Church Calendar
Feasts, fasts and the saints of each day.
The Nativity Fast runs to December 24.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| Monday, December 1The Prophet Nahum Monday, December 1
| Tuesday, December 2The Prophet Habakkuk Tuesday, December 2
| Wednesday, December 3The Prophet Zephaniah Wednesday, December 3
| Thursday, December 4Juliana the Martyr of Heliopolis Thursday, December 4
| Friday, December 5Sabbas the Sanctified Friday, December 5
| Saturday, December 6Nicholas the Wonderworker Saturday, December 6
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| Sunday, December 726th Sunday after PentecostAmbrose of Milan Sunday, December 7
| Monday, December 8Patapius of Thebes Monday, December 8
| Tuesday, December 9The Conception of the Theotokos by Saint Anna Tuesday, December 9
| Wednesday, December 10Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus Wednesday, December 10
| Thursday, December 11Daniel the Stylite Thursday, December 11
| Friday, December 12Spyridon the WonderworkerStrict fast | Saturday, December 13Herman of Alaska Saturday, December 13
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| Sunday, December 1427th Sunday after PentecostSunday of the Forefathers Sunday, December 14
| Monday, December 15Eleutherius and his mother Anthia Monday, December 15
| Tuesday, December 16The Prophet HaggaiFast · wine and oil | Wednesday, December 17Daniel and the Three Holy Youths Wednesday, December 17
| Thursday, December 18Sebastian and his companions Thursday, December 18
| Friday, December 19Boniface and AglaidaStrict fast | Saturday, December 20Saturday before Nativity Saturday, December 20
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| Sunday, December 2128th Sunday after PentecostSunday before Nativity Sunday, December 21
| Monday, December 22Anastasia and her companionsStrict fast | Tuesday, December 23The Ten Martyrs of Crete Tuesday, December 23
| Wednesday, December 24The Eve of the Nativity Wednesday, December 24
| Thursday, December 25, great feastGreat feastThe Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ(January 7 on the Old calendar) Thursday, December 25
| Friday, December 26The Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos Friday, December 26
| Saturday, December 27Saturday after Nativity Saturday, December 27
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| Sunday, December 2829th Sunday after PentecostSunday after Nativity Sunday, December 28
| Monday, December 29Holy Innocents Slain by Herod Monday, December 29
| Tuesday, December 30Virgin Martyr Anysia at Thessalonica Tuesday, December 30
| Wednesday, December 31Leavetaking of the Nativity Wednesday, December 31
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- MonMonday, December 1The Prophet NahumStrict fast
Monday, December 1
- The Prophet Nahum
- Philaret the Merciful of Constantinople
- Eligius (Eloi) of Noyon
- TueTuesday, December 2The Prophet HabakkukFast · wine and oil
Tuesday, December 2
- The Prophet Habakkuk
- Joannicos the Monk of Devich
- Martyr Myrope (Myropea) of Chios
- Athanasius "the Resurrected," Recluse of the Kiev Caves
- Saint (Stephen) Uroš, King of Serbia
- Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia (Nov. 19 OC)
- WedWednesday, December 3The Prophet ZephaniahStrict fast
Wednesday, December 3
- The Prophet Zephaniah
- Savva of Zvenigorod
- Theodore of Alexandria
- Angelis the New Martyr
- John the Silent
- ThuThursday, December 4Juliana the Martyr of HeliopolisFast · wine and oil
Thursday, December 4
- Juliana the Martyr of Heliopolis
- Barbara the Great Martyr
- Hieromartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Missionary to America
- John of Damascus
- Gennadius of Novgorod
- FriFriday, December 5Sabbas the SanctifiedStrict fast
Friday, December 5
- Sabbas the Sanctified
- Cosmas the Protos of Mount Athos and his companions
- SatSaturday, December 6Nicholas the WonderworkerFast · fish, wine and oil
Saturday, December 6
- Nicholas the Wonderworker
- New Martyr Nicolas Karamos of Smyrna
- Maximus of Kiev & Vladimir
- 26th Sunday after Pentecost
- SunSunday, December 7Ambrose of MilanFast · fish, wine and oil
Sunday, December 7
- Ambrose of Milan
- Nilus of Stolobensk
- Athenodoros the Martyr of Mesopotamia
- The Martyrs of Africa, who suffered during the Vandal persecution
- Antony of Siya
- MonMonday, December 8Patapius of ThebesStrict fast
Monday, December 8
- Patapius of Thebes
- Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Tychicus and Epaphroditus, Cephas and Caesar
- TueTuesday, December 9The Conception of the Theotokos by Saint AnnaFast · wine and oil
Tuesday, December 9
- The Conception of the Theotokos by Saint Anna
- Hannah (Anna), the Prophetess, the mother of the Prophet Samuel
- Stephen the New Light (Neolampes) of Constantinople
- WedWednesday, December 10Menas, Hermogenes and EugraphusStrict fast
Wednesday, December 10
- Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus
- Thomas the Righteous of Bithynia
- ThuThursday, December 11Daniel the StyliteFast · wine and oil
Thursday, December 11
- Daniel the Stylite
- Nikon the Dry of the Kiev Caves
- Luke the New Stylite
- FriFriday, December 12Spyridon the WonderworkerStrict fast
- SatSaturday, December 13Herman of AlaskaFast · fish, wine and oil
Saturday, December 13
- Herman of Alaska
- Gabriel the Hieromartyr
- Hieromartyr Juvenaly, Protomartyr of America
- Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes
- Holy Virgin Martyr Lucy of Syracuse
- 27th Sunday after Pentecost
- SunSunday, December 14Sunday of the ForefathersFast · fish, wine and oil
Sunday, December 14
- Sunday of the Forefathers
- Thyrsus, Leucius and Callinicus
- Martyrs Philemon, Apollonius, Arian and those with them
- MonMonday, December 15Eleutherius and his mother AnthiaStrict fast
Monday, December 15
- Eleutherius and his mother Anthia
- Stephen of Surozh
- Martyr Eleutherius the Cubicularius
- Martyr Bacchus the New
- Tryphon of Kola, apostle of Laponia, and his disciple the Holy Martyr Jonah
- TueTuesday, December 16The Prophet HaggaiFast · wine and oil
- WedWednesday, December 17Daniel and the Three Holy YouthsStrict fast
Wednesday, December 17
- Daniel and the Three Holy Youths
- Dionysius the New of Zakinthos
- ThuThursday, December 18Sebastian and his companionsFast · wine and oil
Thursday, December 18
- Sebastian and his companions
- Hieromartyr Modestus I of Jerusalem
- FriFriday, December 19Boniface and AglaidaStrict fast
- SatSaturday, December 20Saturday before NativityFast · wine and oil
Saturday, December 20
- Saturday before Nativity
- John of Kronstadt
- The Forefeast of the Nativity
- Ignatius the Godbearer
- Our Righteous Father Philogonius of Antioch
- 28th Sunday after Pentecost
- SunSunday, December 21Sunday before NativityFast · wine and oil
Sunday, December 21
- Sunday before Nativity
- Juliana and her companions
- Themistocles of Myra
- Peter of Moscow
- Procopius of Vyatka, Fool for Christ
- MonMonday, December 22Anastasia and her companionsStrict fast
- TueTuesday, December 23The Ten Martyrs of CreteFast · wine and oil
Tuesday, December 23
- The Ten Martyrs of Crete
- Paul of Neocaesarea
- Nahum of Ochrid, Wonderworker and Enlightener of the Slavs
- WedWednesday, December 24The Eve of the NativityStrict fast
Wednesday, December 24
- The Eve of the Nativity
- Eve of the Nativity of Christ
- Holy Virgin and Martyr Eugenia and her companions
- ThuThursday, December 25, great feastGreat feastThe Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ(January 7 on the Old calendar)
Thursday, December 25
- The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
- The Shepherds who saw the Lord
- The Veneration of the Magi
- FriFriday, December 26The Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos
Friday, December 26
- The Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos
- Hieromartyr Euthymius of Sardis
- The Flight into Egypt of the Holy Family
- Constantine of Synnada
- SatSaturday, December 27Saturday after Nativity
Saturday, December 27
- Saturday after Nativity
- St. Stephen the First Martyr
- Theodore of Constantinople
- Our Righteous Father Theodore the Branded, brother of St. Theophanes the Hymnographer
- 29th Sunday after Pentecost
- SunSunday, December 28Sunday after Nativity
Sunday, December 28
- Sunday after Nativity
- 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia
- Simon the Outpourer of Myrrh, Founder of Simonopetra Monastery, Mount Athos
- MonMonday, December 29Holy Innocents Slain by Herod
Monday, December 29
- Holy Innocents Slain by Herod
- Our Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor
- Marcellus, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones
- TueTuesday, December 30Virgin Martyr Anysia at Thessalonica
Tuesday, December 30
- Virgin Martyr Anysia at Thessalonica
- Gideon the New Martyr of Mount Athos
- Martyr Philetaerus
- Macarius of Moscow and All Russia
- WedWednesday, December 31Leavetaking of the Nativity
Wednesday, December 31
- Leavetaking of the Nativity
- Melania the Younger of Rome
- Zoticus, Cherisher of the Poor and Servant of Lepers
- Theophylact of Ochrid
Key
- Great feast, with its Old-calendar date
- Bar on the left: a fast day (see the label for what’s allowed)
- Strict fastno meat, dairy, fish, wine or oil
- Fast · wine and oilwine and oil allowed
- Fast · fish, wine and oilfish, wine and oil allowed
- No label: no fast
This calendar follows the New (Revised Julian) calendar as kept by the Orthodox Church in America. The Greek and Antiochian calendars may differ slightly on some saints and fasting details. On the Old calendar, fixed feasts fall 13 days later. Fasting practice varies; follow your priest’s guidance.Calendar data: Orthocal, New calendar.