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[[Image:Theophany.jpg|100px|The Baptism of Christ]]<br>[[File:Seraphim Sarovsky.jpg|100px|St. Seraphim of Sarov]]</div>[[Forefeast]] of the [[Theophany]] of Our Lord and Savior [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]]; Saint Theodota, the mother of the holy [[Sylvester of RomeUnmercenary|SylvesterUnmercenaries]], Ss. [[PopeCosmas and Damian]] (3rd c.);Martyr Sergius, by the sword, at [[Diocese of RomeCaesarea (Kaisareia)|Caesarea in Cappadocia]] (301);Martyr Theopistus (''Theopistos''), by stoning; repose of the [[venerableHieromartyr]] Theogenes, Bishop of Parium on the Hellespont (ca.320);Saint [[Seraphim Sylvester I of Sarov|SeraphimRome]] the , [[Wonder-workerPope]] of Sarov; Rome (335) (''see also [[Cosmas of Constantinople|CosmasDecember 31]]- Latin'');Martyr Basil of Ancyra, under Julian the Apostate (362) (''see also [[ArchbishopJanuary 1]] - Slavonic'');Hieromartyr Isidore, Bishop of ConstantinopleSyrian Antioch, by the Arians (4th c.); righteous Venerable Theopemtus (''Theopemptos''), [[Juliana of LazarevoMonk]]; Righteous Mark the deaf-mute;Venerable Ammon of Tabennisi, monk (5th c.) (''see also [[Theagenes of Parios|TheagenesOctober 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 [[hieromartyrHoly 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 [[bishopThird Ecumenical Council|Third Oecumenical Council]] and wrote against Nestorianism (ca.435);Saint Aspasius of Auch, Bishop of PariosAuch 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 [[TheopemptosJanuary 6]]''); Venerable Saint Seiriol the Righteous, Abbott of Penmon Priory, (6th c.) (''see also [[TheodotaFebruary 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 Mother 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 [[Holy AnargyroiWonderworker]], Patriarch of Constantinople (1081); righteous Saint Sylvester of the [[Mark the DeafKiev Caves]](12th c.); [[Basil of Ankyra|BasilRighteous]] the [[martyrJuliana of Lazarevo]] of Ankyra(1604);New Martyr George (''Zorzes, Zorsisus'') the Georgian, at Mytilene (1770); Venerable Saint [[SergiosSeraphim of Sarov]]; , [[Theopistos the martyrWonderworker]](1833)New Martyr Basil (1942);New Hieromartyr Dmitri Shpakovsky (1942); '''Other Commemorations:'''Commemoration of [[George of Iberia|GeorgeArchimandrite]] the new martyr Joanniky Golatovsky (1688);Repose of Hieroschemamonk Gabriel of IberiaOptina and Whitehoof Convent (1871); Repose of [[Nilos the SanctifiedAbbess]]Thaisia of Leushino Monastery (1915);Martyred Elder Ioasaph of St. Tikhon of Kaluga Monastery (1919); Repose of Elder Iakovos of Epirus (1961). <noinclude>[[Sylvester of the Kiev CavesCategory:Calendar day templates|January 02]]</noinclude>