December 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Dec. 17 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Dec. 19

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 31 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For December 18th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 5.

Saints

• Martyr Eubotius, at Cyzicus (320)^[1]
• Saint Florus, Bishop of Amisus (7th century)^[2][3]
• Martyrs Phocas and Hermilas, by the sword.^[4][5]
• Hieromartyrs Zacchaeus, Deacon, and Alphaeus, reader, at Caesarea.^[5][6] (see also November 18)
• Saint Sophia the Wonderworker.^{[5][7][note 2]}
• Hieromartyr Modestus I, Archbishop of Jerusalem (4th century)^[8][9] (see also December 16)
• Saint Michael the Confessor, at Constantinople (845)^[10][11]
• Venerable Nomon.^{[12][note 3]}

Pre-Schism Western Saints

• Martyrs Rufus and Zosimus, at Philippi in Macedonia (c. 107)^{[13][14][note 4]}
• Martyr Moses (Moysetes), a martyr in North Africa who probably suffered under Decius (c. 250)^[13][14]
• Martyrs Quintus, Simplicius and Companions, in North Africa under the Emperors Decius and Valerian (c. 255)^[13][14]
• Martyrs Victurus, Victor, Victorinus, Adjutor, Quartus and 30 other companions, in North Africa.^[13][14]
• Martyr Sebastian, at Rome, and his companions:

• Martyrs Nicostratus, Zoe, Castorius, Tranquillinus, Marcellinus, Mark, Claudius, Symphorian, Victorinus, Tiburtius, and Castulus (287)^[15][16][17]

• Saint Gatianus of Tours, first Bishop of Tours (3rd century)^{[13][note 5]}
• Saint Bodagisil, founded and was the first Abbot of a monastery on the Meuse in Belgium (588)^[13]
• Saint Samthann, foundress of the convent of Clonbroney in Co. Longford in Ireland (6th century)^[13]
• Saint Flannán, first Bishop of Killaloe in Ireland (7th century)^{[13][note 6]}
• Saint Desiderius of Fontenelle (Desideratus), son of St Waningus (700)^{[13][note 7]}
• Saint Winebald (Winibald), Abbot of Heidenheim and Bishop of Eichstatt (Germany) (761)^{[13][note 8]}

Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

• Saint Daniel the Hesychast (Daniil Sihastrul), of Voronet (Romania) (15th century)^[5][18]
• Venerable Sebastian, Abbot of Poshekhonye Monastery (Vologda) (1500)^[19][20]

New Martyrs and Confessors

• Martyr Victor Matveev (1936)^[21][22]
• New Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky), Archbishop of Tver (1937)^[20][21][23]
• New Hieromartyr Nicholas (Klementiev), Archbishop of Great Ustiug (Velikoustiuzh) (1937)^{[5][20][21][22]}
• New Hieromartyrs (1937):
  • Andrew Voskresensky of Moscow,
  • John Mironsky of Chimkent,
  • Vladimir Preobrazhensky of Chimkent, and
  • Elias Benemansky of Tver, Priests (1937)^[5][22]
• New Hieromartyr Sergius Astakhov, Deacon (1942)^[21][22]
• Virgin-martyr Vera Truks of Zhitomir (1942)^[21][22][24]

Other commemorations

• Consecration of the Church of the Theotokos in Halkoprateia-Constantinople.^[25]
• Glorification (1694) of Righteous Simeon, Wonderworker of Verkhoturye (1642)^[20][26]
• Repose of Schemanun Nazaria, Eldress of Varatec Monastery (Romania) (1814)^[20]
• Repose of Metropolitan Benjamin (Costachi) of Moldavia (1846)^[20]
• Slaying of Hieromonk Nestor of Zharki (Ivanovo) (1993)^[20]

Gallery

Notes

References

Sources

• December 18/31. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• December 31 / December 18. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• December 18. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. December. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• 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. 94.
• December 18. 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: (Greek) 18 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 18 Δεκεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (Russian) 31 декабря (18 декабря). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (Russian) 18 декабря (ст.ст.) 31 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

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