29 January
29 commemorations of 29 January in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 11 February of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Ignatius of Antioch (c. 35-108)
Saints
- Martyr Chryse (ca. 41-54)Ἡ Ἁγία Χρυσὴ ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyrs Sarbelus (Thathuil) and his sister Bebaia, of Edessa (110)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σάρβηλος καὶ Βεβαία οἱ Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Ἐδέσσῃsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Barsimaeus the Confessor, Hieromartyr Bishop of Edessa (114)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βαρσιμαῖος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἐδέσσηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- The Holy Seven Martyrs of Samosata (297)
- Martyrs Romanus, James, Philotheus, Hyperechius, Abibus, Julian, and Paregorius, at Samosata
- Hieromartyrs Silvanus, Bishop of Emesa, Luke the Deacon, and Mocius the Reader (312)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σιλουανὸς, Λουκᾶς καὶ Μώκιος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Aphrahates the Persian, Hermit of Antioch (370)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀφραάτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Ascepsimus, monkὉ Ὅσιος Ἀκεψιμᾶςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Ashot Kuropalates of Tao-Klarjeti, Georgia (829)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Ignatios the Sinaite, of Rethymno, CreteὉ Ὅσιος Ἰγνάτιος ὁ Σιναΐτης ἐκ Ρεθύμνηςsynaxarion.gr · imra.gr
- Venerable Laurence, recluse of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Turov (1194)Ὁ Ὅσιος Λαυρέντιος ἐκ Κιέβουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ignatius, Bishop of Smolensk (1210)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Andrei Rublev, iconographer, of the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery (Moscow) (1430)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Gerasimus (1441), Pitirim (1455), and Jonah (1470), Bishops of PermΟἱ Ἅγιοι Γεράσιμος, Ἰωνᾶς καὶ Πιτιρὶμ ἐκ Ρωσίαςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Demetrius of Chios, at Constantinople (1802)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Χιοπολίτηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Demetrios Gagastathis (Papa-Demetrios Gagastathis), "Man-of-God", of the St. Nicholas Church in Platanos, Trikala , Greece (1975)orthochristian.com · ec-patr.org
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs John Granitov and Leontius Klimenko, Priests; Constantine Zverev, Deacon; and with them 5 Martyrs (1920)mospat.ru · 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 Caesarius, a deacon in Angoulême in France under its first bishop St Ausonius (1st century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyr Constantius of Perugia, first Bishop of Perugia, and Companions (170)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κωνστάντιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Sabinian of Troyes (275)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σαβινιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Papias and Maurus, soldiers martyred in Rome under Maximian (ca. 303)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παπίας καὶ Μαῦρος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Valerius, second Bishop of Trier in Germany (ca. 320)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Blath (Flora), a cook at St Brigid's convent in Kildare where she was honoured as a holy woman (523)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gildas the Wise, Abbot, of Rhuys, Brittany (ca. 570)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γκίλντας τοῦ Γουάϊςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Severus (Sulpitius I of Bourges, Sulpicius Severus), Bishop of Bourges (591)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Dallán Forgaill (of Cluain Dallain), a relative of St Aidan of Ferns, born in Connaught, martyred at Inis-coel by pirates (598)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Aquilinus of Mediolanum (Milan), martyred by the Arians (650)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀκυλίνος ὁ Πρεσβύτεροςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Voloc, a bishop from Ireland who worked in Scotland (ca. 724)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.
- Translation of the relics (5th century) of Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer, Bishop of Antioch (107)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ἱερομάρτυρος Ἰγνατίου τοῦ Θεοφόρουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of All Saints of Yekaterinburgholytrinityorthodox.com
The list is January 29 (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.