January 9 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the t
Martyrdom of Polyeuctus of Melitene (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century)
Martyrdom of St. Marciana of Mauretania (French miniature, 15th century)
Monastery dedicated to St. Mary, in Reculver, where Saint Brithwald was Abbot.
Saint Foellan's cave, showing structure and altar.
Macrina the Younger
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Macrina the Younger was an early Christian consecrated virgin. Macrina was elder sister of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Naucratius and Peter of Sebaste. Gregory of Nyssa wrote a work entitled Li
January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
…Martyr Lawrence, martyred in the arena, by the pagans Saint Peter, Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, brother of Saints Macrina the Younger, Basil the Great, Naucratius, and Gregory of Nyssa, and Blessed Theosebia (c. 395) Saint Eustratius the Wonderworker of Tarsus (821…
Macrina the Younger