December · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 09/26 Thirteenth Sunday of Luke. St. Alypius the Stylite in Adrianople of Bithynia (+607). St. Innocent, the Wonderworker & Bishop of Irkutsk (+1731). 10/27 Synaxis of Ϻϴ Kursk - Root Icon of the Sign. Holy Great Martyr James the Persian (+421). Righteous Father Gregory of Sinai (+1346). 1 11/28 Righteous Martyr Stephen the New (+767) & others who suffered martyr- 18 dom for the sake of the holy icons. 12/29 Martyr Paramonus of Bithynia & the 370 who contested with him (+250). 13/30 Holy Apostle Andrew the First Called (+62). 14/01 Holy Prophet Nahum (+7th C BC). Righteous Father Philaret the Merciful 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Almsgiver from Amneia who reposed in Con/nople (+792). 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 15/02 Holy Prophet Abbacum (Habakkuk). Martyr Myrope of Chios (+ca. 250). · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 16/03 Fourteenth Sunday of Luke. Holy Prophet Sophonias (Zephaniah). New Martyr Angelis of Chios (+1813). 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17/04 Great Martyr Barbara & her fellow Martyr Juliana in Heliopolis (+290). St. 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 John of Damascus, Monk & Presbyter of Mar Sabbas Monastery (+760). 18/05 Our Righteous Mar Sabbas the Sanctified of Palestine (+533). St. Nectarius of Karyes on Mount Athos (+1500). 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 19/06 St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (+330). Mar- tyr Victoria slain by the Arians of Culusi in Africa (+4th C). 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20/07 Righteous Martyr Athenodorus of Mesopotamia (+ca. 304). St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (+397). 21/08 Holy Apostles of the 70: Crispus; Sosthenes; Apollo; Cephas; Tychicus; Ep- 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 aphroditus; Caesar; & Onesiphorus. Righteous Father Parthenios of Chios 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 (+1883). 22/09 Synaxis of Ϻϴ Icon called “Unexpected Joy”. Holy Prophetess Hannah, mother of Samuel the Holy Prophet. Righteous Anna’s conception of our Most Holy, Lady Theotokos. 30 31 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 17 18 23/10 Tenth Sunday of Luke: Martyrs Menas, the Most Eloquent, Eugraphus, and Hermogenes, officials of the Roman Emperor Maximinus (+235). Civ./Lit. Feast Days ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••- 24/11 St. Daniel the Stylite of Con/nople (+490). 01/18 Martyrs Plato of Ancyra (+266) & Romanus of Antioch (+305). 25/12 St. Spyridon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Trimythus in Cyprus (+348). · · · · · · · · · · · · · · New Martyr Peter the Aleut slain by the Latins in San Francisco (+1815). St. 02/19 Ninth Sunday of Luke: Holy Prophet Abdias (Obadiah). Martyr Herman of Alaska, Enlightener of the Aleuts (+1836). Barlaam of Antioch who contested during the reign of Diocle- 26/13 Martyrs Eustratius, Eugene, Auxentius, Mardarius & Orestes of Greater -Ar tian (284-305). menia (+296). Virgin Martyr Lucia of Syracuse in Sicily (+304). 03/20 Forefeast of the Entry of Ϻϴ into the Temple. 27/14 Martyrs Thyrsus & Callinicus at Apollonia in the Hellespont, & Leucius of 04/21 Entry of our Most Holy, lady tHEotokos into tHE Asia Minor (+250). tEMplE. 28/15 Hieromartyr Eleutherius, Bishop of Illyricum, & those beheaded with him: 05/22 Holy Apostles of the 70: Philemon; & his wife Apphia; Archip- Anthia his mother; Coremmon the Eparch; & Two Executioners converted pus; & Onesimus - all from Phrygia. Roman martyrs Cecilia, her through St. Eleutherius (+126). betrothed Valerian & his brother in the flesh Tiburtius (+288). 29/16 Holy Prophet Aggaeus (Haggai). St. Theophano, Empress & Wonderworker of 06/23 St. Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium (+ca. 395). St. Gregory, Con/nople & wife of the Emperor Leo the Most Wise (+ca. 895). Bishop of Agrigentum in Sicily (+680). · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 07/24 Hieromartyrs Clement, Bishop of Rome (+ca. 100) & Peter, Bis- 30/17 Eleventh Sunday of Luke: Sunday of the Holy Forefathers. Holy Prophet hop of Alexandria (+312). Daniel (+ca. 532 BC). Holy Three Children in Babylon: Ananias; Azarias; & 08/25 Apodosis of the Entry of our Most Holy, Lady Theotokos into Misael (+6th C BC). St. Dionysius, the Wonderworker of Aegina (+1621). the Temple. Great Martyr Catherine of Alexandria (+305). 31/18 Martyrs Sebastian, Zoë, & those with them who contested in Rome (+288)..