December 3 Events Pre-1600 * 915 – Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date). 1601–1900 * 1775 – American Revolutionary War: becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the ...

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 5 Events Pre-1600 * 63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. * 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville. * 1033 – The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multipl ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 17 by

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops via ...

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 4th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

November 21 Events Pre-1600 * 164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.) * 235 ...

Saints

* Commemoration of the Twelve Prophets (''Twelve Minor Prophets''). * Apostle

Crispus Flavius Julius Crispus (; 300 – 326) was the eldest son of the Roman emperor Constantine I, as well as his junior colleague ( ''caesar'') from March 317 until his execution by his father in 326. The grandson of the ''augustus'' Constantius I ...

of the

Seventy Apostles The seventy disciples or seventy-two disciples, known in the Eastern Christian traditions as the seventy apostles or seventy-two apostles, were early emissaries of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. The correct Greek terminology is evdomikont ...

Bishop of Chalcedon A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

(1st century) * Great-martyr Barbara, at Heliopolis in Syria (306)December 4/17
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * Martyr Juliana, at Heliopolis in Syria (306) * Martyrs Christodoulos and Christodoula, by the sword. * Saint John 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", "thauma ...

, Bishop of Polybotum, in

Phrygia Salutaris In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; grc, Φρυγία, ''Phrygía'' ) was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. After its conquest, it became a region of the great empires ...

(716) * Saint John of Damascus (''John Damascene''), monk of St. Sabbas Monastery (749)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Felix of Bologna, a Deacon of the Church of Milan with St

Ambrose Ambrose of Milan ( la, Aurelius Ambrosius; ), venerated as Saint Ambrose, ; lmo, Sant Ambroeus . was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promo ...

, and later the fifth Bishop of Bologna (429)December 4
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Bertoara, Abbess of Notre-Dame-de-Sales in Bourges (614) * Saint Ada, niece of Engebert,

Bishop of Le Mans The Catholic Diocese of Le Mans (Latin: ''Dioecesis Cenomanensis''; French: ''Diocèse du Mans'') is a Catholic diocese of France. The diocese is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo but had previously been suffrag ...

, she became a nun at Soissons, and Abbess in Le Mans (7th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Cassian the Martyr (''Kassianos''), one of the ''"300 Allemagne Saints"'' in Cyprus (late 12th century) (''see also

October 6 Events Pre-1600 * 105 BC – Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio accelerates the Marian reforms of the Roman army of the mid-Republic. * 69 BC – Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdue Armenia. *A ...

'') * Saint Gennadius of Novgorod, Archbishop of Novgorod (1504) * New Hieromartyr Seraphim of Phanarion, Archbishop of Phanarion and Neochorion (1601)

New martyrs and confessors

* Hieromartyr Nicholas (Tsedrik), Priest (1917)December 17 / December 4
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).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.91. * New Martyrs of Perm (1918):4 декабря (ст.ст.) 17 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). ** Hieromartyrs Alexis Saburov, John Pyankov,

Protopresbyter A ''protoiereus'' (from grc, πρωτοϊερεύς, "first priest", Modern Greek: πρωθιερέας) or protopriest in the Eastern Orthodox Church is a priest usually coordinating the activity of other subordinate priests in a bigger church. T ...

s. ** Alexander Posokhin and Nicholas Yakhontov, Priests. ** Basil Kashin, Deacon, and with him 10 Martyrs. * Hieromartyr Damascene (Tsedrik), Bishop of Glukhov, (''son of priest Nicholas (Tsedrik)'') (1935) * Hieromartyr Demetrius Nevedomsky, Priest (1937) * Virgin-martyrs Catherine Arskoy and Kyra Obolensky (1937) * Hieromartyr

Alexander Hotovitzky Saint Alexander Hotovitzky (or Hotovitsky) (1872-1937) was a Russian Orthodox hieromartyr. He was ordained to the priesthood while working in the United States in the 1890s. He was ordered back to Europe in 1914, where we worked as a vicar in Be ...

, Hieromartyr of the Bolshevik yoke, Missionary of America (1937)

Other commemorations

* Icon of the

Mother of God ''Theotokos'' (Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are ''Dei Genitrix'' or ''Deipara'' (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are " ...

of Damascus ( Panayia Tricherousa, "Three-handed Theotokos") (c. 717)
Icon of the Mother of God of Damascus
'' OCA - Feasts and Saints.

Icon gallery

File:Chartres - cathédrale - rosace nord.jpg, Northern rose window of

Chartres Cathedral Chartres Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres (french: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), is a Roman Catholic church in Chartres, France, about southwest of Paris, and is the seat of the Bishop of Chartres. Mostly con ...

. The rose depicts the Glorification of the Virgin Mary, the twelve kings of Juda, and the Twelve Prophets. File:Saint-Barbara-Grk-ikon.png, Great-martyr Barbara. File:John, Bishop of Polybotum (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Saint John the Wonderworker, Bishop of Polybotum (''

Menologion of Basil II The ''Menologion of Basil II'' (also called ''Menologium of Basil II'', ''Menology of Basil II'') is an illuminated manuscript designed as a church calendar or Eastern Orthodox Church service book (''menologion'') that was compiled c. 1000 AD, f ...

'', 10th century). File:SanGiovanniDamasceno.jpg, St. John of Damascus. File:Gennady of Novgorod.jpg, St.

Gennady of Novgorod Gennadius (Gennady, russian: Геннадий; died 4 December 1505) was Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Pskov from 1484 to 1504. He was most instrumental in fighting the Heresy of the Judaizers and is famous for compiling the first complet ...

. File:Alexander Hotovitsky fresco.jpg, St.

, Hieromartyr of the Bolshevik yoke, Missionary of America. File:VergineTricherusa.jpg, Icon of Panagia Tricherousa ("Three-handed Theotokos").

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