19 January
37 commemorations of 19 January in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 1 February of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Mark of Ephesus (1394-1444)St. Macarius the Great
Saints
- Virgin Martyr Euphrasia of Nicomedia (303)Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐφρασία ἡ Μάρτυςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrene (c. 307-323)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδοτος Ἐπίσκοπος Κυρήνειαςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Macarius the Great of Egypt (390)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Αἰγύπτιος ὁ Ἀναχωρητὴςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Macarius the Younger of Alexandria (c. 394)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Macarius, Bishop of Ierissos on the Chalkidiki peninsula (c. 395-408)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἱερισσοῦsynaxarion.gr
- Saints Maximos and Dometios (Maximus and Domatius) of Nitria (4th century)saint.gr · johnsanidopoulos.com
- Venerable Anton (Anthony) the Stylite of Martqopi, founder of monasticism in Georgia, of the Thirteen Assyrian Fathers (6th century)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Anthony Rawah the Qoraisite (797)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Arsenius, Archbishop of Corfu (Kerkyra) (953)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κερκύραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Cosmas of the Monastery of St. John Chrysostom, at Koutsovendis, CyprusὉ Ὅσιος Κοσμᾶς ὁ Χρυσοστόματοςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Macarius the Faster of the Kiev Near Caves (12th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Νηστευτὴς ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Meletios the Confessor and Monk of Mount Galesios (1283)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μελέτιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Γαλησιώτηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Macarius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves, Wonderworker (13th-14th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Διάκονος ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Righteous Theodore the Fool for Christ of Novgorod (1392)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός τοῦ Νόβγκοροντsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Mark Eugenikos, Archbishop of Ephesus, who resisted the Roman Catholic heresies (1444)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μᾶρκος ὁ Εὐγενικὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Ἐφέσουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Abbot (1550)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Ρωμαῖοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Peter Skipetrov, Archpriest of Petrograd (1918)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Vostorgov, Priest (1930)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyr Theodore Gusev (1940)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.
- Martyr Pontian, in Spoleto, Italy under Marcus Aurelius (169)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Virgin Martyr Messalina, in Foligno, Italy (251)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum, in Rome (270)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Paul, Gerontius, Januarius, Saturninus, Saccesius, Julius, Catius, Pius and Germanus, in Numidia in North AfricaΟἱ Ἅγιοι Παῦλος, Γερόντιος, Ἰανουάριος, Σατουρνῖνος, Σακκέσιος, Ἰούλιος, Κάτιος, Πῖος καὶ Γερμανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Firminus, third Bishop of Gévaudan (Gabales), Franceorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Bassian, Bishop of Lodi, Lombardy (413)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Contestus (Contentius), Bishop of Bayeux, France from 480 on (510)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Laumer (Lomer, Laudomarus), Abbot of Corbion Monastery (593)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Branwalader (Breward) of Cornwall, Bishop in Jersey in the Channel Islands (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nathalan (Nachlan, Nauchlan), Bishop of Tullicht, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (678)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Remigius, Bishop of Rouen, France from 755 onwards (772)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Arcontius, Bishop of Viviers, France, killed by a mob for having upheld the rights of the Church (c. 8th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Catellus (Castellus), Bishop of Castellamare to the south of Naples, Italy (9th 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.
- Commemoration of the miracle wrought by Saint Basil the Great at Nicaea, when by his prayer he opened the gates of the Universal (Catholic) church and...Μνήμη Θαύματος Μεγάλου Βασιλείουoca.org · synaxarion.gr
- Translation of the relics (950) of Saint Gregory the Theologian (389)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Γρηγορίου Θεολόγουoca.org · synaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Opening of the relics (1652) of Saint Sabbas of Storozhev in Zvenigorod (1406)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Schemanun Anatolia of Diveyevo Convent (1949)pravoslavie.ru
- Commemoration of the 'Venerable Fathers, the Founders of Monasticism, and of All Saints Who Shone Forth in the Land of Egypt' (2025)orthochristian.com · exarchate-africa.ru
The list is January 19 (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.