5 January
31 commemorations of 5 January in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 18 January of the civil calendar.
Feasts
- Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christorthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Saints
- Prophet Micah (9th century BC)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Theopemptus, Bishop of Nicomedia, and Martyr Theonas, former sorcerer (303)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεόπεμπτος καὶ Θεωνᾶςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr SaisὉ Ἅγιος Σάϊς ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr TheoeidosὉ Ἅγιος Θεόειδος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Syncletica (Synkletika, Syncletike), Nun of Alexandria (c. 350 or c. 460)Ἡ Ἁγία Συγκλητικήoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Righteous Domnina (Domna)Ἡ Ὁσία Δομνίναsynaxarion.gr
- Righteous Tatiana, NunἩ Ὁσία Τατιανήsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Talida, Abbess at Antinoë, and her disciple Taora (5th century)
- Saint Apollinaria, Virgin of Egypt (c. 470)oca.org · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Phosterius the Hermit (6th-7th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Φωστήριοςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Menas of Sinai (6th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Gregory of Crete, Monk (c. 820)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ ἐν Ἀκρίτᾳoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Dorotheos the Younger, restorer of the ancient Monastery of the Holy Trinity at Chiliokomon in Amaseia, PontusὉ Ὅσιος Δωρόθεοςsynaxarion.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Symeon of the Pskov-Caves Monastery, Hieroschemamonk (1960)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Theophan, Schema-Archimandrite of Nizhyn and the Rykhlovsk Monastery (ru), Ukraine (1977)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Venerable Martyr Romanus of Karpenisi (Carpenision) and Kapsokalyvia, at Constantinople (1694)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρωμανὸς ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυραςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Andrei (Andrew) Zimin, Archpriest, his wife Lydia, his mother-in-law Domnica, his two or three daughters, and his servant Maria, of... (1919 or 1920)orthochristian.com · patriarchia.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Joseph Bespalov, and with him 37 Martyrs (1921)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Stephen Ponomarev, Protopresbyter, at Alma-Ata (1933)
- New Virgin Martyr Eugenia Domozhirova, at Alma-Ata (1933)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Sergius Lavrov, Priest (1934)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Martyr Matthew Gusev (1938)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.
- Hieromartyr Telesphorus, a Greek who was Pope of Rome for ten years (c. 136)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Emiliana, a Roman lady and the paternal aunt of Saint Gregory the Great (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Kiara (Chier), a spiritual daughter of Saint Fintan Munnu; she lived in Ireland near Nenagh in Co. Tipperary, at a place now called Kilkeary after her (c. 680)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Cera of Ireland (Ciar, Cyra, Cior, Ceara), Abbess (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Conwoïon (Convoyon), a Breton saint and Abbot (868)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gaudentius of Gnesen (Radim Gaudentius), first Archbishop of Gnesen in Poland (1004)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.
- Translation of the relics of Saint Rumon of Tavistock, Bishop, to Tavistock Abbeyholytrinityorthodox.com
- Repose of Monk Alexander of Valaam Monastery (1810)pravoslavie.ru
The list is January 5 (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.