December 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Nov 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec 2
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 14 by Old Calendarists
Saints
- Prophet Nahum (7th c. b.c.)[1][2][3]
- St. Onesimus, Archbishop of Ephesus (c.107-17)[4]
- Saints Ananias and Solochonus, Archbishops of Ephesus.[5]
- Saint Castritian, predecessor of St Calimerius as Bishop of Milan, was bishop for forty-two years (137)[3][6]
- Hieromartyrs Diodorus and Marianus, and Companions, martyrs in Rome under Numerian (c.283)[3][6]
- Martyr Olympiades (Olympias), a noble from Rome (ex-consul) martyred in Amelia in Italy under Diocletian (c.303)[3][6]
- Saint Ansanus, called The Baptizer or The Apostle of Siena (304)[3][6]
- Martyrs Lucius, Rogatus, Cassian and Candida, in Rome.[3][6]
- Hieromartyr Ananias of Persia (345)[3][7][note 1]
- Saint Ursicinus of Brescia, Bishop of Brescia in Italy, he took part in the Council of Sardica (347)[3][6]
- Hieromartyr Evasius, first Bishop of Asti in Piedmont in Italy, martyred under Julian the Apostate (c.362)[3][6]
- Saint Leontius of Fréjus, Bishop of Fréjus in France from c.419 to c.432, a great friend of St John Cassian who dedicated his first ten Conferences to him (c.432)[6]
- Saint Candres of Maastricht, bishop who enlightened the Maastricht area (5th c.)[6]
- Hieromartyr Proculus of Narni or Terni, martyred by Totila, King of the Goths (c.542)[3][6]
- Saint Constantian, born in Auvergne, he became a monk at Micy (Orleans), and founded a monastery at Javron (c.570)[6]
- Saint Agericus (Aguy, Airy), Bishop, successor of St Desiderius in Verdun in France (591)[3][6]
- Saint Eligius (Eloi, Eloy), Bishop of Noyon (Neth.) (660)[3][6]
- Saint Grwst the Confessor, in the Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd (7th c.)[6]
- Righteous Philaret the Merciful, of Amnia in Asia Minor (792)[10][11]
- Saint Anthony the New, monk of Kios in Bithynia (865)[12]
- Saint Theoklitos, Archbishop of Sparta (Lakedaimonias) (870)[13]
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relics of Saint Botolph (Botwulf of Thorney), Abbot and Confessor, of Ikanhoe, England (680)[14]
- Repose of Righteous Virgin Barbara (Shulaeva) of Pilna (1980)[14]
Notes
- ^ Saint Ananias, together with Saint Abdecalas (a Persian priest of advanced age), and about a hundred other Christians, were killed under the Persian ruler Shapur II on Good Friday, 345.[8] While Saint Ananias was being tortured for his belief in Christ, he said, "I see a ladder leading to heaven, and radiant men calling me to a marvelous city of light.[9]
References
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Greek Sources