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Ephemeris of Thursday 22 January, 2026

The sun and moon on 01/22/2026 in Greece

(All times given here are in Athens local time)

Sunrise: 7:36 AM
Sunset: 5:36 PM
The sun will be at its zenith at 12:36 PM
Sunshine duration: 10 hours and 0 minutes (+2 minutes compared to yesterday)

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 7:35 AM and set at 5:37 PM

Right now the time in Greece is 2:52 AM.
Greece's time difference from the Greenwich meridian: 2 hours(*)
Greece's time difference from Paris: 1 hour
(*) taking into account summer/winter time

2 days moon

On 01/22/2026 the moon will be 2 days old.
Next full moon on 2 February, 2026.
Next new moon on 17 February, 2026.

Commemorations on 22 January

(according to the Greek-Orthodox calendar)

Saints of the day

  • Saint Timothy, Apostle of the 70
    Αγίου Τιμοθέου, Αποστόλου εκ των Εβδομήκοντα
  • Saint Anastasius of Persia
    Αγίου Αναστασίου του Πέρσου
  • Saint Joseph surnamed Samacus, the Sanctified of Crete
    Αγίου Ιωσήφ Σαμάκου, του ηγιασμένου
  • SS. Manuel, George, Peter, Leontius, Sionius, Gabriel, John, Leo, Parodus and another 377, who were martyred in Bulgaria
    Αγίων Μανουήλ, Γεωργίου και Πέτρου, Λέοντος, Γαβριήλ και Σιωνίου, Ιωάννου και Λέοντος, Παρόδου και των συν αυτώ 377, Μαρτύρων των εν Βουλγαρία

Fasting Instructions: the January 22 is a free of fasting day (κατάλυση)

Today we celebrate these names in Greece

A day like a 22 January

1996

Andreas Papandreou, who seriously ill had already delegated most of his duties as Prime Minister, presents his resignation to the President of the Republic.

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1973

Aristotelis Onassis' son Alexandros was fatally injured in a plane crash shortly after takeoff from Hellenikon Airport in Athens. He was the designated heir to his father's fortune and had just taken over as CEO of Olympic Airways.

1942
Naissance à Athènes de Mimis Domazos, un des plus grands footballeurs grecs qui aura fait la quasi-totalité de sa carrière au service du club de Panathinaïkos. (More on
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1914

Naissance à Platanousa, un village des montagnes d'Epire, du compositeur de musique classiqueDimitrios Dragatakis.

1788

Naissance à Londres de Lord Georges Gordon Byron, poète romantique, grand voyageur et épris de passion pour la Grèce ; il fut un héros de l'Indépendance grecque.

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