December 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Dec. 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 20
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 1 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For December 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 6.
Contents
Saints
- Martyr Boniface of Tarsus, at Tarsus in Cilicia (290)[1] and Righteous Aglae (Aglais, Aglaida) of Rome.[2] (c. 303)[3]
- Martyrs Elias, Probus, and Ares the Egyptians, in Cilicia (308)[4][note 2]
- Martyrs Polyeuctus at Caesarea in Cappadocia, and the Deacon Timothy at Mauretania, by fire (309)[6]
- Martyrs Eutychios and Thessaloniki, and with them 200 men and 70 women, by the sword.[7][8]
- Martyr Tryphon, by hanging.[9]
- Hieromartyr Capito (Capiton), Bishop of Cherson (4th century)[8][10][11]
- Saint Gregentios of Himyaritia (Gregentius of Himyar,[12] Gregentios of Taphar,[13] Gregory of Omirits[14]), Missionary Archbishop of Zafar (capital of the Himyarite tribal confederacy) (552)[8][15][note 3]
- Saint Boniface the Merciful, Bishop of Ferentino (6th century)[8][17]
- Saints George the Scribe, and Sabbas, monks of Khakhuli Monastery (11th century)[8][18]
Pre-Schism Western Saints
- Saint Fausta of Sirmium, the mother of St Anastasia of Sirmium (3rd century)[19]
- Saint Anastasius I, Pope of Rome (401)[19][note 4]
- Saint Avitus (or Adjutus), Abbot of Micy near Orleans in France, an abbot renowned for the spirit of prophecy.[19][20]
- Saint Manirus, one of the Apostles of the north of Scotland.[19]
- Saint Gregory of Auxerre, the twelfth bishop of Auxerre in France and Confessor (c. 540)[19]
- Saint Ribert (Ribarius), seventeenth Abbot of Saint-Oyend in France, he is venerated in Franche-Comté (c. 790)[19]
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
- Venerable Elias of Murom, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (1188)[8][11][21][22][note 5]
- Saint Vladimir Veselovsky (1974)[11]
- Saint Seraphim (Romantsov), Schema-Archimandrite of Sukhumi (Abkhazia), Elder of Glinsk Monastery (1975)[8][11]
Other commemorations
- Repose of Blessed Hieromonk Hermogenes, founder of Kirensk and Albazin Monasteries in Siberia (1690)[8]
Icon Gallery
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Polyeuctus at Caesarea (Menologion of Basil II).jpg
Martyr Polyeuctus, at Caesarea in Cappadocia (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century).
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Timothy the deacon in Mauretania (Menologion of Basil II).jpg
Martyr Timothy the Deacon, in Mauretania (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century).
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AnastasiI.jpg
Ceramic altarpiece with St. Anastasius I, Pope of Rome (1923).
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Anastasius I.jpg
St. Anastasius I, Pope of Rome
Notes
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Sources
- December 19/January 1. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- January 1 / December 19. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
- December 19. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- Dr. Alexander Roman. December. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- 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. 1.
- December 19. 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.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 19 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 19 Δεκεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (Russian) 1 января (19 декабря). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (Russian) 19 декабря (ст.ст.) 1 января 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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- ↑ Martyr Boniface at Tarsus, in Cilicia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Righteous Aglaida (Aglae) of Rome. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βονιφάτιος καὶ Ἀγλαΐα ἡ Ρωμαία. 19 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἠλίας, Πρόβος καὶ Ἄρης οἱ Μάρτυρες. 19 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Martyr Elias in Cilicia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος καὶ Πολύευκτος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 19 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εὐτύχιος, Θεσσαλονίκη, 200 Ἄνδρες καὶ 70 Γυναῖκες οἱ Μάρτυρες. 19 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 December 19/January 1. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ὁ Ἅγιος Τρύφων ὁ Μάρτυρας. 19 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ January 1 / December 19. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Dr. Alexander Roman. December. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- ↑ Saint Gregentius, Bishop of Himyar. Macedonian Orthodox Church - Archdiocese of Ohrid.
- ↑ Albrecht Berger (Ed.). Life And Works of Saint Gregentios, Archbishop of Taphar. Millennium Studies 7. Walter de Gruyter, Tra edition, October 30, 2006. 915 pp. ISBN 9783110184457
- ↑ St Gregory the Archbishop of Omirits. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγέντιος Ἐπίσκοπος Αἰθιοπίας. 19 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Bishop Nikolai Velimirovch. The Prologue from Ohrid. Serbian Orthodox Church Diocese of Western America.
- ↑ St Boniface the Merciful the Bishop of Ferentino. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Venerable George the Scribe, of Khakhuli. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 December 19. 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. p.390.
- ↑ Venerable Elias of Murom the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἡλιοῦ Μουρόμας ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ ἐν τῷ Σπηλαίῳ (Ρῶσος). 19 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ The Monk Ilya Muromets of Pechersk. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).