Church Holidays Calendar for January 2021

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-12 17:37

Church holidays in January 2021 are always very significant events for Christians. After all, the Orthodox calendar for January informs not only about the celebrations associated with the life of Jesus Christ and the Most Holy Theotokos, but also about fasts and days of remembrance of various saints.

Church holidays in Russia in January 2021

January of every year in Russia always begins with a big fast before Christmas. He is also called Filippov. It starts in November, lasts the whole December and ends in the first week of January of the new year.

Immediately after the Nativity Lent, there is the first Orthodox church holiday - Christmas Eve. This is the last day before the onset of the holy celebration - the Nativity of Christ.

With the onset of Christmas Eve, fasting becomes especially strict. On this day, food is allowed to be tasted only once, after the liturgy. In addition, it is allowed to eat only kutya or juicy.

With the end of the Nativity Fast, Orthodox Christians can take more liberties. This applies not only to Christmas, but also to other church holidays in January 2021. In any case, certain rituals should be observed: attending church services, reading psalms and prayers.

Church Calendar for January 2021

Let's take a closer look at what church holidays await Orthodox Christians in January 2021 according to the calendar for every day.

January 1st

What is celebrated: 35 days of Filippovki.

Whom it is customary to remember:

• right. Aglaida of Rome;
• the Monk Elijah of Murom, as well as Joseph of the Caves, the Much-Sick;
• holy torment. Boniface the Merciful;
• Hieromartyr and Healer Hypatius of Pechersk.

January 2

What is celebrated:

• 36th day of Filippovki;
• forefeast of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Whom it is customary to remember:

• holy righteous. John of Kronstadt;
• Hieromartyr. Ignatius the God-bearer.

Whose icon is glorified: Mother of God "Savior of the drowning".

January 3

What is celebrated: 37th day of Filippovki.

Whom it is customary to remember:

• torment. blessings. Princess Juliania of Vyazemskaya and Novotorzhskaya;
• sanctifies. Peter, Metropolitan. Moscow, the wonderworker of all Russia;
• holy torment. Juliana of Nicomedia.

4 January

What is celebrated: 38th day of Filippovki.

Whom it is customary to remember:

• torment. Evod, Eutychian, Theodotius and Chrysogon;
• holy great. Anastasia the Patterner.

5 January

What is celebrated: 39th day of Filippovki.

Whom it is customary to remember:

• bishop. Cypriot, St. Nifont;
• torment. Cretan Agathopus, Basilides, Gelasius, Zotik, Evarest, Eunikian, Eupora, Pompius, Sathornin and Theodulus.

6th January

What is celebrated:

• 40 days Filippovki (final);
• Christmas Eve before Christmas (also called the Eve).

Whom it is customary to remember:

• torment. Ikainfa, Claudius, Protus;
• Rev. monk Nicholas;
• Rev. Eugene.

Jan. 7

What is celebrated:

• 1st day of Christmas festivities;
• Nativity.

January 8

What is celebrated:

• 2nd day of Christmas festivities;
• the afterfeast of the birth of Jesus Christ;
• Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Whom it is customary to remember: bishop. Sardian, holy man. Euphemia.

Whose icon is glorified: Mother of God "Vilenskaya (Ostrobramskaya)".

January 9

What is celebrated: 3rd day of Christmas festivities.

Whom it is customary to remember:

• apost. and archdeacon. first-class Stephen;
• Rev. isp. Theodore the Inscribed;
• sanctifies. Archbishop Theodore of Constantinople.

10 january

What is celebrated: 4th day of the Christmas festivities.

Whom it is customary to remember:

• 20 thousand flour perished in the Nicomedian church;
• apost. Nikanor;
• right. Joseph the Betrothed;
• Rev. Ignatius Lomsky and Simon the Myrrh-streaming;
• Hieromartyr. and ep. Belgorod Nikodim.

11 january

What is celebrated: 5th day of the Christmas festivities.

Whom it is customary to remember:

• 14 thousand babies killed in Bethlehem;
• Rev. Markella and Thaddeus.

January 12

What is celebrated: 6th day of the Christmas festivities.

Whom it is customary to remember:

• apost. Timon;
• torment. Anisy Solunskaya;
• holy Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow;
• Hieromartyr. and the presbyter Zotikus the Syrup.

Whose acquisition of relics: St. Daniel Pereyaslavsky.

13th of January

What is celebrated: 7th day of the Christmas festivities.

Whom it is customary to remember: St. Melania Rymlyanynu.

14 january

What is celebrated:

• 8th day of the Christmas festivities;
• Circumcision of the Lord.

Whom it is customary to remember: holy. Basil the Great.

January 15

What is celebrated:

• 9th day of the Christmas festivities;
• preceding Epiphany.

Whom it is customary to remember:

• holy right. Juliania Lazarevskaya;
• holy prop. Malachi;
• sanctifies. Sylvester, Pope.

Whose acquisition of relics: Rev. Seraphim of Sarov.

January 16

What is celebrated: 10 days of Christmas festivities.

Whom it is customary to remember: St. torment. Gordia.

January 17

What is celebrated:

• 11th day of Christmas festivities;
• Cathedral of the Apostles from seventy.

Whom it is customary to remember:

• Rev. Theoclistos;
• sanctifies. and Archbishop. Serbian Eustathius.

18 january

What is celebrated:

• 12th day of Christmas festivities;
• Christmas Eve before Epiphany.

Whom it is customary to remember:

• Rev. Gregory of Akrita and the Synclithic of Alexandria;
• prop. Micah;
• Hieromartyr. Theopempta.

January 19

What is celebrated: Epiphany (it is also called the Epiphany).

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January 20th

Celebrated: Cathedral of John the Baptist (Baptist).

January 21

Whom it is customary to remember:

• Rev. George Hozevita, miracle. Gregory, shut. Pechersky Gregory, as well as Dominica of Constantinople;
• sanctifies. Emiliana;
• sacred and presvit. Isidor Yurievsky.

January 22

Whom it is customary to remember:

• torment. Polievkta;
• Rev. and miracles. Eustratia;
• sanctifies. and the All-Russian Metropolitan. Philip, miracle.

January 23

Whom it is customary to remember:

• Rev. and the presbyter of Marcian of Constantinople, as well as the Bishop of Melita. Dometian and Pavel Komelsky;
• sanctifies. Gregory of Nyssa, bishop, and Theophan the Recluse;
• Hieromartyr. and Odessa Metropolitan. Anatolia.

January 24

Whom it is customary to remember: St. Mikhail Klopsky and Theodosius the Great.

Whose icon is being glorified: the Mother of God "Eletskaya".

The 25th of January

Whom it is customary to remember:

• torment. Tatiana Rimskaya;
• Rev. Martinian Belozersky;
• sanctifies. and the Serbian Archbishop. Savva.

Whose icon is glorified: the Mother of God "Akathist", "Pops" and "Mammal".

January 26

Whom it is customary to remember:

• torment. Ermila, Petra and Stratonika;
• Rev. Eleazar Anzersky and Irinarch Rostovsky.

January 27

Whom it is customary to remember: will enlighten. Georgia, Equal to the Apostles Nina.

28 January

Whom it is customary to remember:

• Rev. John Kushchnik and Paul of Thebes;
• Rev. Pansophia.

January 29

What is celebrated: the worship of the chains of the ap. Peter.

Whom it is customary to remember:

• right. presvit. Maxim Totemsky;
• Hieromartyr. John Pettaya.

January 30

Whom it is customary to remember: St. Anthony the Great and Anthony Dymsky.

January 31

Whom it is customary to remember:

• Rev. Cyril and Mary - father and mother of St. Sergius of Radonezh, as well as St. Afanasy Navolotsky;
• sanctifies. and the Archbishops of Alexandria. Athanasius the Great and Cyril.

Summarize

It doesn't matter how well believers know the church holidays in January 2021. The Orthodox calendar is useful to everyone, because it is impossible to remember all the celebrations and days of remembrance. Scheduled for every day, it will help you keep track of all Orthodox church holidays in Russia.