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 ...

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 5 Events Pre-1600 *63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. * 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville. *1033 – The 1033 Jordan Rift Valley earthquake, Jordan Rift Val ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 17 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 4th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

November 21 Events Pre-1600 *164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event that is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.) * 2 ...

Saints

* Commemoration of the Twelve Prophets (''Twelve Minor Prophets''). * Apostle

Crispus Flavius Julius Crispus (; 300 – 326) was the eldest son of the Roman emperor Constantine I, as well as his junior colleague ( ''caesar'') from March 317 until his execution by his father in 326. The grandson of the ''augustus'' Constantius ...

of the

Seventy Apostles The seventy disciples (Greek: ἑβδομήκοντα μαθητές, ''hebdomikonta mathetes''), known in the Eastern Christian traditions as the seventy apostles (Greek: ἑβδομήκοντα απόστολοι, ''hebdomikonta apostoloi''), w ...

Bishop of Chalcedon Chalcedon (; ; sometimes transliterated as ) was an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor, Turkey. It was located almost directly opposite Byzantium, south of Scutari (modern Üsküdar) and it is now a district of the city of Istan ...

(1st century) * Great-martyr Barbara, at Heliopolis in Syria (306)December 4/17
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * Martyr Juliana, at Heliopolis in Syria (306) * Martyrs Christodoulos and Christodoula, by the sword. * Saint John the

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 ...

, Bishop of Polybotum, in

Phrygia Salutaris In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; , ''Phrygía'') was a kingdom in the west-central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. Stories of the heroic age of Greek mythology tell of several legendary Ph ...

(716) * Saint

John of Damascus John of Damascus or John Damascene, born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, was an Arab Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist. He was born and raised in Damascus or AD 676; the precise date and place of his death is not know ...

(''John Damascene''), monk of St. Sabbas Monastery (749)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Felix of Bologna, a Deacon of the Church of Milan with St

Ambrose Ambrose of Milan (; 4 April 397), venerated as Saint Ambrose, was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promoting Roman Christianity against Ari ...

, and later the fifth

Bishop of Bologna The Archdiocese of Bologna (; ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Italy. The cathedra is in the cathedral church of San Pietro, Bologna. The current archbishop is Cardinal Matteo Zu ...

(429)December 4
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Bertoara, Abbess of Notre-Dame-de-Sales in Bourges (614) *

Saint Ada Saint Ada (also known as ''Adeneta'', ''Adna'', ''Adnetta'', ''Adonette'', ''Adrechild'', ''Adrehildis,'' end of 6th or 7th century), was a saint and abbess. She was the niece or granddaughter of Saint Englebert, bishop of Le Mans. Ada was a nun a ...

, niece of Engebert,

Bishop of Le Mans The Diocese of Le Mans (Latin: ''Dioecesis Cenomanensis''; French: ''Diocèse du Mans'') is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo, but had previ ...

, she became a nun at Soissons, and Abbess in Le Mans (7th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Cassian the Martyr (''Kassianos''), one of the ''"300 Allemagne Saints"'' in Cyprus (late 12th century) (''see also

October 6 Events Pre-1600 * 105 BC – Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic * 69 BC – Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdue Armenia. * AD 23 – Rebels decapitat ...

'') * Saint Gennadius of Novgorod, Archbishop of Novgorod (1504) * New Hieromartyr Seraphim of Phanarion, Archbishop of Phanarion and Neochorion (1601)

New martyrs and confessors

* Hieromartyr Nicholas (Tsedrik), Priest (1917)December 17 / December 4
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.91. * New Martyrs of Perm (1918):4 декабря (ст.ст.) 17 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). ** Hieromartyrs Alexis Saburov, John Pyankov,

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. ''(see also

December 23 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – The Arian Vandal Kingdom ceases its persecution of Nicene Christianity. * 558 – Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks. * 583 – Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque. * 962 &ndash ...

)'' ** Alexander Posokhin and Nicholas Yakhontov, Priests. ** Basil Kashin, Deacon, and with him 10 Martyrs. * Hieromartyr Damascene (Tsedrik), Bishop of Glukhov, (''son of priest Nicholas (Tsedrik)'') (1935) * Hieromartyr Demetrius Nevedomsky, Priest (1937) * Virgin-martyrs Catherine Arskoy and Kyra Obolensky (1937) * Hieromartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Hieromartyr of the Bolshevik yoke, Missionary of America (1937)

Other commemorations

* Icon of the

Mother of God ''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-bearer ...

of Damascus ( Panayia Tricherousa, "Three-handed Theotokos") (c. 717)
Icon of the Mother of God of Damascus
'' OCA - Feasts and Saints.

Icon gallery

File:Chartres - cathédrale - rosace nord.jpg, Northern rose window of

Chartres Cathedral Chartres Cathedral (, lit. Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres) is a Catholic cathedral in Chartres, France, about southwest of Paris, and is the seat of the List of bishops of Chartres, Bishop of Chartres. Dedicated in honour of the Virgin Mary ( ...

. The rose depicts the Glorification of the Virgin Mary, the twelve kings of Juda, and the Twelve Prophets. File:Saint-Barbara-Grk-ikon.png, Great-martyr Barbara. File:John, Bishop of Polybotum (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Saint John the Wonderworker, Bishop of Polybotum (''

Menologion of Basil II The ''Menologion'', ''Menologium'', or ''Menology of Basil II'' is a Greek illuminated manuscript designed as a church calendar or Eastern Orthodox Church service book (menologion) that was compiled for the Byzantine Emperor Basil II (r.976– ...

'', 10th century). File:SanGiovanniDamasceno.jpg, St.

. File:Gennady of Novgorod.jpg, St.

Gennady of Novgorod Gennadius (Gennady, ; died 4 December 1505) was Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Pskov from 1484 to 1504. He was most instrumental in fighting the Heresy of the Judaizers and is famous for compiling the first complete codex of the Bible in ...

. File:Alexander Hotovitsky fresco.jpg, St. Alexander Hotovitzky, Hieromartyr of the Bolshevik yoke, Missionary of America. File:VergineTricherusa.jpg, Icon of Panagia Tricherousa ("Three-handed Theotokos").

Notes

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December 17 / December 4
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December 4
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. 373–374. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
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4 декабря (ст.ст.) 17 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:December 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) December in the Eastern Orthodox calendar