Prophet Haggai; Blessed Empress Theophano
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…
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Hieromartyr Eleutherius the Bishop of Illyria, and His Mother; Martyr Susanna; Venerable Paul of Latros
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…
Martyrs Thyrsus, Callinicus, Philemon and Apollonius; (Fish permitted) 28th Sunday after Pentecost (Sunday of the Forefathers)
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…
†) Saint Dositheus, Metropolitan of Moldavia; † Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes at Sebaste; Virgin-martyr Lucy of Syracuse (Fish permitted)
Orthodox Calendar, December 13 Saint Dositheus, Metropolitan of Moldavia He was born in 1624, in Suceava, today’s Romania and passed into eternal life in 1693, Żółkiew (Jovkva), Poland – today’s Ukraine. He was Metropolitan of…
†) Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Tremithus
Orthodox Calendar, December 12 Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Tremithus Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Tremithus was born towards the end of the third century on the island of Cyprus. He was a shepherd, and…
Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus of Alexandria
Orthodox Calendar, December 10 The Holy Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus They suffered for their faith in Christ under the emperor Maximian (305-313). Saint Menas was sent by the emperor from Athens to Alexandria to…
The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most Holy Mother of God; Prophetess Hannah the mother of the Prophet Samuel (Fish allowed)
Orthodox Calendar, December 9 Saint Anna, the mother of the Virgin Mary She was the youngest daughter of the priest Nathan from Bethlehem, descended from the tribe of Levi. She married Saint Joachim (September 9),…
St. Patapius of Thebes; Apostles Caesar, Tychicus, and Onesiphorus of the Seventy
Orthodox Calendar, December 8 Saint Patapius He was born at Thebes into a pious Christian family. Reaching the age of maturity, he scorned the vanities of the world and so went into the Egyptian desert…
†) St. Philothea of Argeş, the Protectress of Romania; St. Ambrose the Bishop of Milan; 27th Sunday after Pentecost (Fish allowed)
Orthodox Calendar, December 7 Saint Philothea (Philofthea) of Argeş She was born in Trnovo, the old capital of Bulgaria, around 1206. Her father was a farmer, and her mother was from Wallachia. She died when…
†) St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (Fish allowed)
Orthodox Calendar, December 6 Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas, the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia is famed as a great saint pleasing unto God. He was born in the city of Patara in the region…