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11 January

31 commemorations of 11 January in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 24 January of the civil calendar.

In the map: St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch

Feasts

Saints

  • Martyr Mairus (Mairos)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάϊροςsynaxarion.gr
  • Martyrs Peter, Severius and Leucius, at AlexandriaΟἱ Ἅγιοι Πέτρος, Σεβέριος καὶ Λεύκιος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
  • Venerable Theodosius, Ascetic of Rhosus and Antioch, Wonderworker (c. 412)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Theodosius the Great, the Cenobiarch (529)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος ὁ Κοινοβιάρχης καὶ Καθηγητὴς τῆς Ἐρήμουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Stephen of Placidian near Constantinoplepravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Theodorus, and Venerable Archimandrite Agapius of Apamea in SyriaΟἱ Ὅσιοι Θεόδωρος καὶ Ἀγάπιος ὁ Ἀρχιμανδρίτηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Vitalis (Vitalios) of the Monastery of Abba Seridus, Gaza (609–620)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βιτάλιοςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Saint Romilos (Romilus) the Hermit of Veddin (1375)
  • Venerable Theodosius of Mount Athos, Metropolitan of Trebizond (1392)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος Ἐπίσκοπος Τραπεζοῦντοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Michael of Klopsk Monastery, Novgorod, Fool-for-Christ and Wonderworker (c. 1453–1456)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μιχαὴλ ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός καὶ Θαυματουργὸςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Pachomius of Keno Lake (16th century)pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Joseph the New of Cappadocia (c. 1860)pravoslavie.ru

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Martyr Nikephoros of Crete, by hanging, for renouncing Islam and confessing his faith in Christ (1832)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικηφόρος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Κρήτηςsynaxarion.gr
  • New Hieromartyrs, Priests (1919)
    • Nicholas Matsievsky of Perm
    • Theodore Antipin of Perm
    • Vladimir Fokin of Krasnoyarsk
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  • New Hieroconfessor Vladimir Khirasko, Archpriest of Minsk (1932)holytrinityorthodox.com · 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.

  • Hieromartyr Hyginus, Pope of Rome (142)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὑγίνος Ἐπίσκοπος Ρώμηςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Leucius, venerated as the first Bishop of Brindisi, where he had come as a missionary from Alexandria (180)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Hieromartyr Alexander of Fermo, Bishop, martyred under Decius (c. 250)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saints Ethenia and Fidelmia, Princesses, daughters of King Laoghaire in Ireland, veiled as nuns by Saint Patrick (433)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Martyr Salvius, in North Africa, eulogized by Saint Augustineorthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Brandan, Abbot, opponent of Pelagianism (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Honorata of Pavia, Nun, sister of Saint Epiphanius of Pavia, who ransomed her after she was abducted from the monastery of Saint Vincent in Pavia (c. 500)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Anastasius of Castel Sant'Elia, Abbot (c. 570)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Boadin the Irish, hermit in Gaulorthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saints Paldo, Taso, and Tato, three brothers, Abbots of San Vincenzo on the Voltorno (8th century)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.

  • Synaxis of the Myriad of Holy Angels (Synaxis of the Myriangelon)Σύναξις τῶν Μυρίων Ἁγίων Ἀγγέλωνsynaxarion.gr
  • Consecration of the Church of St. Stephen in Placidia Palace, ConstantinopleἘγκαίνια Ναοῦ τοῦ Ἁγίου Στεφάνου τοῦ ἐν Πλακιδιαναῖςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Chernigov-Eletskaya Icon of the Mother of God (1060)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
  • Glykophilousa (New Valaam) Icon of the Mother of Godjohnsanidopoulos.com
  • Repose of Blessed Nun Eupraxia of Teliakov village, Kostroma (1823)Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐπραξία ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru

The list is January 11 (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.

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