December 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained
December 22 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 24
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 5 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For December 23rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 10.
Feasts
Saints
- Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete (250):[1] [2] [3]
- Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zoticus, Pompeius (Pontius),[4] Agathopus, Basilides, and Evaristus.
- Martyr Schinon (Skinus), by the sword.[5]
- Saint Paul, Bishop of Neo-Caesarea, a father of the First Ecumenical Council (4th century)[1] [6] [7]
- Saint Niphon, Bishop of Constantia on Cyprus (4th century)[1] [8] [9]
- Saint Chrysogonos (Chrysogonus).[10]
- Venerable David of Echmiadzin in Armenia (693)[1]
- Saint Naum of Ochrid, Enlightener of Bulgaria (910)[1] [11] (see also May 11 - Greek; and July 27 - Slavic)
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Virgin-Martyrs Victoria and Anatolia, two sisters martyred in Rome for refusing to marry pagans (250)[12]
- Martyrs Migdonius and Mardonius, high officials at the imperial court in Rome, under Diocletian (303)[12]
- Saint Servulus, a righteous man who was a cripple, used to beg for alms at the door of the church of St Clement in Rome, sharing what he received with other beggars (c. 590)[12]
- Saint Dagobert II, King of Austrasia in the east of France, was exiled to a monastery in 656, recalled in 675 and martyred by the tyrant Ebroin (679)[12]
- Saint Egbert of Rathmelsigi Abbey (Ecgberht of Ripon), who organised the mission to Frisia (Neth.) (729)[1] (see also April 24 - Latin calendar)
- Saint Frithbert, successor of St Acca as Bishop of Hexham, where he served for thirty-four years (766)[12]
- Saint Mazota, leader of a group of nineteen holy virgins who went from Ireland to Scotland and founded a monastery at Abernethy on the Tay (8th century?)[12]
- Saint Vintila, a monk who reposed as a hermit in Punxín in Galicia in Spain (890)[12]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Theoctistus, Archbishop of Novgorod (1310)[1] [13] [14]
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs John Piankov and Nicholas Yakhontov, Priests (1918)[15]
- New Hieromartyr Basil Spassky, Priest, at Tver (1938)[13] [16]
- New Hieromartyr Macarius (Mironov), Hieromonk of Zavidovskaya Gorka (Tver) (1938)[1] [13] [16]
- New Hieromartyr Jonas (John) (Smirnov), Hieromonk of Bolshoye Mikhailovskoye (Tver) (1938)[1] [13] [16] [17]
- New Hieromartyr Paul (Kratirov), Bishop of Starobelsk.[15]
Other commemorations
Sources
- December 23/January 5. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- January 5 / December 23. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- December 23. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 2.
- December 23. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916.
Greek Sources
Russian Sources
Notes and References
- http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20181223.html December 23/January 5
- Great Synaxaristes: : Οἱ Ἅγιοι 10 Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Κρήτῃ. 23 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- 10 Holy Martyrs of Crete. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ἅγιος Πομπίος. 23 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ἅγιος Σχίνων ὁ Μάρτυρας. 23 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Παῦλος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Νεοκαισαρείας. 23 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- St Paul the Bishop of Neocaesarea. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Νήφων Ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντιανὴς. 23 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- St Niphon the Bishop of Cyprus. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ἅγιος Χρυσόγονος. 23 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- St Nahum of Ochrid, the Disciple of St Cyril and Methodius, Equal of the Apostles. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stddec.htm December 23
- The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.2.
- Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2011&today=5&month=1&trp=0&tzo=-4 January 5 / December 23
- 23 декабря (ст.ст.) 5 января 2013 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
- Web site: ИОНА (СМИРНОВ) - Древо . 2023-06-10 . drevo-info.ru . ru.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Μνήμη Ἐγκαινίων τῆς Ἁγίας Σοφίας (562 μ.Χ.). 23 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.