The list of names comprising the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers—the founders of monasticism and all the saints who shone forth in the land of Egypt—was approved by a decision of the Holy Synod on October 30, 2025 (Journal No. 101).
Commemoration: January 19 / February 1
- Aaron, Old Testament High Priest, brother of Moses the God-Seer (16th century BC)
- Abba Kir (Abba Cyrus, Avvakir) of Egypt, venerable (7th century)
- Abib of Alexandria, deacon, hieromartyr (c. 250)
- Agapitus, instructor of Venerable Euphrosyne of Alexandria, venerable (5th century)
- Agathon of Scetis (Egypt), hermit, venerable (c. 435)
- Adam of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Acacius of Sinai, venerable (6th century)
- Alexander of Egypt, of Caesarea in Palestine, martyr (304 or 305)
- Alexander of Egypt, of Caesarea in Palestine, martyr (another martyr) (304 or 305)
- Alonius of Egypt, venerable (4th–5th centuries)
- Ammon (Ammun) of Nitria, Egypt, venerable (between 345 and 350)
- Ammon (Ammona, Ammonas) of Egypt, venerable (between 380 and 390)
- Ammonius of Egypt, venerable (c. 403)
- Amon of Egypt, venerable (early 5th century)
- Ammonathas of Egypt, hermit, venerable (4th century)
- Anastasius of Egypt, martyr (late 3rd – early 4th century)
- Anastasius I of Sinai, Patriarch of Antioch (598)
- Anastasius of Sinai, abbot (after 701)
- Anastasia the Patrician of Alexandria, hermit (c. 576)
- Andrew of Oxyrhynchus (Egypt), venerable (5th century)
- Andrew, kinsman of the Hieromartyr Patapius of Qift, deacon, hieromartyr (c. 312)
- Andronicus of Antioch, Egypt, venerable (5th century)
- Anthony (Antoninus) of Alexandria, martyr (?)
- Anthony the Great of Egypt, venerable, founder of the eremitical life (c. 356)
- Anthony of Egypt, presbyter, hieromartyr (late 3rd – early 4th century)
- Anubius (Anub, Nub, Anouph) of Egypt, hermit, confessor (4th century)
- Apollinaria, venerable (c. 470)
- Apollo (Apollonius) of Egypt, martyr (4th century)
- Apollonius of Egypt, of the Thebaid, hermit (c. 395)
- Arius of Egypt, martyr (4th century)
- Aris of Egypt, venerable (?)
- Aris the Egyptian, martyr (c. 308)
- Athanasius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria (373)
- Athanasia of Canopus, martyr (311)
- Athanasia of Tabennisi, venerable (5th century)
- Aphra (Aphre) of Egypt, venerable (4th century)
- Basilissa of Egypt, abbess, venerable (late 3rd – early 4th century)
- Benjamin of Nitria, venerable (4th century)
- Benjamin of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Bessarion of Egypt, hermit (466)
- Vitalius of Alexandria, venerable (7th century)
- Vitymius (Vitimion, Vitim) of Egypt, venerable (4th–5th centuries)
- Gaius of Alexandria, deacon, hieromartyr (3rd century)
- Galaction of Emesa (Phoenicia), martyr (253)
- George the Arselaites of Sinai, abbot (650 or 651)
- George the Sinaite, abbot (544, 545 or 552)
- Gerasimus of the Jordan, venerable (475)
- Gorgias (Gordius) of Egypt, martyr (4th century)
- Gregory, Archbishop of Alexandria, confessor (9th century)
- Gregory the Sinaite, venerable (14th century)
- Damiana of Egypt, Great Martyr, and the forty virgin martyrs slain with her (early 4th century)
- Daniel the Egyptian, of Caesarea in Palestine, martyr (c. 309–310)
- Daniel of Scetis, venerable (after 576)
- Didymus of Alexandria, hieromartyr (late 3rd–4th century)
- Dionysius of Alexandria, bishop, confessor (264 or 265)
- Domnus of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Dorotheus of Egypt, hermit, presbyter (late 4th century)
- Doula the Passion-Bearer of Egypt, venerable (?)
- Eugraphus of Alexandria, martyr (c. 313)
- Eudoxia of Canopus, martyr (311)
- Eulogius, Archbishop of Alexandria, holy hierarch (607 or 608)
- Eulogius of the Thebaid, hospitaller and stonecutter, venerable (6th century)
- Eusebius of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Eutropia of Alexandria, martyr (c. 250)
- Euphrosyne of Alexandria, venerable (c. 470)
- Catherine of Alexandria, virgin, Great Martyr (4th century)
- Helen, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Empress of Constantinople (c. 327)
- Elisha the Prophet (9th century BC)
- Ellius (Hellius, Hellen) of Egypt, venerable (second half of the 4th century)
- Episteme of Emesa (Phoenicia), martyr (253)
- Epimachus the New of Alexandria, martyr (c. 250)
- Hermogenes of Alexandria, eparch, martyr (c. 313)
- Zacharias the Egyptian of Scetis, venerable (4th century)
- Zeno of Scetis, venerable, wonderworker (4th–5th centuries)
- Hierax of Egypt, hermit, venerable (after 408)
- Jeremiah the Egyptian, of Caesarea in Palestine, martyr (c. 309–310)
- Jeremiah of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Joshua, son of Nun, forefather and successor of Moses the God-Seer (16th century BC)
- James the son of Alphaeus, one of the Twelve Apostles, brother of the Evangelist Matthew (1st century)
- Elijah of Egypt, hermit (4th century)
- Elijah the Egyptian, of Caesarea in Palestine, martyr (c. 309–310)
- Elijah the Egyptian, martyr (4th century)
- Elijah of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Elijah of Tyre, martyr (305–311)
- Elijah the Tishbite, Prophet (9th century BC)
- John of Alexandria, Unmercenary Physician, martyr (311)
- John of Egypt, hermit (4th century)
- John Kolobos (the Short), the Younger, of Scetis, hermit (5th century)
- John Climacus of Sinai, abbot (7th century)
- John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria (619 or 620)
- John of Oxyrhynchus (Egypt), venerable (5th century)
- John the Seer of Egypt, venerable (394 or 395)
- John of Raithu, venerable (7th century)
- John of Sinai, bishop, hieromartyr (1091)
- Joseph Analytinus of Raithu, venerable (4th century)
- Joseph the Betrothed, righteous (1st century)
- Hypatius of Rufinianae (of Rufinus), abbot (c. 366–446)
- Hypatius of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Hyperechius of Egypt, martyr (4th century)
- Heraclemon (Heraclamon) of Oxyrhynchus (Egypt), venerable (5th century)
- Irene of Egypt, martyr (c. 270–275)
- Irenaeus (Irinius) of Egypt, martyr (4th century)
- Isaac of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Isaiah the Egyptian, of Caesarea in Palestine, martyr (c. 309–310)
- Isaiah of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Julian (Julianus) of Egypt, abbot, hieromartyr (late 3rd – early 4th century)
- Julian the Persian, hermit (367, 377 or 380)
- Justinian I the Righteous, Byzantine Emperor (565)
- Caluf of Egypt, martyr (possibly hieromartyr) (c. 304–309)
- Cantidian (Candidian) of Egypt, martyr (?)
- Cantidius (Candidius) of Egypt, martyr (?)
- Carion of Scetis, Egypt, venerable (4th century)
- Celsus of Egypt, martyr (late 3rd – early 4th century)
- Cyrus of Alexandria, Unmercenary Physician, martyr (311)
- Cyriacus of Alexandria, martyr (c. 250)
- Cyril of Alexandria, Patriarch (444)
- Coprius of Egypt, hieromonk (4th century)
- Chronides of Alexandria, martyr (early centuries)
- Lawrence of Egypt, venerable (?)
- Leonidas of Egypt, martyr (4th century)
- Leontius of Alexandria, martyr (early centuries)
- Lot of Egypt, venerable (5th century)
- Macarius the New of Alexandria, the townsman, hieromonk (c. 394)
- Macarius the Great of Egypt, presbyter (c. 390)
- Macarius of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Miriam, sister of the Prophet Moses (16th century BC)
- Marionilla of Egypt, martyr (late 3rd – early 4th century)
- Mary of Egypt, venerable (6th century)
- Mark the Evangelist, one of the Seventy Apostles, Bishop of Alexandria (63)
- Mark of Nitria, Egypt, of the Cells, Ascetic and Faster, disciple of Saint John Chrysostom (after 430)
- Mark of Sinai, Egypt, Ascetic and Faster, disciple of Venerable Silvanus of Scetis, author of the lives of the desert fathers (c. 390)
- Mark of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Marcian of Egypt, martyr (4th century)
- Matoy (Dalmatoy) of the Cells (Raithu), hieromonk (?)
- Menas of Alexandria, Kallikelad (the Eloquent), martyr (c. 313)
- Menas of Sinai, venerable (6th century)
- Mirax the Egyptian, martyr (7th century)
- Moses the God-Seer, Prophet (16th century BC)
- Moses the Black of Scetis, venerable (4th century)
- Moses of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Moses of Sinai, another venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Nathaniel of Nitria, venerable (early 5th century)
- Nicander of Egypt, soldier, martyr (4th century)
- Nicander the Egyptian, martyr (c. 293–302)
- Nilus of Egypt, Bishop of Tyre, hieromartyr (305–311)
- Nilus the Faster of Sinai, hermit, presbyter (after 430)
- Nisferoy, disciple of Venerable Anthony the Great, venerable (5th century)
- Orsisius of Egypt, disciple of Venerable Pachomius the Great, venerable (after 387)
- Paul of Sinai, abbot, hieromartyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Paul of Thebes, Egypt, venerable (40s of the 4th century)
- Paisius the Great, venerable (early 5th century)
- Palamon of Egypt, instructor of Venerable Pachomius the Great, venerable (4th century)
- Palladius of Helenopolis, bishop (between 420 and 430)
- Pambo (Pambon) of Nitria, hermit (373/374)
- Pambon of Egypt, martyr (4th century)
- Pansophius of Alexandria, venerable martyr (3rd century)
- Patapius, Bishop of Qift, hieromartyr, and the martyrs who suffered with him in Esna (c. 312)
- Patermuthius of Egypt, venerable (?)
- Patermuthius of Tyre, martyr (305–311)
- Paphnutius of Alexandria, venerable (5th century)
- Paphnutius of Tentyra, the Egyptian, venerable martyr (early 4th century)
- Pachomius the Great of Egypt, of the Thebaid, venerable (c. 346)
- Peleus of Egypt, Bishop of Tyre, hieromartyr (305–311)
- Peter (formerly Simon), foremost of the Twelve Apostles (67)
- Peter I of Alexandria, Patriarch, hieromartyr (early 4th century)
- Peter of Pion, of Raithu, venerable (?)
- Petronius of Egypt, disciple of Venerable Pachomius the Great, venerable (?)
- Piama of Alexandria, virgin, venerable (4th century)
- Pimen the Great of Egypt, venerable (first half of the 5th century)
- Pinufius (Pinufrius, Pinuphius) of Egypt, venerable (4th century)
- Pior of Nitria, disciple of Venerable Anthony the Great, venerable (4th century)
- Pitirim (Pitirun, Pitirion) of the Thebaid, disciple of Venerable Anthony the Great, abbot, venerable (late 4th century)
- Polycarp of Alexandria, martyr (early 4th century)
- Probus of Egypt, martyr (c. 308)
- Proclus of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Publius of Egypt, venerable (4th century)
- Publius of Caesarea in Palestine, martyr (304 or 305)
- Rhais (Iraida) of Alexandria and Antinoopolis, virgin, martyr (early 4th century)
- Sabas of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Samuel the Egyptian, of Caesarea in Palestine, martyr (c. 309–310)
- Sarmatus, disciple of Venerable Anthony the Great, venerable (?)
- Sarah of Libya, Egypt, virgin, hermit (?)
- Selenius (Selenias) of Egypt, martyr (4th century)
- Serapion of Alexandria, martyr (early centuries)
- Serapion the Sindonite (who wore only a sindon — a linen garment) of Egypt, venerable (4th century)
- Sergius of Sinai, venerable martyr (4th–5th centuries)
- Sibelius of Egypt, martyr (?)
- Silvanus of Scetis, venerable (before 415)
- Simon the Zealot (the Canaanite), one of the Twelve Apostles (1st century)
- Syncletica of Alexandria, venerable (4th century)
- Sisoes the Great, venerable (first third of the 5th century)
- Sophia of Egypt, martyr (c. 270–275)
- Thais of Egypt, of the Thebaid, venerable (mid-4th century)
- Tithoes of the Thebaid, disciple of Venerable Pachomius the Great, venerable (4th century)
- Varus of Egypt, martyr (c. 307)
- Faustus of Alexandria, deacon, hieromartyr (3rd century)
- Faustus of Alexandria, presbyter, hieromartyr (c. 250)
- Farmuthius of Egypt, hermit (4th century)
- Theodore the Sanctified, abbot (368)
- Theodora the Younger of Alexandria, venerable, who practiced asceticism in male attire (5th century)
- Theodotia of Canopus, martyr (311)
- Theoctista of Canopus, martyr (311)
- Theonas of Scetis, venerable (4th century)
- Theophilus of Oxyrhynchus (Egypt), venerable (5th century)
- Philosophus of Alexandria, martyr (3rd century)
- Thomaïs of Alexandria (Egypt), martyr (6th century)
- Chaeremon of Alexandria, deacon, hieromartyr (3rd century)
- The Venerable Desert Fathers of Egypt who were put to death by fire and smoke (c. 398)
