Main Page

Welcome to OrthodoxWiki, a free-content encyclopedia and information center for Orthodox Christianity that anyone can edit. In this English version, started in November 2004, we are currently working on 4,954 articles. Please register or login to post or revise content.

All new user registrations are moderated because of persistent trouble with spammers. When you sign-up, please give some indication that you are a real person, and let us know why you want to add and edit content on OrthodoxWiki (everyone can view content). Registrations with no bios will be rejected unless we can verify you in some other way. Please be patient as we process your application. Sorry for the inconvenience!

The OrthodoxWiki editors have taken St. John of Damascus as their heavenly patron and intercessor as they seek to further the worship and knowledge of the All-Holy Trinity and the faith of the Orthodox Church by means of these pages.

Please take a moment to read about what OrthodoxWiki is and is not.

List of Live Streams of Orthodox Christian Church Services

IN OTHER LANGUAGES:
Arabic/العربية | Bulgarian/Български | Greek/Ελληνικά | French/Français | Macedonian/Македонски | Portuguese/Português | Romanian/Română | Russian/Русский | Spanish/Español
Interested in starting an OrthodoxWiki in your language?   See: OrthodoxWiki:Localization.
RELATED SITES: OrthodoxWiki Commons | OrthodoxSearch
SEE ALSO: Orthpedia (German/Deutsch) | Orthodox Links | Orthodox-Search.com | OrthodoxChurchFathers.com

Today's feasts January 8 2025: Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; Prophet Shemaiah (10th c. BC); Martyrs Julian and his wife Basilissa, and with them Marcionilla and her son Celsus, Anthony, Anastasius, seven children and twenty soldiers, at Antinoe in Egypt (283-305); Hieromartyr Carterius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (304); Saint Elias the Wonderworker, of Egypt (4th c.) - (see also: January 12 - Greek); Hieromartyr Theophilus the Deacon, and Martyr Helladius, in Libya (4th c.); Saint Atticus of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (425); Righteous Domnica of Constantinople (ca.474); Venerable Agathon of Egypt, monk (5th c.); Venerable Theodore of Constantinople, founder and abbot of the Monastery of Chora (ca. 595); Venerable George the Chozebite, Abbot (7th c.); Saint Cyrus of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (714); Martyr Abo of Tiflis, the Perfumer, of Baghdad, at Tbilisi, Georgia (786); Saint Emilian the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus (820) - (see also: August 8 - Greek); Saint Patiens, fourth Bishop of Metz (2nd c.); Hieromartyr Lucian the "Apostle of Beauvais", and martyrs Maximian and Julian, in Beauvais (290); Hieromartyr Eugenian of Autun, Bishop of Autun, staunch defender of Orthodoxy against Arianism (4th c); Saint Severinus of Noricum, monk of Göttweig Abbey, enlightener of Noricum Ripensis (482); Saint Ergnad (Ercnacta), nun (5th c.); Saint Maximus of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia (511); Saint Frodobert, a monk at Luxeuil in France, founder of the monastery of Moutier-la-Celle near Troyes (673); Saint Erhard of Regensburg, Bishop of Regensburg (Bavaria) (ca.686); Saint Albert of Cashel, English laborer in Ireland and Bavaria (7th c.); Holy Virgin Gudula, patroness of Brussels in Belgium (712); Saint Pega, an anchoress in the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia (719); Saint Garibaldus (Gaubald), first Bishop of Regensburg (762); Saint Æthelhelm (Athelm), the first Bishop of Wells, and later Archbishop of Canterbury (926); Saint Wulfsige III (Wulsin), monk who became Abbot of Westminster in 980, and Bishop of Sherborne in 993 (1002); Saint Gregory of Ochrid, Bishop of Moesia (1012); Venerable Gregory, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (1093); Venerable Gregory the Hermit of the Kiev Caves (14th c.); Venerable Macarius (Makris) of Vatopedi (on Mt. Athos), and of Pantocratoros monastery (in Constantinople), Abbot (1430); Hieromartyr Priest Isidore and 72 companions at Yuriev (Dorpats) in Estonia, slain by the Latins (1472); Saint Paisius of Uglich, Igumen of the Protection monastery, near Uglich (1504); Venerable Elder Isaiah of Valaam Monastery (1914); New Hieromartyr Victor, Priest (1937); New Hieromartyr Demetrius, Priest (1938); New Hieromartyr Vladimir, Priest (1938); Martyr Mikhail Novoselov (1938); New Hieromartyr Michael Rostov, Priest, Confessor, of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1941). ( December 26 2024: Julian Calendar ) Second Day of the Feast of the Nativity; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos; Commemoration of the Flight into Egypt of the Most Blessed Theotokos; The holy righteous ones: Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James the Brother of the Lord; Saint Archelaus, Bishop of Harran in Northern Mesopotamia (ca.280); Saint Zeno (Zenon), Bishop of Majuma (the port of Gaza), in Palestine (4th c.); Hieromartyr Euthymius of Sardis (Euthymios the Confessor), Bishop of Sardis (840); Venerable Evaristus (Evarestos), Monk of the Studion Monastery (825); Saint Dionysius of Rome, Pope of Rome (268); Saint Marinus, the son of a senator in Rome, he was martyred by beheading under Numerian (283); Saint Zosimus of Rome, a Greek Pope of Rome (418); Saint Tathai (Tathan, Tathaeus, Athaeus), Abbot of Llantathan (early 6th c.); Saint Jarlath, first Bishop of Tuam, founder of the monastery of Cluain Fois, near Tuam (Ireland) (ca. 540); Saint Theodore the Sacrist, a holy man and contemporary of St Gregory the Great in Rome (6th c.); Saint Amaethlu (Maethlu) (6th c.); Saint Nicodemus of Tismana, Romania (1406); New Hieromartyr Constantius the Russian, Priest at Constantinople, by beheading (1743); New Hieromartyrs Alexander and Demetrius, Priests (1918); New Hieromartyrs Nicholas, and Nicholas, Priests, and Michael, Deacon (1930); New Hieromartyr Leonidas (Antoshchenko), Bishop of Mariisk (1937); New Hieromartyr Basil (Mazurenko), Hieromonk (1937); New Martyr Augusta (Zashchuk), Schema-Nun (1937); Virgin-martyrs Anthisa and Makaria (1937); New Hieromartyr Andrew, Bishop of Ufa (1937); New Martyr, Valentina, (1937); Hieromartyr Alexander, Priest (1937); Venerable New Hieromartyr Isaac II (Bobrikov), Archimandrite of Optina Monastery (1938); New Hieromartyr Gregory, Priest (1938); Virgin-martyrs Augusta and Mary (1938); Martyr Agrippina (1938); Other Commemorations: Repose of Abbot Barlaam the Righteous of Valaam and Optina Monasteries (1849); Repose of Archimandrite Irenarchus (Rosetti) of Mt. Tabor (1859); Icons: Icon of the "Mother of God of "Vilna" ("Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn"); Icon of the Mother of God "the Three Joys"; Icon of the Mother of God "Merciful" (Greek: Eleousa); Icon of the Mother of God "the Blessed Womb" or "Barlovsk" (1392); Icon of the Mother of God "Baibuzsk" (Baibuskaya) (1852). 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.

Starting points Community: OrthodoxWiki News, Community Portal, Suggestions, Help Wanted, OrthodoxWiki Buzz, User Pages, Reference Desk Help: Style Manual, Technical Help, The Sandbox, Questions Browse these categories and selected articles: Saints: American Saints, Apostolic Fathers, Biblical Saints, British Saints, Bulgarian Saints, Carpatho-Russian Saints, Church Fathers, Desert Fathers, Egyptian Saints, French Saints, Greek Saints, Georgian Saints, German Saints, Lithuanian Saints, Martyrs, Romanian Saints, Russian Saints, Scandinavian Saints, Serbian Saints, Syrian Saints People: Bishops, Clergy, Heretics, Hymnographers, Missionaries, Modern Writers, Monastics, Rulers Liturgics and Theology: Asceticism, Arts, Church Calendar, Feasts, Hymnography, Church Music, Sacraments, Oriental Orthodox, Orthodox Church, Scripture, Sermons and Treatises, Vestments, Western Rite Church History and Places: Canon Law, Churches, Councils, Creeds, Heresies, Judaism, Jurisdictions, Monasteries, Seminaries, Texts, Timeline of Church History Images: By license, By source, By jurisdiction; Icons, Pilgrimage Sites, Monastery Images, Images of Hierarchs, Oriental Orthodox Images, Uncategorized Other: Bibliography, Church Life, Contributed Articles, Current Events, Ethics, Featured Articles, Inter-Christian, Links, Marketplace, Non-Orthodox, Organizations, Quotes, Stewardship Or, if you're feeling adventurous, you can have a look at a random page, browse through our newest articles, or visit other wikis.

Connect on Facebook
Get notified of new articles and trackbacks on Twitter

+ Glory be to God for all things! +

IN OTHER LANGUAGES:
Arabic/العربية | Bulgarian/Български | Greek/Ελληνικά | French/Français | Macedonian/Македонски | Portuguese/Português | Romanian/Română | Russian/Русский | Spanish/Español
Interested in starting an OrthodoxWiki in your language?   See: OrthodoxWiki:Localization.
RELATED SITES: OrthodoxWiki Commons | OrthodoxSearch
SEE ALSO: Orthpedia (German/Deutsch) | Orthodox Links | Orthodox-Search.com | OrthodoxChurchFathers.com