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Today's feasts January 2 2025: Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; Saint Theodota, the mother of the holy Unmercenaries, Ss. Cosmas and Damian (3rd c.); Martyr Sergius, by the sword, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (301); Martyr Theopistus (Theopistos), by stoning; Hieromartyr Theogenes, Bishop of Parium on the Hellespont (ca.320); Saint Sylvester I of Rome, Pope of Rome (335) (see also December 31 - Latin); Martyr Basil of Ancyra, under Julian the Apostate (362) (see also January 1 - Slavonic); Hieromartyr Isidore, Bishop of Syrian Antioch, by the Arians (4th c.); Venerable Theopemtus (Theopemptos), Monk; Righteous Mark the deaf-mute; Venerable Ammon of Tabennisi, monk (5th c.) (see also October 4 - Greek); Martyrs Artaxus, Acutus, Eugenda, Maximianus, Timothy, Tobias and Vitus, in Syrmium in Pannonia (3rd-4th c.); Martyrs of Rome: many martyrs who suffered in Rome under Diocletian for refusing to give up the Holy Scriptures (ca.303); Thousand Martyrs of Lichfield ('field of bodies') in England: Hieromartyr Amphibalos and 999 others at Lichfield, under Diocletian (ca.303); Saint Martinianus of Milan (Maternian), Bishop of Milan in Italy, took part in the Third Oecumenical Council and wrote against Nestorianism (ca.435); Saint Aspasius of Auch, Bishop of Auch in France, took part in the Councils of Orleans in 533, 541 and 549, and a Council in Auch in 551 (ca.560); Saint Schottin (Schotin, Scarthin), hermit of Kilkenny, Ireland (6th c.) (see also January 6); Venerable Saint Seiriol the Righteous, Abbott of Penmon Priory, (6th c.) (see also February 1); Saint Munchin the Wise (Mainchín of Limerick), first Bishop of Limerick and also its patron-saint (late 6th c.); Saint Blidulf (Bladulf), a monk at Bobbio Abbey in Italy who bravely denounced the heresy of the Arian Lombard King Ariovald (ca.630); Saint Vincentian (Viance, Viants), a disciple of St Menelaus, he became a hermit near Tulle in Auvergne (ca.730); Saint Adalard of Corbie (827); Saint Cosmas I of Constantinople the Wonderworker, Patriarch of Constantinople (1081); Saint Sylvester of the Kiev Caves (12th c.); Righteous Juliana of Lazarevo (1604); New Martyr George (Zorzes, Zorsisus) the Georgian, at Mytilene (1770); Venerable Saint Seraphim of Sarov, Wonderworker (1833) New Martyr Basil (1942); New Hieromartyr Dmitri Shpakovsky (1942); Other Commemorations: Commemoration of Archimandrite Joanniky Golatovsky (1688); Repose of Hieroschemamonk Gabriel of Optina and Whitehoof Convent (1871); Repose of Abbess Thaisia of Leushino Monastery (1915); Martyred Elder Ioasaph of St. Tikhon of Kaluga Monastery (1919); Repose of Elder Iakovos of Epirus (1961). ( December 20 2024: Julian Calendar ) Forefeast of the Nativity of our Lord; Hieromartyr Ignatius of Antioch, the God-bearer, Bishop of Antioch (107) (see also January 29); Saint Philogonius, Bishop of Antioch, Confessor (323); Martyrs Liberatus and Bajulus, at Rome; Saint Ursicinus of Cahors, Bishop of Cahors in France (ca.585); Saint Dominic of Brescia, successor of St Anastasius as Bishop of Brescia in Italy (ca.612); Saint Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne, a disciple of St Columbanus, founded the monastery of St Ursanne (ca.625); Saint Daniel II, Archbishop of Serbia (1338); Venerable Ignatius the Archimandrite of the Kiev Caves (1435); New-Martyr John of the island of Thasos, at Constantinople, by beheading (1652); Saint Anthony (Smirnitsky), Archbishop of Voronezh (1846); Repose of Righteous John of Kronstadt, Wonderworker (1908); Other commemorations: Novgorod Icon of the Theotokos, "Deliverance of the Drowning" ("Rescuer of the Drowning"). Featured article The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora." Recently featured: Raphael Morgan, Holy Week, Georges Florovsky, Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria, Paschal Homily, Pachomius the Great. View all featured articles.

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