26 January
25 commemorations of 26 January in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 8 February of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyrs Ananias the priest, Peter the prison guard, and seven soldiers, in Phoenicia (295)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνανίας, Πέτρος καὶ οἱ ἑπτὰ στρατιῶτες μάρτυρεςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- The Holy Two Martys of PhrygiaΟἱ Ἅγιοι Δύο Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Ammon of Egypt (350), disciple of Saint Anthony the GreatὉ Ὅσιος Ἀμμωνᾶςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Symeon "the Ancient" of Mount Sinai (c. 390)Ὁ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ὁ Παλαιόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Paula of Rome (Paula of Palestine), monastic foundress in Palestine (404)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Gabriel, Abbot of the monastery of Saint Stephanos in Jerusalem (c. 490)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γαβριήλsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Xenophon and his wife Mary, and their two sons Saints Arcadius and John, of Constantinople (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ξενοφῶν μετὰ τῆς συμβίου του Μαρίας καὶ τῶν τέκνων Ἀρκαδίου καὶ Ἰωάννουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theodore of Ajarelioca.org
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Clement of Mt. Sagmation (1111)Ὁ Ὅσιος Κλήμηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed David IV the Builder (the Restorer), King of Georgia (1125)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δαυΐδ βασιλεὺς τῆς Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Xenophon, Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod (1262)mospat.ru · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Arcadius of Vyaznikovsky (1592)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρκάδιοςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Joseph Naniescu of Suceava, Metropolitan of Moldova, Romania (1902)basilica.ro · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Nun-martyr Matushka Maria Lelyanova of Gatchina (1932)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Cyril, Metropolitan of Kazan (1937)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος ὁ Μάρτυρας Μητροπολίτης Καζάνsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Arcadius (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyr John Popov (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 Conon, Bishop and monastic founder on the Isle of Man (648)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theofrid (Theofroy), a monk at Luxeuil in France who became Abbot of Corbie, and a Bishop (c. 690)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Athanasius, honoured as a bishop in Sorrento in the south of Italyorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Alphonsus of Astorga, Bishop of Astorga in Spain (9th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ansurius (Aduri, Asurius, Isauri), Bishop of Orense in Galicia (925)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 Great Earthquake at Constantinople (447-448), during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II (r. 408–450)Μνήμη Μεγάλου Σεισμοῦsynaxarion.gr
- Translation of the relics (845) of Venerable Theodore the Confessor, Abbot of the Studion (826), and his brother Saint Joseph the Confessor, Archbishop of... (832)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Θεοδώρου τοῦ Στουδίτουoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Metropolitan Gabriel of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg (1801)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ Μητροπολίτης Νόβγκοροντ καὶ Ἁγίας Πετρούποληςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
The list is January 26 (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.