January 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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January 16 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 January16 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints Martyrs Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Melapsippus, Cappadocian triplets,Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πεύσιππος, Ἐλάσιππος καὶ Μέσιππος οἱ Μάρτυρες οἱ αὐτάδελφοι. 16 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. and their grandmother Leonilla,Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Νεονίλλη ἡ Μάρτυς. 16 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. and with them Neon, Turbo, and Jonilla (Jovilla), in Cappadocia (c. 161-180)January 16/January 29. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Martyred brothers Speusippus, Eleusippus, Meleusippus, and those with them, in Gaul. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyr Danax the Reader of Avlona, Illyria (Albania), in Macedonia (2nd century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δάναξ ὁ Ἀναγνώστης. 16 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Danax the Reader, in Macedonia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: January 15)

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Priscilla, of the Roman Glabrio family, who hosted Saint Peter c. AD 42 (1st century)January 16 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Pope Marcellus I, Pope of Rome from 308 to 309, suffered for confessing the faith (309) (see also: June 7 in the East) Venerable Honoratus, Archbishop of Arles and Founder of Lerins Monastery (429)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ὀνωρᾶτος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀρελάτης. 16 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Honoratus, Archbishop of Arles, founder of Lerins Monastery. OCA - Lives of the Saints.ST. PATRICK OF IRELAND AND OTHER WESTERN SAINTS OFFICIALLY ADDED TO RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH CALENDAR . orthochristian.com. Moscow, 2017-03-10. Retrieved: 2026-01-22. 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: 2026-01-22. Saint James, first Bishop of Tarentaise (429) Saint Valerius, Bishop of Sorrento (c. 453) Saint Liberata, sister of Saint Epiphanius of Pavia, Italy and Saint Honorata of Pavia (5th century) Saint Honoratus of Fondi, founder of the monastery of Fondi in Italy (6th century) Saint Triverius (Trevor), hermit (550) Saint Tozzo (Tazzo, Thosso), Bishop of Augsburg (661)Буров, Андрей (2010). Избранные жития святых, в Европейских и иных землях просиявших. Москва. Saint Fulgentius, Bishop of Cartagena and Ecija (Astigi), Hispania (633) Martyr Sigeberht of East Anglia, King of the East Angles (635)January 29 / January 16. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (see also: January 25) Saint Fursey, Irish missionary monk of Burgh Castle (East Anglia), Lagny, and Peronne (Gaul) (650) Saint Titian of Oderzo, for thirty years a Bishop near Venice in Italy (650) Saint Ferréol (Ferreolus, Fergéol), Bishop of Grenoble (c. 670) Saint Dunchaid O'Braoin (Dúnchad ua Bráein), Abbot of Clonmacnoise (988)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Romilus the Sinaite, the Hesychast of Mount Athos and Ravanica Monastery, Serbia, disciple of Saint Gregory of Sinai, and with him Saints Nestor, Martinius, Daniel, Sisoes, Zosimas, and Gregory (1375)Venerable Romilus of Ravenica. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ρωμύλος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ. 16 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Blessed Maximus the Fool for Christ and Wonderworker of Totma, Vologda Oblast (1650)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός καὶ Θαυματουργὸς τῆς Τότμα. 16 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Blessed Maximus the Fool for Christ of Tot'ma. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Glorification of recently discovered relics of 17th-century Vologda saint. Orthodox Christianity. June 30, 2025. Retrieved: February 16, 2026. Saint Gerasimos II Palladas, Patriarch of Alexandria (1714)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεράσιμος ὁ Παλλαδὰς Πατριάρχης Ἀλεξανδρείας. 16 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 29 - N.S.)

New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyr Damascene of Gabrovo, Bulgaria, Hieromonk of Hilandar, Mount Athos, at Svishtovo, Bulgaria (1771)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δαμασκηνὸς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 16 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Hieromartyr Damascene the New. OCA - Lives of the Saints. New Hieromartyr Nicholas, Priest of Mytilene (1777)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. 16 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Hieromartyr John Pettaya, Priest (1919)

Other commemorations Veneration of the Precious Chains of the holy and all-glorious Apostle Peter (Liberation of Saint Peter)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ προσκύνησις τῆς Τιμίας ἁλύσεως τοῦ Ἁγίου καὶ ἐνδόξου Ἀποστόλου Πέτρου. 16 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Holy and All-Glorious Apostle Peter. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Repose of Elder Theodore of Irkutsk (1923)

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Sources January 16/January 29. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). January 29 / January 16. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). January 16. 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. 8. January 16. 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. 16–17. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 16 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 16 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 29 января (16 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 16 января (ст.ст.) 29 января 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).