December 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
– Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – December 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.Feasts
- 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.
Saints
- Saint Archelaus, Bishop of Harran in Northern Mesopotamia
- Saint Zeno, Bishop of Maiuma, in Palestine
- Venerable Evaristus, Monk of the Studion Monastery
- Hieromartyr Euthymius of Sardis, Bishop of Sardis
- Venerable Constantine, Monk of Synnada, the former Jew
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Dionysius, Pope of Rome
- Saint Marinus, the son of a senator in Rome, he was martyred by beheading under Numerian
- Saint Zosimus, a Greek Pope of Rome
- Saint Tathai, Abbot of Llantathan
- Saint Jarlath, first Bishop of Tuam, founder of the monastery of Cluain Fois, near Tuam
- Saint Theodore the Sacrist, a holy man and contemporary of St Gregory the Great in Rome
- Saint Amaethlu ; a church founded by him in the village of Llanfaethlu in Anglesey, Wales, is named after him
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Nicodemus of Tismana, Romania
- New Hieromartyr Constantius the Russian, Priest at Constantinople, by beheading
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs Alexander and Demetrius, Priests
- New Hieromartyrs Nicholas, Michael, and Nicholas, Priests, and Michael, Deacon
- New Hieromartyr Leonidas, Bishop of Mariisk
- New Hieromartyr Basil, Hieromonk
- Hieromartyr Alexander, Priest
- New Martyr Augusta, Schema-Nun
- Virgin-martyrs Anthisa and Makaria
- New Hieromartyr Andrew, Bishop of Ufa
- New Martyr, Valentina,
- Venernable New Hieromartyr Isaac II, Archimandrite of Optina Monastery
- New Hieromartyr Gregory, Priest
- Virgin-martyrs Augusta and Mary
- Martyr Agrippina
Other commemorations
- Repose of Abbot Barlaam of Valaam and Optina Monasteries
- Repose of Archimandrite Irenarchus of Mt. Tabor
- Repose of Elder Serapheim Savvaitis, Hegumen of the Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified
Icons
- Icon of the "Mother of God of "Vilna".
- Icon of the Mother of God "the Three Joys".
- Icon of the Mother of God "Merciful".
- Icon of the Mother of God "the Blessed Womb" or "Barlovsk"
- Icon of the Mother of God "Baibuzsk"
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