4 January
37 commemorations of 4 January in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 17 January of the civil calendar.
Feasts
- Forefeast of the Theophanyorthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
Saints
- Synaxis of the Seventy ApostlesΣύναξις τῶν Ἁγίων Ἑβδομήκοντα Ἀποστόλωνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Djan Darada, the Ethiopian eunuch of Queen Candace (1st century)pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Chrysanthus and Euphemia (Euthymia) in ConstantinopleΟἱ Ἅγιοι Χρύσανθος καὶ Εὐφημίαsynaxarion.gr
- Martyrs Zosimas the Hermit and Athanasius the Commentarisius (prison warden), anchorites of Cilicia (3rd–4th century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ζώσιμος καὶ Ἀθανάσιοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Theoprobus of Karpasia, Bishop of Karpasia in Cyprus (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόπροβος Ἐπίσκοπος Καρπασίας Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Apollinaria the Senator of Egypt (5th century)Ἡ Ὁσία Ἀπολλιναρία ἡ Συγκλητικήsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Evagrius (fellow-ascetic of Saint Shio of Mgvime), with Saint Elias the Deacon, and other Disciples of the Thirteen Assyrian Fathers, of the... (6th century)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Εὐάγριος καὶ Σίος ἐκ Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- The Holy Six MartyrsΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕξι Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Euthymius the Younger, Monk of ThessalonicaὉ Ὅσιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Νέοςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Timothy the Stylite of Kakhshata (Kakhushta) (872)Ὁ Ὅσιος Τιμόθεος ὁ Στυλίτηςsynaxarion.gr
- Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop
- Martyr Uvelicius
- Martyr Amma
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Repose of Saint Jevstatije I (Eustathius I, Eustace I), Archbishop of Serbia (1286)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐστάθιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σερβίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Aquila (Aquilae, Achillios), Deacon of the Kiev Caves (14th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀχίλλιος ὁ Διάκονοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Symeon, Metropolitan of Smolensk (1699)Ὁ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ἐκ Ρωσίαςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Nikephoros the Leper (1964)oca.org · saint.gr · impantokratoros.gr
New martyrs and confessors
- New Venerable Hieromartyr Euthymius, Abbot, and twelve monk-martyrs of Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos, who suffered martyrdom for denouncing the Latinizing... (1285)Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐθύμιος Ἡγούμενος Μονῆς Βατοπαιδίου και οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες 12 Μοναχοίsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Venerable Martyr Onuphrius Manassias of Gabrovo and Hilandar Monastery, Mount Athos, on Chios (1818)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὀνούφριος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Νέος ὁ ἐν Χίῳsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Alexander Skalsky, Stephan Ponomarev, and Philip Grigoriev, Archpriests of Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan (1933)holytrinityorthodox.com · mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Mark Novoselov, Bishop of Sergievsk (1938)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Maslov, Priest of Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan (1939)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Paul Felitsyn, Priest (1941)holytrinityorthodox.com
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.
- Saint Linus, the first Pope of Rome (c. 76)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Clement I, one of the Seventy Apostles, he was the third Pope of Rome (c. 101)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Mavilus (Majulus), a martyr in Hadrumetum in North Africa, thrown to wild beasts at the time of Caracalla (212)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Priscus, Priscillian and Benedicta, in Rome (c. 361 – 363)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Dafrosa (Affrosa), the mother of Saint Bibiana, was martyred in Rome under Julian the Apostate (c. 361 – 363)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Aquilinus, Geminus, Eugene, Marcian, Quintus, Theodotus and Tryphon, in North Africa under the Arian Hunneric, King of the Vandals (c. 484)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gregory, Bishop of Langres in Gaul, renowned for miracles (539–540)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ferreolus of Uzès, Bishop of Uzès (581)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Pharäildis (Vareide, Verylde, Veerle), one of the patron-saints of Ghent (c. 740)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Rigobert, Archbishop of Rheims and Confessor (c. 745)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Theoctistus, Abbot of Cucomo (Coucouma, Coucoumis) Monastery, Sicily (800)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόκτιστοςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Libentius (Liäwizo I), born in Swabia in Germany, he became Archbishop of Hamburg in 988 (1013)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.
- Finding of the holy relics (January 4, 1974) of New Martyr John the ex-Muslim of Konitsa (John of Ioannina) (September 23, 1814), in the Holy Monastery of...Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Νεομάρτυρος ἐκ Κονίτσηςsynaxarion.gr
The list is January 4 (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.