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December 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

December 6 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 8

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 20 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For December 7th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 24.

Saints

  • Holy Apostle Tychicus (1st century) <small>(see also: December 8)</small>
  • Martyr Athenodorus of Mesopotamia (304)
  • Martyr Neophytus, by drowning
  • Martyr Dometius, by the sword
  • Martyrs Priscus, Martin, and Nicholas, near Blachernae
  • Martyrs Isidore, Acepsimas, and Leo, by fire
  • Martyrs Gaius and Gainus, by fire
  • Venerable Ammon (Amun, Ammoun), Bishop of Nitria (c. 350) <small>(see also October 4 )</small>
  • Saint Ambrose of Milan, Bishop (Ambrose of Mediolanum) (397)
  • Holy Orthodox Martyrs burned in the Temple, in Carthage, by the Arians
  • Holy 362 martyrs of Africa, martyred by the Arians:
  • Holy 300 martyrs of Africa martyred by the Arians, by beheading, under Huneric (c. 477–484)
  • Holy 60 Hieromartyrs, Priests, by having their tongues cut out (c. 474–476)
  • Holy 2 Hieromartyrs, Priests, under Huneric, by sawing (c. 474–476)
  • Saint Bassa of Jerusalem, Abbess (5th century) <small>(see also: December 9 - Greek)</small>
  • Saint Ignatius, Monk, near Blachernae
  • Saint Paul the Obedient of Cyprus
  • Venerable John of St. Sabbas Monastery
  • Saint Ambrose of Cyprus

Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Female Martyr of Old Rome, by being burned alive, for refusing Arianism
  • Saint Urban of Teano (Urbanus), Bishop of Teano in Campania, Confessor (c. 356)
  • Saint Victor of Piacenza, first Bishop of Piacenza c. 322–375, defender of Orthodoxy against Arianism (375)
  • Saint Anianus (Agnan, Aignan), fifth Bishop of Chartres in France (5th century)
  • Saint Martin of Saujon, a disciple of Saint Martin of Tours, founded the monastery of Saujon (c. 400)
  • Saint Servus, a layman of noble birth, martyred under the Arian Vandal King Huneric (483) <small>(see also: December 6)</small>
  • Saint Buithe (Buite, Boethius), founder of Monasterboice in Ireland (521)
  • Saint Burgundofara (Fara), founder of Faremoutiers Abbey (657)
  • Saint Diuma, Bishop of the Mercians and Middle Anglians (7th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

  • Saint Philothea of Turnovo (Philothea of Thrace, the Protectress of Romania) (1060)
  • Saint John the Faster of the Kiev Caves (12th century)
  • Righteous Gerasimos, Ascetic of Euboea (Euripos), missionary of Greece in the period of the Frankokratia (c. 1320)
  • Venerable Gregory the Silent of Serbia, founder of Grigoriou Monastery, Mt. Athos (1405)
  • Venerable Nilus, Monk of Stolobny (Stolben) Island (Stolbensk Lake) (1544)
  • Saint Anthony, Abbot of Siya Monastery (Novgorod) (1556)
  • Righteous Gerasimos Mikragiannanitis, Hymnographer of the Great Church of Christ (1991, N.S.)

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Sergius Galkovsky, Hieromonk (1917)
  • New Hieromartyr Andronicus Barsukov, Hierodeacon of the Nosov Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Tambov (1918)
  • New Hieromartyr Antonius Popov, Priest (1918)
  • New Hieroconfessor Ambrose Polyansky, Bishop of Kamenets-Podolsk (1932)
  • New Hieromartyrs Gurias Samoylov, Hieromonk of Optina Monastery, and Galacteon Ubranovich-Novikov, Hieromonk of Valaam Monastery (1937)
  • New Hieromartyrs Sergius Goloshapov, Michael Uspensky and Sergius Uspensky, Priests (1937)
  • New Hieromartyr Nikiphor Litvin, Deacon (1937)
  • New Martyr Joanna Demidova (1937)
  • New Hieromartyrs Peter Krestov and Basil Mirozhin, Priests (1941)

Other commemorations

  • Consecration of the Church of the Theotokos in the Kouratoros (Curator) district of Constantinople ( τοῦ Κουράτορος) (5th century)
  • Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God of Seliger
  • Repose of Abbot Gabriel of Valaam (1910)
  • Repose of Elder Ephraim Moraitis of Philotheou and Arizona (2019) <small>(see also: November 24)</small>

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