Some Saints and Feasts
of the
Orthodox Christian Church
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"As the prophets beheld, as the Apostles have taught, as the Church has received, as the Teachers have dogmatised, as the Universe has agreed, as Grace has shown forth, as Truth has revealed, as falsehood has been dissolved, as Wisdom has presented, as Christ awarded, thus we declare; thus we assert, thus we preach Christ our true God, and honour His Saints in words, in writings, in thoughts, in sacrifices, in Churches, in Holy Icons; on the one hand worshiping and reverencing Christ as God and Lord; and on the other hand honouring as true servants of the same Lord of all and accordingly offering them veneration. "This is the Faith of the Apostles, this is the Faith of the Fathers, this is the Faith of the Orthodox, this is the Faith which has established the Universe!" from the Synodikon of Sunday of
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January
St. Basil the Great (1
January)
St. Gregory Nazianzen (1 and 25
January)
St. Seraphim of Sarov (2
January)
The Seventy (4 January)
The Theophany (Epiphany) of
Christ (6 January)
Synaxis of St. John the Baptist and
Forerunner of Christ (7 January)
St. Sava of Serbia (14 January)
St. Paul the hermit of Thebes (15 January)
St. John Kalyvites (15 January)
St. Anthony the Great (17
January)
St. Athanasius the Great (18
January)
St Timothy the Apostle (22
January)
Venerable Joseph the Sanctified (22
January)
St Xeni (24 January)
St Gregory Theologian (25
January)
St Xenophon, Maria and sons
(26 January)
February
St Tryphon (1
February)
Presentation of Our Lord in the
Temple (2 February)
St. Photios the Great (Patriarch
of Constantinople; 6 February)
Sts Barsanuphius and John (Holy
Fathers; 6 February)
St. Charalambos the
Wonder-worker (10 February)
St. Blasios (11 February)
St. Zacharias (Patriarch of
Jerusalem; 21 February)
St Eustathios of Antioch (21
February)
St. Polycarp (Bishop of Smyrna;
23 February)
St. Photini, The Samaritan Woman
(Great Martyr and Equal to the Apostles; 26 February)
St Kyranna of Thessaloniki (28
February)
March
St. Eudokia, Holy
Martyr (1 March)
The Holy Forty Martyrs of
Sebastia (9 March)
St. Symeon the New Theologian (12
March)
St Alexios, Man of God (17
March)
St Patrick, Enlightener of Ireland
(17 March)
The Annunciation of the Holy
Theotokos (25 March)
St. Gregory Palamas (27
March)
St. Matrona (27 March)
St. John Climacus (30 March and
4th Sunday of the Great Lent)
St. Innocent (31 March and 23
September)
April
St. Lazarus Of Bethany
(Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday before Palm Sunday)
St. Mary of Egypt (1 April and
Fifth Sunday of Great Lent)
Sts. Raphael, Nicholas and Irene
(Bright Tuesday)
Sts Agape, Irene and Chione
(Virgin-martyrs; 16 April)
St. Alexandra (21 April)
St. George the Great Martyr (23
April)
St. Mark the Apostle and Evangelist
(25 April)
May
Coming of the Holy Spirit - the
Feast of Pentecost
All Saints day (1st Sunday after
Pentecost)
St. Xenia (3 May)
St. Theodore of Sykeon (5
May)
Holy Apostle St. John the
Evangelist (8 May)
St. Glykeria (13 May)
St Pachomios the Great (15
May)
St. Nicholas (Bishop of Myra;
Translation of Relics 20 May)
Sts Constantine and Helene (21
May)
St John the Russian (27 May)
June
St. Kalliope the Martyr (8
June)
The Day of the Souls (on
Saturday)
Sts Theophanes and Pansemne (10 June)
Miraculous Icon of "Axion Esti"
(11 June)
Nativity of St. John the Baptist and
Forerunner of Christ (24 June)
Holy Apostles Sts Peter and Paul
(29 June)
July
St. Andreas (4 July)
St. Prokopios (Great Martyr; 8
July )
St Pankratios
(9 July)
St. Euphemia (Great Martyr; 11
July )
Archangel Gabriel (13 July)
St Cyril of Crete (14 July)
Great martyr, St Marina (17
July)
St. Macrina the younger (19
July)
Prophet Elijah (Elias) (20 July)
St Mary Magdalene, Equal to the
Apostles (22 July)
St. Anna (Dormition of the Mother of
the Theotokos; 25 July)
St. Paraskevi (26 July)
St. Panteleimon (All-Merciful
and Great Martyr; 27 July)
St Silas, Silvanos, Apainetos and
Crescens (of the Seventy; 30 July)
August
Transfiguration
(Metamorphoses) of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (6
August )
St Ioseph (6 August)
Dormition (Falling-asleep) of the
Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary (15 August)
St Stamatios the New Martyr
(16 August)
Sts Eutychlos and Eutychlanos
Cassiane (17 August)
St Irenaeus of Lyons(23 August)
St. Kosmas of Aitolia (24
August)
St. Titus (25 August)
St Charalambos of Crete (28
August )
Beheading of the Baptist and
Forerunner St. John (29 August)
St. Alexander (Patriarch of
Constantinople; 30 August)
September
Indiction - beginning of
Church year (1 September )
St. Symeon the Stylite (1
September)
St. John the faster (2
September)
Nativity of the Theotokos (8
September)
Sts Joachim and Anna (parents of
the Theotokos; 9 September)
Feast of the Elevation of the
Precious and Life-Giving Cross (14 September)
Sts Faith, Hope, and Charity and
their Mother Sophia (September 17)
Holy Protomartyr and
Equal-to-the-Apostles Thekla (September 24)
Repose of the Holy Apostle and
Evangelist St. John the Theologian (26 September)
Holy Apostle and Evangelist St. John the
Theologian (26 September, 8 May)
October
Sts Cyprian and Justina, Holy
Martyrs (2 October)
St. Dionysius the Areopagite (3
October)
Holy Apostle St. Thomas (6
October and Thomas Sunday)
St Pelagia (October 8)
St. Lazaros (17 October)
Holy Apostle and Evangelist St.
Luke (18 October)
Holy Apostle St. James the Just (23
October)
St. John of Kronstadt (19
October)
St. Justin the Martyr (20
October)
St. Hilarion the Great (21
October)
St. Dimitrios the Great Martyr (26
October)
St. Timotheos the Esphigmenitis
(29 October)
November
Archangels (8
November)
St. Nektarios the Wonderworker
(Metropolitan of Pentapolis; 9 November)
St. John Chrysostom (Archbishop
of Constantinople; 13 November, and January 1, 27 and
30)
Holy Apostle St. Matthew (16
November)
St. Gregory the Wonderworker (17
November)
Presentation of the Virgin Mary to
the Temple (21 November)
Great Martyr St. Catherine (25
November)
St. Stylianos (26
November)
Holy Apostle St. Andrew (30
November)
December
St. John Damascene (4
December)
St. Barbara (4 December)
St. Sabbas the Sanctified (5
December)
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
(6 December)
St. Ambrose (Bishop of Milan; 7
December)
St. Spyridon (12 December)
St. Eleutherios (15
December)
St Dionysios of Zakynthos, the
Wonder-Worker (17 December)
St Sebastian the martyr (18
December)
Nativity of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ (25 December)
St. Stephen, the First Martyr (27
December)
The Holy Infants (29
December)
