January 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
January 2 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - January 4
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 16 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For January 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 21.
Feasts
- Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Saints
Holy Prophet Malachi- Martyr Peter, in Avlona of Samaria, Palestine
- Martyr Gordius, at Caesarea in Cappadocia, centurion, by the sword
- Hieromartyr Titus, Bishop of Tomis
- Venerable Meliton of Beirut
- Venerable Peter of Atroa
- Venerable Acacius the Wonderworker, of Mount Latros, at the Megisti Lavra of the Theotokos of Myrsinon
- 3 Martyrs, a mother and her two children slain by fire
- Saint Thomais of Lesbos
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Hieromartyr Daniel of Padua, a Deacon who helped Saint Prosdocimus, the first Bishop of Padua in Italy
- Saint Anterus, Pope of Rome
- Hieromartyr Florentius of Vienne, a martyred Bishop of Vienne in France Venerable Genevieve of Paris
- Saint Fintan of Doon, a disciple of Saint Comgall at Bangor in Ireland; he is honoured as the patron-saint of Doon in Limerick where his holy well still exists
- Saint Finlugh of Derry, a brother of Saint Fintan of Doon, he went to Scotland where he became one of Saint Columba's disciples; returning to Ireland, he became abbot of a monastery in County Londonderry
- Saint Blitmund, a monk at Bobbio Abbey in Italy
- Saint Bertilia of Mareuil, anchoress
- Saint Findlugan of Islay
- Saint Wenog, an early saint in Wales
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Righteous Ekvtime (Euthymius) Takaishvili the Man of God of Tbilisi
Other commemorations
- Repose of Schemahierodeacon Elder Panteleimon, founder of Kostychev Convent
- Discovery of the Relics of the Holy Great Martyr Ephraim, Monk of Nea Makri