Orthodox Readings

January 2025

  1. 1 WednesdayWednesday. Circumcision of Our Lord
  2. 2 ThursdayThursday. Forefeast of Theophany
  3. 3 FridayFriday. Royal Hours of Theophany; Forefeast of Theophany Royal Hours of Theophany
  4. 4 SaturdaySaturday. Saturday before Theophany; Forefeast of Theophany Saturday before Theophany
  5. 5 SundayFast day: wine and oil allowedSunday. Sunday before Theophany – Eve of Theophany
  6. 6 MondayMonday. Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
  7. 7 TuesdayTuesday. Synaxis of St John the Baptist
  8. 8 WednesdayFast day: strictWednesday. Our Venerable Mother Domnica (Domnina) (ca. 474); Saint Atticus, Patriarch of Constantinople (425); Saint Severinus (482)
  9. 9 ThursdayThursday. Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene in Armenia; Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow; Saint Peter II, Bishop of Sebaste (4th c.)
  10. 10 FridayFast day: strictFriday. St Gregory of Nyssa; St Theophan the Recluse; Dometian, Bishop of Melitene
  11. 11 SaturdaySaturday. Saturday after Theophany
  12. 12 SundaySunday. Sunday after Theophany
  13. 13 MondayMonday. Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus; Our Holy Father Maximos Kavsokalybites (the Hut-burner) (1365); Our Holy Father Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers (369)
  14. 14 TuesdayTuesday. Leavetaking of Theophany
  15. 15 WednesdayFast day: strictWednesday. 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 ThursdayThursday. Veneration of Chains of Apostle Peter; Righteous Hierodeacon Makarios of Kalogeras; Romilo the Monk of Mount Athos
  17. 17 FridayFast day: wine and oil allowedFriday. Ven. Godbearing Anthony the Great
  18. 18 SaturdaySaturday. Ss Athanasius the Great and Cyril of Alexandria; Zenia the Martyr
  19. 19 SundaySunday. 12th Sunday of Luke
  20. 20 MondayMonday. Ven. Euthymius the Great
  21. 21 TuesdayTuesday. Ven. Maximus the Confessor; Holy Martyr Agnes of Rome (ca. 304); Our Holy Father Maximos the Greek (1556)
  22. 22 WednesdayFast day: wine and oil allowedWednesday. Apostle Timothy of the Seventy; Holy Martyr Anastasius of Persia (628); Joseph the Sanctified
  23. 23 ThursdayThursday. Hieromartyr Clement and Martyr Agathangel; Righteous Father Dionysius of Olympus
  24. 24 FridayFast day: strictFriday. Ven. Xenia of Rome; Bl. Xenia of St Petersburg; Our Holy Father Macedonian (ca. 430)
  25. 25 SaturdaySaturday. St Gregory the Theologian
  26. 26 SundaySunday. 15th Sunday of Luke New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
  27. 27 MondayMonday. Transl. Relics of St John Chrysostom
  28. 28 TuesdayTuesday. Ven. Ephrem the Syrian; Our Holy Father Isaac the Syrian, bishop of Nineveh (7th c.); James the Righteous
  29. 29 WednesdayFast day: strictWednesday. Trans. Rel. Ignatius the Godbearer; St Andrei Rublev, iconographer (1430); Our Holy Father Aphrahat the Persian (4th c.)
  30. 30 ThursdayThursday. Synaxis 3 Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom
  31. 31 FridayFast day: strictFriday. 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.