January 3, 2019. + Orthodox Calendar

Orthodox Calendar 2019

Святой пророк Малахия

Прп. Женевьева Парижская

Мученик Гордий

Old Style

January 3

Wednesday

New Style

January 16

34th Week after Pentecost. Tone 8.

No fast.

Prophet Malachi (ca. 400 b.c.). Martyr Gordius at Caesarea in Cappadocia (4th c.)

St. Genevieve of Paris (ca. 502). Righteous Euthymius (Taqaishvili) the Man of God, of Tbilisi (1953).

New Hieromartyr Basil Kholmogorov, archpriest, of Ostrov (Moscow) (1938).

St. Findlugan of Islay (7th c.). St. Peter of Atroa (837). St. Thomais of Lesbos (10th c.).

Repose of Schemahierodeacon Elder Panteleimon, founder of Kostychev Convent (1884).

Articles

Holy Prophet Malachi

The Holy Prophet Malachi lived 400 years before the Birth of Christ, at the time of the return of the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity. Malachi was the last of the Old Testament prophets, therefore the holy Fathers call him “the seal of the prophets.”

Martyr Gordius at Caesarea, in Cappadocia

In the year 320, Gordius openly appeared before the prefect of a city where pagan games were being held, and identified himself as a Christian. He was arrested, suffered terrible torments, then was beheaded.

Venerable Genevieve of Paris

When she was fifteen, Genevieve was taken to Paris to enter the monastic life. Through fasting, vigil and prayer, she progressed in monasticism, and received from God the gifts of clairvoyance and of working miracles. Gradually, the people of Paris and the surrounding area regarded Genevieve as a holy vessel (2 Tim. 2:21).

St. Genevieve of Paris

The next morning the holy Bishop presented her with a medallion engraved with a cross and asked her never to wear another ornament but the Ornament of God's Grace through the Holy Spirit.

St Euthymius (Takaishvili)

On February 10, 1963, the centennial of St. Ekvtime’s birth, his body was reburied at the Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi. When his grave was uncovered, it was revealed that not only his body, but even his clothing and footwear had remained incorrupt. St. Ekvtime’s relics were moved once again, to the Pantheon at the Church of St. Davit of Gareji on Mtatsminda, where they remain today.

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