January 3 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - January 5

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 17 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For January 4, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 22.

Feasts

• Forefeast of the Theophany.^{[1][note 2]}

Saints

• Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles.^{[1][3][4][note 3]}
• Martyr Djan Darada, the Ethiopian eunuch of Queen Candace (1st century)^[1] (see also: June 17, August 27)
• Martyrs Chrysanthus and Euthymia.^[7]
• Martyrs Zosimas the Hermit and Athanasius the Commentarisius (prison warden), anchorites of Cilicia (3rd-4th century)^{[1][8][9][10]}
• Venerable Theoprobus of Karpasia, Bishop of Karpasia in Cyprus (4th century)^[11]
• Venerable Apollinaria the Senator (5th century)^[12] (see also: January 5)
• Venerable Evagrius (fellow-ascetic of St. Shio of Mgvime), with St. Elias the Deacon, and other Disciples of the Thirteen Syrian Fathers, of the Shio-Mgvime Monastery in Georgia (6th century)^[1][13][14]
• The Holy Six Martyrs.^{[15][note 4]} (see also: January 15)
• Saint Euthymius the Younger of Thessalonica (Euthymius the New), monk.^[1][16]
• Venerable Timothy the Stylite (872)^[17]
• Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop.^[18]
• Martyr Uvelicius.^[18]
• Martyr Amma.^[18]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Linus, the first Pope of Rome (c. 76)^{[19][note 5]} (In the East: Jan 4 and Nov 5)
• Saint Clement I, one of the Seventy Apostles, he was the third Pope of Rome (c. 101)^[19] (In the East: Jan 4, Apr 22, Sept 10 and Nov 25)
• Saint Mavilus (Majulus), a martyr in Hadrumetum in North Africa, thrown to wild beasts at the time of Caracalla (212)^{[19][note 6]}
• Martyrs Priscus, Priscillian and Benedicta, in Rome (c. 361 - 363)^{[19][note 7]}
• Martyr Dafrosa (Affrosa), the mother of St Bibiana, was martyred in Rome under Julian the Apostate (c. 361 - 363)^{[19][note 8]}
• Martyrs Aquilinus, Geminus, Eugene, Marcian, Quintus, Theodotus and Tryphon, in North Africa under the Arian Hunneric, King of the Vandals (c. 484)^{[19][note 9]}
• Saint Gregory of Langres, Bishop of Langres in Gaul, renowned for miracles (539-540)^{[1][19][20][note 10]}
• Saint Ferreolus of Uzès, Bishop of Uzès (581)^{[19][note 11]}
• Saint Pharäildis (Vareide, Verylde, Veerle), one of the patron-saints of Ghent (c. 740)^[19]
• Saint Rigobert, Archbishop of Rheims and Confessor (c. 745)^{[19][20][note 12]}
• Venerable Theoctistus of Sicily, Abbot at Cucomo (Coucouma, Coucoumis) in Sicily (800)^[1][21]
• Saint Rabanus Maurus, archbishop of Mainz (856)^[22][23]
• Saint Libentius (Liäwizo I), born in Swabia in Germany, he became Archbishop of Hamburg in 988 (1013)^[19]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Hieromartyr Abbot Euthymius, and twelve Monk-martyrs of Vatopedi Monastery, on Mt. Athos, who suffered martyrdom for denouncing the Latinizing rulers Michael Paleologos and John Bekkos as heretics (1285)^{[1][24][25][26]}
• Repose of St. Eustathius I of Serbia (Eustace of Serbia, Jevstatije I), Archbishop of Serbia (1286)^[1][27][28]
• Saint Aquila (Aquilae, Achillios), Deacon of the Kiev Caves Monastery (14th century)^[1][29][30]
• Venerable Symeon of Smolensk, Metropolitan of Smolensk (1699)^{[1][31][note 13]}
• New Monk-martyr Onuphrius Manassias of Gabrovo and Chilandar Monastery, Mt. Athos, on Chios (1818)^[1][32][33]
• Venerable Nikephoros the Leper (1964)^{[34][35][36][note 14]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Alexander Yuzefovitch, Priest, at Alma-Ata (1921)^[6][42]
• New Hieromartyr Philip Gregoriev, Protopresbyter, at Alma-Ata (1933)^[6][42][43]
• New Hieromartyr Stephen Ponomarev, Priest (1933)^[6][43]
• New Hieromartyr Nicholas Maslov, Priest, at Alma-Ata (1939)^[6][42][43]
• New Hieromartyr Paul Felitsyn, Priest (1941)^[6][43]

Other commemorations

• Finding of the holy relics (January 4, 1974) of New Martyr John the ex-Muslim of Konitsa (John of Ioannina) (September 23, 1814), in the Holy Monastery of Prousou in Evrytania, Greece.^[44]

Icon gallery

• 
  Icon of the Seventy Apostles.
• 
  The Ethiopian eunuch with St. Philip the Deacon
  (Menologion of Basil II)
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  St. Zosimas the Hermit and Athanasius the Notary, anchorites of Cilicia
  (Menologion of Basil II)
• 
  St. Pharäildis.