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December 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Dec. 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 22

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 3 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For December 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 8.

Feasts

  • Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ.

    • Saints

  • Martyr Theomistocles of Myra in Lycia (251)
  • Virgin- martyr Juliana of Nicomedia, and with her 500 men by the sword, and 130 women by beheading. (304)
  • Venerable Macarius the Faster, Abbot of Khakhuli Monastery (c. 1034)

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Saint Honoratus of Toulouse, born in Spain, he succeeded St Saturninus as Bishop of Toulouse in France (3rd century)
  • Saint Severinus of Trier, Bishop of Trier in Germany (c. 300)
  • Martyrs John and Festus, martyrs honoured in Tuscany in Italy.
  • Saint Baudacarius, A monk at Bobbio Abbey in the north of Italy (650)
  • Saint Beornwald of Bampton (Bernwald), a righteous priest in Bampton in Oxfordshire in England (10th century)
  • Saint John Vincent, born in Ravenna, he became a monk at St. Michael in Chiusa, then a hermit on Monte Caprario, finally he became Bishop nearby (1012)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • Saint Peter of Kiev, Metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow, Wonderworker of All Russia (1326)
  • Saint Juliana, Princess of Vyazma (Novotorzhok) (1406)
  • Blessed Procopius of Vyatka, Fool-for-Christ (1627)
  • Saint Philaret (Theodosius in schema), metropolitan of Kiev (1857)

    • New Martyrs and Confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Michael Kiselev, Priest, at Perm (1918)
  • New Hieromartyr Sergius, Deacon (1937)
  • New Hieromartyr Nicetas (Pribytkov), Bishop of Belev (Belevsk) (1937)
  • New Hieromartyr Leontius, Deacon (1940)

    • Other commemorations

  • Repose of Blessed Peter “the Nose,” of Kama (c. 1938)
  • Repose of Schemamonk Michael of Harbin (1939)
  • Finding of the relics (1950) of New Monk-martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri (1426)
  • Repose of Mother Stavritsa the Missionary, missionary in Kenya (2000)

    • References

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