lacedemonia, at Constantinople, by the sword (1695)Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρωμανὸς ὁ Λακεδαίμονας . 6 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Hieromartyr Michael Chekhranov, Archpriest and Martyr Irina Chekhranova, of Zaporozhye, Ukraine (1918) ЧЕХРАНОВ МИХАИЛ ЯКОВЛЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 26, 2026.

Other commemorations Repose of Schemamonk Nicholas of Valaam (1824)Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικόλαος. 6 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Repose of Schemamonk Sergius Yanovsky (1876), disciple of Saint Herman of Alaska.Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Σέργιος ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίας. 6 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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Sources January 6/January 19. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). January 19 / January 6. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). January 6. 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). pp. 5–6. January 6. 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. 7. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 6 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 6 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 19 января (6 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 6 января (ст.ст.) 19 января 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).