December 1 Events Pre-1600 * 800 – A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III. * 1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France. * ...

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 3 Events Pre-1600 * 915 – Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date). 1601–1900 * 1775 – American Revolution: becomes the first vessel to fly the Continental Union Flag (precursor to the " St ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 15 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 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

November 19 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle ...

Saints

* Prophet

Habakkuk Habakkuk or Habacuc is the main figure described in the Book of Habakkuk, the eighth of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible. He is traditionally regarded as a prophet active around 612 BCE. Almost all information about Habakkuk is dr ...

(''Abbacum'') (7th century BC)December 2/15
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * Martyr Myrope of Chios, under

Decius Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius ( 201June 251), known as Trajan Decius or simply Decius (), was Roman emperor from 249 to 251. A distinguished politician during the reign of Philip the Arab, Decius was proclaimed emperor by his troops a ...

(251) * Martyr Abibus the New (''Abibus of Edessa''), Deacon,

burned at the stake Death by burning is an list of execution methods, execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public capital punishment, and many societies have employed it as a puni ...

(c. 307-323) * Saints John, Heraclemon, Andrew and Theophilus, of

Oxyrhynchus Oxyrhynchus ( ; , ; ; ), also known by its modern name Al-Bahnasa (), is a city in Middle Egypt located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo in Minya Governorate. It is also an important archaeological site. Since the late 19th century, t ...

, hermits of Egypt (4th century) (''see also

June 12 Events Pre-1600 * 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors. *1206 – The Ghurid general Qutb ud-Din Aib ...

'') * Saint Moses the Confessor (''Moses the Economos''). * Venerable Jesse (''Ise, Isidore''), Bishop of Tsilkani in Georgia (6th century) * Saint Solomon, Archbishop of Ephesus ''(see also:

)''

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Evasius, First

Bishop of Brescia The Diocese of Brescia () is a Latin Church, Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milan, in Lombardy (Northwestern Italy).December 2
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.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.90.'' 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. 371-372. * Saint Lupus (''Luperius''),

Bishop of Verona 235px, The facade of ''Palazzo del Vescovado'' The Diocese of Verona () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in northern Italy. The diocese belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Venice. The bishop of Verona has his seat in Verona, Vene ...

in Italy, Confessor. * Martyrs Eusebius, a priest; Marcellus, a deacon; Hippolytus, Maximus, Adria, Paulina, Neon, Mary, Martana, and Aurelia - under Valerian (c. 254-259) * Martyr Pontian, with four others, at Rome, under Valerian (c. 259) * Saint Bibiana (''Vibiana, Vivian''), a holy virgin martyred in Rome (c. 361-363) * Saint

Chromatius Chromatius (died 406/407 AD) was a bishop of Aquileia. He was probably born at Aquileia, and grew up there. * Martyrs Severus, Securus, Januarius and Victorinus, martyrs in North Africa who suffered under the

Vandals The Vandals were a Germanic people who were first reported in the written records as inhabitants of what is now Poland, during the period of the Roman Empire. Much later, in the fifth century, a group of Vandals led by kings established Vand ...

(c. 450) * Saint Silverius, Pope of Rome (537) * Saint

Trumwine of Abercorn Trumwine () was the only ever Bishop of the Northumbrian see of the Picts, based at Abercorn. Trumwine was a contemporary and friend of St. Cuthbert. In 681, during the reign of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria, Trumwine was appointed "Bishop of th ...

(''Trumwin of Whitby''), the only ever Bishop of the Northumbrian see of the Picts (late 7th century) ''(see also:

February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bru ...

)''

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Cyril Phileotes (in the vicinity of Derkos in Thrace) (1110) * Venerable Abbacum the Ascetic of Cyprus,

Wonderworker Thaumaturgy () is the practical application of magic to effect change in the physical world. Historically, thaumaturgy has been associated with the manipulation of natural forces, the creation of wonders, and the performance of magical feats t ...

(late 12th century) * Saint Athanasius “the Resurrected,” recluse of the Kiev Caves, whose relics are in the Near Caves (1176)December 15 / December 2
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint Athanasius, recluse of the Kiev Caves, whose relics are in the Far Caves (1264) * Saint Stephen-Urosh V, King of Serbia (1371), and his mother St.

Helena Helena may refer to: People *Helena (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Katri Helena (born 1945), Finnish singer * Saint Helena (disambiguation), this includes places Places Greece * Helena ...

(1376), of Serbia. * Saint Joannicius of Devič, Serbia (1430) * Venerable Hiero-Confessor Alexei (Kabaliuk) of Carpathia, Schema-Archimandrite, of

Khust Khust (, ; ; ; ; ; ) is a city located on the Khustets River in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine. It is near the сonfluence of the Tisa and Rika Rivers. It serves as the administrative center of Khust Raion. Population: Khust was the capi ...

, Apostle of Carpatho-Russia (1947)
The Holy Confessor Alexis of Carpatho-Russia - Akathist to the Holy Confessor Alexis of Carpatho-Russia
'' Orthodox England (St John's Orthodox Church, Colchester). Retrieved: January 9, 2014. (''see also:

'') * Venerable Paisie (Olaru) of Sihăstria (1990) * Venerable Elder Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia, an Athonite hieromonk known for his gifts of spiritual discernment (1991)
Canonization of Two New Saints by the Ecumenical Patriarchate
'' Ecumenical Patriarchate - Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South East Asia ( OMHKSEA). November 27, 2013. * Venerable Cleopa (Ilie) of Sihăstria (1998)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr John, priest (1919) * New Hieromartyr Matthew Alexandrov, priest of Simferopol-Crimea (1921)2 декабря (ст.ст.) 15 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * New Hieromartyr Demetrius Blagoveshtensky, priest, and Venarable Vera Grafovoy,

Confessor In a number of Christian traditions, including Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism and Anglicanism, a confessor is a priest who hears the confessions of penitents and pronounces absolution. History During the Diocletianic Persecut ...

(1932) * New Hieromartyrs (1937): ** Constantine Nekrasov and Nicholas Vinogradsky,

Protopresbyter A ''protoiereus'' (from , "first priest", Modern Greek: πρωθιερέας), or protopriest in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is a priest usually coordinating the activity of other subordinate priests in a larger church. The title is roughly equiv ...

s of Moscow; ** Sergius Felitsin, Vladimir Proferansov, John Derzhavin, Theodore Alexinsky, Nicholas Zabolotsky, John Dniprovsky, Nicholas Safonov, Priests; ** Hieromartyrs Danact Kalashnikov of Moscow and Alma Ata (hieromonk), and Cosmas Magda; ** Hieromartyrs (Nuns): Theuromia, Tamara Provorkinoy, Antonina Stepanova, and Mary Dmitrievska; ** Virgin-martyrs: Mary Zhuravlevoy and Matrona Konyukhova. * Virgin-martyr Mary Zeitlin (1938) * Martyr Boris Uspensky (1942)

Other commemorations

* Repose of Elder Luke “the Guestmaster” 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 ...

(''

Schema Schema may refer to: Science and technology * SCHEMA (bioinformatics), an algorithm used in protein engineering * Schema (genetic algorithms), a set of programs or bit strings that have some genotypic similarity * Schema.org, a web markup vocab ...

-abbot Luke''), (1965)

Icon gallery

File:Habakkuk (Kirillo-Belozersk).jpg, The prophet

. (

Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (), known in English as White Lake St. Cyril's Monastery, is a Russian Orthodox monastery in Kirillov, Russia. It used to be the largest monastery and the strongest fortress in Northern Russia. The monastery was co ...

, 17th century). File:Archangel Michael takes Babakkuk to Daniel in the lion's Den (The Mokvi Four Gospels 1300).jpg, Archangel Michael takes Habakkuk to Daniel in the lion's Den (c. 1300). File:Thür St. Johannes 16.JPG, Stained glass window of Sts. Sebastianus and

Chromatius Chromatius (died 406/407 AD) was a bishop of Aquileia. He was probably born at Aquileia, and grew up there.Pope Silverius Pope Silverius (died 2 December 537) was bishop of Rome from 8 June 536 to his deposition in 537, a few months before his death. His rapid rise to prominence from a deacon to the papacy coincided with the efforts of Ostrogothic king Theodahad (ne ...

. File:UrosV.jpg, Saint Stephen-Uroš V, King of Serbia File:HelenaofBulgaria.jpg, St.

Helena of Bulgaria Helena of Bulgaria (, ; –7 November 1374) was a Bulgarian princess, and the Queen and Empress consort of Serbia by marriage to Serbian King and later Emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55). She was a regent of Serbia in 1355 and 1356 for her ...

. File:Икона прп Алексия Карпаторусского.jpg, New Hiero-confessor Alexis (Kabaliuk), Apostle of Carpatho-Russia. File:Wp rakiya aleksiy karpatoruskiy.jpg, Relics of St. Alexei (Kabaliuk) of Carpathia (Monastery of St Nicholas in Iza, near

, Ukraine).

Notes

References

Sources

December 2/15
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
December 15 / December 2
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
December 2
OCA - The Lives of the Saints.

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. 371–372. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 579. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
2 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
2 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). *
2 декабря (ст.ст.) 15 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:December 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) December in the Eastern Orthodox calendar