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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 14 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For December 1st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 18.

Saints

  • Prophet Nahum (7th century BC)
  • St. Onesimus, Archbishop of Ephesus (c. 107-17)
  • Saints Ananias and Solochonus, Archbishops of Ephesus.
  • Hieromartyr Ananias of Persia (345)
  • Saint Porphyrios, Patriarch of Antioch (404-413)
  • Righteous Philaret the Merciful, of Amnia in Asia Minor (792)
  • Saint Anthony the New, monk of Kios in Bithynia (865)
  • Saint Theokletos, Archbishop of Sparta and Lacedaemonia (870)

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Saint Castritian, predecessor of St Calimerius as Bishop of Milan, was bishop for forty-two years (137)
  • Hieromartyrs Diodorus and Marianus, and Companions, martyrs in Rome under Numerian (c. 283)
  • Martyr Olympiades (Olympias), a noble from Rome (ex-consul) martyred in Amelia in Italy under Diocletian (c. 303)
  • Saint Ansanus, called The Baptizer or The Apostle of Siena (304)
  • Martyrs Lucius, Rogatus, Cassian and Candida, in Rome.
  • Saint Ursicinus of Brescia, Bishop of Brescia in Italy, he took part in the Council of Sardica (347)
  • Hieromartyr Evasius, first Bishop of Asti in Piedmont in Italy, martyred under Julian the Apostate (c. 362)
  • Saint Leontius of Fréjus, Bishop of Fréjus in France from c. 419 to c. 432, a great friend of St John Cassian who dedicated his first ten Conferences to him (c. 432)
  • Saint Candres of Maastricht, bishop who enlightened the Maastricht area (5th century)
  • Hieromartyr Proculus of Narni or Terni, martyred by Totila, King of the Goths (c. 542)
  • Saint Constantian, born in Auvergne, he became a monk at Micy (Orleans), and founded a monastery at Javron (c. 570)
  • Saint Agericus (Aguy, Airy), Bishop, successor of St Desiderius in Verdun in France (591)
  • Saint Eligius (Eloi, Eloy), Bishop of Noyon (Neth.) (660)
  • Saint Grwst the Confessor, in the Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd (7th century)

    • Other commemorations

  • Translation of the relics of Saint Botolph (Botwulf of Thorney), Abbot and Confessor, of Ikanhoe, England (680)
  • Repose of Righteous Virgin Barbara (Shulaeva) of Pilna (1980)

    • References

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