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December 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Dec. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 25

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 6 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For December 24th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 11.

Feasts

  • The Eve of the Nativity of Christ.

    • Saints

  • Venerable Nun-martyr Eugenia of Rome, and with her:
  • Martyrs Philip (her father), Protus and Hyacinth (Jacinth), Basilla, and Claudia (262)
  • Martyrs Sossios and Theokleios (c. 286-305).
  • Martyr Castulus (c. 307-323)
  • Martyr Achaicus, by the sword.
  • Venerable Vitimionus of Scetis (Bitimionus of Scete) (5th century)
  • Venerable Aphrodisius, monk of Palestine (6th century)
  • Venerable Antiochus of Palestine (Antiochus Strategos, Antiochos Sabbaitis), monk of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified in Jerusalem (635)
  • Venerable Nicholas the Monk, of Bulgaria (Nicholas the former soldier) (c. 802-811)

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Martyrs Lucian, Metrobius, Paul, Zenobius, Theotimus and Drusus, in Tripoli in North Africa.
  • Hieromartyr Gregory of Spoleto, a priest martyred in Spoleto in Italy under Maximinian Herculeus.
  • Saint Delphinus, Bishop of Bordeaux in France; he helped convert St Paulinus of Nola and was an untiring opponent of Priscillianism (404)
  • Saint Venerandus, born of a senatorial family in Clermont in Auvergne in France, he became bishop there from 385-423 (423)
  • Saint Caranus, a saint of the east of Scotland.
  • Saint Tarsila, an aunt of St Gregory the Great, sister of St Emiliana and niece of Pope Felix; she led a life of seclusion and asceticism in her paternal home (581)
  • Saint Mochua, Abbot of Timahoe (637)
  • Saint Irmina, sister of St. Adela, daughter of Dagobert II (King of the Franks) (708)
  • Saint Adela, daughter of Dagobert II (King of the Franks), first Abbess of Pfalzel near Trier in Germany (c. 730)
  • Saint Alberic (Albert), a monk at Gladbach Abbey in Germany (10th century)
  • Saint Bruno, a holy man at the monastery of Ottobeuren Abbey in Bavaria in Germany (1050)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • New Martyr Achmed (Ahmet) the Calligrapher, at Constantinople (1682) (see also May 3)
  • Venerable Agapios the Younger (1812).

    • New Martyrs and Confessors

  • Martyrs Protopresbyter St. Michael Shafaniv, and Presbytera St. Sofia (1918) (see also November 1)
  • New Hieromartyr Innocent (Beda), Archimandrite, of Voronezh (Innokenty (Bida) of Poltava) (1928)
  • New Hieromartyr Sergius Mechev, Archpriest, of Moscow (1942)

    • References

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