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December Saints & Feasts

221 fixed commemorations recorded across 31 Julian calendar dates. Every entry for this month is readable below, without pagination.

The names below are taken from the website's existing commemorations register. This is not yet a comprehensive comparison against every commemoration in the Greek Liturgical Texts edition. Collective groups and feasts may appear as a single entry; a listed entry is not necessarily one individual saint.

1 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • prophet

    Prophet Nahum

  • saint

    Righteous Philaret the Merciful of Amnia in Asia Minor

  • martyr

    Martyr Ananias of Persia

  • venerable

    Venerable Botolph of Iken

2 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable Alexei (Kabalyuk)

  • prophet

    Prophet Habakkuk

  • venerable

    Venerable Athanasius “the Resurrected One”, Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves

  • venerable

    Venerable Athanasius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves

  • martyr

    Martyr Myrope of Chios

  • saint

    Saints John, Heraclemon, Andrew, and Theophilus, of Egypt

  • hierarch

    Saint Jesse, Bishop of Tsilkani, Georgia

  • saint

    Saint Stephen Urosh, King of Serbia

  • venerable

    Venerable Joannicius of Devic

  • saint

    Synaxis of the Gerontissa Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    Saint Porphyrios, Wonderworker of Kavsokaliva

3 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • prophet

    Prophet Zephaniah

  • venerable

    Venerable Savva, Igoumen of Zvenigorod, Disciple of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh

  • saint

    Saint Theodoulus, Eparch of Constantinople

  • venerable

    Venerable John the Silent of Saint Sabbas Monastery

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Theodore, Archbishop of Alexandria

  • martyr

    Monastic Martyr Cosmas of Saint Anne Skete, Mount Athos

  • venerable

    Venerable George of Cernica

  • martyr

    New Martyr Angelos of Chios

4 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky

  • martyr

    Greatmartyr Barbara and Martyr Juliana, at Heliopolis in Syria

  • venerable

    Venerable John of Damascus

  • hierarch

    Saint John, Bishop of Polybotum

  • hierarch

    Saint Gennadius, Archbishop of Novgorod

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Seraphim Archbishop of Phanarion and Neochorion

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Damascus

5 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable Savva the Sanctified

  • hierarch

    Saint Gurias, Archbishop of Kazan

  • martyr

    Martyr Anastasius the Fuller of Salona in Dalmatia

  • venerable

    Venerable Karion (Cyrion) and his son, Venerable Zachariah, of Egypt

  • venerable

    Venerable Nectarius of Bitolya and Mount Athos

  • venerable

    Venerable Philotheus of Karyes, Mount Athos

  • saint

    Monastic Martyrs of Karyes

  • saint

    Saint Crispina

6 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hierarch

    Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia

  • hierarch

    Saint Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev

7 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • hierarch

    Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan

  • venerable

    Venerable Anthony, Abbot of Siya, Novgorod

  • venerable

    Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk Lake

  • venerable

    Venerable John the Faster of the Kiev Near Caves

  • martyr

    Martyr Athenodorus of Mesopotamia

  • venerable

    Venerable Paul the Obedient

  • saint

    Saint Philothea of Thrace, Protectress of Romania

  • venerable

    Venerable Gregory, founder of Grigoriou Monastery, Mount Athos

  • saint

    “Vladimir” Icon of the Mother of God of Seliger

8 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable Patapius of Thebes

  • venerable

    Venerable Cyril, Abbot of Chelma Hill

  • saint

    Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Caesar, and Onesiphorus

  • martyr

    Martyr Anthusa at Rome

  • saint

    362 Martyrs of Africa (62 Clergy and 300 Laypeople)

9 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos by Saint Anna

  • prophet

    Prophetess Hannah the mother of the Prophet Samuel

  • hierarch

    Saint Sophronius, Archbishop of Cyprus

  • saint

    Saint Stephen the “New Light” of Constantinople

  • saint

    “Unexpected Joy” Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    Hieromonk Anthimus the Athonite, “Fool for Christ”

10 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus, of Alexandria

  • hierarch

    Saint Joasaph, Bishop of Belgorod

  • martyr

    Martyr Gemellus of Paphlagonia

  • venerable

    Venerable Thomas of Bithynia

  • venerable

    Righteous King John of Serbia, and his parents Righteous Stephen, Despot of Serbia, and Venerable Angelina of Serbia

  • venerable

    Venerable Leontios of Achaia

11 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Venerable Daniel the Stylite of Constantinople

  • venerable

    Venerable Nikon the Dry, of the Kiev Near Caves

  • martyr

    Martyr Mirax of Egypt

  • saint

    Martyrs Akepsimas and Aithalas of Egypt

  • venerable

    Venerable Luke the New Stylite of Chalcedon

  • saint

    Synaxis of the Saints of Georgia

12 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Saint Mardarije (Uskokovic) of Libertyville

  • hierarch

    Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Tremithus

  • venerable

    Venerable Therapon, Abbot of Monza

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop of Jerusalem

  • martyr

    Martyr Synetus of Rome

  • martyr

    Martyr John, Abbot of the Zedazeni Monastery

13 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • venerable

    Repose of Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America

  • saint

    Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes, at Sebaste

  • martyr

    Virgin Martyr Lucy of Syracuse

  • venerable

    Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk

  • venerable

    Venerable Mardarios the Recluse of the Kiev Caves

  • venerable

    Venerable Arsenius of Latros

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Gabriel of Serbia

14 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Martyrs Thyrsos, Leukios, and Kallinikos

  • saint

    Martyrs Philemon, Apollonios, Arrian, and Theonas of Alexandria

  • hierarch

    Saint Hilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuriev

15 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • saint

    Righteous Priest Aaron

  • saint

    Righteous Benjamin

  • saint

    Righteous Deborah

  • saint

    Righteous Hezron

  • saint

    Righteous Isaac

  • saint

    Righteous Jacob

  • saint

    Righteous Judith

  • saint

    Righteous Miriam

  • prophet

    Prophet Nathan

  • prophet

    Prophet Nehemiah

  • saint

    Righteous Noah

  • saint

    Righteous Rebecca

  • saint

    Righteous Sarah

  • prophet

    Prophet Solomon

  • saint

    Righteous Susanna

  • saint

    Righteous Ruth

  • saint

    Righteous Mary

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Eleutherius, Bishop of Illyria, his mother, Martyr Evanthia, and Caribus the Eparch

  • venerable

    Venerable Paul of Latros

  • confessor

    Saint Stephen the Confessor, Archbishop of Sourozh, Crimea

  • venerable

    Venerable Tryphon, Abbot of Pechenga

  • martyr

    Martyr Jonah, disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga

  • martyr

    Martyr Eleutherius at Constantinople

  • venerable

    Venerable Pardus the Hermit, of Palestine

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Verey

  • saint

    Saint Nectarius of Bitel

16 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • prophet

    Prophet Haggai

  • martyr

    Martyr Marinus of Rome

  • saint

    Saint Theophanó the Wonderworker, wife of Emperor Leo the Wise

  • venerable

    Venerable Sophia of Suzdal, the Wonderworker

17 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • prophet

    Prophet Daniel

  • saint

    The Three Holy Youths: Ananias, Azarias and Misael

  • venerable

    Venerable Daniel the Confessor (in Schema Stephen) of Spain, and Egypt

  • venerable

    Venerable Dionysius of Aegina

  • martyr

    Martyr Avakum the Deacon of Serbia

  • saint

    Saint Paisius

18 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • martyr

    Martyr Sebastian at Rome, and his companions

  • venerable

    Venerable Sebastian, Abbot of Pshekhonye Monastery, Vologda

  • saint

    Righteous Simeon, Wonderworker of Verkhoturye

  • hierarch

    Saint Modestos, Archbishop of Jerusalem

  • hierarch

    Saint Florus, Bishop of Amisus

  • confessor

    Saint Michael the Confessor at Constantinople

  • hieromartyr

    New Hieromartyr Archbishop Thaddeus of Tver

  • venerable

    Venerable Daniel the Hesychast

19 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • martyr

    Martyr Boniface at Tarsus in Cilicia, and Righteous Aglaia of Rome

  • venerable

    Venerable Elias of Murom, Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves

  • saint

    Martyrs Elias, Probus, and Ares in Cilicia

  • hierarch

    Saint Boniface the Merciful, Bishop of Ferentino

  • hierarch

    Saint Gregory, Archbishop of Omirits

  • venerable

    Venerable George the Scribe, and Venerable Savva, of Khakhuli

20 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Forefeast of the Nativity of our Lord

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-Bearer, Bishop of Antioch

  • venerable

    Venerable Ignatius, Archimandrite of the Kiev Caves

  • hierarch

    Saint Philogonius, Bishop of Antioch

  • hierarch

    Saint Daniel II, Archbishop of Serbia

  • saint

    Repose of Saint John of Kronstadt

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God the “Rescuer of the Drowning”

  • martyr

    New-martyr John of Thasos

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God of Novgorod

21 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Forefeast of the Nativity of our Lord

  • martyr

    Virgin Martyr Juliana of Nicomedia, and 500 men and 130 women with her

  • hierarch

    Repose of Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow, Wonderworker of All Russia

  • saint

    Right-believing Princess Juliana of Vyazma

  • saint

    Blessed Procopius of Vyatka the Fool-For-Christ

  • martyr

    Martyr Themistocles of Myra in Lycia

  • venerable

    Venerable Macarius the Faster, Abbot of the Khakhuli Monastery

22 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Forefeast of the Nativity of our Lord

  • martyr

    Great Martyr Anastasia the Deliverer from Poisons, her teacher, Martyr Chrysogonos, and many with them

23 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Forefeast of the Nativity of our Lord

  • saint

    10 Holy Martyrs of Crete

  • hierarch

    Repose of Saint Theoktistos, Archbishop of Novgorod

  • hierarch

    Saint Niphon, Bishop of Constantia, Cyprus

  • hierarch

    Saint Paul, Bishop of Neocaesarea

  • saint

    Saint Nahum of Ochrid, disciple of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal of the Apostles

24 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Eve of the Nativity of our Lord

  • martyr

    Nun-Martyr Eugenia of Rome

  • venerable

    Venerable Nicholas the Monk of Bulgaria

  • saint

    Saint Antiochus

25 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    The Nativity of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ

  • saint

    The Adoration of the Magi: Melchior, Caspar, and Balthasar

  • feast

    Commemoration of the Shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks, and went to see the Lord

  • martyr

    Priestmonk Jonah the Martyr of Pechenga

26 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Second Day of the Nativity of our Lord

  • saint

    Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Euthymius, Bishop of Sardis

  • venerable

    Venerable Constantine of Synnada

  • venerable

    Venerable Evarestus of the Studion Monastery

  • saint

    Saint Nicodemus the Sanctified of Tismana, Romania

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Constantine the Russian of Lavra on Mount Athos

  • saint

    “Bethlehem” Icon of the Mother of God

  • saint

    Icon of the Mother of God “the Blessed Womb”

  • venerable

    Venerable Isaac II of Optina

27 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Third Day of the Nativity of our Lord

  • saint

    Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen

  • venerable

    Venerable Theodore Graptus, “the branded,” Confessor

  • hierarch

    Saint Theodore, Archbishop of Constantinople

  • saint

    “All-Merciful Kykko” Icon of the Mother of God

28 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Afterfeast of the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

  • saint

    20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia

  • venerable

    Venerable Ignatius of Loma and Yaroslav

  • apostle

    Apostle Nicanor the Deacon of the Seventy

  • venerable

    Venerable Simon the Myrrh-gusher of Mount Athos

  • hieromartyr

    Hieromartyr Nicodemus, Bishop of Belgorod

29 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Commemoration of the Holy Righteous David the King, Joseph the Betrothed, and James the Brother of the Lord

  • saint

    Holy Righteous Joseph the Betrothed

  • saint

    Holy Righteous David the King

  • feast

    Righteous James the Brother of the Lord

  • feast

    Afterfeast of the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

  • saint

    14,000 Infants (the Holy Innocents) slain by Herod at Bethlehem

  • venerable

    Venerable Marcellus, Abbot of the Monastery of the “Unsleeping Ones”

  • venerable

    Venerable Mark the Grave-Digger, Theophilus, and John, of the Kiev Near Caves

  • venerable

    Venerable Theophilos and Jacob, wonderworkers of Omuch

  • venerable

    Venerable Thaddeus the Confessor of the Studion

  • saint

    All Orthodox Christians who died as martyrs for the glory of Christ by hunger, thirst, freezing, and by the sword

  • venerable

    Venerable Basilisk the Hesychast of Siberia

30 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Afterfeast of the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

  • martyr

    Virgin Martyr Anysia at Thessalonica

  • martyr

    Martyr Zoticus the Keeper of Orphans

  • apostle

    Apostle Timon the Deacon of the Seventy

  • martyr

    Martyr Philetairus of Nicomedia

  • venerable

    Venerable Theodora of Caesarea, in Cappadocia

  • venerable

    Venerable Theodora of Constantinople

  • martyr

    Monastic Martyr Gideon of Karakalou, Mount Athos

  • hierarch

    Saint Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia

  • saint

    Opening of the relics of Saint Daniel of Pereyaslavl

31 December

Julian (Old Calendar)

  • feast

    Leavetaking of the Nativity of our Lord

  • venerable

    Venerable Melania the Younger of Rome

  • venerable

    Venerable Cyriacus of Bisericani, Romania

  • venerable

    Venerable Cyriacus of Tazlau, Romania

  • saint

    Saint Theophylactus of Ochrid

  • venerable

    Venerable Sabiana, Abbess of the Samtskhe Monastery

  • confessor

    Saint Dositheus the Confessor, Bishop of Serbia

  • saint

    “Unfading Flower” Icon of the Mother of God at Ardatov

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