December 27 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – The second Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is consecrated. * 1512 – The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World. *1521 &ndas ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rul ...

December 29 Events Pre-1600 *1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church. ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 10 by Orthodox Churches on

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 28th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

December 15 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum. * 687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theodor ...

Feasts

Afterfeast An Afterfeast is a period of celebration attached to one of the Great Feasts celebrated by the Orthodox Christian and Eastern Catholic Churches (somewhat analogous to what in the West would be called an Octave). The celebration of the Great Feast ...

of the

Nativity of Christ The nativity of Jesus, nativity of Christ, birth of Jesus or birth of Christ is described in the biblical gospels of Luke and Matthew. The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judaea, his mother Mary was engaged to a man ...

.December 28/January 10
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

Saints

* Apostle

Nicanor the Deacon Nicanor (; el, Nικάνωρ, Nikánōr, translit-std=ISO) was one of the Seven Deacons The Seven, often known as the Seven Deacons, were leaders elected by the early Christian church to minister to the community of believers in Jerusalem, to ...

, one of the Seven Deacons, and one of the

Seventy 70 (seventy) is the natural number following 69 and preceding 71. In mathematics 70 is: * a sphenic number because it factors as 3 distinct primes. * a Pell number. * the seventh pentagonal number. * the fourth tridecagonal number. * the fif ...

(34) * Martyr Secundus, an Enlightener of Spain, sent by the Apostles to Spain to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ (1st century) * The

20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia The 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia refers to victims of persecution of Christians in Nicomedia, Bithynia (modern Izmit, Turkey) by the Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian in the early 4th century AD. According to various martyrologies and menolo ...

(302), including: ** Hieromartyr Glycerius, priest; ** Deacons Theophilus and Migdonius; ** Martyrs Zeno, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Indes, Gorgonius, Peter, and Euthymius; ** Virgin-martyrs Agape, Domna (the former pagan priestess), Theophila, and others. * Martyr Ploutodoros. * Venerable Babylas of Tarsus in Cilicia.January 10 / December 28
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Venerable Stephen the Wonderworker.

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyrs Castor, Victor and Rogatian, in North Africa.
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Domnio (Domnion), a righteous priest in Rome. * Saints Romulus and Conindrus, two of the first people to preach Orthodoxy on the

Isle of Man ) , anthem = "O Land of Our Birth" , image = Isle of Man by Sentinel-2.jpg , image_map = Europe-Isle_of_Man.svg , mapsize = , map_alt = Location of the Isle of Man in Europe , map_caption = Location of the Isle of Man (green) in Europe ...

, they were contemporaries of St Patrick (c. 450) * Saint

Maughold Maughold (also known as Macaille, Maccaldus, Machalus, Machaoi, Machella, Maghor, Mawgan, Maccul, Macc Cuill; died c. 488 AD) is venerated as the patron saint of the Isle of Man. Tradition states that he was an Irish prince and captain of a ban ...

(Maccaldus), a former brigand in Ireland, was converted by St Patrick and sent to the

, where his episcopate was very fruitful (c. 488) * Saint Antony of Lérins (Anthony the Hermit), renowned for miracles (c. 520)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Simon the Myrrh-gusher, founder of Simonopetra, Mt. Athos (1287) * Saint

Ignatius Ignatius is a male given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name Religious * Ignatius of Antioch (35–108), saint and martyr, Apostolic Father, early Christian bishop * Ignatius of Constantinople (797–877), Cath ...

, Monk, of Loma (

Vologda Vologda ( rus, Вологда, p=ˈvoləɡdə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. ...

) (Ignatii of Lomsk and Yaroslavsk) (1591)
Venerable Ignatius of Loma and Yaroslav
'' OCA - Feasts and Saints. * Saint Cornelius, monk of Krypetsk Monastery (

Pskov Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=pskov-ru.ogg, p=pskof; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population ...

) (1903)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr

Nikodim (Kononov) Nikodim is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Saint Nikodim I (died 1325), Eastern Orthodox saint, 10th Metropolitan of Peć and Archbishop of the Serbs * Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad (1929–1978), Metropolitan of Leningrad ...

, Bishop of

Belgorod Belgorod ( rus, Белгород, p=ˈbʲeɫɡərət) is a city and the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River north of the border with Ukraine. Population: Demographics The population of Be ...

, at Solovki (1918)28 декабря (ст.ст.) 10 января 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * New Hieromartyr Arcadius Reshetnikov, Deacon (1918) * New Hieromartyr Alexander, Priest (1920) * New Hieromartyrs Theoctistus, Leonid, and Nicholas, Priests (1937) * New Hieromartyrs Arethus, and Alexander, Priests (1938)

Other commemorations

* Repose of Joseph the Hesychast (Romania) (1828)

Icon gallery

File:Nicanor the Deacon by Fedor Zubov (1685, Smolensky cathedral of Novodevichiy convent).jpg, Apostle

. File:20,000 martyrs of Nicomedia (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Miniature from the ''Menologion of Basil II'' honoring the

. File:Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia, and those with him (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Martyrs: Peter, Indes, Gorgonius by drowning; Zeno and Dorotheus by beheading; Mardonius and Hieromartyr Glycerius, by fire; Theophilus the Deacon by stoning; and Migdonius in a cesspool. File:Keeill in Maughold churchyard.jpg, A primitive chapel dating from 6th to 11th centuries, at the cemetery of the church in the village named for

. File:Nikodim kononov 2010 001.jpg, New Hieromartyr

, Bishop of

Notes

References

Sources

December 28/January 10
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
January 10 / December 28
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
December 28
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. 3.

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. pp. 399–400. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
28 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
28 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). *
28 декабря (ст.ст.) 10 января 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:December 28 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) December in the Eastern Orthodox calendar