Abbot · Remembered on January 11

St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch

St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch is remembered on January 11 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

Remembered on	January 11
Title	Abbot
Died	c. 529
Next on Bless’s Today screen	Monday, January 11, 2027

Life

A Cappadocian monk in the Judean desert whose monastery grew into a city of prayer with hospitals for the sick, the aged, and the mentally afflicted — the first of their kind — and who defied an emperor’s heresy in extreme old age.

In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

Date	In the US calendar	Color	Mass readings (US)
Monday, January 11, 2027	Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time	Green	Hebrews 1:1-6 · Psalm 97:1 and 2b, 6 and 7c, 9 · Mark 1:15 · Mark 1:14-20
Tuesday, January 11, 2028	Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time	Green	1 Samuel 1:9-20 · 1 Samuel 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8abcd · See 1 Thessalonians 2:13 · Mark 1:21-28

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

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