January 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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January 29 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 January29 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints Martyr Chryse (ca. 41-54)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Χρυσὴ ἡ Μάρτυς. 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyrs Sarbelus (Thathuil) and his sister Bebaia, of Edessa (110)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σάρβηλος καὶ Βεβαία οἱ Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Ἐδέσσῃ . 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 29 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).January 29 / February 11. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).St Sarbelus of Edessa. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Barsimaeus the Confessor, Hieromartyr Bishop of Edessa (114)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βαρσιμαῖος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἐδέσσης. 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. The Holy Seven Martyrs of Samosata (297): Martyrs Romanus, James, Philotheus, Hyperechius, Abibus, Julian, and Paregorius, at Samosata.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἑπτὰ Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Σαμοσάτοις τελειωθέντες. 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Romanus at Samosata. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Hieromartyrs Silvanus, Bishop of Emesa, Luke the Deacon, and Mocius the Reader (312)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σιλουανὸς, Λουκᾶς καὶ Μώκιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Silvanus Bishop of Emesa. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Aphrahates the Persian, Hermit of Antioch (370)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀφραάτης. 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Aphraates of Persia . OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Ascepsimus, monk.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀκεψιμᾶς . 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Ashot Kuropalates of Tao-Klarjeti, Georgia (829)February 11 / January 29 . HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Martyr Ashot Curapalati, King of Artanuji . OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: January 27)

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Caesarius, a deacon in Angoulême in France under its first bishop St Ausonius (1st century)January 29 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Hieromartyr Constantius of Perugia, first Bishop of Perugia, and Companions (170)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κωνστάντιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Sabinian of Troyes (275)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σαβινιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας . 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyrs Papias and Maurus, soldiers martyred in Rome under Maximian (ca. 303)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παπίας καὶ Μαῦρος οἱ Μάρτυρες . 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Valerius, second Bishop of Trier in Germany (ca. 320) Saint Blath (Flora), a cook at St Brigid's convent in Kildare where she was honoured as a holy woman (523) Saint Gildas the Wise, Abbot, of Rhuys, Brittany (ca. 570)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γκίλντας τοῦ Γουάϊς . 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.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. 39-40. Saint Severus (Sulpitius I of Bourges, Sulpicius Severus), Bishop of Bourges (591) Saint Dallán Forgaill (of Cluain Dallain), a relative of St Aidan of Ferns, born in Connaught, martyred at Inis-coel by pirates (598) Saint Aquilinus of Mediolanum (Milan), martyred by the Arians (650)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀκυλίνος ὁ Πρεσβύτερος . 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Voloc, a bishop from Ireland who worked in Scotland (ca. 724)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Ignatios the Sinaite, of Rethymno, Crete.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰγνάτιος ὁ Σιναΐτης ἐκ Ρεθύμνης. 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰγνάτιος ὁ Σιναΐτης, ὁ ἐκ Ρεθύμνης . Ιερά Μητρόπολις Ρεθύμνης και Αυλοποτάμου, Ρέθυμνο, Κρήτη. Retrieved: 24 January 2013. Venerable Laurence, recluse of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Turov (1194)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Λαυρέντιος ἐκ Κιέβου . 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves . OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Ignatius, Bishop of Smolensk (1210)St Ignatius, Wonderworker and Bishop of Smolensk . OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Andrei Rublev, iconographer, of the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery (Moscow) (1430) Saints Gerasimus (1441),St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm . OCA - Lives of the Saints. Pitirim (1455),St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm . OCA - Lives of the Saints. and Jonah (1470),St Jonah the Bishop of Perm . OCA - Lives of the Saints. Bishops of Perm.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γεράσιμος, Ἰωνᾶς καὶ Πιτιρὶμ ἐκ Ρωσίας . 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Martyr Demetrius of Chios, at Constantinople (1802)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Χιοπολίτης . 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Demetrios Gagastathis (Papa-Demetrios Gagastathis), "Man-of-God", of the St. Nicholas Church in Platanos, Trikala (gr), Greece (1975)St. Demetrios Gagastathis formally added to liturgical calendar in Constantinople (+VIDEO) . Orthodox Christianity. Istanbul, September 1, 2025. Retrieved: February 16, 2026.Greek Church proposes canonization of “Man of God” Papa-Demetrios Gagastathis . Orthodox Christianity. Athens, March 31, 2025. Retrieved: February 16, 2026. Ανακοινωθέν για τις εργασίες της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου (31 Αυγούστου 2025). Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο (Ecumenical Patriarchate). Ανάρτηση 31/08/2025. Retrieved: February 16, 2026. (see also: January 16 - O.S.)

New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyrs John Granitov and Leontius Klimenko, Priests; Constantine Zverev, Deacon; and with them 5 Martyrs (1920) 29 января (ст.ст.) 11 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Other commemorations Translation of the relics (5th century) of Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer, Bishop of Antioch (107)Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ἱερομάρτυρος Ἰγνατίου τοῦ Θεοφόρου. 29 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Translation of the relics of the Hieromartyr Ignatius, the Godbearer and Bishop of Antioch . OCA - Lives of the Saints. Synaxis of All Saints of Yekaterinburg.

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Sources January 29 / February 11. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). February 11 / January 29. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). January 29. 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. 11. January 29. 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. pp. 29–30. 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. 39–40. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 29 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 29 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 11 февраля (29 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 29 января (ст.ст.) 11 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).