January 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

January 30 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 1

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 13 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For January 31st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on January 18.

Saints

• Martyr Tryphaena of Cyzicus (1st century)^[1][2][3][4]
• Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, and Papias, at Corinth (251 or 258)^[1][3][5][6]
• Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cyrus and John,^[7][8] and Martyrs Athanasia and her daughters Theoctista, Theodota, and Eudoxia, at Canopus in Egypt (311)^{[1][3][9][10]}
• Martyrs Saturninus, Thyrsus and Victor, at Alexandria.^[11]
• Martyrs Tharsicius, Zoticus, Cyriacus, and their companions, at Alexandaria.^[12]
• Saint Julius of Aegina (Julius of Novara), missionary priest to northern Italy (401)^{[13][14][note 2]}
• Saint Athanasius, Bishop of Methone (ca. 880)^{[1][16][note 3]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Geminian of Modena, Deacon and later successor of the Bishop of Modena (348)^{[15][note 4]}
• Saint Marcella of Rome (410)^{[1][14][15][16][note 5]}
• Saint Madoes (Madianus), a saint who has left his name to a place in the Carse of Gowrie in Scotland.^[15]
• Saint Áedan (Maedoc), first Bishop of Ferns in Co. Wexford in Ireland, where he also founded and became abbot of a monastery (626)^{[15][note 6]}
• Saint Adamnan (Adomnán), born in Ireland, he became a monk at Coldingham Priory, now in Scotland (681)^[15]
• Saint Wilgils, father of St Willibrord, born in Northumbria in England, he settled on the banks of the River Humber and lived as a hermit (c. 700)^[15][17]
• Saint Bobinus, monk at Moutier-la-Celle. Later he became Bishop of Troyes (c. 766)^[15]
• Saint Ulphia (Wulfia, Olfe, Wulfe), hermitess near Amiens in France (8th century)^[15]
• Saint Eusebius, monk at St Gall in Switzerland and later lived as a hermit on Mount St Victor in the Vorarlberg (884)^{[15][note 7]}
• Saint John Angelus, born in Venice in Italy, he became a monk at Pomposa (c. 1050)^[15]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Nikita, recluse of the Kiev Caves, Bishop of Novgorod (1108)^[1][18][19]
• Venerable Pachomius, abbot of Keno Lake Monastery (1525)^[16] (see also May 15)
• New Monk-martyr Elias (Ardunis) of Mount Athos and Kalamata (1686)^{[1][3][20][note 8]}
• Saint Arsenius the New, of Paros (1877)^{[1][16][21][22]}

Other commemorations

• Synaxis of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Koroniotissa or Dakryrroousis, at Lixouri, Cephalonia (1867)^[23]
• Repose of Eugene Poselyanin (Pogozhev), spiritual writer (1931)^[1]
• Repose of Elder Codratus (Condratus) of Karakalou monastery, Mount Athos (1940)^[1]
• Repose of Hieroschemamonk Stephen (Ignatenko) of Kislovodsk (1973)^[1]
• Martyrdom of Paul (de Ballester-Convallier), Bishop of Nazianzus, in Mexico City (1984)^[24]

Icon gallery

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  Martyr Tryphaena of Cyzicus.
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  Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cyrus and John.
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  Relics of Saint Julius of Aegina (Julius of Novara).
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  St. Saint Geminian of Modena.
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  Saint Áedan (Maedoc), stained glass window in Enniscorthy Cathedral.
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  Bas relief of Ulphia in a chapel at the cathedral of Amiens.
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  Venerable Nikita of Novgorod.
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  Monument to Bp. Paul of Nazianzus in Naucalpan, Mexico.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. Julius was a priest and his brother Julian a deacon. Together they converted heathen temples into Christian churches.^[15]
3. Saint Athanasius was born in Catania in Sicily, during the invasion of the Saracens he fled to Patras in Greece, where he became a monk and eventually a bishop (ca. 885)^[15]
4. He gave refuge to St Athanasius the Great when he came through Italy on his way to exile in Gaul. Geminian bravely opposed Jovinianism.
5. A noblewoman of Rome, as a widow she turned her home into a house-church and she devoted herself to prayer and almsgiving. When Alaric sacked Rome, Marcella was cruelly scourged as the Goths thought that she had hidden her wealth. In reality she had already distributed it to the poor. She died shortly after from the effects of this treatment.
6. "MAEDOC, who is also called AIDUS or AIDAN, and in English Hugh, belonged to an illustrous family in Ireland. He was granted to the prayers of his parents, who had lived for a length of time without children. The early piety of Maedoc attracted attention, and even then a number of youths desired to place themselves under his guidance. To escape those tokens of respect, he fled from his own country and took refuge with St. David at his monastery in Wales. In that retreat he was trained in the practices of the religious life, and gave evidence of his sanctity by various miracles, which he performed. With the blessing of his holy master he returned to Ireland, founded several religious houses, and was consecrated Bishop of Ferns. It was in his episcopal See that he gave up his soul to God."^[17]
7. While denouncing godlessness, he was struck with a scythe and killed. As a result he was venerated as a martyr.
8. Also celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of Pascha, the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women.