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December 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)


Dec. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 17

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 29 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For December 16, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 3.

Prophet Haggai, Russian icon from first quarter of 18th century

Saint Theophano and her husband the emperor Leo IV the Wise.

Saint Theophano (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century)

Seal of Patriarch Nicholas II Chrysoberges.

First Page of Martyrologium of Ado Viennensis. Edition: Rome, 1745.

Saint Adelaide of Italy.

St. Sophia of Suzdal.

New Hieromartyr Arcadius (Ostalsky), Bishop of Bezhetsk.

New Hieromartyr Arcadius (Ostalsky), Bishop of Bezhetsk - after NKVD tortures.

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Russian Sources


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