On the 25th of the month, we keep the Feast of the NATIVITY according to the flesh of Our LORD GOD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST; Memory of the SHEPHERDS, who saw the Lord; the Veneration of the MAGI
24th of December
The 24th of the month, Eve (Paramoni) of the NATIVITY of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Memory of the Holy Virgin and Martyr EUGENIA and of her Companions: PHILIP, her father; PROTAS and HYACINTH, her servants and companions in ascesis; and BASILLA; our Venerable Father NICOLAS the SOLDIER
23rd of December
The 23rd of the month, Memory of the TEN HOLY MARTYRS OF CRETE; our Venerable Father PAUL, Archbishop of NEOCAESAREA; our Holy Father NIPHON, Bishop of CONSTANTIANA in Egypt; our Holy Father NAHUM of OHRID, Wonderworker and Enlightener of the Slavs
22nd of December
On the 22nd of the month, we keep the Memory of the Holy Great Martyr ANASTASIA the WIDOW, who is also known as the PHARMOCOLYTRIA, and of her Companions: Saint CHRYSOGONUS, Saint THEODOTA and her three children, and Saint ZOÏLUS
21st of December
The 21st of the month, Memory of the Holy Virgin and Martyr JULIANA of NICOMEDIA and of her Companions, who were slain by the sword; the Holy Martyr THEMISTOCLES of MYRA; our holy Father PETER, Metropolitan of MOSCOW
Sunday before Nativity
On the SUNDAY BEFORE THE NATIVITY (which falls between the 18th and the 24th of December), the Holy Fathers have instituted the Commemoration of the GENEALOGY of our Savior JESUS CHRIST, in which we include not only His ancestors according to the flesh from Adam to Joseph the Betrothed of the Mother of God, but all the Righteous and the Prophets, who, by their words or deeds, announced the coming in the flesh of the Son of God
20th of December
The 20th of the month, beginning of the Forefeast of the Nativity according to the flesh of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, and Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr IGNATIUS the GODBEARER; our Holy Father PHILOGONIUS, Archbishop of ANTIOCH; the Holy New Martyr JOHN the TAILOR, slain by the sword at Constantinople in 1650; our Holy Father JOHN of KRONSTADT; our Holy Father DANIEL II, Archbishop of SERBIA
19th of December
The 19th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyr BONIFACE and of Saint AGLAÏS the Roman; our Venerable Father GREGENTIUS, Bishop of SAFAR; Saint CYRIL III, Metropolitan of KIEV
St. Boniface
18th of December
The 18th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyr SEBASTIAN and his Companions; our Venerable Father MICHAEL the SYNCELLUS; the Holy Hieromartyr MODESTUS I, Archbishop of JERUSALEM; Saint GATIANUS, first Bishop of Tours; the Holy Hieromartyr THADDEUS, Archbishop of TVER
St. Thaddeus of Tver
17th of December
The 17th of the month, Memory of the Holy Prophet DANIEL and of the Three Holy Young Men: ANANIAS, AZARIAS and MISAEL; our Venerable Father STEPHEN the CONFESSOR, formerly named DUNALE; our Holy Father DIONYSIUS the NEW from ZAKINTHOS, who became Bishop of EGINA
16th of December
The 16th of the month, Memory of the Holy Prophet HAGGAI; our Venerable Father MODESTUS, Archbishop of JERUSALEM; the Most Pious Empress and Wonderworker THEOPHANO, wife of the Emperor LEO the Wise; our Holy Father MEMNON, Archbishop of EPHESUS
St. Haggai the Prophet
15th of December
The 15th of the month, Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr ELEUTHERIUS, Bishop of ILLYRIA and of his Companions: his mother ANTHIA, Saint FELIX, Saint COREMONUS the Prefect, and the TWO SOLDIERS, who died by the sword after being converted by the Saint; the Holy Martyr ELEUTHERIUS the CUBICULARIUS; the Holy Martyr BACCHUS the NEW, who was slain by the sword; our Venerable Father PAUL the NEW, who lived in ascesis on Mount LATROS; our Venerable Father TRYPHON of KOLA, apostle of Laponia, and of his disciple the Holy Martyr JONAH
St. Eleutherius and his mother St. Anthia
Sunday of the Holy Ancestors of Christ
The SECOND SUNDAY before the Feast of the Nativity of Christ, Commemoration of the ANCESTORS of the LORD
14th of December
The 14th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs THYRSUS, LEUCIUS and CALLINICUS; the Holy Martyrs PHILEMON, APOLLONIUS and of their Companions: the Governor ARIANUS and his four Bodyguards; our Venerable Father DANIEL of VORONETS; Saint HILARION, Metropolitan of SUZDAL
St. Daniel of Voronets
13th of December
The 13th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs EUSTRATIUS, AUXENTIUS, EUGENE, MARDARIUS and ORESTES; the Holy Virgin Martyr LUCY of SYRACUSE; our Venerable Father ARSENIUS of Mount LATROS; our Venerable Father HERMAN (Germanus) of ALASKA and of the first Martyrs of the Orthodox Church in America: Saint JUVENAL and Saint Peter the ALEUT
St. Lucia of Syracuse
12th of December
The 12th of the month, Memory of our holy Godbearing Father SPYRIDON the Wonderworker, Bishop of TREMITHUS; the Holy Martyr SYNESIUS (Synetos); the Holy Hieromartyr ALEXANDER, Bishop of JERUSALEM
St. Spyridon the Wonderworker
11th of December
The 11th of the month, Memory of our Venerable Father DANIEL the STYLITE; our Venerable Father LUKE the New STYLITE; the Holy Martyrs AETHALAS and APSEUS; our Venerable Father LEONTIUS of ACHAIA; Saint NIKON the DRY, of the KIEV CAVES
10th of December
The 10th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs MENAS, HERMOGENES and EUGRAPHUS; the Holy Martyr GEMELLUS; our Venerable Father THOMAS DEFOURKINOS
Sts. Menas, Hermogenes, and Eupgraphus
9th of December
The 9th of the month, the CONCEPTION by Saint ANNA of the Most Holy Mother of God; Saint HANNAH (Anna) the Prophetess, the mother of the Prophet Samuel; our Venerable Father STEPHEN NEOLAMPES (the New Light) of Constantinople
Conception of the Theotokos
8th of December
The 8th of the month, Memory of our Venerable Father PATAPIUS; the Holy Apostles SOSTHENES, APOLLOS, TYCHICUS and EPAPHRODITUS, CEPHAS and CAESAR
St. Patapius