December 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Dec. 16
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 18
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Dec. 30 by Old Calendarists
December 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Dec. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 17All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Dec. 29 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Prophet Haggai * Martyr Marinus of Rome * St. Memnon, Archbishop of Ephesus...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 18
December 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Dec. 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 19All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Dec. 31 by Old Calendarists...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Dec. 30 by Old Calendarists
Old calendarists
The term Old Calendarist refers to any Orthodox Christian or any Orthodox Church body which uses the historic Julian calendar , and whose Church body is not in communion with the Orthodox Churches that use the New Calendar...
Saints
- ProphetProphetIn religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
DanielDanielDaniel is the protagonist in the Book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible. In the narrative, when Daniel was a young man, he was taken into Babylonian captivity where he was educated in Chaldean thought. However, he never converted to Neo-Babylonian ways...
and Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, the Three Holy YouthsFiery furnaceFiery furnace may refer to:* The fiery furnace in which Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into in Daniel 3* Fiery Furnace , a region of Utah's Arches National Park* The Fiery Furnaces, a rock band... - SaintSaintA saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
DionysiosDionysios of ZakynthosSaint Dionysios of Zakynthos was a 16th century Orthodox Christian Archbishop of Aegina. He was born on the Greek island of Zakynthos in 1546. He is the patron saint of Zakynthos and is celebrated on August 24 and December 17....
(d. 1621) - New Hieromartyrs Alexander, Nicholas and Sergius priests (1918).
- New Hieromartyrs Peter and John priests (1937).
- St. Daniel the Confessor (in schema Stephen) of Spain and Egypt (10th c.).
- New Hieromartyr Paisius, abbot of Turnovo, and Martyr Abbacum the Deacon at Belgrade (1814).
- Martyrs Patermuthius, Coprius and Alexander the Soldier of Egypt (361).
- St. Sturm, abbot and founder of Fulda monastery (779) (Germany).
- Sts. Athanasius, Nicholas, and Anthony, founders of Vatopedi Monastery (10th c.).
- New Martyr Nicetas of Nyssa (1300).
- St. Misael of Abalatsk, hieromonk (1797).
- St. Tydecho of Wales, brother of Saint Cadfan