20 January
25 commemorations of 20 January in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 2 February of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Euthymius the Great
Saints
- Martyrs Inna, Pinna, and Rimma (1st-2nd century), disciples of the Apostle Andrew in ScythiaΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰννᾶς, Πιννᾶς, Ριμμᾶς οἱ Μάρτυρεςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Eusebius (298)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐσέβιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyrs Bassus, Eusebius, Eutychius, and Basilides, at Nicomedia (303)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βάσσος, Εὐσέβιος, Εὐτύχιος καὶ Βασιλείδης οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Euthymius the Great (473)Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Μέγαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Leo I, Eastern Roman Emperor and Confessor (474)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λέων Μακέλλης ὁ Μέγαςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyrs Thyrsus and Agnes (5th century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θύρσος καὶ Ἁγνὴ οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Peter the Publican (Tax Collector, Customs Inspector) of Constantinople (c. 527-565)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Τελώνηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves (13th-14th century)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Εὐθύμιος καὶ Λαυρέντιοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Euthymius the Silent, Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves (14th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Neophytus of Vatopedi, Mount Athos (14th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Euthymius, Patriarch of Tarnovo (Turnovo, Trnovo) and Bulgaria (1402)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Τυρνόβουoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Euthymius of Syamzha (Syadem, Syandema, Syandemsk, Syandemsky, Syanzhema, Syanzhemsk), Vologda Oblast (1470)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Euthymius of Arkhangelsk (1523)Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐθύμιος ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Feodor (Theodore) Kuzmich of Tomsk (1864)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Δίκαιος ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr Zachariah (Zacharias) of Patras, Morea (1782)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζαχαρίας ὁ Νεομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Ioan Pettai, Estonian Martyr PresbyterὉ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- New Hieromartyr Paul Dobromyslov, Archpriest of Ryazan (1940)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable New Confessor Ekvtime (Euthymius) Kereselidze of Georgia (1944)oca.org · 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.
- Martyr Anna at RomeἩ Ἁγία Ἄννα ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Fabian, Pope of Rome (250)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Sebastian, one of the most renowned of all the martyrs of Rome (c. 288)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Molagga (Molacus, Laicin), disciple of Saint David in Wales, founded a monastery in Fulachmhin (Fermoy), Ireland (655)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Féchín (Fechinus), founded Fore Abbey at Meath (665)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Maurus, monk and Abbot of Classe in Ravenna (Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe), and finally Bishop of Cesena (946)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.
- Repose of Elder Gerasim, founder of Ascension Monastery, Irkutsk (1676)pravoslavie.ru
The list is January 20 (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.