December 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 9
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 21 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For December 8th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 25.Saints
- Holy Apostles of the Seventy :
- * Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Caesar, and Onesiphorus.
- Saint Patapius of Thebes
- Holy 362 Martyrs of Africa, martyred by the Arians :
- * 62 priests and 300 laymen martyred by the Arians.
- Venerable Sophronius, Bishop of Cyprus
- Venerable Aeros, Archbishop of the Church of Jerusalem.
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Eucharius, first Bishop of Trier in Germany
- Saint Eutychian, Pope of Rome, venerated as a martyr
- Martyr Anthusa at Rome
- Saint Budoc, Bishop of Plourin Ploudalmezeau in Finistère
- Saint Romaricus, monk at Luxeuil Abbey, later founded the monastery of Habendum, and became the second abbot
- Saint Gunthild, a nun from Wimborne in England, went to Germany and became Abbess of a convent in Thuringia
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Cyril, Abbot of Chelmogorsk, Enlightener of the Chudian People
- Hieromartyr Michael Kiselev, Protopresbyter, new martyr of Perm
- Hieromartyr Alexander Fedoseyev, Priest, new martyr of Perm
- Hieromartyr Sergius Orlov
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