December 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained
December 30 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - January 1
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 13 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For December 31st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 18.
Feasts
Saints
- Saint Abgar V, king of Osroene (c. 50)[3]
- Holy Ten Virgin-martyrs of Nicomedia (c. 286 - 305)[4]
- Martyr Olympiodora, by fire.[5]
- Martyr Busiris, martyred by women with knitting needles.[6]
- Martyr Nemi (Nemo), by the sword.[7]
- Saint Gaudentius.[8]
- Saint Salamin[9]
- Saint Irenaeus[10]
- Saint Martina[11]
- Saint Hermes of Bononia (4th century)[12]
- Hieromartyr Zoticus the Priest, of Constantinople, Guardian of Orphans (c. 340)[2] [13] (see also December 30)
- Saint Anysius, Bishop of Thessaloniki (c. 407)[2] (see also December 30)
- Venerable Melania the Younger, Nun of Rome (439)[2] [14] [15]
- Venerable Gelasius, Monk (Abba), of Palestine.[2] [16]
- Venerable Gaius.[17]
- Venerable Sabiana, Abbess of Samtskhe (11th century)[2] [18]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Columba of Sens (273)
- Martyrs of Catania:
- Stephen, Pontian, Attalus, Fabian, Cornelius, Sextus, Flos, Quintian, Minervinus and Simplician, early martyrs in Catania in Sicily.
- Martyrs Donata, Paulina, Rustica (Rogata), Nominanda (Dominanda), Serotina, Hilaria and Companions.
- Hieromartyrs Sabinian and Potentian (c. 303)
- Saint Silvester I, Pope of Rome (335)
- Saint Valerius Pinianus (Apinianus), husband of Melania the Younger (432)[19] [20]
- Saint Barbatian, Priest and Confessor, at Ravenna (5th century)
- Saint Marius Aventicensis, bishop of Aventicum (596)
- Saint Franquila Myrrh-streaming, first abbot of Monastery of San Salvador de Celanova (10th-century)[21]
- Saint Peter of Subiaco (1003)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Michael Berezin, Priest (1937)[31] [26] [27]
- Martyr Peter Troitsky (1938)[31] [26] [27]
- New Hiero-Confessor Dositheus (Vasich), Metropolitan of Zagreb (1945)[2] [31] [32]
Sources
- December 31/January 13. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- January 13 / December 31. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- December 31. 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. 4.
- December 31. 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. pp. 402–403.
- Greek Sources
- Russian Sources
Notes and References
- Great Synaxaristes: : Ἀπόδοσις ἑορτῆς τῆς τοῦ Κυρίου μας Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ Γεννήσεως. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20171231.html December 31/January 13
- Web site: АВГАРЬ V УККАМА - Древо . 2023-04-18 . drevo-info.ru . ru.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Οἱ Ἁγίες Δέκα Παρθένες. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Ἡ Ἁγία Ὀλυμπιοδώρα ἡ Μάρτυς. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ἅγιος Βούσιρις ὁ Μάρτυρας. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Ἡ Ἁγία Νέμη ἡ Μάρτυς. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαυδέντιος. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Web site: зеленые минеи / декабрь / том 2 страница 560 . 2023-04-18 . korolev.msk.ru.
- Web site: зеленые минеи / декабрь / том 2 страница 560 . 2023-04-18 . korolev.msk.ru.
- Web site: зеленые минеи / декабрь / том 2 страница 560 . 2023-04-18 . korolev.msk.ru.
- Web site: Hermes . Sfântul Mucenic . Sfântul Mucenic Hermes . 2023-04-18 . Doxologia - Portal Crestin Ortodox . ro.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζωτικὸς ὁ Ὀρφανοτρόφος. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Ἡ Ὁσία Μελάνη ἡ Ρωμαία. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Venerable Melania the Younger of Rome. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Γελάσιος. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: : Ὁ Ὅσιος Γάϊος. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Venerable Sabiana, Abbess of the Samtskhe Monastery. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- Web site: Zeno . Lexikoneintrag zu »Melania, S.S. (1)«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 4. ... . 2023-04-18 . www.zeno.org . de.
- Web site: Православный календарь: 31 ДЕКАБРЯ (13 января) . 2023-04-18 . www.palomnik.org.
- Web site: Собор святых, в земле испанской и португальской просиявших . 2023-04-18 . Испано-Португальская епархия . ru.
- St Theophylactus of Ochrid. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: : [Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ λεγόμενος μαχαιρωμένος]. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- 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.4.
- 31 декабря по старому стилю / 13 января по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2018 год.
- 31 декабря (ст.ст.) 13 января 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
- 13 января (31 декабря). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- Venerable Cyriacus of Bisericani, Romania. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- Venerable Cyriacus of Tazlu, Romania. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- Web site: ПАИСИЙ СВЯТОГОРЕЦ - Древо . 2023-04-18 . drevo-info.ru . ru.
- http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2012&today=13&month=1&trp=0&tzo=-4 January 13 / December 31
- St Dositheus the Bishop and Confessor of Serbia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.