December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Nativity of Christ.

  Saints

• Apostle Nicanor the Deacon, one of the Seven Deacons, and one of the Seventy
• Martyr Secundus, an Enlightener of Spain, sent by the Apostles to Spain to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• The 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia, including:
• * Hieromartyr Glycerius, priest;
• * Deacons Theophilus and Migdonius;
• * Martyrs Zeno, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Indes, Gorgonius, Peter, and Euthymius;
• * Virgin-martyrs Agape, Domna, Theophila, and others.
• Martyr Ploutodoros.
• Venerable Babylas of Tarsus in Cilicia.
• Venerable Stephen the Wonderworker.

  Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Castor, Victor and Rogatian, in North Africa.
• Saint Domnio, a righteous priest in Rome.
• Saint Romulus and Conindrus, two of the first people to preach Orthodoxy on the Isle of Man, they were contemporaries of St Patrick
• Saint Maughold, a former brigand in Ireland, was converted by St Patrick and sent to the Isle of Man, where his episcopate was very fruitful
• Saint Antony of Lérins, renowned for miracles

  Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Simon the Myrrh-gusher, founder of Simonopetra, Mt. Athos
• Saint :ru:Игнатий Ломский|Ignatius, Monk, of Loma
• Saint Cornelius, monk of Krypetsk Monastery

  New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr :ru:Никодим |Nikodim, Bishop of Belgorod, at Solovki
• New Hieromartyr Arcadius Reshetnikov, Deacon
• New Hieromartyr Alexander, Priest
• New Hieromartyrs Theoctistus, Leonid, and Nicholas, Priests
• New Hieromartyrs Arethus, and Alexander, Priests

  Other commemorations

• Repose of Joseph the Hesychast

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