28 January
27 commemorations of 28 January in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 10 February of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Ephraim the SyrianSt. Isaac the Syrian
Saints
- Venerable Ephraim the Syrian (373)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἐφραὶμ ὁ Σύροςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Palladius the Hermit of Antioch, Wonderworker (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Παλλάδιοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- The Holy Two Martyrs, mother and daughter, by the swordΟἱ Ἁγίες Δύο Μάρτυρες Μητέρα καὶ Θυγατέραsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr CharitaἩ Ἁγία Χάρις ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Saint Isaac the Syrian, Bishop of Nineveh (7th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰσαὰκ ὁ Σύρος Ἐπίσκοπος Νινευΐsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable James the Ascetic, of Porphyreon (Porphyrianos) in PalestineὉ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος ὁ Ἀσκητὴςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint George Ugryn the Martyr (1015), brother of Ephraim of NovotorzhokὉ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Ephraim of Novotorzhok, Abbot and Wonderworker, founder of the Sts. Boris and Gleb Monastery (Novotorzhok) (1053)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἐφραὶμ ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Ephraim of the Kiev Caves, Bishop of Pereyaslavl (c. 1098)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἐφραὶμ ὁ ἐκ Κιέβουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Theodosius, founder of Totma Monastery, Vologda Oblast (1568)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος τῆς Τότμαsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Archilius and Luarsaaboca.org
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieroconfessor Theodore, Presbyter (1933)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieroconfessor Arsenius Stadnitsky, Metropolitan of Tashkent and Turkestan (1936)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Ignatius Sadkovsky, Bishop of Skopin (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Vladimir Pishchulin, Priest, at Simferopol (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Bartholomew (Ratnykh), Hieromonk, at Feodosia (Crimea) (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Olga Vasilievna Evdokimova, in the gulag (1938)azbyka.ru · monastere-transfiguration.fr · obitel-minsk.ru · orthodox-luton.org
- New Hieroconfessor Leontius Stasievich, Archimandrite of Jablechna, Poland, who reposed at Mikhailovsk (Ivanovo) (Russia) (1972)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.
- Saint Flavian, a deputy-prefect of Rome, martyred in Civitavecchia in Italy under Diocletian (c. 304)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Valerius, Bishop of Saragossa in Spain, with whom Saint Vincent served as deacon (315)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cannera (Cainder, Kinnera), Virgin recluse on the Isle of Inis Cathaig, Co. Clare and of Bantry Bay, Co. Cork, Ireland (c. 530)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint John of Reomans (John of Reomay (Réomé)), in Gaul (544)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Brigid and Maura, daughters of a Scottish Chieftain, Martyrs in Picardy while on pilgrimage to Romeorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Antimus, one of the first Abbots of Brantôme in France (8th century)
- Saint Glastian, patron saint of Kinglassie in Fife in Scotland (830)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Odo of Beauvais, Bishop of Beauvais (880)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.
- "Sumorin Totma" Icon of the Mother of God (16th century)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com
The list is January 28 (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.