All Day

Theophany of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ

One of the oldest feasts in the East, it has been traced back to the beginning of the 2nd century. The Western Rite Church accepted this great Feast Day from the Eastern Rite Church in the 3rd century.

Synaxis of St. John

The glorious Prophet, Precursor and Baptist, who baptized Our Lord Jesus Christ in the River Jordan.

Dorotheus

St. Dorotheus, Priest-Martyr, Bishop of Tyre, suffered banishment under Julian the Apostate A.D. 362 being 107 years of age.

St. Paraskevia

St. Paraskevia, Martyr, surnamed "Friday," who endured death at Iconium A.D. 290. SS. Terentius and Neonila and their children: Photius, Anicetas, Theodulus, Hierarchus, and Eunicius. Our venerable father, Stephen of Sabbas, composer of Canons about A.D. 785.

St Akindynos & Others

SS. Akindynos, Pegasius, Aphdonius, Elpidephorus, and Anempodistus, Martyrs, suffered martyrdom for the Faith in Persia under King Sapor II about A.D. 345.

St. Matthew

St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. His early Apostolic work was concerned with the Jews for whom he wrote his First Gospel in their own Aramaic tongue. He was martyred in Africa by fire.