8 February 1979, Thursday (26.01 according to the old style)
Church calendar for 8 February 1979
Saints commemorated
- Hieromartyr (?) Metrophanes (Devitsky) 1877 — 1920
- Venerable Paula of Rome 347 — 404
- Venerable Theodore the Studite 759 — 826
- Venerable Xenophon of Robeika ? — ок. 1262
- Right-Believing King King David IV the Builder (Renovator) ок. 1073 — †24 января 1125