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December 24 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 26

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 7 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on Old Calendar.

For December 25th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 12.

Feasts

Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Saint Eugenia of Rome (c. 258) (see also December 24 - East )
  • Saint Anastasia of Sirmium (c. 304) (see also December 22 - East )
  • Saint Adalsindis, a nun at Hamay-les-Marchiennes Abbey, near Arras in France (c. 715)
  • Saint Æthelburh of Wilton (Alburgh, Alburga), a member of the royal house of Wessex, Abbess of Wilton Abbey and a saint (810)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

  • Massacre of Monk-martyr Jonah, and with him 50 monks and 65 laymen, martyrs at St. Tryphon of Pechenga Monastery, by the Swedes (1589) (see also: December 15 )

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Michael, Priest (1930)

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