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January 9 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 January9 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Feasts Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus ChristJanuary 9/January 22. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Afterfeast of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. OCA - Feasts and Saints.

Saints Prophet Shemaiah (Samaia, Sameas, Semeias), (III Kings 12:22), (10th century BC)Prophet Shemaiah (Samaia or Semeias). OCA - Feasts and Saints. (Russian use only, see also: January 8 - Standard use) Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene in Armenia (259)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πολύευκτος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Polyeuktos of Melitene in Armenia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyr Antonina of Nicomedia, martyred at sea.Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀντωνίνα ἡ Μάρτυς. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Lawrence, martyred in the arena, by the pagans.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Λαυρέντιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Peter, Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, brother of Saints Macrina the Younger, Basil the Great, Naucratius, and Gregory of Nyssa, and Blessed Theosebia (c. 395)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος Ἐπίσκοπος Σεβαστείας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Peter, Bishop of Sebaste, in Armenia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PETER, B. OF SEBASTE. (ABOUT 387.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 125-127. Saint Eustratius the Wonderworker of Tarsus (821)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐστράτιος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Eustratius the Wonderworker. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Basil and Gregory the Wonderworkers, uncles of Saint Eustratius (9th century)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βασίλειος καὶ Γρηγόριος οἱ Θαυματουργοί. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Virgin Martyr Paschasia, venerated from ancient times in Dijon, France (c. 178)January 9 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Epictetus, Jucundus, Secundus, Vitalis, Felix and seven other Companions - Twelve martyrs in North Africa, probably under Decian (c. 250)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. Virgin Martyr Marciana of Mauretania, in Mauritania in North Africa (c. 303)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MARCIANA, V. M. (ABOUT 300.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 120. Saint Marcellinus of Ancona, Bishop of Ancona (566) Saint Waningus (Vaneng), Benedictine abbot (c. 686) Saint Maurontus (Maurontius, Mauruntius), founder of the monastery of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil on the Loire in France (c. 700) Saint Adrian, Abbot of Sts Peter and Paul, later called St Augustine's, in Canterbury (710)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀδριανὸς Ἡγούμενος Καντουαρίας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ADRIAN, AB. OF CANTERBURY. (A.D. 709.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 128-131. Saint Berhtwald (Brithwald, Brihtwald), a monk and then the Abbot of Reculver in Kent, and in 693 becoming the ninth Archbishop of Canterbury (731)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Brithwald. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. BRITHWALD. ABP. OF CANTERBURY. (A.D. 731.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 131-132. Saint Fillan (Foelan, Foellan, Foilan), Abbot of Strath Fillan, born in Ireland, he accompanied his mother, Saint Kentigerna, and his relative, Saint Comgan, to Scotland, where he lived as a monk (8th century)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. FILLAN, AB. (8TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the First: January. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 127-128.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Saint Jonah (Miroshnichenko) of Kyiv (Peter in Schema), Wonderworker, founder of Holy Trinity Monastery in Kyiv (1902)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωνᾶς ὁ Γέροντας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.RUSSIAN CHURCH ADDS 30 LOCALLY-VENERATED SAINTS TO CHURCH-WIDE CALENDAR. Orthodox Christianity. December 1, 2017. ИОНА КИЕВСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 30, 2026. Venerable Bessarion (Korkoliakos) of Agathonos Monastery (1991) ВИССАРИОН АГАФОНСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 30, 2026. (see also: January 22 - )

New martyrs and confessors New Martyr Parthena of Edessa, Macedonia (1375)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Παρθένα ἡ Ἐδεσσαία. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. ПАРФЕНА ЭДЕССКАЯ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 30, 2026. New Hieromartyr Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of all Russia (1569)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίλιππος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. New Hieromartyr Paul Nikolsky, Priest (1943)Official Orthodox Calendar of Moscow Patriarchate on January 9 (in Russian): Сщмч. Павла Никольского пресвитера (1943).January 22 / January 9. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). НИКОЛЬСКИЙ ПАВЕЛ ДМИТРИЕВИЧ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 30, 2026. New Hieromartyr Mihailo Barbich, Priest of Krtoli (c. 1946) (see also: January 22 - )

Other commemorations Commemoration of the great earthquake at Constantinople (869)Great Synaxaristes: Μνήμη Μεγάλου Σεισμοῦ. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Glanville Downey. "Earthquakes at Constantinople and Vicinity, A.D. 342-1454." Speculum. Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct., 1955), pp. 596-600. Translation of the relics (903) of Saint Judoc, Hermit of Ponthieu (668)Alban Butler, (Michael Walsh, ed.). "December 13: St Judoc, or Josse (AD 688)." In: Butler's Lives of the Saints. 1991.

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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). January 9. 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. 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: 9 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 9 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 22 января (9 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 9 января (ст.ст.) 22 января 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).