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December 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Dec. 22 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Dec. 24

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 5 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For December 23rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 10.

Feasts

  • Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ.

    • Saints

  • Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete (250):
  • Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zoticus, Pompeius, Agathopus, Basilides, and Evaristus.
  • Martyr Schinon (Skinus), by the sword.
  • Saint Paul, Bishop of Neo-Caesarea, a father of the First Ecumenical Council (4th century)
  • Saint Niphon, Bishop of Constantia on Cyprus (4th century)
  • Saint Chrysogonos (Chrysogonus).
  • Venerable David of Echmiadzin in Armenia (693)
  • Saint Naum of Ochrid, Enlightener of Bulgaria (910) (see also May 11 - Greek; and July 27 - Slavonic)

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Virgin-Martyrs Victoria and Anatolia, two sisters martyred in Rome for refusing to marry pagans (250)
  • Martyrs Migdonius and Mardonius, high officials at the imperial court in Rome, under Diocletian (303)
  • Saint Servulus, a righteous man who was a cripple, used to beg for alms at the door of the church of St Clement in Rome, sharing what he received with other beggars (c. 590)
  • Saint Dagobert II, King of Austrasia in the east of France, was exiled to a monastery in 656, recalled in 675 and martyred by the tyrant Ebroin (679)
  • Saint Egbert of Rathmelsigi Abbey (Ecgberht of Ripon), who organised the mission to Frisia (Neth.) (729) (see also April 24 - Latin calendar)
  • Saint Frithbert, successor of St Acca as Bishop of Hexham, where he served for thirty-four years (766)
  • Saint Mazota, leader of a group of nineteen holy virgins who went from Ireland to Scotland and founded a monastery at Abernethy on the Tay (8th century?)
  • Saint Vintila, a monk who reposed as a hermit in Pugino in Galicia in Spain (890)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • Saint Theoctistus, Archbishop of Novgorod (1310)
  • Venerable Father Saint Theophan (Rikhlovsky), of the Nizhyn Eparchy (1977)

    • New Martyrs and Confessors

  • New Hieromartyrs John Piankov and Nicholas Yakhontov, Priests (1918)
  • New Hieromartyr Basil Spassky, Priest, at Tver (1938)
  • New Hieromartyr Macarius (Mironov), Hieromonk of Zavidovskaya Gorka (Tver) (1938)
  • New Hieromartyr John (Smirnov), Hieromonk of Bolshoye Mikhailovskoye (Tver) (1938)
  • New Hieromartyr Paul (Kratirov), Bishop of Starobelsk.

    • Other Commemorations

  • Commemoration of the consecration and re-dedication of the Holy and Great Church of Christ, the Hagia Sophia, by Patriarch Eutychius (562)
  • Repose of Eldress Eudocia Rodionova of Leushino Monastery, Fool-for-Christ (1886)

    • References

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