Английская Википедия:December 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
December 11 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 13
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 25 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For December 12th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 29.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Alexander of Jerusalem, Bishop of Jerusalem (250-251)[1][2][3]
- Martyr Aitherius (Aetherius), under Maximian, tortured and beheaded for refusing to sacrifice to idols (c. 286 - 305)[4][note 2]
- Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Tremithus (348)[3][5][6]
- Venerable Amonathus, monk.[7]
- Venerable Anthus, monk.[8]
- Saint Euphemiane.[9][note 3]
- Martyr John, Abbot of the Zedazeni Monastery, Georgia (9th century)[3][10][note 4] (see also: May 7 )
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Martyr Synesius (Synetus) of Rome, a Reader, tortured and beheaded for refusing to sacrifice to idols (270-275)[3][12][13]
- Martyrs Maxentius, Constantius, Crescentius, Justinus and their Companions, martyrs in Trier in Germany in the reign of Diocletian, under the governor Rictiovarus (c. 287)[14][15]
- Saint Abra of Poitiers, daughter of St Hilary of Poitiers in France (c. 360)[14][note 5]
- Saint Corentinus of Quimper, first Bishop of Quimper in Brittany, he had lived as a hermit at Plomodiern (490)[14]
- Saint Finian of Clonard and Skellig Michael, teacher of Ireland and one of the fathers of Irish monasticism (549)[3][14][16][note 6]
- Saint Columba of Terryglass (Columba of Tyrdaglas), born in Leinster in Ireland, he was a disciple of St Finian and Abbot of Tyrdaglas in Munster (552)[14] (see also: December 13)
- Saint Gregory of Terracina, a disciple of St Benedict, and with his brother St Speciosus, a monk at Terracina in Italy (c. 570)[14]
- Saint Cormac (Cormac mac Eogain), an Abbot in Ireland and friend of St Columba (6th century)[14][18]
- Saint Colman of Glendalough in Ireland, Abbot (659)[3][14]
- Saint Agatha, nun at Wimborne in Dorset in England and a disciple of St Lioba, she went to Germany to help St Boniface in his missionary work (c. 790)[14]
- Saint Israel of Limoges, canon and precentor (1014)[19]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint John, Metropolitan of Zichon, founder of the Monastery of the Forerunner on Mt. Menikion (north-east of Serres) (1333)[3][20]
- Venerable Therapontus, Abbot of Monza (1597)[3][21]
Other commemorations
- Hieromartyr Juvenal the Protomartyr of America (1796)
- Peter (Cungagnaq) the Aleut, tortured and slain by Franciscan friars at San Francisco, California (c. 1815)
- Hieromartyr Anatole (Kamensky) of Irkutsk (1925)[22][23][note 7][note 8]
- Hieromartyr Seraphim (Samoilovich) of Uglich (1937)[note 9]
- Hieromartyr John (Kochurov) of Chicago, priest, slain in Russia (1917)
- Hieromartyr Alexander (Khotovitsky) of New York, priest, slain in Russia (1937)
Icon gallery
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Hieromartyr Alexander of Jerusalem, Bishop of Jerusalem.
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Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker, of Tremithus.
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Labarum of St. Corentin of Quimper, in the parish church of Locronan, Brittany.
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Saint Finnian of Clonard preaches to his monks at Clonard. (Stained glass, 1957).
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Hieromartyr Juvenal the Protomartyr of America.
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St. Peter the Aleut.
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New Hieromartyr Anatole (Kamensky) of Irkutsk.
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New Hieromartyr Seraphim (Samoilovich) of Uglich.
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St. John Kochurov.
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St. Alexander Hotovitzky.
Notes
References
Sources
- December 12/25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- December 25 / December 12. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- December 12. 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. 93.
- December 12. 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.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: Шаблон:In lang 12 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Шаблон:In lang Συναξαριστής. 12 Δεκεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- Шаблон:In lang 25 декабря (12 декабря). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- Шаблон:In lang 12 декабря (ст.ст.) 25 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.) Шаблон:Webarchive. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: Шаблон:In lang: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 12 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Hieromartyr Alexander the Bishop of Jerusalem. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 3,6 3,7 3,8 3,9 December 12/25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: Шаблон:In lang: Ὁ Ἅγιος Αἰθέριος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 12 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: Шаблон:In lang: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σπυρίδων ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Τριμυθοῦντος Κύπρου. 12 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ St Spyridon the Wonderworker and Bishop of Tremithus. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: Шаблон:In lang: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀμωναθᾶς. 12 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: Шаблон:In lang: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνθός. 12 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: Шаблон:In lang: Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐφημιανή. 12 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Martyr John, Abbot of the Zedazeni Monastery. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Martyr John, Abbot of the Zedazeni Monastery. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: Шаблон:In lang: Ὁ Ἅγιος Συνετὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας. 12 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Martyr Synetus of Rome. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ 14,0 14,1 14,2 14,3 14,4 14,5 14,6 14,7 14,8 December 12. 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. p.382.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: Шаблон:In lang: Ὁ Ἅγιος Finian of Clonard (Ἰρλανδός). 12 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 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.597.
- ↑ Charles-Edwards, T. M. "Connacht, saints of (act. c. 400 – c. 800)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.), Oxford University Press. First published 2004; Online Edition, Jan 2011.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: Шаблон:In lang: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης (ἢ Ἰωακείμ) Ἐπίσκοπος Ζιχνῶν. 12 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Venerable Therapon the Abbot of Monza. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ 22,0 22,1 December 25 / December 12. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ 23,0 23,1 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.93.