December 1 Events Pre-1600 * 800 – A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III. *1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France. * ...

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 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 ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 15 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 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

November 19 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle o ...

Saints

* Prophet

Habakkuk Habakkuk, who was active around 612 BC, was a prophet whose oracles and prayer are recorded in the Book of Habakkuk, the eighth of the collected twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible. He is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Almost al ...

(''Abbacum'') (7th century BC)December 2/15
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * Martyr Myrope of Chios, under

Decius Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius ( 201 ADJune 251 AD), sometimes translated as Trajan Decius or Decius, was the emperor of the Roman Empire from 249 to 251. A distinguished politician during the reign of Philip the Arab, Decius was procla ...

(251) * Martyr Abibus the New (''Abibus of Edessa''), Deacon,

burned at the stake Death by burning (also known as immolation) is an execution and murder method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public capital punishment, and many societies have employed it as a punishment f ...

(c. 307-323) * Saints John, Heraclemon, Andrew and Theophilus, of

Oxyrhynchus Oxyrhynchus (; grc-gre, Ὀξύρρυγχος, Oxýrrhynchos, sharp-nosed; ancient Egyptian ''Pr-Medjed''; cop, or , ''Pemdje''; ar, البهنسا, ''Al-Bahnasa'') is a city in Middle Egypt located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo ...

, hermits of Egypt (4th century) (''see also

June 12 Events Pre-1600 * 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors. * 1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...

'') * Saint Moses the Confessor (''Moses the Economos''). * Venerable Jesse (''Ise, Isidore''), Bishop of Tsilkani in Georgia (6th century) * Saint Solomon, Archbishop of Ephesus ''(see also:

)''

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Evasius, First

Bishop of Brescia The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brescia ( la, Dioecesis Brixiensis) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milan, in Lombardy (Northwestern Italy).December 2
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.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.90.'' 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. 371-372. * Saint Lupus (''Luperius''),

Bishop of Verona 235px, The facade of ''Palazzo del Vescovado'' The Diocese of Verona ( la, Dioecesis Veronensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Italy. The diocese belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Venice. The bishop of Verona ...

in Italy, Confessor. * Martyrs Eusebius, a priest; Marcellus, a deacon; Hippolytus, Maximus, Adria, Paulina, Neon, Mary, Martana, and Aurelia - under Valerian (c. 254-259) * Martyr Pontian, with four others, at Rome, under Valerian (c. 259) * Saint Bibiana (''Vibiana, Vivian''), a holy virgin martyred in Rome (c. 361-363) * Saint

Chromatius Saint Chromatius (died 406/407 AD) was a bishop of Aquileia. He was probably born at Aquileia, and grew up there. * Martyrs Severus, Securus, Januarius and Victorinus, martyrs in North Africa who suffered under the

Vandals The Vandals were a Germanic peoples, Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland. They established Vandal Kingdom, Vandal kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean islands, and North Africa in the fifth century. The ...

(c. 450) * Saint

Silverius Pope Silverius (died 2 December 537) was bishop of Rome from 8 June 536 to his deposition in 537, a few months before his death. His rapid rise to prominence from a deacon to the papacy coincided with the efforts of Ostrogothic king Theodahad (nep ...

, Pope of Rome (537) * Saint

Trumwine of Abercorn Trumwine () was the only ever Bishop of the Northumbrian see of the Picts, based at Abercorn. Trumwine was a contemporary and friend of St. Cuthbert. In 681, during the reign of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria, Trumwine was appointed "Bishop of th ...

(''Trumwin of Whitby''), the only ever Bishop of the Northumbrian see of the Picts (late 7th century) ''(see also:

February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparkin ...

)''

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Cyril of Phileotes (in the vicinity of Derkos in Thrace) (1110) * Venerable Abbacum the Ascetic of Cyprus,

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 ...

(late 12th century) * Saint Athanasius “the Resurrected,” recluse of the

Kiev Caves Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra ( uk, Києво-Печерська лавра, translit=Kyievo-Pecherska lavra, russian: Киево-Печерская лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Ea ...

, whose relics are in the Near Caves (1176)December 15 / December 2
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint Athanasius, recluse of the

, whose relics are in the Far Caves (1264) * Saint Stephen-Urosh V, King of Serbia (1371), and his mother St. Helena (1376), of Serbia. * Saint Joannicius of Devič, Serbia (1430) * Venerable Hiero-Confessor

Alexei (Kabaliuk) of Carpathia Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin ...

, Schema-Archimandrite, of

Khust Khust ( uk, Хуст; hu, Huszt) is a city located on the Khustets River in Zakarpattia Oblast ( province) in western Ukraine. It is near the сonfluence of the Tisa and Rika Rivers. Serving as the administrative center of Khust Raion (distr ...

, Apostle of Carpatho-Russia (1947)
The Holy Confessor Alexis of Carpatho-Russia - Akathist to the Holy Confessor Alexis of Carpatho-Russia
'' Orthodox England (St John's Orthodox Church, Colchester). Retrieved: January 9, 2014. (''see also:

'') * Venerable Elder

Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia Saint Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) the Kafsokalyvite ( el, Όσιος Πορφύριος ο Καυσοκαλυβίτης; secular name: Evangelos Bairaktaris ( el, Ευάγγελος Μπαϊρακτάρης; February7,1906December2,1991) was a Greek ...

, an Athonite hieromonk known for his gifts of spiritual discernment (1991)
Canonization of Two New Saints by the Ecumenical Patriarchate
'' Ecumenical Patriarchate - Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South East Asia ( OMHKSEA). November 27, 2013.

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr John, priest (1919) * New Hieromartyr Matthew Alexandrov, priest of Simferopol-Crimea (1921)2 декабря (ст.ст.) 15 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * New Hieromartyr Demetrius Blagoveshtensky, priest, and Venarable Vera Grafovoy,

Confessor Confessor is a title used within Christianity in several ways. Confessor of the Faith Its oldest use is to indicate a saint who has suffered persecution and torture for the faith but not to the point of death. * New Hieromartyrs (1937): ** Constantine Nekrasov and Nicholas Vinogradsky,

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 of Moscow; ** Sergius Felitsin, Vladimir Proferansov, John Derzhavin, Theodore Alexinsky, Nicholas Zabolotsky, John Dniprovsky, Nicholas Safonov, Priests; ** Hieromartyrs Danact Kalashnikov of Moscow and

Alma Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

(hieromonk), and Cosmas Magda; ** Hieromartyrs (Nuns): Theuromia, Tamara Provorkinoy, Antonina Stepanova, and Mary Dmitrievska; ** Virgin-martyrs: Mary Zhuravlevoy and Matrona Konyukhova. * Virgin-martyr Mary Zeitlin (1938) * Martyr Boris Uspensky (1942)

Other commemorations

* Repose of Elder Luke “the Guestmaster” of

Valaam Valaam ( Russian: Валаам or Валаамский архипелаг, also known by the Finnish name Valamo) is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. The total area ...

(''

Schema The word schema comes from the Greek word ('), which means ''shape'', or more generally, ''plan''. The plural is ('). In English, both ''schemas'' and ''schemata'' are used as plural forms. Schema may refer to: Science and technology * SCHEMA ...

-abbot Luke''), (1965)

Icon gallery

File:Habakkuk (Kirillo-Belozersk).jpg, The prophet

. (

Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (russian: Кирилло-Белозерский монастырь), translated into English as White Lake ranslation of the town name of BeloozeroSt. Cyril's Monastery, used to be the largest monastery and the stron ...

, 17th century). File:Archangel Michael takes Babakkuk to Daniel in the lion's Den (The Mokvi Four Gospels 1300).jpg, Archangel Michael takes Habakkuk to Daniel in the lion's Den (c. 1300). File:Thür St. Johannes 16.JPG, Stained glass window of Sts. Sebastianus and

Chromatius Saint Chromatius (died 406/407 AD) was a bishop of Aquileia. He was probably born at Aquileia, and grew up there.Pope Silverius Pope Silverius (died 2 December 537) was bishop of Rome from 8 June 536 to his deposition in 537, a few months before his death. His rapid rise to prominence from a deacon to the papacy coincided with the efforts of Ostrogothic king Theodahad (nep ...

. File:UrosV.jpg, Saint Stephen-Uroš V, King of Serbia File:HelenaofBulgaria.jpg, St.

Helena of Bulgaria Helena of Bulgaria, Empress of Serbia ( bg, Елена, sr, Јелена; c. 1315–1374) was a Bulgarian princess, and the Queen and Empress consort of Serbia by marriage to Serbian King and later Emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55). She w ...

. File:Икона прп Алексия Карпаторусского.jpg, New Hiero-confessor Alexis (Kabaliuk), Apostle of Carpatho-Russia. File:Wp rakiya aleksiy karpatoruskiy.jpg, Relics of St.

(Monastery of St Nicholas in Iza, near

, Ukraine).

Notes

References

Sources

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Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
December 15 / December 2
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
December 2
OCA - The Lives of the Saints.

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. 371–372. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
2 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). *
2 декабря (ст.ст.) 15 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:December 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) December in the Eastern Orthodox calendar