7 January
27 commemorations of 7 January in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 20 January of the civil calendar.
Feasts
- Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christorthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Saints
- Synaxis of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist Saint JohnΣύναξις Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου Προδρόμου καὶ ἡ μετένεξις τῆς Ἁγίας αὐτοῦ Χειρὸς εἰς Κωνσταντινούποληsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Julian the Deacon of Aegina (391)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ Διάκονος, ὁ ἐξ Αἰγίνηςsynaxarion.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Pakhomios of Keno Lake (1515)oca.org
- Saint Feodor I of Russia (Fyodor (Theodore) I Ivanovich), last Rurikid Tsar of Russia (1598)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Πρίγκιπαςsynaxarion.gr
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr Athanasius of Attalia and Smyrna (1700)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐξ Ἀτταλείαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Alexander Skalsky, Protopresbyter of Alma-Ata (1933)
- New Hieromartyr Paphnutius Kostin, Hieromonk of Optina Monastery (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Parfenov, Bishop of Atkarsk (1939)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Basil, Priest (1939)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Martyr John (1940)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Martyr John (1942)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Risto Jaramaz, Priest of Montenegro (1942)pravoslavie.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.
- Saint Crispin, Bishop of Pavia in Italy, he signed the acts of the Council of Milan (467)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Valentine, an abbot who became a bishop in Rhaetia (470)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Brannock of Braunton (Brannocus, Brynach), England (6th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Cedd, Bishop of Lastingham (664)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σεντ Ἐπίσκοπος Σκωτίαςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Cronan Beg, a Bishop of Aendrum in County Down in Ireland (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Tillo of Solignac (Thillo, Thielman, Théau, Tilloine, Tillmann) (702)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Kentigerna, Hermitess of Loch Lomond (734)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Emilian (Émilion, Aemilio), born in Vannes, he was a monk at Saujon near Saintes, and died as a hermit in the forest of Combes near Bordeaux (767)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Blessed Widukind (Wittekind, Wittikind, Wittikund) of Westphalia (807)heiligenlexikon.de · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Aldric of Le Mans (Aldericus, Audry), Bishop of Le Mans in France, from 832 (856)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Reinold (Rainald, Reynold), monk at the monastery of St Pantaleon in Cologne in Germany (960)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Anastasius, Archbishop of Sens (977)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 right hand of Saint John the Baptist from Antioch to Constantinople (956)synaxarion.gr
- Miracle of Saint John the Baptist in Chios (1740)
The list is January 7 (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.