9 January 1974, Wednesday (27.12 according to the old style)
Church calendar for 9 January 1974
Saints commemorated
- Protomartyr, Archdeacon Stephen †ок. 34-36
- Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen the Protomartyr ок. 5 — ок. 34
- Righteous Therapon (Ferapont) of Belozersk 1337–1426
- Righteous Theodore Graptos (the Branded), Confessor 2-я пол. VIII в. — ок. 840