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ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΣ / DECEMBER

 

1st

St. Nahum the Prophet (+ 7th Century BC)

St. St. Anthony the New of Kios in Bithynia (+865)

St. Philaret the Merciful (+762)

St. Ananias the Persian

Sts. Onesimus, Ananias, Solochonus, Archbishops of Ephesus

St. Theocletos, Bishop of Sparta (+870)

St. Eligus of Noyon (+660)

2nd

St. Habakkuk the Prophet (+ 5th century BC)

Sts. John, Heraclemon, Andrew and Theophilus, the hermits of Egypt

St. Myropea the Martyr

St. Cyril of Philea (+1110)

St. Moses the Confessor

St. Athanasius the Anchorite of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves (+1176)

St. Stephen V Urosh, King of Serbia (+1371)

St. Jesse Bishop of Tsilkansk

3rd

St. Zephaniah the Prophet (+ 7th century BC)

St. Theodulus of Cyprus, the Fool-for-Christ

St. Theodulus the Stylite

St. John the Silent, Bishop of Colonia (+558)

Sts. Agapius, Seleucius and Mamas the Martyrs

St. Gabriel the New Hieromartyr, Metropolitan of Prusa (+1659)

St. Angelis the New Martyr of Chios (+1813)

St. Sabas of Zvenigorod (+1407)

St. George of Cernica (+1806)

4th

Sts. Barbara the Great Martyr and her companion Juliana

St. John of Damascus (+749)

St. John the Confessor and Wonderworker, Bishop of Polybotus (c. +838)

Sts. Christodoulos and Christodoula the Martyrs

St. Seraphim the New Martyr, Bishop of Phanarion (+1601)

St. Gennadius, Archbishop of Novgorod (+1505)

St. Gurias, Archbishop of Kazan (+1563)

5th

St. Savas the Sanctified (+532)

St. Anastasios the Martyr

St. Gratus

St. Diogenis the Martyr

St. Abercius the Martyr

St. Nonnus the Venerable

Sts. Cosmas the Protos and his companions, the Monks and Confessors of Mt. Athos

Sts. Nectarios of Karyes and Philotheos, his spiritual father (+1500)

St. Niketius, Bishop of Trier (+566)

6th

St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra (+4th century)

St. Theofilos, Bishop of Antioch (+185)

St. Abraamius, Bishop of Kratea (+ 5th century)

St. Nicholas Karamos the New Martyr (+1657)

St. Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev and of Vladimir (+1305)

7th

St. Ambrose of Milan (+ 397)

Sts. Athenodoros the Martyr (+ 4th century)

St. Neophytos the Martyr

St. Dometius the Martyr

Sts. Isidore, Acepsimas and Leo the Martyrs

Sts. Gaius and Gaianus the Martyrs

The New Martysr of Africa, who suffered martyrdom under the Vandal persecution

Memory of the unknown Orthodox Lady burnt at Rome

St. Bassa of Jerusalem

St. Paul the Obedient

St. Ignatios who died in Peace

St. Priscus the Martyr

St. Marin the Martyr

St. Nicholas the Martyr

St. Gregory the Hesychast, founder of the St. Nicholas (Gregoriou) Monastery of Mt. Athos (+ 14th century)

St. Anthony of Siya (+ 1556)

St. Nilus of Stolben

St. John the Faster of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves

Translation of the relics of St. Philothei the New from Trnovo to Curtea De Arges

8th

St. Patapios the Venerable

Sts. Sosthenes, Apollos, Tychicus, Epaphroditos, Cephas and Caesar the Apostles

St. Sophronius, Bishop of Cyprus

St. Cyril of Mt. Chelma (+ 1368)

9th

The Conception of the Theotokos by St. Anna

Commemoration of the Dedication of the Church of the Resurrection

St. Hanna the Prophetess, the mother of the Prophet Samuel

St. Stephen Neolampes (‘the New Light’) of Constantinople (+ 912)

Sts. Sosistheus, Narses and Isaac the New Martyrs (+ 553)

10th

Sts. Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus the Martyrs

St. Gemellus the Martyr(+ 4th century)

St. Thomas Defourkinos the Venerable

St. Theotecnus the Martyr

St. Marianus the Martyr

St. Eugene the Martyr

Sts. John Brancovich, King of Serbia, and his parents Stephen and Angelina

St. Joasaph, Bishop of Belgorod (+ 1754)

11th

The Holy Ancestors of the Lord – Celebrated today (if a Sunday), or the first Sunday thereafter

St. Daniel the Stylite (+ 493)

St. Luke the New Stylite (+ 979)

Sts. Aethalas and Apseus the Martyrs (+ 354)

Sts. Barsabas and his Ten Companions (+ 342)

Sts. Peter the Ascetic and Acepsimas, in Persia

Sts. Terence, Vincent, Emilianus and Bebaia the Martyrs

St. Mirax the Martyr

Sts. Vechianus and Nomon the Ascetics

St. Leontius of Achaia

St. Nikon the Dry of the Kiev Caves

12th

St. Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trimythus (+ 348)

St. Synesius the Martyr (+ 3rd century)

St. Alexander the Hieromartyr, Bishop of Jerusalem (+ 3rd century)

St. Amonathus the hermit at Pelusium in Egypt

St. Anthus, the hermit in Palestine

Sts. Euphimiana and Phoebe

St. Aetherius the Martyr

St. John, Metropoolitan of Zichna (+ 1333)

St. Therapontes of Monza (+ 1591)

13th

Sts. Eustratius, Auxenius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes the Martyrs

St. Lucy the Virgin Martyr of Syracuse

St. Arsenius of Mount Latros  

St. Ares the monk of the Egyptian desert

St. Mardarius the Poor of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves  (+ 14th century)

St. Gabriel the Hieromartyr, Archbishop of Serbia (+ 1659)

St. Herman of Alaska (+ 1836)

Sts. Juvenal and Peter the Aleut, the First Martyrs of America (+ 19th century)

14th

Sts. Thyrsus, Leucius and Callinicus the Martyrs

Sts. Philemon, Apollonius and their companions: Arianus the Governor and his four guards (+ 4th century)

St. Castulus the Martyr

St. Daniel of Voronets (+ 1496)

15th

St. Eleftherios the Hieroartyr and his companions: St. Anthia (his mother), Sts. Felix, Coremonus and the two soldiers who converted and martyred

St. Eleftherios the Cubicularius

St. Susannah the Martyr (+ 4th century)

St. Baccus the New (+ 787)

St. Stephen, Bishop of Sourozh in Crimea (+ 787)

St. Paul the New (+ 955)

Sts. Tryphon of Kola, Apostle of Laponia, and St. Jonah the Martyr (+ 16th century)

16th

St. Haggai the Prophet (+ 6th century BC)

St. Marinus the Martyr

Sts. Fromus, Hilarion and their companions the Martyrs

St. Memnon, Archbishop of Ephesus (+ 5th century)

St. Modestus, Archbishop of Jerusalem (+ 634)

St. Theophano, Empress and Wonderworker (+ 895)

St. Nicholas II Chrysoberges, Patriarch of Constantinople (+ 995)

St. Sophia of Moscow (+ 1542)

17th

St. Daniel the Prophet and the Three Holy Youths: Sts. Ananias, Azarias and Misael

Sts. Patermuthius, Copres and Alexander the Holy Monks and Martyrs (+ 4th century)

St. Stephen the Confessor (+ 10th century)

St. Iakus the Martyr

St. Dionysios the New from Zakinthos, Bishop of Aegina (+ 1622)

St. Niketas of Nyssa

Sts. Paisius the Abbot and Habakkuk the Deacon (+ 1814)

18th

The Commemoration of the Genealogy of our Lord Jesus Christ (from Adam to Joseph the Betrothed) – Celebrated today (if a Sunday), or the first Sunday thereafter

St. Sebastian and his Companions, the Martyrs

St. Eubiotus the Martyr

St. Florus, Bishop of Amisus

Sts. Phocas and Hermylus the Martyrs

St. Sophia the Wonderworker

St. Michael the Syncellus (+ 846)

St. Modestus I, Archbishop of Jerusalem (+ 4th century)

St. Sebastian of Vologda (+ 1492)

St. Symeon of Verkhoturye (+ 1642)

St. Gatianus, first Bishop of Tours

19th

St. Boniface the Martyr and St. Aglais the Roman

Sts. Elias, Probus and Ares the Martyrs (+ 4th century)

Sts. Timothy and Polyeutus the Martyrs

Sts. Eutyches, Thessaloniki and their companions (200 men and 70 women), the Martyrs

St. Tryphon the Martyr

St. Grigentius, Bishop of Safar (+ 552)

St. Elias of Murom (+ 1188)

20th

Forefeast of the Nativity in the Flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ

St. Ignatius the Godbearer, Bishop of Antioch and Martyr (+ 1st century)

St. Philogonius, Archbishop of Antioch (+ 324)

St. Thoctisti of Constantinople, mother of St. Theodore the Studite

St. John the Tailor (+ 1650)

St. John of Kronstadt (+ 1908)

St. Daniel II, Archbishop of Serbia (+ 1338)

St. Ignatius of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves (+ 1438)

21st

Sts. Juliana the Virgin Martyr and her Companions, of Nicomedia (+ 3rd century)

St. Themistocles of Myra (+ 3rd century)

St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow (+ 1326)

St. Julianna, Princess of Vyazma (+ 1406)

St. Procopius of Vyatka, Fool-for-Christ (+ 1627)

22nd

Sts. Anastasia the Widow (Pharmakolytria) and her companions: Sts. Chrysogonus, Theodota and her three children, and St. Zoilus

23rd

The Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete (+ 3rd century)

St. Paul, Archbishop off Neocaesaria (+ 4th century)

St. Niphon, Bishop of Constantiana in Egypt

St. Schinon the Martyr

St. Chrysogonus the Martyr, Prefect of Thessaloniki

St. Nahum of Ohrid, Wonderworker and Enlightener of the Slavs

St. Theoctistus of Novgorod (+ 1310)

St. David of Echmiadzin in Armenia, the Martyr

24th

Christmas Eve

Sts. Eugenia and her Companions: Philip, her father; Protas and Hyacinth, her servants; and Basilla

St. Nicholas the Soldier (+ 9th century)

Sts. Sossius and Theokleis

St. Achaicus the Martyr

St. Antiochus the Venerable Father

St. Vitimius the Venerable

St. Aphrodisius the Venerable

25th

Christmas: The Nativity in the Flesh of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ

Memory of the Shepherds who saw the Lord

Memory of the Veneration of the Magi

26th

St. James the Brother of the Lord, St. Joseph the Brothed, and St. David the Prophet-King – Celebrated today (if a Sunday), or the first Sunday thereafter

Synaxis of our Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary

Commemoration of the Flight into Egypt

St. Efthymios of Sardes, the Confessor (+831)

St. Constantine the Holy Father, convert to Christianity (+ 9th century)

St. Evaristus the Venerable Father (+ 897)

St. Constantine the Russian and New Martyr (+ 1742)

St. Nicodemos of Tismana (+ 1406)

27th

St. Stephen the First Martyr and Archdeacon (+ 1st century)

St. Theodore the Branded (Graptos), the Confessor, Brother of St. Theofanes the Hymnographer (+ 841)

St. Theodore, Archbishop of Constantinople (+ 685)

St. Luke of Triglia in Bithynia

St. Maurice the Martyr and his seventy Companions

St. Nestor the Chronicler of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves (+1114)

Translation of the Relics of St. Andrew, Prince of Smolensk and Wonderworker of Pereyaslavi

St. Demetrius of Basarabov (+18th century)

28th

The Holy Twenty Thousand Martyrs who were burned to death in their Church in Nicomedia (+ 4th century)

The Holy Martyrs of Nicomedia who escaped the fire but received martyrdom: Sts. Domna, Theophila, Indes the eunuch, Peter, Gorgonius, Zeno, Dorotheos, Mardonios and Migdonios, Glycerios the Priest, and Theophilos the Deacon (+ 4th century)

St. Secundus the Martyr

Sts. Ploutodorus the Martyr

St. Babylas of Tarsus in Ciclicia

St. Simon the Oupourer of Murrh (Myroblytis), founder of Simonopetra Monastery

St. Ignatios of Loma (+ 1591)

29th

The 14,000 Holy Children slaughtered by Herod (+ 1st Century)

St. Marcellus, Abbot of the Akoimetoi Monastery (+ 484)

St. Thaddaeus the Confessor (+ 816)

St. Benjamin of Nitria

St. Athenodoros the Venerable

St. George the Hymnographer, Bishop of Nicomedia (+ 9th century)

Sts. Mark the Gravedigger, John and Theophilus of the Kiev Caves

St. Theophilus of Luga and Omutch

St. Throphimus, first bishop of Arles (+ 3rd century)

30th

St. Anysia of Thessaloniki, the Virgin Martyr

St. Theodora the Venerable (+ 8th century)

St. Philetairus the Martyr and those with him

St. Leo the Archimandrite

St. Gideon the New Martyr, monk of Karakallou (+ 1818)

St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow (+ 1563)

31st

Leave-taking of the Feast of the Nativity

St. Melania the Roman (+ 439)

St. Zoticus, Cherisher of the poor and Servant of lepers (+ 4th century)

St. Anysius, Bishop of Thessalonica (+ c. 406)

St. Gelasius, monk in Palestine (+ 5th century)

St. Gaius

The Holy 10 Virgins of Nicomedia

St. Olympiodora the Martyr

St. Nemes the Martyr

St. Gaudentius the Martyr

St. George of Cyprus, the Confessor

St. Theophylact, Archbishop of Ohrid

St. Cyriacus of Bisericani

St. Cyriacus of Taslau