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December 25 Events Pre-1600 * 36 – Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China. * 274 – A temple to Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurelian. ...
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December 27 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – The second Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is consecrated. *1512 – The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to Indigenous peoples of the Americas, native Ind ...
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 8 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 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on
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 ...
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Feasts

* Second Day of the Feast of the Nativity.December 26/January 8
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

Second Day of the Nativity of our Lord
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*
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 Most Holy Theotokos.
Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God
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* Commemoration of the
Flight into Egypt The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:13–Matthew 2:23, 23) and in New Testament apocrypha. Soon after the Biblical Magi, visit by the Magi, an angel appeared to Saint Joseph, Joseph in a dream telling ...
of the Most Blessed
Theotokos ''Theotokos'' ( Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are or (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are "Mother of God" or "God-beare ...
. * Commemoration of
Saint Joseph According to the canonical Gospels, Joseph (; ) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. Joseph is venerated as Saint Joseph in the Catholic Church, Eastern O ...
,
King David David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damas ...
and Saint James.


Saints

* Saint Archelaus,
Bishop of Harran Harran (ancient Carrhae) was a Christian bishopric centered on the city of Harran (situated in south-eastern modern Turkey). History Ancient history Christianity likely reached Harran through Edessa in the first century AD, but now bishops is know ...
in
Northern Mesopotamia Upper Mesopotamia constitutes the uplands and great outwash plain of northwestern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey, in the northern Middle East. Since the early Muslim conquests of the mid-7th century, the region has been known by ...
(c. 280)January 8 / December 26
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
* Saint Zeno (Zenon), Bishop of Maiuma (the port of
Gaza Gaza may refer to: Places Palestine * Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea ** Gaza City, a city in the Gaza Strip ** Gaza Governorate, a governorate in the Gaza Strip Mandatory Palestine * Gaza Sub ...
), in Palestine (4th century) * Venerable Evaristus (Evarestos), Monk of the Studion Monastery (825) * Hieromartyr
Euthymius of Sardis Euthymius of Sardis or Euthymius the Confessor
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
(; 751 or 754 – 26 December ...
(''Euthymios the Confessor''), Bishop of
Sardis Sardis ( ) or Sardes ( ; Lydian language, Lydian: , romanized: ; ; ) was an ancient city best known as the capital of the Lydian Empire. After the fall of the Lydian Empire, it became the capital of the Achaemenid Empire, Persian Lydia (satrapy) ...
(840)Great Synaxaristes: :
Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής
'' 26 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Hieromartyr Euthymius the Bishop of Sardis
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* Venerable Constantine, Monk of Synnada, the former Jew (9th century)


Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint
Dionysius The name Dionysius (; ''Dionysios'', "of Dionysus"; ) was common in classical and post-classical times. Etymologically it is a nominalized adjective formed with a -ios suffix from the stem Dionys- of the name of the Greek god, Dionysus, parallel ...
, Pope of Rome (268)December 26
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
* Saint Marinus, the son of a senator in Rome, he was martyred by beheading under Numerian (283) * Saint
Zosimus Zosimus, Zosimos, Zosima or Zosimas may refer to: People * * Rufus and Zosimus (died 107), Christian saints * Zosimus (martyr) (died 110), Christian martyr who was executed in Umbria, Italy * Zosimos of Panopolis, also known as ''Zosimus Alch ...
, a Greek Pope of Rome (418) * Saint Tathai (Tathan, Tathaeus, Athaeus), Abbot of Llantathan (early 6th century) * Saint Jarlath, first Bishop of Tuam, founder of the monastery of Cluain Fois, near Tuam (Ireland) (c. 540) * Saint Theodore the
Sacrist A sacristan is an officer charged with care of the sacristy, the church, and their contents. In ancient times, many duties of the sacrist were performed by the doorkeepers ( ostiarii), and later by the treasurers and mansionarii. The Decretal ...
, a holy man and contemporary of St
Gregory the Great Pope Gregory I (; ; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (; ), was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 until his death on 12 March 604. He is known for instituting the first recorded large-scale mission from Rom ...
in Rome (6th century) * Saint Amaethlu (Maethlu); a church founded by him in the village of
Llanfaethlu Llanfaethlu is a village and community in the north west of Anglesey, in north-west Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 Census was 553. The village takes its name from the Church of Saint Maethlu. The community includes Llanfwro ...
in Anglesey, Wales, is named after him (6th century)


Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint
Nicodemus of Tismana Nikodim Tismanski, also known as Nicodemus the Sanctified, Nikodim Osvećeni, Nikodim Vratnenski, Nikodim Grčić, and in Romanian, Nicodim de la Tismana, (Prilep, today in North Macedonia, then Byzantine Empire, c. 1320 – Tismana, Walachia, now ...
, Romania (1406) * New Hieromartyr Constantius the Russian, Priest at Constantinople, by beheading (1743)


New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyrs Alexander and Demetrius, Priests (1918) * New Hieromartyrs Nicholas, Michael, and Nicholas, Priests, and Michael, Deacon (1930) * New Hieromartyr Leonidas (Antoshchenko), Bishop of Mariisk (1937) * New Hieromartyr Basil (Mazurenko), Hieromonk (1937) * Hieromartyr Alexander, Priest (1937) * New Martyr Augusta (Zashchuk), Schema-Nun (1937) * Virgin Martyrs Anthisa and Makaria (1937) * New Hieromartyr Andrew, Bishop of
Ufa Ufa is a city in Russia and the capital of the republic of Bashkortostan. UFA or Ufa may also refer to: Places * Ufa (river), a river in Russia; a tributary of the Belaya * Ufa International Airport, near the Russian city * Ufa railway statio ...
(1937)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). pp.2–3. * New Martyr, Valentina, (1937) * Venerable New Hieromartyr Isaac II (Bobrikov),
Archimandrite The title archimandrite (; ), used in Eastern Christianity, originally referred to a superior abbot ('' hegumenos'', , present participle of the verb meaning "to lead") whom a bishop appointed to supervise several "ordinary" abbots and monaste ...
of
Optina Monastery The Optina Pustyn (, literally ''Opta's hermitage'') is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for men near Kozelsk in Russia. In the 19th century, the Optina was the most important spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church and served as the model fo ...
(1938)
Venerable Isaac II of Optina
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* New Hieromartyr Gregory, Priest (1938) * Virgin Martyrs Augusta and Mary (1938) * Martyr Agrippina (1938)


Other commemorations

* Repose of Abbot Barlaam of
Valaam Valaam (; ) is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia, Russia. The total area of its more than 50 islands is 36 km2. The largest island is also called Valaam. Other named islands are: Ski ...
and Optina Monasteries (1849) * Repose of Archimandrite Irenarchus (Rosetti) of Mt. Tabor (1859) * Repose of Elder Serapheim Savvaitis,
Hegumen Hegumen, hegumenos, or igumen (, trans. ), is the title for the head of a monastery in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, or an archpriest in the Coptic Orthodox Church, similar to the title of abbot. The head of a convent of ...
of the Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified (2003)


Icons

* Icon of the "Mother of God of "Vilna" ("Vilen-Ostrabramsk", "Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn"). * Icon of the Mother of God "the Three Joys".
Icon of the Mother of God "the Three Joys"
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* Icon of the Mother of God "Merciful" (Greek: ''Eleousa'').
"Merciful" Icon of the Mother of God
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* Icon of the Mother of God "the Blessed Womb" or "Barlovsk" (1392)
Icon of the Mother of God "the Blessed Womb"
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* Icon of the Mother of God "Baibuzsk" (Baibuskaya) (1852)


Icon gallery

File:Synaxis of the Theotokos (Kirillo-Belozersk).jpg, Synaxis of the Theotokos
( Kirillo-Belozersk Monastery, 15th–16th centuries) File:Flight into Egypt (12 Sinai).jpg, The
Flight into Egypt The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:13–Matthew 2:23, 23) and in New Testament apocrypha. Soon after the Biblical Magi, visit by the Magi, an angel appeared to Saint Joseph, Joseph in a dream telling ...
.
(Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai) File:Icon 01012 Begstvo v Egipet. Nachalo XVII v.jpg, Ukrainian icon of the
Flight into Egypt The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:13–Matthew 2:23, 23) and in New Testament apocrypha. Soon after the Biblical Magi, visit by the Magi, an angel appeared to Saint Joseph, Joseph in a dream telling ...
; the bottom section shows the idols of Egypt miraculously falling down before Jesus and being smashed (17th century). File:Pope Dionysius.jpg,
Pope Dionysius Pope Dionysius (Greek language, Greek: Διονύσιος) was the bishop of Rome from 22 July 259 AD to his death on 26 December 268. His task was to reorganise the Catholic Church, after the persecutions of Roman emperor, Emperor Valerian I, a ...
(259–268).
(Fresco in Sistine Chapel, Vatican) File:Zosimus.jpg,
Pope Zosimus Pope Zosimus was the bishop of Rome from 18 March 417 to his death on 26 December 418. He was born in Mesoraca, Calabria. Zosimus took a decided part in the protracted dispute in Gaul as to the jurisdiction of the See of Arles over that of Vienne ...
. File:Tuam Cathedral of the Assumption St Jarlath's Window 2009 09 14.jpg, Stained glass window depicting Saint Jarlath (1961). File:Reverend Nicodemus Prilepsky and Tismanski.jpg, St.
Nicodemus of Tismana Nikodim Tismanski, also known as Nicodemus the Sanctified, Nikodim Osvećeni, Nikodim Vratnenski, Nikodim Grčić, and in Romanian, Nicodim de la Tismana, (Prilep, today in North Macedonia, then Byzantine Empire, c. 1320 – Tismana, Walachia, now ...
, Romania. File:Gateofdawn Vilnius fc07.jpg, Icon of the "Mother of God of "Vilna"
(''Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn, Vilnius'') File:Kykkos Icon.JPG, Icon of the Mother of God "Merciful".
(Mosaic icon from
Kykkos Monastery Kykkos Monastery ( or [] for short, ), which lies 20 km west of Pedoulas, is one of the wealthiest and best-known monastery, monasteries in Cyprus. The Holy Monastery of the Virgin of Kykkos was founded around the end of the 11th century by ...
, Cyprus). File:Blessed womb 02.jpg, Icon of the Mother of God "" or "Barlovsk" (1392).


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December 26/January 8
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
January 8 / December 26
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
December 26
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). pp. 2–3.

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. 397–398. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
26 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
26 Δεκεμβρίου
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Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
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