December 26 Events Pre-1600 * 887 – Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Pavia. * 1481 – Battle of Westbroek: An army of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers raised by David of ...

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 28 Events Pre-1600 * 418 – A papal election begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I. * 457 – Majorian is acclaimed as Western Roman emperor. * 484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the V ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 9 by

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is List of Christian denominations by number of members, one of the three major doctrinal and ...

es 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 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

December 14 Events Pre-1600 * 557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake, which cracks the dome of Hagia Sophia. * 835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the ...

Feasts

* Third Day of the Feast of the Nativity.December 27/January 9
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

Saints

* Archdeacon

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the Protomartyr (34) * Saint

Maximus Maximus (Hellenised as Maximos) is the Latin term for "greatest" or "largest". In this connection it may refer to: * Circus Maximus (disambiguation) * Pontifex maximus, the highest priest of the College of Pontiffs in ancient Rome People Roman hi ...

, Pope of Alexandria (282)January 9 / December 27
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Martyrs Maurice, with his son Photinus, and 70 soldiers, at

Apamea Apamea or Apameia () is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see. Places called Apamea include: Asia Minor ...

(286-305) ''(see also:

February 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. * 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Fer ...

)'' * Saint

Theodore Theodore may refer to: Places * Theodore, Australian Capital Territory, Australia * Theodore, Queensland, Australia * Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada * Theodore, Alabama, United States * Theodore Reservoir, in Saskatchewan People * Theodore (gi ...

, Patriarch of Constantinople (686) * Venerable Theodore the Branded (''Theodore Graptus''), of Palestine and Bithynia, Confessor (840) * Venerable Luke, Abbot of the Monastery of the Deep Stream in Triglia, in Bithynia.Great Synaxaristes: :
Ὁ Ὅσιος Λουκᾶς ὁ Τριγλινός
'' 27 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Fabiola, a patrician in Rome who gave up all earthly pleasures and devoted herself to the practice of Christian asceticism and charitable work (399)December 27
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Abbot Boniface (Vinogradsky), founder of St. Panteleimon Monastery, Kiev (1871)

'' PRAVOSLAVIE.RU. Kiev, February 21, 2011.

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyrs Tikhon (Nikanorov), Archbishop of

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, and with him 160 martyred priests (1919)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.3.27 декабря (ст.ст.) 9 января 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * Virgin-Martyr Antonina (1937)

Other commemorations

* Uncovering of Relics (1514) of Venerable Pherapont (Therapont) of Mozhaisk, Luzhetsk. (''see also:

May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &nda ...

- feast day.'') * Repose of Nicholas Ilminsky, Missionary to the Tatars (1891) * Repose of Archimandrite Agathangelus of

Svir The Svir (; ; Karelian language, Karelian and Finnish language, Finnish: ) is a river in Podporozhsky District, Podporozhsky, Lodeynopolsky District, Lodeynopolsky, and Volkhovsky District, Volkhovsky districts in the north-east of Leningrad O ...

and

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(1909) * Repose of Helen Ivanovna Motovilova (1910) * Repose of Abbot Athanasius of Grigoriou Monastery, Mt. Athos (1953) * Repose of Archimandrite Seraphim (Rozenberg) of the

Pskov-Caves Monastery Pskov-Pechory Monastery or The Pskovo-Pechersky Dormition Monastery or Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery (, ) is a Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox male monastery, located in Pechory, Pskov Oblast in Russia, just a few kilometers from the Esto ...

(1993)

Icons

* Icon of the Mother of God "the Merciful".
Icon of the Mother of God "the Merciful"
'' OCA - Feasts and Saints.

Icon gallery

File:Menologion of Basil 039.jpg, Martyrdom of Archdeacon

(''

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'', 10th century) File:Архидиакон Стефан.jpg, Russian icon of Protomartyr Archdeacon

(16th century) File:Izbornik.jpg, Saint

Sviatoslav II of Kiev Sviatoslav II Iaroslavich or Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich (; 1027 – 27 December 1076) was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1073 until his death in 1076. He was a younger son of Yaroslav the Wise, the grand prince of Kiev. He is the progenitor of the '' ...

(far right), with his family. File:Ferapont Belozersky.jpg, St.

Therapont of White Lake Therapont of Belozersk (1331 – 27 May 1426) (, ), also known as Therapont of Mozhaysk, known to the world as Feodor Poskochin, was a Russian Orthodox monk credited with the foundation of the Ferapontov Monastery in Northern Russia, now close ...

. File:Simon Ushakov - Богоматерь Елеуса Киккская - Google Art Project.jpg, Virgin Eleousa of Kykkos
(

Simon Ushakov Simon (Pimen) Fyodorovich Ushakov (; – 25 June 1686) was a Russian Icon, icon painter. Together with Fyodor Zubov and Fyodor Rozhnov, he is associated with the comprehensive reform of the Russian Orthodox Church undertaken by Patriarch Ni ...

, 1626–1686)

Notes

References

Sources

December 27/January 9
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
January 9 / December 27
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
December 27
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. 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. 398–399. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
27 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
27 Δεκεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
27 декабря (ст.ст.) 9 января 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:December 27 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) December in the Eastern Orthodox calendar