15 January 2038, Friday (02.01 according to the old style)

St Seraphim of Sarov

He met everyone who came to him with the same words — "My joy, Christ is risen!" — on any day of the year, fasting seasons included. His nationwide veneration grew out of that greeting. The future saint was born into a merchant family in …

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Saints commemorated

Hierarch Sylvester Pope of Rome ок. кон. III в. — 335
Venerable Juliana of Lazarevo, Murom ок. 1530 — 1604
Venerable Seraphim Sarov 1754 — 1833