December 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 11 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For December 29th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 16.

Feasts

Saints

Pre-Schism Western Saints

Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

New Martyrs and Confessors

Other Commemorations

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Notes

  1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. In Parisian Codex 1578, Athenodoros is accompanied by other Venerable fathers, including Benjamin and Babylas.
  3. Saint Nicodemus states that he died of dropsy, and that the Evergetinos contains some of his quotations.
  4. (Greek): Μονὴ Ἀκοιμήτων.
  5. He composed two verses for the feast of the Presentation of the Theotokos, and set them to music for the Akolouthia (service). He also set to music the canon that is chanted for the forefeast of the Annunciation, as well as other canons of the Theotokos. In addition, he also composed other celebratory verses.
  6. "At Arles, the birthday of St. Trophimus, mentioned by St. Paul in his epistle to Timothy. Being consecrated bishop by that apostle, he was the first sent to preach the gospel of Christ in that city. From his preaching as from a fountain, according to the expression of Pope St. Zosimus, all Gaul received the waters of salvation."[14]
  7. "In Normandy, St. Ebrulphus, abbot and confessor, in the time of king Childebert."[14]
  8. He was canonized on January 11, 2004. His memory is also celebrated on the Synaxis of All Saints of Siberia, on June 10.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 December 29/January 11. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  2. 1 2 Afterfeast of the Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  3. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Τὰ Ἅγια Νήπια (περίπου 14.000) ποὺ ἐσφάγισαν μὲ διαταγὴ τοῦ Ἡρώδη. 29 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  4. 14,000 Infants (the Holy Innocents) slain by Herod at Bethlehem. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  5. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθηνόδωρος. 29 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  6. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ὁ Ὅσιος Βενιαμίν. 29 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  7. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάρκελλος. 29 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  8. Venerable Marcellus the Abbot of the Monastery of the "Unsleeping Ones". OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  9. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ὁ Ὅσιος Θαδδαῖος ὁ Ὁμολογητής. 29 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  10. Venerable Thaddeus the Confessor of the Studion. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  11. 1 2 3 4 (Russian) 29 декабря (ст.ст.) 11 января 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
  12. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος Ἐπίσκοπος Νικομήδειας ποιητὴς ἀσματικῶν Κανόνων καὶ Τροπαρίων. 29 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 December 29. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  14. 1 2 3 4 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.400-401.
  15. Venerable Mark the Grave-Digger of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  16. Venerable Theophilus of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  17. Venerable Theophilus of Luga and Omutch. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 January 11 / December 29. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  19. 1 2 3 4 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.3.
  20. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ἐγκαίνια τοῦ Ναοῦ Ἁγίων Τεσσαράκοντα πλησίον τοῦ Χαλκοῦ Τετραπύλου. 29 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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