Dec. 25 – Eastern Orthodox Church calendar – Dec. 27
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 8 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For December 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 13.
Second Day of the Feast of the Nativity.
Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Commemoration of the Flight into Egypt of the Most Blessed Theotokos.
Saint Archelaus, Bishop of Harran in Northern Mesopotamia (c. 280)
Saint Zeno (Zenon), Bishop of Majuma (the port of Gaza), in Palestine (4th century)
Venerable Evaristus (Evarestos), Monk of the Studion Monastery (825)
Hieromartyr Euthymius of Sardis (Euthymios the Confessor), Bishop of Sardis (840)
Venerable Constantine, Monk of Synnada, the former Jew (9th century)
Saint Dionysius, Pope of Rome (268)
Saint Marinus, the son of a senator in Rome, he was martyred by beheading under Numerian (283)
Saint Zosimus, a Greek Pope of Rome (418)
Saint Tathai (Tathan, Tathaeus, Athaeus), Abbot of Llantathan (early 6th century)
Saint Jarlath, first Bishop of Tuam, founder of the monastery of Cluain Fois, near Tuam (Ireland) (c. 540)
Saint Theodore the Sacrist, a holy man and contemporary of St Gregory the Great in Rome (6th century)
Saint Amaethlu (Maethlu); a church founded by him in the village of Llanfaethlu in Anglesey, Wales, is named after him (6th century)
Saint Nicodemus of Tismana, Romania (1406)
New Hieromartyr Constantius the Russian, Priest at Constantinople, by beheading (1743)
New martyrs and confessors
New Hieromartyrs Alexander and Demetrius, Priests (1918)
New Hieromartyrs Nicholas, Michael, and Nicholas, Priests, and Michael, Deacon (1930)
New Hieromartyr Leonidas (Antoshchenko), Bishop of Mariisk (1937)
New Hieromartyr Basil (Mazurenko), Hieromonk (1937)
Hieromartyr Alexander, Priest (1937)
New Martyr Augusta (Zashchuk), Schema-Nun (1937)
Virgin-martyrs Anthisa and Makaria (1937)
New Hieromartyr Andrew, Bishop of Ufa (1937)
New Martyr, Valentina, (1937)
Venernable New Hieromartyr Isaac II (Bobrikov), Archimandrite of Optina Monastery (1938)
New Hieromartyr Gregory, Priest (1938)
Virgin-martyrs Augusta and Mary (1938)
Martyr Agrippina (1938)
Repose of Abbot Barlaam of Valaam and Optina Monasteries (1849)
Repose of Archimandrite Irenarchus (Rosetti) of Mt. Tabor (1859)
Repose of Elder Serapheim Savvaitis, Hegumen of the Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified (2003)
Icon of the "Mother of God of "Vilna" ("Vilen-Ostrabramsk", "Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn").
Icon of the Mother of God "the Three Joys".
Icon of the Mother of God "Merciful" (Greek: Eleousa).
Icon of the Mother of God "the Blessed Womb" or "Barlovsk" (1392)
Icon of the Mother of God "Baibuzsk" (Baibuskaya) (1852)
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