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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
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
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
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
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
31st |
January
13th |
Dositej
the Confessor, Bishop of Zagreb |
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