Orthodox Calendar December 23 Saint Antonina of Tismana Saint Antonina of Tismana was born on March 7, 1923, in the village of Runcu, Vâlcea County, into a family of devout Christians, Ispas and Maria. She…
Orthodox Calendar December 22 Saint Peter Mogila In 1632 Wladyslaw IV, the successor to King Sigismund of Poland, gave permission for the Orthodox to elect their own metropolitan of Kiev. Peter Mogila (1597–1646), the head…
Orthodox Calendar 21 December Holy Virgin Martyr Juliana Daughter of an illustrious pagan named Africanus, she was born in the city of Nicomedia. As a child, she was betrothed to a certain Elusius, one of…
Orthodox Calendar, December 20 Forefeast of the Nativity of the Lord The Forefeast of the Nativity of the Lord begins on December 20. From now on, most of the liturgical hymns will be concerned with…
Orthodox Calendar December 19 Saint Eulogia of Samurcășești Saint Eulogia was born on November 24, 1908, in the village of Nevesca (today Nimfeo), in northern Greece. At Baptism she received the name Ecaterina. Her parents,…
Orthodox Calendar, December 18 Venerable Daniel the Hermit He was born in a village not far from Rădăuţi, to righteous parents, being baptised with the name of Demetrius. Having loved spiritual life, when he was…
Orthodox Calendar, December 17 Prophet Daniel The Prophet Daniel is the fourth of the major prophets. In the years following 600 B.C. Jerusalem was conquered by the Babylonians, the Temple built by Solomon was destroyed,…
Orthodox Calendar, December 16 Holy Prophet Haggai He was the tenth of the Twelve Minor Prophets. He was of the Tribe of Levi and he prophesied during the times of the Persian emperor Darius Hystaspis…
Orthodox Calendar, December 15 Hieromartyr Eleutherius Hieromartyr Eleutherius, his mother Evanthia and Caribus the Eparch: Saint Eleutherius, the son of an illustrious Roman citizen, was raised in Christian piety by his mother. His virtue was…
Orthodox Calendar, December 14 The Holy Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius and Callinicus They suffered for Christ under Emperor Decius (249-251) at Caesarea in Bithynia. Saint Leucius, having reproached Prefect Cumbricius his unjust persecution of Christians, was…