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Celebrated by "New" |
Celebrated by "Old" |
Commemoration |
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Calendar Churches |
Calendar Churches |
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December 1st |
December 14th |
Prophet Nahum |
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December 2nd |
December 15th |
Holy Prophet Habakkuk |
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December 3rd |
December 16th |
Prophet Zephaniah |
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December 4th |
December 17th |
Great Martyr Barbara |
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Venerable John of Damascus |
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December 6th |
December 19th |
Nicholas the Wonderworker, Bishop of
Myra in Lycia |
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December 7th |
December 20th |
Ambrose, Bishop of Milan |
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December 8th |
December 21st |
Patapius of Thebes |
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December 9th |
December 22nd |
Conception by Righteous Anna of the
Theotokos |
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December 10th |
December 23rd |
Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and
Eugraphus |
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John, Despot of Serbia |
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Sun that falls on Dec. 11-17 |
Sun that falls on Dec. 24-30 |
Sunday of the Forefathers of Christ
(2nd Sun before Nativity) |
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December 13th |
December 26th |
Repose of Venerable Herman of Alaska |
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December 16th |
December 29th |
Holy Prophet Haggai |
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December 17th |
December 30th |
Prophet Daniel and the Three Holy
Youths |
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Prophet Daniel |
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The Three Holy Youths |
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Holy New Martyrs Paisius and Avakum
of Belgrade |
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Sun that falls on Dec 18-24 |
Sun that falls on Dec 31 - Jan 6 |
Sunday of the Ancestors of Christ
(Sunday before Nativity) |
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December 18th |
December 31st |
Holy Martyr Sebastian of Rome and
his companions |
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December 20-23 |
January 2-5 |
Prefeast of the Nativity of Christ |
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December 20th |
January 2nd |
Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer,
Bishop of Antioch |
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December 23rd |
January 5th |
Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete |
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December 24th |
January 6th |
Eve of the Nativity of Christ |
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Sun after Nativity |
Sun after Nativity |
Holy Righteous
Ones: Joseph the Betrothed, King David and James the Brother of the Lord |
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December 27th |
January 9th |
Protomartyr and
Archdeacon Stephen |
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December 31st |
January 13th |
Dositej the Confessor, Bishop of
Zagreb |
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