Venerable
Venerable Simon the Myrrh-Gusher of Mt Athos and Bulgaria († 1287)
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
Not kept on this calendar this year.
New calendar
- , repose
2027
Old calendar
Not kept on this calendar this year.
New calendar
- , repose
Also commemorated on 28 December 2026
- Afterfeast of the Nativity of Our Lord
- 20,000 Martyrs burned at Nicomedia including Glycerios the Presbyter, Zeno, Theophilus the Deacon, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Migdonius the Deacon, Indysos, Gorgonios, Peter, Euthymios, Secundos, Nicostrates, the Women martyrs Agatha, Domna, Theophila, Antonia Antonia and others († 302)
- Apostle of the 70 Nicanor the Deacon († 38)
- Venerable Ignatius of Lomsk and Yaroslavl († 1591)
- Venerable Babilas
- New Hieromartyr Nicodemus, Bishop of Belgorod († 1918)