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January 7 2026:

Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; Synaxis of Saint John the Holy Glorious Prophet, Baptist, and Forerunner; Saint Julian the Deacon, of Aegina (391); Saint Crispin of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia (467); Saint Valentine, an abbot who became a bishop in Rhaetia (470); Saint Brannock of Braunton, hieromonk (6th c.); Saint Cedd, Bishop of Lastingham (664); Saint Cronan Beg, a Bishop of Aendrum in County Down in Ireland (7th c.); Saint Tillo of Solignac (702); Saint Kentigerna, Hermitess of Loch Lomond (734); Saint Emilian (Émilion), a monk at Saujon near Saintes, died as a hermit (767); Blessed Wittikund of Westphalia (804); Saint Aldric of Le Mans (Aldericus), Bishop of Le Mans (856); Saint Reinold, monk at the monastery of St Pantaleon in Cologne (960); Saint Anastasius of Sens, Archbishop of Sens (977); Saint Feodor I of Russia (Fyodor (Theodore) I Ivanovich), last Rurikid Tsar of Russia (1598); New-Martyr Athanasius of Attalia and Smyrna (1700) New Hieromartyr Alexander Skalsky, of Alma-Ata, Protopresbyter (1933); New Hieromartyr Paphnutius (Kostin), Hieromonk of Optina Monastery (1938); New Hieromartyr Basil, Priest (1939); Martyr John (1940); Martyr John (1942); Other Commemorations: The Miracle of Saint John the Baptist in Chios (1740).

( December 25 2025: Julian Calendar )

The Nativity, according to the Flesh of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ (one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church); The Adoration of the Magi: Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar; Commemoration of the shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord: (Annunciation to the shepherds, and Adoration of the shepherds); Saint Eugenia of Rome (ca.258) (see also December 24); Saint Anastasia of Sirmium (ca.304) (see also December 22); Saint Adalsindis, a nun at Hamay-les-Marchiennes Abbey, near Arras in France (ca.715); Saint Æthelburh of Wilton (Alburgh, Alburga), a member of the royal house of Wessex, Abbess of Wilton Abbey (810); Massacre of Monk-martyr Jonah, and with him 50 monks and 65 laymen, martyrs at St. Tryphon of Pechenga Monastery, by the Swedes (1589); New Hieromartyr Michael, Priest (1930).

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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."

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