Orthodox saints and name days on January 20

Name days on January 20

Efthimios, Efthimis, Euthymios, Efthymios, Efthymis, Thymios, Efthymia, Efthimia, Thymia, Effie

Saints and feasts of January 20

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  Euthymios the Great

  Venerable, Ευθύμιος

  St. Euthymios the Great was born in Melitene of Armenia in the fourth century and became one of the great fathers of the Palestinian desert. Settling in the wilderness east of Jerusalem, he founded a famous lavra, guided multitudes of monks, and formed disciples who themselves became pillars of monasticism, among them St. Savas the Sanctified.

  Name days: Efthimios, Efthimis, Euthymios, Efthymios, Efthymis, Thymios, Efthymia, Efthimia, Thymia, Effie

• Zacharias of Arta

  Martyr, Ζαχαρίας ο εξ Άρτης

  St. Zacharias was a furrier from Arta who in his youth had embraced Islam. Repenting, he returned to Christ, went to Patras, and there openly confessed his faith before the judge; after torture he was put to death in 1782.

• Bassos, Eusebios, Eutychios and Basilides

  Martyr, Βάσσος, Ευσέβιος, Ευτύχιος και Βασιλείδης

  Sts. Bassos, Eusebios, Eutychios and Basilides were men of senatorial rank in Nicomedia who, tradition relates, believed in Christ on witnessing the martyrdom of Bishop Theopemptos. They were subjected to various tortures and put to death in the persecution of Diocletian.

• Innas, Pinnas and Rimmas

  Martyr, Ιννάς, Πιννάς και Ριμμάς

  Sts. Innas, Pinnas and Rimmas were natives of Scythia, north of the Black Sea, and according to tradition disciples of the Apostle Andrew. Having preached Christ among the pagans, they were bound to stakes in a frozen river and died of the cold.

• Peter the Publican

  Saint, Πέτρος ο Τελώνης

  St. Peter was a hard-hearted tax-collector in Africa in the sixth century who, tradition relates, once threw a loaf of bread at a beggar in anger and saw in a vision that even this was counted to him as alms. Converted, he gave all his goods to the poor and sold himself into slavery to serve the needy.

• Leo the Great the Emperor

  Saint, Λέων Μακέλλης

  St. Leo I was Byzantine emperor from 457 to 474, a Thracian by birth. Tradition relates that he was granted a vision of the Theotokos at the spring outside Constantinople, where he built the church of the Life-Giving Spring; he was also a benefactor of the poor and of the Church.

• Euthymios of Trnovo

  Hierarch, Ευθύμιος Τυρνόβου

  St. Euthymios was a disciple of St. Theodosios of Trnovo and lived for a time on Mount Athos before becoming Patriarch of Trnovo in 1375. A learned hesychast, he reformed the Slavonic liturgical books and strengthened his flock during the Ottoman conquest, after which he was exiled.