21 January
28 commemorations of 21 January in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 3 February of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662)
Saints
- Martyrs Eugenios (Eugene), Candidus, Valerian, and Aquila, at Trebizond (303)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εὐγένιος, Οὐαλεριανός, Κάνδιδος καὶ Ἀκύλας οἱ Μάρτυρεςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin Martyr Agnes of Rome (c. 304)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἁγνὴ ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Neophytus of Nicaea (305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νεόφυτος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- The Holy Four Martyrs of Tyre, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Τέσσερις Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Apollonios of the Thebaid, ascetic (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀπολλώνιοςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Maximus the Confessor (662)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁμολογητήςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Anastasius (662), disciple of Venerable Maximus the ConfessorὉ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Zosimas, Bishop of Syracuse (662)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ζώσιμοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Gabriel and Zionios, and companions, under the Bulgarian ruler Omurtag (c. 814-831)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γαβριὴλ καὶ Σιώνιος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Neophytus of Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos (14th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεόφυτοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Maximus the Greek of Russia (1556)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάξιμος ὁ Γραικόςsynaxarion.gr · mospat.ru · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Timon, Monk of Nadeyev and Kostroma (1840)Ὁ Ὅσιος Τίμων ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint George (John) Mkheidze of Georgia (1960)oca.org
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Elias Berezovsky, Priest of Alma-Ata (1938)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 Publius, first Bishop of Malta and later Bishop of Athens, martyred under Trajan (c. 112, or, c. 161-180)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πούπλιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀθηνῶνorthodoxengland.org.uk · synaxarion.gr
- Hieromartyr Fructuosus, Bishop of Tarragona, Spain, and his deacons Augurius and Eulogius (259)oca.org · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Patroclus of Troyes, under Aurelian (c. 270-275)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πάτροκλος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · ecclesia.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Epiphanius of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia (496)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Brigid (Briga) of Kilbride, venerated around Lismore, Ireland (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Lawdog (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Vimin (Wynnin, Gwynnin), a Bishop in Scotland, said to have founded the monastery of Holywood (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Meinrad of Einsiedeln, hermit, martyred by robbers (861)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Maccallin (Macallan), Abbot of Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache Abbey and Waulsort (978)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 All the Martyred Saints, from Protomartyr Stephen up to the presentΟἱ Ἅγιοι Πάντες Μάρτυρες ἀπὸ τοῦ Πρωτομάρτυρα Στέφανου μέχρι σήμεραsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Synaxis of the Church of Holy Peace (Saint Irene) by the Sea in ConstantinopleΜνήμη Ἐγκαινίων ναοῦ τῆς Ἁγίας Εἰρήνηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- "Paramythia" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (Vatopedi Mother of Consolation, Mother of God of Vatopedi), at Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos (807)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Παραμυθίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Mother of God "Stabbed" (Greek: "Esphagmeni." Slavonic: "Zaklannaya"), at Vatopedi monastery (14th century)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Icon of the Mother of God "Xenophon Hodegetria" (1730)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com
The list is January 21 (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.