Orthodox Readings

January 2024

  1. 1 MondayMonday. Circumcision of Our Lord
  2. 2 TuesdayTuesday. Forefeast of Theophany
  3. 3 WednesdayWednesday. Forefeast of Theophany
  4. 4 ThursdayThursday. Forefeast of Theophany
  5. 5 FridayFast day: strictFriday. Eve of Theophany
  6. 6 SaturdaySaturday. Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
  7. 7 SundaySunday. Sunday after Theophany Synaxis of St John the Baptist
  8. 8 MondayMonday. Our Venerable Mother Domnica (Domnina) (ca. 474); Saint Atticus, Patriarch of Constantinople (425); Saint Severinus (482)
  9. 9 TuesdayTuesday. Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene in Armenia; Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow; Saint Peter II, Bishop of Sebaste (4th c.)
  10. 10 WednesdayFast day: strictWednesday. St Gregory of Nyssa; St Theophan the Recluse; Dometian, Bishop of Melitene
  11. 11 ThursdayThursday. Our Holy Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch (519); The Venerable Vitalis (5th c.); Venerable Michael of Klops, Fool for Christ (1456)
  12. 12 FridayFast day: strictFriday. St Sava, Archbishop of Serbia; Holy Martyr Tatiana (ca. 230); Venerable Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth (689-690)
  13. 13 SaturdaySaturday. Saturday after Theophany
  14. 14 SundaySunday. Leavetaking of Theophany
  15. 15 MondayMonday. Ven. Paul of Thebes and John Calabytes; Our Holy Father John Kalyvites (the hut-dweller) (ca. 450); Saint Ita of Kileedy, Ireland (570)
  16. 16 TuesdayTuesday. Veneration of Chains of Apostle Peter; Righteous Hierodeacon Makarios of Kalogeras; Romilo the Monk of Mount Athos
  17. 17 WednesdayFast day: wine and oil allowedWednesday. Ven. Godbearing Anthony the Great
  18. 18 ThursdayThursday. Ss Athanasius the Great and Cyril of Alexandria; Zenia the Martyr
  19. 19 FridayFast day: strictFriday. Ven. Macarius the Great; Our Holy Father Mark Eugenikos, Metropolitan of Ephesus and Confessor of the Orthodox Faith (1443); Makarios of Alexandria
  20. 20 SaturdaySaturday. Ven. Euthymius the Great
  21. 21 SundaySunday. 12th Sunday of Luke
  22. 22 MondayMonday. Apostle Timothy of the Seventy; Holy Martyr Anastasius of Persia (628); Joseph the Sanctified
  23. 23 TuesdayTuesday. Hieromartyr Clement and Martyr Agathangel; Righteous Father Dionysius of Olympus
  24. 24 WednesdayFast day: strictWednesday. Ven. Xenia of Rome; Bl. Xenia of St Petersburg; Our Holy Father Macedonian (ca. 430)
  25. 25 ThursdayThursday. St Gregory the Theologian
  26. 26 FridayFast day: strictFriday. Ven. Xenophon, Mary, and their sons Arcadius and John; St Ammonas of Egypt, disciple of St Anthony the Great (350); Our Holy Mother Paula of Rome (404)
  27. 27 SaturdaySaturday. Transl. Relics of St John Chrysostom
  28. 28 SundaySunday. 15th Sunday of Luke New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
  29. 29 MondayMonday. Trans. Rel. Ignatius the Godbearer; St Andrei Rublev, iconographer (1430); Our Holy Father Aphrahat the Persian (4th c.)
  30. 30 TuesdayTuesday. Synaxis 3 Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom
  31. 31 WednesdayFast day: strictWednesday. Unmercenaries Cyrus and John; Venerable Nicetas, hermit of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod (1108); Marcella of Rome (410)

Strict fast Fast, with some foods allowed. Open a day to see what is allowed.