12 January
33 commemorations of 12 January in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 25 January of the civil calendar.
Feasts
- Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christorthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Saints
- Virgin Martyr Tatiana of Rome, and those who suffered with her (226-235)Ἡ Ἁγία Τατιανὴ ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Mertius of Mauretania (284–305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μέρτιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Philotheus of Antioch (c. 305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλόθεος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Peter Apselamus of Eleutheropolis, Palestine (309-310)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Ἀβεσαλαμίτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Eupraxia of Tabenna, Egypt (393)Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐπραξίαsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Tygrius the Presbyter, and Eutropius the Lector, at Constantinople (c. 395 - 408)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τίγριος καὶ Εὐτρόπιοςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Holy Eight Martyrs of Nicaea, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ὀκτὼ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin Martyr Euthasia, by the swordἩ Ἁγία Εὐθασίαsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Elias the Hermit, Wonderworker of Egypt, Desert Father, of The Paradise (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἠλιοὺ ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Eulogia, mother of Saint Theodosius the Cenobiarch (4th century)johnsanidopoulos.com
- Venerable Theodora of Alexandria, instructress of nuns (5th century)pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Sava I, Enlightener and first Archbishop of Serbia (1235 or 1237)pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Martinian, Abbot of White Lake Monastery (1483)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαρτινιανόςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Galacteon, disciple of Saint Martinian of White Lake, Fool for Christ (1506)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γαλακτίων ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλόςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Archimandrite Theodosius of Tisman and Sophroniev Monasteries, fellow-struggler of St. Paisius Velichkovsky (1802)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint John of Tula, Fool-for-Christ (1850)pravoslavie.ru · tulaeparhia.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Virgin Martyrs Neollina, Domnina, and Parthena of Edessa, Macedonia (14th century)oca.org
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 Arcadius of Mauretania, a prominent citizen of Caesarea in Mauretania Caesariensis, barbarously martyred under Maximianus Herculeus (c. 302)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρκάδιος ὁ Μάρτυραςorthodoxengland.org.uk · synaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Martyrs Zoticus, Rogatus, Modestus, Casutlus, between forty and fifty soldiers, in AfricaΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ζωτικός, Ρογάτος, Μοδεστὸς καὶ Καστούλιος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint John of Ravenna (Giovanni I Angelopte), Bishop of Ravenna and Confessor (494)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Caesaria, the gifted sister of Saint Caesarius of Arles and Abbess of the convent founded there by her brother (c. 530)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Victorian of Asan, founder and abbot of the monastery of Asan (now called San Vitorián) (c. 560)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Probus, Bishop of Verona, Italy (c. 591)Roman Martyrology
- Saint Eilian of Rome (Eilian of Anglesey) (6th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐϊλιανὸς ἐκ Ρώμηςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Salvius (Sauve), Bishop of Amiens, his relics were enshrined in Montreuil in Picardy (c. 625)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth and Confessor (690)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βενέδικτοςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
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 Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Milk-giver" (Panagia Galaktotrofoussa; Mlekopitatelnica)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Γαλακτοτροφούσηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Akathist" at HilandarΣύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Ἀκαθίστουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org
- Synaxis of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Mesopantitissis" in Crete (Theotokos of Mesopantitissis)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Μεσοπαντητίσσης ἐν Κρήτῃsynaxarion.gr
- Icon of the Mother of God "Priestly" (Popskaya)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Founder's Icon of the Mother of God at Vatopedi Monasteryoca.org
- Commemoration of the Church of St. Alexander, near the Church of the Holy Apostles, in ConstantinopleΜνήμη Ναοῦ Ἁγίου Ἀλεξάνδρου πλησίον τῶν Ἁγίων Ἀποστόλωνsynaxarion.gr
The list is January 12 (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.