December 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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ToursExplore Lably’s 3D toursAll fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 2 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For December 20th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 7.
Feasts
- Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ.
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Saints
- Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer, Bishop of Antioch (107) (see also January 29 )
- Saint Philogonius, Bishop of Antioch, Confessor (323)
- Saint Paul of Latrus (or Paul of Latra; died c. 956), a Greek hermit.
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Martyrs Liberatus and Bajulus, at Rome.
- Saint Ursicinus of Cahors, Bishop of Cahors in France (ca.585)
- Saint Dominic of Brescia, successor of St Anastasius as Bishop of Brescia in Italy (ca.612)
- Saint Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne, born in Ireland, he was a disciple of St Columbanus, and founded the monastery of St Ursanne (ca.625)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Daniel II, Archbishop of Serbia (1338)
- Saint Ignatius, Archimandrite of the Kiev Caves (1435)
- New Martyr John of the island of Thasos, at Constantinople, by beheading (1652)
- Saint Anthony (Smirnitsky), Archbishop of Voronezh (1846)
- Righteous John of Kronstadt, Wonderworker (1908) (see also October 19 )
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Nikolai Chernishev, Archpriest, of Udmurtia (east of Kazan), and New Martyr Barbara, his daughter (1919)
Other commemorations
- Novgorod Icon of the Theotokos, "Deliverance of the Drowning" ("Rescuer of the Drowning").