The 29th of the month, Memory of the FOURTEEN THOUSAND HOLY CHILDREN slaughtered by Herod; our Venerable Father MARCELLUS, Abbot of the Monastery of the UNSLEEPING ONES (Akoimetoi), who died in peace; our Venerable Father THADDEUS the CONFESSOR, monk of the Stoudion; our Venerable Fathers MARK the GRAVEDIGGER, JOHN and THEOPHILUS of the KIEV CAVES; our Venerable Father LAURENCE of CHERNIGOV
28th of December
On the 28th of the month, we keep the Memory of the TWENTY THOUSAND MARTYRS, who were burned to death in their church at NICOMEDIA; the Holy Martyrs of Nicomedia who escaped the fire but received the palm of martyrdom through other torments: DOMNA and THEOPHILA; INDES the eunuch; PETER And GORGONIUS; ZENO; DOROTHEUS, MARDONIUS and MIGDONIUS, courtiers; GLYCERIUS the priest; THEOPHILUS, the deacon; our Venerable Father SIMON the OUTPOURER of MYRRH (Myroblytis), founder of the Monastery of Simonos Petra (New Bethlehem) on the Holy Mountain of Athos
28th of January
On the 28th of the month we keep the Memory of our Venerable Godbearing Father EPHRAIM the SYRIAN; our Holy Father PALLADIUS the ANCHORITE; our Holy Father JAMES the ASCETIC; our Venerable Father ISAAC the SYRIAN; our Venerable Father EPHRAIM the EUNUCH, monk of the Lavra of the KIEV CAVES and Bishop of PEREYASLAVL; the Venerable THEODOSIUS of TOTMA; our Venerable Father JOHN of RÉOMÉ; our Venerable Father XENOPHON, founder of the Monastery of ROBEIKA
Sunday after Nativity
On the SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY, we keep the Memory of the holy Prophet and King DAVID, of Saint JOSEPH the BETROTHED and of Saint JAMES the BROTHER of the LORD
27th of December
The 27th of the month, Memory of the Holy PROTOMARTYR and Archdeacon STEPHEN; the Holy Martyr MAURICE, and of his SEVENTY COMPANIONS
26th of December
On the 26th of the month, we observe the SYNAXIS of our Sovereign Lady the ALL HOLY MOTHER OF GOD; the flight into Egypt of the Mother of God; our Holy Father EUTHYMIUS of SARDES, the Confessor; our Holy Father CONSTANTINE, the covert from JUDAISM; our Venerable Father EVARISTUS, monk of Constantinople, who died in peace; our Venerable Father NICODEMUS of TISMANA
25th of December
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