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January 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)


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

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 19 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For January 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 24.

Mural from the interior of St. John the Baptist Church at the Jordan River, depicting Jesus' baptism. (The Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ)

The Baptism of Christ. (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century)

Baptism of the Lord. Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God, Kilillo-Byelozhersk (1497).

The Baptism of Our Lord. Miracle-working icon. 17th century. Novo-Tikhvinsky Convent.

Saint Theophan the Recluse.

Venerable Laurence of Chernigov.

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