2 January
35 commemorations of 2 January in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 15 January of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Seraphim of Sarov (1754-1833)
Feasts
- Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christorthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
Saints
- Saint Theodota, mother of the first Saints Cosmas and Damian (3rd century)Ἡ Ἁγία Θεοδότηsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Sergius, by the sword, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (301)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σέργιοςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Theopistus (Theopistos), by stoningὉ Ἅγιος Θεόπιστοςsynaxarion.gr
- Hieromartyr Theogenes, Bishop of Parium on the Hellespont (c. 320)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεαγένης ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Sylvester I, Pope of Rome (335)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σιλβέστρος Πάπας Ρώμηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Basil of Ancyra, under Julian the Apostate (362)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐξ Ἀγκύραςsynaxarion.gr
- Hieromartyr Isidore, Bishop of Antioch, by the Arians (4th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Righteous Theopemptos, MonkὉ Ὅσιος Θεόπεμπτοςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Mark the Deaf MuteὉ Ὅσιος Μᾶρκος ὁ Κωφὸςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Amun (Ammon) of Tabennisi, monk (5th century)pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Cosmas I the Jerusalemite and Wonderworker, Patriarch of Constantinople (1081)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοσμᾶς ὁ Θαυματουργός Α’ Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Sylvester the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves (12th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σιλβέστρος ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Neilos (Nilos, Nilus) Erichiotis the Sanctified (1334)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεῖλος ὁ Ἡγιασμένοςsynaxarion.gr · johnsanidopoulos.com
- Righteous Juliana the Merciful of Lazarevo and Murom (1604)Ἡ Ὁσία Ἰουλιανὴ ἡ Δικαίαoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose (1833) and Second Finding (1991) of the Relics of Venerable Seraphim, Wonderworker of SarovὉ Ὅσιος Σεραφεὶμ τοῦ Σάρωφsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Gennadios of Kerkyra (1859)johnsanidopoulos.com
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr George (Zorzes, Zorsisus) the Georgian, at Mytilene (1770)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος (ἢ Ζώρζης) ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Γκιουρτζὴςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Basil Petrov (1942)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · mospat.ru
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Martyrs Artaxus, Acutus, Eugenda, Maximianus, Timothy, Tobias and Vitus, in Syrmium in Pannonia (3rd–4th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs of Rome, many martyrs who suffered in Rome under Diocletian for refusing to give up the Holy Scriptures (c. 303)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Thousand Martyrs of Lichfield ('field of bodies') in England (c. 303)
- Hieromartyr Amphibalos and 999 others at Lichfield, under Diocletian
- Saint Martinianus (Maternian), Bishop of Milan, Italy, took part in the Third Oecumenical Council at Ephesus and wrote against Nestorianism (c. 435)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Aspasius, Bishop of Auch, France, took part in the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Councils of Orleans in 533, 541 and 549, besides holding a council in... (c. 560)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Schottin (Schotin, Scarthin), hermit of Kilkenny, Ireland (6th century)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Seiriol the Righteous, Abbott of Penmon Priory, brother of King Cynlas of Rhos and King Einion of Llŷn (6th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σειρίολος ὁ Δίκαιοςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Munchin the Wise (Mainchín of Limerick), probably the first Bishop of Limerick and also its patron-saint (late 6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Blidulf (Bladulf), a monk at Bobbio Abbey, Italy who bravely denounced the heresy of the Lombard King Ariovald, an Arian (c. 630)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Vincentian (Viance, Viants), a disciple of Saint Menelaus, he became a hermit near Tulle in Auvergne, France (c. 730)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Adalard of Corbie (827)orthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Repose of Hieroschemamonk Gabriel of Optina Monastery and Whitehoof Convent (1871)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Abbess Thaisia (Solopova) of Leushino Monastery (1915)pravoslavie.ru
- Martyred Elder Ioasaph of St. Tikhon of Kaluga Monastery (1919)pravoslavie.ru
- Birth (1858) of New Confessor Smaragda (Onishchenko), Abbess of Nezhinsk , Ukraine (1945)drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Elder Iakovos of Epirus (1961)pravoslavie.ru
The list is January 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.