December 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1317 – The "Nyköping Banquet": King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköpi ...

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December 12 Events Pre-1600 * 627 – Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh. *1388 – Maria of Enghien sells the lordship of Argos and Nauplia to ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 24 by

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es on the

Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek language, Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Easte ...

. For December 11th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

November 28 Events Pre-1600 * 587 – Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir. * 936 – Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt again ...

Saints

* Martyrs Terentius, Vincent, Emilian, and Bebaia, by the sword. * Martyrs Peter the Acsetic, and Acepsimas, in Persia. * Monk-martyr Barsabas, Abbot, of Ishtar, and ten companions, in Persia (342)December 11/24
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * Martyrs Aeithalas and Acepsius, at Arbela in Assyria (354) * Saint

Daniel the Stylite Saint Daniel the Stylite ( el, Δανιὴλ ὁ στυλίτης, c. 409 – 493) is a Saint and stylite of the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic Churches. He is commemorated on 11 December according to the liturgical calend ...

, of Constantinople (490) * Martyr Mirax of Egypt (c. 640) * Saint

Nikephoros Phokas Nikephoros II Phokas (; – 11 December 969), Latinized Nicephorus II Phocas, was Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969. His career, not uniformly successful in matters of statecraft or of war, nonetheless included brilliant military exploits whi ...

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(969) * Saint Luke the New Stylite, of Chalcedon (979)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyrs

Victoricus, Fuscian, and Gentian Victoricus (or Victorice, Victoric), Fuscian (or Fulcian, Fulcien, Fuscien) and Gentian (or Gentien) (died circa 287–303) were three Christian martyrs later venerated as Roman Catholic saints. Their feast day falls on 11 December. Hagiography ...

(c. 287)December 11
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. * Martyrs Thrason, Pontian and Praetextatus, in Rome under Diocletian, for ministering to Christian prisoners awaiting martyrdom (302) * Saint Eutychius, a martyr called San Oye either in Mérida or else in

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in Spain (4th century) * Saint

Sabinus of Piacenza Saint Sabinus of Piacenza ( it, San Savino di Piacenza) (333 – December 11, 420), venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic church, was bishop of Piacenza until his death in the year 420. Life Sabinus was born in Milan around 330 - 340. Initia ...

, Bishop of Piacenza in Italy and a close friend of St Ambrose, renowned for miracles (420) * Saint Cían, hermit in Wales (6th century) * Saint Peris, the patron saint of

Llanberis (; ) is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. It is a centre for outdoor activities in Snowdonia, including walking, mo ...

in Wales (c. 6th century) * Saint Fidweten (''Fivetein, Fidivitanus''), a monk and disciple of St Convoyon in Redon in Brittany (c. 888)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Nicon “the Dry” of the Kiev Caves (1101) * Venerable Leontius, monk of

Monemvasia Monemvasia ( el, Μονεμβασιά, Μονεμβασία, or ) is a town and municipality in Laconia, Greece. The town is located on a small island off the east coast of the Peloponnese, surrounded by the Myrtoan Sea. The island is connected t ...

in the

Peloponnese The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmu ...

(c. 1450) * Venerable Damaskinos. * Venerable Nomon the

Wonderworker Thaumaturgy is the purported capability of a magician to work magic or other paranormal events or a saint to perform miracles. It is sometimes translated into English as wonderworking. A practitioner of thaumaturgy is a "thaumaturge", "thaumatu ...

, of Cyprus. * Saint Kuksha (Velichko), Hiero-

Schemamonk The degrees of Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic monasticism are the stages an Eastern Orthodox monk or nun passes through in their religious vocation. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the process of becoming a monk or nun is intentionally slo ...

of Odessa (1964)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Theophan (Ilminsky), Bishop of Perm and Solikamsk, and with him two priests and five laymen, martyrs (1918).December 24 / December 11
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).11 декабря (ст.ст.) 24 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * New Hieromartyr Nicholas Vinogradov, Priest (1937) * New Hieromartyr John Bogoyavlensky, Priest (1941)

Other commemorations

Synaxis {{For, the moth genus, Synaxis (moth) A synaxis ( el, σύναξις "gathering"; Slavonic: собор, ''sobor'') is a liturgical assembly in Eastern Christianity (the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the ...

of the Saints of Georgia.
Synaxis of the Saints of Georgia
'' OCA - Feasts and Saints.

Icon gallery

File:Spas na Ilyine - Stylite Daniel.jpg, St.

. (Church of the Transfiguration, Veliky Novgorod, 1378). File:Nikiphoros Phokas.jpg, Medieval illumination representing

Nikephoros II Phokas Nikephoros II Phokas (; – 11 December 969), Latinized Nicephorus II Phocas, was Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969. His career, not uniformly successful in matters of statecraft or of war, nonetheless included brilliant military exploits whi ...

. File:Histamenon nomisma-Nicephorus II and Basil II-sb1776.jpg, At right,

and his stepson Basil II. File:Luke the Stylites (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Saint Luke the New

Stylite A stylite ( grc, στυλίτης () 'pillar dweller', derived from () 'pillar' and syc, ܐܣܛܘܢܐ ()) or pillar-saint is a type of Christian ascetic who lives on pillars, preaching, fasting and praying. Stylites believe that the mortifi ...

, of Chalcedon (''Menologion of Basil II'', 10th century). File:Saint Kuksha of Odessa.JPG, St.

Kuksha of Odessa Kuksha of Odessa, born Kuzma Kirillovich Velichko ( in Arbuzynka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire – December 24, 1964 in Odessa, USSR), was an imperial Russian priest and a Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) saint who was canon ...

Notes

References

Sources

December 11/24
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
December 24 / December 11
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
December 11
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. 92.

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:
11 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
11 Δεκεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
11 декабря (ст.ст.) 24 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:December 11 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) December in the Eastern Orthodox calendar