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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| Tuesday, December 1The Prophet Nahum Tuesday, December 1
| Wednesday, December 2The Prophet Habakkuk Wednesday, December 2
| Thursday, December 3The Prophet Zephaniah Thursday, December 3
| Friday, December 4Juliana the Martyr of Heliopolis Friday, December 4
| Saturday, December 5Sabbas the Sanctified Saturday, December 5
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| Sunday, December 627th Sunday after PentecostNicholas the Wonderworker Sunday, December 6
| Monday, December 7Ambrose of Milan Monday, December 7
| Tuesday, December 8Patapius of Thebes Tuesday, December 8
| Wednesday, December 9The Conception of the Theotokos by Saint Anna Wednesday, December 9
| Thursday, December 10Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus Thursday, December 10
| Friday, December 11Daniel the Stylite Friday, December 11
| Saturday, December 12Spyridon the WonderworkerFast · fish, wine and oil |
| Sunday, December 1328th Sunday after PentecostSunday of the Forefathers Sunday, December 13
| Monday, December 14Thyrsus, Leucius and Callinicus Monday, December 14
| Tuesday, December 15Eleutherius and his mother Anthia Tuesday, December 15
| Wednesday, December 16The Prophet HaggaiStrict fast | Thursday, December 17Daniel and the Three Holy YouthsFast · wine and oil | Friday, December 18Sebastian and his companionsStrict fast | Saturday, December 19Saturday before NativityFast · fish, wine and oil |
| Sunday, December 2029th Sunday after PentecostSunday before Nativity Sunday, December 20
| Monday, December 21Juliana and her companions Monday, December 21
| Tuesday, December 22Anastasia and her companionsFast · wine and oil | Wednesday, December 23The Ten Martyrs of Crete Wednesday, December 23
| Thursday, December 24The Eve of the Nativity Thursday, December 24
| Friday, December 25, great feastGreat feastThe Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ(January 7 on the Old calendar) Friday, December 25
| Saturday, December 26Saturday after Nativity Saturday, December 26
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| Sunday, December 2730th Sunday after PentecostSunday after Nativity Sunday, December 27
| Monday, December 2820,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia Monday, December 28
| Tuesday, December 29Holy Innocents Slain by Herod Tuesday, December 29
| Wednesday, December 30Virgin Martyr Anysia at Thessalonica Wednesday, December 30
| Thursday, December 31Leavetaking of the Nativity Thursday, December 31
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- TueTuesday, December 1The Prophet NahumFast · wine and oil
Tuesday, December 1
- The Prophet Nahum
- Philaret the Merciful of Constantinople
- Eligius (Eloi) of Noyon
- WedWednesday, December 2The Prophet HabakkukStrict fast
Wednesday, 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)
- ThuThursday, December 3The Prophet ZephaniahFast · wine and oil
Thursday, December 3
- The Prophet Zephaniah
- Savva of Zvenigorod
- Theodore of Alexandria
- Angelis the New Martyr
- John the Silent
- FriFriday, December 4Juliana the Martyr of HeliopolisStrict fast
Friday, December 4
- Juliana the Martyr of Heliopolis
- Barbara the Great Martyr
- Hieromartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Missionary to America
- John of Damascus
- Gennadius of Novgorod
- SatSaturday, December 5Sabbas the SanctifiedFast · fish, wine and oil
Saturday, December 5
- Sabbas the Sanctified
- Cosmas the Protos of Mount Athos and his companions
- 27th Sunday after Pentecost
- SunSunday, December 6Nicholas the WonderworkerFast · fish, wine and oil
Sunday, December 6
- Nicholas the Wonderworker
- New Martyr Nicolas Karamos of Smyrna
- Maximus of Kiev & Vladimir
- MonMonday, December 7Ambrose of MilanStrict fast
Monday, 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
- TueTuesday, December 8Patapius of ThebesFast · wine and oil
Tuesday, December 8
- Patapius of Thebes
- Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Tychicus and Epaphroditus, Cephas and Caesar
- WedWednesday, December 9The Conception of the Theotokos by Saint AnnaStrict fast
Wednesday, 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
- ThuThursday, December 10Menas, Hermogenes and EugraphusFast · wine and oil
Thursday, December 10
- Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus
- Thomas the Righteous of Bithynia
- FriFriday, December 11Daniel the StyliteStrict fast
Friday, December 11
- Daniel the Stylite
- Nikon the Dry of the Kiev Caves
- Luke the New Stylite
- SatSaturday, December 12Spyridon the WonderworkerFast · fish, wine and oil
- 28th Sunday after Pentecost
- SunSunday, December 13Sunday of the ForefathersFast · fish, wine and oil
Sunday, December 13
- Sunday of the Forefathers
- Herman of Alaska
- Gabriel the Hieromartyr
- Hieromartyr Juvenaly, Protomartyr of America
- Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes
- Holy Virgin Martyr Lucy of Syracuse
- MonMonday, December 14Thyrsus, Leucius and CallinicusStrict fast
Monday, December 14
- Thyrsus, Leucius and Callinicus
- Martyrs Philemon, Apollonius, Arian and those with them
- TueTuesday, December 15Eleutherius and his mother AnthiaFast · wine and oil
Tuesday, 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
- WedWednesday, December 16The Prophet HaggaiStrict fast
- ThuThursday, December 17Daniel and the Three Holy YouthsFast · wine and oil
- FriFriday, December 18Sebastian and his companionsStrict fast
- SatSaturday, December 19Saturday before NativityFast · fish, wine and oil
- 29th Sunday after Pentecost
- SunSunday, December 20Sunday before NativityFast · wine and oil
Sunday, December 20
- Sunday before Nativity
- John of Kronstadt
- The Forefeast of the Nativity
- Ignatius the Godbearer
- Our Righteous Father Philogonius of Antioch
- MonMonday, December 21Juliana and her companionsStrict fast
Monday, December 21
- Juliana and her companions
- Themistocles of Myra
- Peter of Moscow
- Procopius of Vyatka, Fool for Christ
- TueTuesday, December 22Anastasia and her companionsFast · wine and oil
- WedWednesday, December 23The Ten Martyrs of CreteStrict fast
Wednesday, December 23
- The Ten Martyrs of Crete
- Paul of Neocaesarea
- Nahum of Ochrid, Wonderworker and Enlightener of the Slavs
- ThuThursday, December 24The Eve of the NativityStrict fast
Thursday, December 24
- The Eve of the Nativity
- Eve of the Nativity of Christ
- Holy Virgin and Martyr Eugenia and her companions
- FriFriday, December 25, great feastGreat feastThe Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ(January 7 on the Old calendar)
Friday, December 25
- The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
- The Shepherds who saw the Lord
- The Veneration of the Magi
- SatSaturday, December 26Saturday after Nativity
Saturday, December 26
- Saturday after Nativity
- The Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos
- Hieromartyr Euthymius of Sardis
- The Flight into Egypt of the Holy Family
- Constantine of Synnada
- 30th Sunday after Pentecost
- SunSunday, December 27Sunday after Nativity
Sunday, December 27
- Sunday after Nativity
- St. Stephen the First Martyr
- Theodore of Constantinople
- Our Righteous Father Theodore the Branded, brother of St. Theophanes the Hymnographer
- MonMonday, December 2820,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia
Monday, December 28
- 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia
- Simon the Outpourer of Myrrh, Founder of Simonopetra Monastery, Mount Athos
- TueTuesday, December 29Holy Innocents Slain by Herod
Tuesday, December 29
- Holy Innocents Slain by Herod
- Our Righteous Father Thaddeus the Confessor
- Marcellus, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones
- WedWednesday, December 30Virgin Martyr Anysia at Thessalonica
Wednesday, December 30
- Virgin Martyr Anysia at Thessalonica
- Gideon the New Martyr of Mount Athos
- Martyr Philetaerus
- Macarius of Moscow and All Russia
- ThuThursday, December 31Leavetaking of the Nativity
Thursday, 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.