Name days on January 7
Ioannis, Giannis, Yiannis, Yannis, Yanni, Giovanni, John, Jean, Juan, Ivan, Vanya, Yianni, Gianni, Giannakis, Prodromos, Johnny, Ioanna, Gianna, Yianna, Giannoula, Joanna, Joanne, Joan
Saints and feasts of January 7
John the Baptist
Great Feast, Ιωάννης ο Πρόδρομος
On the day after Theophany, the Church gathers to honor St. John the Forerunner and Baptist, the greatest of the prophets, who was found worthy to baptize the Lord in the Jordan. Son of the priest Zacharias and the righteous Elizabeth, John lived in the wilderness in fasting and prayer, preaching repentance and preparing the way of the Lord.
Name days: Ioannis, Giannis, Yiannis, Yannis, Yanni, Giovanni, John, Jean, Juan, Ivan, Vanya, Yianni, Gianni, Giannakis, Prodromos, Johnny, Ioanna, Gianna, Yianna, Giannoula, Joanna, Joanne, Joan
Athanasios of Attaleia
Martyr, Αθανάσιος εξ Ατταλείας
St. Athanasios was born in Attaleia in Asia Minor and lived in Smyrna. Tradition relates that after being accused of having spoken words of conversion to Islam, he refused to abandon the Christian faith and was beheaded in Smyrna in 1700.
Julian the Deacon of Aegina
Martyr, Ιουλιανός ο Διάκονος
St. Julian was a deacon from the island of Aegina, remembered in the synaxaria as a martyr for Christ. Few details of his contest have been preserved.
Cedd of Lastingham
Hierarch, Άγιος Cedd
St. Cedd was a monk of Lindisfarne in the seventh century, one of four brothers who became priests. He preached the Gospel among the Middle Angles and the East Saxons, was consecrated bishop, and founded the monastery of Lastingham in Yorkshire.
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