December 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 18 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For December 5th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 22.
Contents
Saints
- Martyr Anastasios, the Fuller of Salona in Dalmatia.[1][2][3][note 2]
- Venerable Gratus, monk.[4][note 3]
- Venerable Nonnus, monk.[5]
- Martyr Diogenes, by stoning.[6]
- Martyr Abercius, by the sword.[7]
- Venerable Karion (Cyrion) and his son St. Zachariah of Egypt (4th century)[8][9][10]
- Saint Sabbas the Sanctified (532)[8][11][12][note 4]
Pre-Schism Western Saints
- Saint Bassus of Nice, Bishop of Nice, martyred under Decius, his body transfixed with two huge nails (c. 250)[13][note 5]
- Martyrs Julius, Potamia, Crispin, Felix, Gratus and Companions - 12 martyrs who suffered in Thagura in Numidia in North Africa under Diocletian (302)[13][note 6]
- Saint Crispina, a wealthy matron in Thebeste in Numidia in North Africa, who was horribly tortured and ultimately beheaded (304)[13][14][note 7]
- Saint Dalmatius of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia, martyred under Maximianus Herculius (304)[3][13]
- Martyr Pelinus, Bishop of Brindisi, martyred in Confinium in the south of Italy, under Julian the Apostate (361)[13][note 8]
- Monk-martyr Justinian of Ramsey Island (Iestin), South Wales (560)[8][13][note 9]
- Saint Nicetius (Nizerius), Bishop of Trier, Gaul (566)[3][8][13][16][note 10]
- Saint Friminus, the seventh Bishop of Verdun in France (6th century)[13]
- Saint Cawrdaf, a noble in Wales, ended his life as a monk with St Illtyd (6th century)[13]
- Saint Sigiranus (Cyran, Siran, Sigram), Abbot and Confessor (c. 655)[13][note 11]
- Saint Gerbold, monk at Ebriciacum in France, later founded the monastery of Livray, became Bishop of Bayeux (690)[13]
- Saint Basilissa, Abbess of Oehren near Trier in Germany (c. 780)[13]
- Saint John Gradenigo, a monk in Cuxa Abbey in the Catalonian Pyrenees in Spain, reposed as a hermit near Montecassino (1025)[13]
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
- Saint Cosmas of Vatopedi (1276) and the Venerable monks of Karyes Skete on Mount Athos, martyred by the Latins (1283)[8][17][18][19][note 12]
- Saint Philotheos the Righteous, of Karyes Skete on Mount Athos, Elder of St. Nectarius the Athonite (late 15th century)[8][20]
- Saint Nectarios the Athonite (Nectarios the Bulgarian of Bitol) (1500)[8][21][22][note 13]
- Saint Gurias, Archbishop of Kazan (1563)[8][24][25]
- Saint Anthony (Zheretiyenko), Schema-Archimandrite of the Kiev Caves.[26]
- Saint Macarius (Velichko), Archimandrite of the Kiev Caves.[26]
New Martyrs and Confessors
- Hieromartyr Elias Chetverukhin, Priest, of Moscow (1932)[8][27][28]
- Hieromartyr Gennadius Letyuk, Priest-monk of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1941)[27][28][29]
- Saint Sergius Pravdolyubov, Confessor, Priest (1950)[27][28]
Icon Gallery
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St. Nicetius, Bishop of Trier (Egbert-Psalter, 10th century).
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St. Gereboldus of Bayeux.
Notes
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- December 5/18. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- December 18 / December 5. 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 5. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- Dr. Alexander Roman. December. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- December 5. 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. 374-375.
- Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 585-587.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 5 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 5 Δεκεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (Russian) 18 декабря (5 декабря). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (Russian) 5 декабря (ст.ст.) 18 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 5 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Martyr Anastasius the Fuller of Salona in Dalmatia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 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. 374-375.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Γράτος. 5 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Νόννος. 5 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Διογένης ὁ Μάρτυρας. 5 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀβέρκιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 5 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 December 5/18. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ The Monastics Karion and his son Zachariah. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ Venerable Karion (Cyrion) and his son in Egypt. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ὁ Ἡγιασμένος. 5 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Venerable Sava the Sanctified. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 December 5. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ↑ St Crispina. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp.585-586.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νιζέριος (Λουξεμβούργιος). 5 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Commemoration of St. Cosmas of Vatopedi (1276) and the monks of Karyes, Mt. Athos, martyred by the Latins (1283). HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ὁσιομάρτυρες τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους. 5 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Monastic Martyrs of Karyes. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Φιλόθεος ὁ Καρεώτης. 5 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεκτάριος ὁ Ἀθωνίτης. 5 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Venerable Nectarius of Bitolya and Mt Athos. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ The Monk Nektarios. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ Sainted Gurii, Archbishop of Kazan. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Dr. Alexander Roman. December. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 December 18 / December 5. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 (Russian) 5 декабря (ст.ст.) 18 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
- ↑ 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.91.
