December 11 Events Pre-1600 * 220 – Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate the throne by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, ending the Han dynasty. * 361 – Julian enters Constantinople as sole Roman Emperor. * 861 – Assassination of the Abba ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...

December 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. * 1545 – The Council of Trent begins as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. * 1577 ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 25 by Orthodox Churches on the

Old Calendar Calendar reform or calendrical reform is any significant revision of a calendar system. The term sometimes is used instead for a proposal to switch to a different calendar design. Principles The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...

. For December 12th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

November 29 Events Pre-1600 * 528 – Antioch suffers its second major earthquake in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice. * 561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert ...

Saints

* Hieromartyr

Alexander of Jerusalem Alexander of Jerusalem (; died 251 AD) was a third century bishop who is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Roman Catholic Church. He died during the persecution of Emperor Decius. ...

, Bishop of Jerusalem (250-251)December 12/25
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * Martyr Aitherius (Aetherius), under Maximian, tortured and beheaded for refusing to sacrifice to idols (c. 286 - 305) * Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker, Bishop of

Tremithus Tremetousia ( []; or ) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 7 km east of Athienou. It is one of only four villages in the district under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus, the other three being Arsos, Larnaca, Arsos ...

(348) * Venerable Amonathus, monk. * Venerable Anthus, monk. * Saint Euphemiane. * Martyr John, Abbot of the

Zedazeni Monastery Zedazeni Monastery ( ka, ზედაზნის მონასტერი) is a Georgian Orthodox monastery, located on the Zedazeni mountain the hills of Saguramo Range, northeast to Mtskheta and to the east side of the Aragvi River. The mon ...

, Georgia (9th century) (''see also:

May 7 Events Pre-1600 * 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch. * 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I im ...

'')

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyr Synesius (Synetus) of Rome, a Reader, tortured and beheaded for refusing to sacrifice to idols (270-275) * Martyrs Maxentius, Constantius, Crescentius, Justinus and their Companions, martyrs in Trier in Germany in the reign of Diocletian, under the governor Rictiovarus (c. 287)December 12
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint

Abra of Poitiers Abra of Poitiers (c. 343 – c. 360), Afra or Apra is a Christian saint who may have lived in the 4th century. Her existence is historically uncertain, but she may have been the daughter of Hilary of Poitiers. Biography Hilary of Poitiers ...

, daughter of St Hilary of Poitiers in France (c. 360) * Saint Corentinus of Quimper, first

Bishop of Quimper The Diocese of Quimper (–Cornouaille) and Léon (Latin: ''Dioecesis Corisopitensis (–Cornubiensis) et Leonensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Quimper (–Cornouaille) et Léon'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Cathol ...

in Brittany, he had lived as a hermit at Plomodiern (490) * Saint Finian of Clonard and Skellig Michael, teacher of Ireland and one of the fathers of Irish monasticism (549) * Saint

Columba of Terryglass Columba of Terryglass (Colum) (died 13 December 552) was the son of Ninnidh, a descendant of Crinthainn, King of Leinster. Columba was a disciple of Finnian of Clonard, St. Finnian of Clonard. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. Life ...

(Columba of Tyrdaglas), born in Leinster in Ireland, he was a disciple of St Finian and Abbot of Tyrdaglas in Munster (552) ''(see also:

)'' * Saint Gregory of

Terracina Terracina is an Italian city and ''comune'' of the province of Latina, located on the coast southeast of Rome on the Via Appia ( by rail). The site has been continuously occupied since antiquity. History Ancient times Terracina appears in anci ...

, a disciple of St Benedict, and with his brother St Speciosus, a monk at Terracina in Italy (c. 570) * Saint Cormac (Cormac mac Eogain), an Abbot in Ireland and friend of St Columba (6th century) * Saint Colman of

Glendalough Glendalough (; ) is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin. From 1825 to 1957, the head of the Glendalough Valley was the site of a galena lead min ...

in Ireland, Abbot (659) * Saint Agatha, nun at

Wimborne Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne, ) is a market town in Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. It lies at the confluence of the River Stour and the River Allen, north of Pool ...

in Dorset in England and a disciple of St Lioba, she went to Germany to help St

Boniface Boniface, OSB (born Wynfreth; 675 –5 June 754) was an English Benedictine monk and leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of Francia during the eighth century. He organised significant foundations of the church i ...

in his missionary work (c. 790)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

*Saint John, Metropolitan of Zichnon, founder of the Monastery of the Forerunner on Mt. Menikion (north-east of

Serres Serres ( ) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and second largest city in the region of Central Macedonia, after Thessaloniki. Serres is one of the administrative and economic centers of Northern Greece. The c ...

) (1333) * Venerable Therapontus, Abbot of Monza (1597)
Venerable Therapon the Abbot of Monza
'' OCA - Feasts and Saints.

Other commemorations

Synaxis A synaxis ( "gathering"; Slavonic: собор, ''sobor'') is a liturgical assembly in Eastern Christianity (the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite). Synaxes of feast days In Constantinopl ...

of the First Martyrs of the American land:December 25 / December 12
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).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.93. :* Hieromartyr Juvenal the Protomartyr of America (1796) :* Peter (Cungagnaq) the Aleut, tortured and slain by Franciscan friars at San Francisco, California (c. 1815) :* Hieromartyr Anatole (Kamensky) of Irkutsk (1925) :* Hieromartyr Seraphim (Samoilovich) of Uglich (1937) :* Hieromartyr John (Kochurov) of Chicago, priest, slain in Russia (1917) :* Hieromartyr Alexander (Khotovitsky) of New York, priest, slain in Russia (1937) * Repose of Flegont (Ostrovsky),

Stylite A stylite ( () "pillar dweller", derived from () "pillar" and ()) or pillar-saint is a type of Christian ascetic who lives on pillars, preaching, fasting and praying. Stylites believe that the mortification of their bodies would help ensure ...

of Kimlyai,

Mordovia Mordovia ( ),; Moksha language, Moksha and officially the Republic of Mordovia,; ; is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia, situated in Eastern Europe. Its capital city, capital is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of S ...

(1870)

Icon gallery

File:Alexander of Jerusalem.jpg, Hieromartyr

, Bishop of Jerusalem. File:SPYRIDON.jpg, Saint

Spyridon Spyridon (; ) or Spiridon is a Greek male given name. It is often shortened to Σπύρος (''Spyros'') and can sometimes be found as Σπυρέτος(Spyretos), sometimes Anglicised as Spyro or Spiro. Notable people with the name include: Give ...

the Wonderworker, of Tremithus. File:St Corentin Banner.jpg, Labarum of St.

Corentin of Quimper Corentin of Quimper (Corentinus; in Breton, ''Kaourintin'') (d. 460 AD) is a Breton saint. He was the first bishop of Quimper. Corentin was a hermit at Plomodiern and was regarded as one of the seven founding saints of Brittany. He is the pat ...

, in the parish church of Locronan, Brittany. File:Clonard RC Church St Finian 06 Detail 2007 08 26.jpg, Saint

Finnian of Clonard Finnian of Clonard ('Cluain Eraird') – also Finian, Fionán or Fionnán in Irish; or Finianus and Finanus in its Latinised form (470–549) – was one of the early Irish monastic saints, who founded Clonard Abbey in modern-day County Meath ...

preaches to his monks at Clonard. (Stained glass, 1957). File:Juvenaly of Alaska.JPG, Hieromartyr Juvenal the Protomartyr of America. File:Saint Peter the Aleut.jpg, St.

Peter the Aleut Cungagnaq (; died 1815) is venerated as a martyr and saint (as Peter the Aleut; ) by the Eastern Orthodox Church. He was a native of Kodiak Island ( Alutiiq or Sugpiaq), and received the Christian name of Peter when he was baptized into the Orth ...

. File:Епископ Томский и Алтайский Анатолий (Каменский).jpg, New Hieromartyr Anatole (Kamensky) of Irkutsk. File:Архиепископ Серафим (Самойлович). Портрет.jpg, New Hieromartyr Seraphim (Samoilovich) of Uglich. File:St. John Kochurov.jpeg, St. John Kochurov. File:Alexander Hotovitsky.jpg, St.

Alexander Hotovitzky Alexander Hotovitzky (or Hotovitsky ) (1872-1937) was a Russian Orthodox hieromartyr. He was ordained to the priesthood while working in the United States in the 1890s. He was ordered back to Europe in 1914, where we worked as a vicar in Berlin an ...

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References

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December 25 / December 12
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
December 12
OCA - The Lives of the Saints. * 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. 93.

Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. *
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