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December 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Dec. 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 1

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 13 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For December 31st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 18.

Feasts

  • Apodosis of the Nativity of Christ.

    • Saints

  • Holy Ten Virgin-martyrs of Nicomedia (c. 286 - 305)
  • Martyr Olympiodora, by fire.
  • Martyr Busiris, martyred by women with knitting needles.
  • Martyr Nemi (Nemo), by the sword.
  • Saint Gaudentius.
  • Hieromartyr Zoticus the Priest, of Constantinople, Guardian of Orphans (c. 340) (see also December 30 - Slavonic)
  • Saint Anysius, Bishop of Thessaloniki (c. 407) (see also December 30 - Greek)
  • Venerable Melania the Younger, Nun of Rome (439)
  • Venerable Gelasius, Monk (Abba), of Palestine.
  • Venerable Gaius.
  • Saint George the Wonderworker, "the stabbed".
  • Venerable Sabiana, Abbess of Samtskhe (11th century)

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Saint Columba of Sens (273)
  • Martyrs of Catania:
  • Stephen, Pontian, Attalus, Fabian, Cornelius, Sextus, Flos, Quintian, Minervinus and Simplician, early martyrs in Catania in Sicily.
  • Martyrs Donata, Paulina, Rustica, Nominanda, Serotina, Hilaria and Companions.
  • Hieromartyrs Sabinian and Potentian (c. 303)
  • Saint Silvester I, Pope of Rome (335)
  • Saint Barbatian, Priest and Confessor, at Ravenna (5th century)
  • Saint Peter of Subiaco (1003)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • Blessed Theophylactus of Ohrid, Archbishop of Ochrid (c. 1126)
  • Venerable Cyriacus of Bisericani monastery, Romania (1660)
  • Venerable Cyriacus of Tazlu, Romania (1660)

    • New Martyrs and Confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Michael, Priest (1937)
  • Martyr Peter (1938)
  • New Hiero-Confessor Dositheus (Vasich), Metropolitan of Zagreb (1945)

    • Other Commemorations

  • Repose of Blessed Metropolitan Peter (Mogila) of Kiev, Defender of the Orthodox faithful against subjugation to the Roman Papacy ('Unia') (1646) (see also January 1, Ukrainian feast day)

    • References

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