January 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Jan. 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 7

Fixed commemorations

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 19 by Old Calendarists

Feasts

• The Holy Theophany of Jesus, or His Baptism
• Traditionally, the beginning of house blessing season

Saints

• Hieromartyr Romanus, beheaded by the Turks (1695)
• Saint Theophan the Recluse (1894)
• Russian new martyrs Andrew, priest, and with him Lydia, Domnica, and Maria (1919)

Other commemorations

• Repose of Schemamonk Nicholas of Valaam (1824)
• Repose of Schemamonk Sergius Yanovsky, disciple of Saint Herman of Alaska (1876)
• Repose of Elder Laurence of Chernigov Convent (1950)