Orthodox Calendar for December 2023

December 2023
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1 Nativity Fast Martyrs Platon and Roman Holy New Martyr Anastasius of Epirus (1750), and Daniel, whom he converted	2 Nativity Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Prophet Obadiah Ven. Barlaam and Joasaph Our Holy Father Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow (1867) Holy Martyr Barlaam of Antioch (304)
3 Nativity Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed 26th Sunday after Pentecost Ven. Gregory Decapolites Our Holy Father Proclus, Archbishop of Constantinople (447)	4 Nativity Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Entry of the Most-Holy Theotokos into the Temple	5 Nativity Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Apostles of the 70 Philemon, Archippus, Apphia St Michael, Prince of Tver Holy Martyrs Cecilia, Valerian, Tiburtius and Maximus, at Rome (3rd c.) Holy Prince and Passion-Bearer Peter Yaropolk (1086)	6 Nativity Fast Rt. Blv. Great Prince Alexander Nevsky Our Holy Father Amphilocus, Bishop of Iconium (395) St Columban, Abbot of Luxeuil (615)	7 Nativity Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Greatmartyr Catherine of Alexandria Holy Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Rome (ca. 100) Holy Hieromartyr Peter of Alexandria (312) Holy Martyr Mercurius of Smolensk (1238)	8 Nativity Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Leavetaking of the Entry Holy Great Martyr and Most Wise Catherine of Alexandria and those with her (305) Great Martyr Mercurius (ca. 259)	9 Nativity Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Ven. Alypius the Stylite Our Holy Father Innocent, Bishop of Irkutsk (1731) St Nikon Metanoite ("Repent!") (ca. 1000) Holy New Martyr George of Chios (1897)
10 Nativity Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed 27th Sunday after Pentecost Greatmartyr Jacob of Persia Repose of Archimandrite Lazarus (Moore) (1992) (Nov. 14 OC)	11 Nativity Fast Monk Martyr and Confessor Stephen the New	12 Nativity Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Martyr Paramon and Companions Our Holy Father Pitirim of Egypt (4th c.)	13 Nativity Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Holy Apostle Andrew the First Called Our Venerable Father Frumentius, first Bishop of Ethiopia (4th c.)	14 Nativity Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Prophet Nahum Saint Philaret the Merciful of Constantinople (762) Our Venerable Father Eligius (Eloi), Bishop of Noyon (660)	15 Nativity Fast Prophet Habbakuk Holy Martyr Myrope (Myropea) of Chios (251) Our Holy Father Athanasius "the Resurrected," Recluse of the Kiev Caves (1176) Saint (Stephen) Uroš, King of Serbia (1367) Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia (1991) (Nov. 19 OC)	16 Nativity Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Prophet Zephaniah Ven. Savva of Zvenigorod Our Venerable Father John the Silent, Bishop of Colonia (558)
17 Nativity Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed 28th Sunday after Pentecost Hieromartyr Alexander Hotovitzky Holy Great Martyr Barbara (290) Our Righteous Father John of Damascus (760) Saint Gennadius, Archbishop of Novgorod (1505)	18 Nativity Fast Ven. Sabbas the Sanctified St Cosmas the Protos of Mount Athos and his companions (ca. 1274)	19 Nativity Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed St Nicholas the Wonderworker, Abp. of Myra in Lycia New Martyr Nicolas Karamos of Smyrna (1657) St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev & Vladimir (1305)	20 Nativity Fast St Ambrose, Bishop of Milan Ven. Nilus of Stolobensk The Martyrs of Africa, who suffered during the Vandal persecution (429 and following) Our Venerable Father Antony of Siya (1556)	21 Nativity Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Ven. Patapius of Thebes Holy Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Tychicus and Epaphroditus, Cephas and Caesar	22 Nativity Fast Conception by St Anna of the Theotokos St Hannah (Anna), the Prophetess, the mother of the Prophet Samuel (12th c. BC) St Stephen the New Light (Neolampes) of Constantinople (912)	23 Nativity Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, Eugraphus
24 Nativity Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed 29th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday of the Forefathers Ven. Daniel the Stylite Saint Nikon the Dry of the Kiev Caves (1101) Our Venerable Father Luke the New Stylite (979)	25 Nativity Fast St Spyridon the Wonderworker St Herman, Wonderworker of Alaska (1836) Our Holy Godbearing Father Spyridon the Wonderworker (348). St Finian of Clonard (549)	26 Nativity Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Repose Ven. Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes at Sebaste Holy Virgin Maryr Lucy of Syracuse (304)	27 Nativity Fast Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucis, Callinicus Holy Martyrs Philemon, Apollonius, Arian and those with them (3rd c.)	28 Nativity Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Hieromartyr Eleutherius of Illyria St Stephen of Surozh Holy Martyr Eleutherius the Cubicularius (4th c.) Holy Martyr Bacchus the New (787) Our Venerable Father Tryphon of Kola, apostle of Laponia (1583), and his disciple the Holy Martyr Jonah (1590)	29 Nativity Fast Prophet Haggai Holy Empress and Wonderworker Theophano (893)	30 Nativity Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Holy Prophet Daniel and Three Holy Youths Our Holy Father Dionysius the New of Zakinthos (1624)
31 Nativity Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed 30th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday before Nativity Martyr Sebastian and Companions at Rome Holy Hieromartyr Modestus I, Archbishop of Jerusalem (634)