A Day to Remember

January 1
Beginning of the Year
Naming of Our Lord

January 2
Feast of the Motherhood of God

January 3
Saint Kuriakose Elias

January 6
Feast of the Denha of Our Lord
A principal feast of the Church. A day of obligation.
The Anaphora of Mar Nestorius is used in the Holy Qurbana today.
Episcopal ordination of Bishop Mar Mathew Moolakkatt (1999)

January 8
Death of Bishop Mar Alexander Choolaparambil (1951)

January 9
Saint John the Baptist
Today the Anaphora of Mar Nestorius is used in the Holy Qurbana

January 10
Death of Metropolitan Mar Augustine Kandathil (1956)

January 11
Installation of Major Archbishop Metropolitan Mar Raphael Thattil (2024)

January 14
Saint Devasahayam

January 16
Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles

January 18
Beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

January 20
Saint Sebastian

January 24
Saint Francis de Sales

January 25
Conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Conversion of Saint Paul

January 26
Three Days’ Fast – Monday
Indian Republic Day
Death of Bishop Mar Mathew Makil (1914)
Saints Timothy and Titus

January 27
Three Days’ Fast – Tuesday

January 28
Three Days’ Fast – Wednesday
Saint Thomas Aquinas

January 29
Proclamation elevating the Syro-Malabar Church to the status of a Major Archiepiscopal Church and appointing Metropolitan Mar Antony Padiyara of the Archeparchy of Ernakulam- Angamaly as the first Major Archbishop (1993)

January 30
World Day of Peace

January 31
Saint John Bosco

Festal Greetings

January 20
Mar Sebastian Vadakel, Mar Sebastian Adayanthrath, Mar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal, Mar Sebastian Pozholiparambil

January 31
Mar Bosco Puthur