16 January
26 commemorations of 16 January in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 29 January of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyrs Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Melapsippus, Cappadocian triplets, and their grandmother Leonilla, and with them Neon, Turbo, and Jonilla (Jovilla), in... (c. 161-180)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πεύσιππος, Ἐλάσιππος καὶ Μέσιππος οἱ Μάρτυρες οἱ αὐτάδελφοιsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Danax the Reader of Avlona, Illyria (Albania), in Macedonia (2nd century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δάναξ ὁ Ἀναγνώστηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Romilus the Sinaite, the Hesychast of Mount Athos and Ravanica Monastery, Serbia, disciple of Saint Gregory of Sinai, and with him Saints Nestor... (1375)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ρωμύλος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed Maximus the Fool for Christ and Wonderworker of Totma, Vologda Oblast (1650)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός καὶ Θαυματουργὸς τῆς Τότμαsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Gerasimos II Palladas, Patriarch of Alexandria (1714)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεράσιμος ὁ Παλλαδὰς Πατριάρχης Ἀλεξανδρείαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Demetrios Gagastathis (Papa-Demetrios Gagastathis), "Man-of-God", of the St. Nicholas Church in Platanos, Trikala , Greece (1975)orthochristian.com · ec-patr.org
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Damascene of Gabrovo, Bulgaria, Hieromonk of Hilandar, Mount Athos, at Svishtovo, Bulgaria (1771)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δαμασκηνὸς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas, Priest of Mytilene (1777)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Νεομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr John Pettaya, Priest (1919)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 Priscilla, of the Roman Glabrio family, who hosted Saint Peter c. AD 42 (1st century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Pope Marcellus I, Pope of Rome from 308 to 309, suffered for confessing the faithorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Honoratus, Archbishop of Arles and Founder of Lerins Monastery (429)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ὀνωρᾶτος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀρελάτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · orthochristian.com · patriarchia.ru · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint James, first Bishop of Tarentaise (429)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Valerius, Bishop of Sorrento (c. 453)
- Saint Liberata, sister of Saint Epiphanius of Pavia, Italy and Saint Honorata of Pavia (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Honoratus of Fondi, founder of the monastery of Fondi in Italy (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Triverius (Trevor), hermit (550)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Tozzo (Tazzo, Thosso), Bishop of Augsburg (661)
- Saint Fulgentius, Bishop of Cartagena and Ecija (Astigi), Hispania (633)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Sigeberht of East Anglia, King of the East Angles (635)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Fursey, Irish missionary monk of Burgh Castle (East Anglia), Lagny, and Peronne (Gaul) (650)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Titian of Oderzo, for thirty years a Bishop near Venice in Italy (650)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ferréol (Ferreolus, Fergéol), Bishop of Grenoble (c. 670)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Dunchaid O'Braoin (Dúnchad ua Bráein), Abbot of Clonmacnoise (988)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.
- Veneration of the Precious Chains of the holy and all-glorious Apostle Peter (Liberation of Saint Peter)Ἡ προσκύνησις τῆς Τιμίας ἁλύσεως τοῦ Ἁγίου καὶ ἐνδόξου Ἀποστόλου Πέτρουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Elder Theodore of Irkutsk (1923)pravoslavie.ru
The list is January 16 (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.