December 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Dec. 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan. 1
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 13 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For December 31st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 18.
Contents
Feasts
Saints
- Holy Ten Virgin-martyrs of Nicomedia (c. 286 - 305)[2][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]
- Hieromartyr Zoticus the Priest, of Constantinople, Guardian of Orphans (c. 340)[2][9][note 3] (see also December 30 - Slavonic)
- Saint Anysius, Bishop of Thessaloniki (c. 407)[2] (see also December 30 - Greek)
- Venerable Melania the Younger, Nun of Rome (439)[2][11][12][note 4]
- Venerable Gelasius, Monk (Abba), of Palestine.[2][14]
- Venerable Gaius.[15]
- Saint George the Wonderworker, "the stabbed".[16][note 5]
- Venerable Sabiana, Abbess of Samtskhe (11th century)[2][17]
Pre-Schism Western Saints
- Saint Columba of Sens (273)[13][note 6]
- Martyrs of Catania:
- Martyrs Donata, Paulina, Rustica, Nominanda, Serotina, Hilaria and Companions.[13][note 7]
- Hieromartyrs Sabinian and Potentian (c. 303)[13][note 8]
- Saint Silvester I, Pope of Rome (335)[13][note 9]
- Saint Barbatian, Priest and Confessor, at Ravenna (5th century)[10][13][note 10]
- Saint Peter of Subiaco (1003)[13][note 11]
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
- Blessed Theophylactus of Ohrid, Archbishop of Ochrid (c. 1126)[2][18]
- Venerable Cyriacus of Bisericani monastery, Romania (1660)[19]
- Venerable Cyriacus of Tazlu, Romania (1660)[20]
New Martyrs and Confessors
- New Hieromartyr Michael, Priest (1937)[21][22]
- Martyr Peter (1938)[21][22]
- New Hiero-Confessor Dositheus (Vasich), Metropolitan of Zagreb (1945)[2][21][23][note 12]
Other Commemorations
- Repose of Blessed Metropolitan Peter (Mogila) of Kiev, Defender of the Orthodox faithful against subjugation to the Roman Papacy ('Unia') (1646)[2][21][25] (see also January 1, Ukrainian feast day)
Icon Gallery
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Venerable Melania the Younger, Nun of Rome
(Menologion of Basil II, 10th century) -
Pope St. Sylvester I and Emperor Constantine.
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Adorazione della Croce con i santi Costantino, Elena e Silvestro.jpg
Adoration of the Cross by Pope St. Sylvester I, Empress Helena and Emperor Constantine.
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Saint Theophylactus of Ohrid.
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St. Peter (Mogila) of Kiev, Defender of the Orthodox faithful against subjugation to the Roman Papacy ('Unia').
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New Hiero-Confessor Dositheus (Vasich), Metropolitan of Zagreb (1945).
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Notes
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- December 31/January 13. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- January 13 / December 31. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
- December 31. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- Dr. Alexander Roman. December. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- 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
- Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 31 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (Russian) 13 января (31 декабря). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (Russian) 31 декабря (ст.ст.) 13 января 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ἀπόδοσις ἑορτῆς τῆς τοῦ Κυρίου μας Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ Γεννήσεως. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 December 31/January 13. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ Leavetaking of the Nativity of our Lord. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Οἱ Ἁγίες Δέκα Παρθένες. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ἡ Ἁγία Ὀλυμπιοδώρα ἡ Μάρτυς. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ὁ Ἅγιος Βούσιρις ὁ Μάρτυρας. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ἡ Ἁγία Νέμη ἡ Μάρτυς. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαυδέντιος. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζωτικὸς ὁ Ὀρφανοτρόφος. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 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.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ἡ Ὁσία Μελάνη ἡ Ρωμαία. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Venerable Melania the Younger of Rome. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 December 31. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ὁ Ὅσιος Γελάσιος. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ὁ Ὅσιος Γάϊος. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): [ Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ λεγόμενος μαχαιρωμένος]. 31 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Venerable Sabiana, Abbess of the Samtskhe Monastery. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ St Theophylactus of Ochrid. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Venerable Cyriacus of Bisericani, Romania. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Venerable Cyriacus of Tazlu, Romania. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 January 13 / December 31. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 (Russian) 31 декабря (ст.ст.) 13 января 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
- ↑ St Dositheus the Bishop and Confessor of Serbia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Dr. Alexander Roman. December. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- ↑ 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.
