Calendar of Saints (Armenian Apostolic Church)

January

1 Third Day of the Fast of the Nativity
Nativity Fast
The Nativity Fast is a period of abstinence and penance practiced by the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches, in preparation for the Nativity of Christ, . The fast is similar to the Western Advent, except that it runs for 40 days instead of four weeks. The fast is...
2 Fourth Day of the Fast of the Nativity
3 Fifth Day of the Fast of the Nativity
4 Sixth Day of the Fast of the Nativity
5 Eve of the Nativity and Theophany of our Lord Jesus Christ
6 Feast of the Nativity
Nativity of Jesus
The Nativity of Jesus, or simply The Nativity, refers to the accounts of the birth of Jesus in two of the Canonical gospels and in various apocryphal texts....

and Theophany
Theophany
Theophany, from the Ancient Greek , meaning "appearance of God"), refers to the appearance of a deity to a human or other being, or to a divine disclosure....

of our Lord Jesus Christ
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
7 Second Day of Nativity, Day of the Remembrance of the Dead
8 Third Day of Nativity
9 Fourth Day of Nativity
10 Fifth Day of Nativity
11 Sixth Day of Nativity
12 Seventh Day of Nativity
13 Eighth Day of Nativity, Feast of the Naming of our Lord Jesus Christ
Circumcision of Christ
The Feast of the Circumcision of Christ is a Christian celebration of the circumcision of Jesus in accordance with Jewish tradition, eight days after his birth, the occasion on which the child was formally given his name.The circumcision of Jesus has traditionally been seen, as explained in the...
14 First Sunday after Nativity
15 Birth of Saint John the Forerunner
16 Saints Peter the Patriarch, Blaise the Bishop
Saint Blaise
Saint Blaise was a physician, and bishop of Sebastea . According to his Acta Sanctorum, he was martyred by being beaten, attacked with iron carding combs, and beheaded...

and Absolom the Deacon
17 Fast Day
18 The Hermits Saints Anton, Triphon, Barsauma and Onouphrius
19 Fast Day
20 Saints Theodosius and the Children of Ephesus
21 Second Sunday after Nativity
22 Saints Kryiakos, Julita, Gordius, Polyeuctus and Saint Grigoris
23 Saints Vahan of Goghtn, Eugenia the Virgin, Phillip, Cladia, Sergius and Apito, and the Two Eunuchs
24 Fast Day
25 Saints Eugenius, Marcarius, Alerius, Canditus and Aquila
26 Fast Day
27 Holy Fathers Saints Athanasius
Athanasius of Alexandria
Athanasius of Alexandria [b. ca. – d. 2 May 373] is also given the titles St. Athanasius the Great, St. Athanasius I of Alexandria, St Athanasius the Confessor and St Athanasius the Apostolic. He was the 20th bishop of Alexandria. His long episcopate lasted 45 years Athanasius of Alexandria [b....

and Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. He came to power when the city was at its height of influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the later 4th and 5th centuries...

and Gregory of Theologian
Gregory of Nazianzus
Gregory of Nazianzus was a 4th-century Archbishop of Constantinople. He is widely considered the most accomplished rhetorical stylist of the patristic age...
28 Third Sunday after Nativity
29 First Day of the Fast of the Catechumens
30 Second Day of the Fast of the Catechumens
31 Third Day of the Fast of the Catechumens

February

1 Fourth Day of the Fast of the Catechumens, Remembrance of the Prophet Jonah
Jonah
Jonah is the name given in the Hebrew Bible to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC, the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah, famous for being swallowed by a fish or a whale, depending on translation...
2 Fifth Day of the Fast of the Catechumens. Remembrance of the Prophet Jonah
3 St. Sarkis the Warrior and his son Martiros and his Fourteen Soldiers
4 Fourth Sunday after Nativity
5 Saints Adom and his soldiers
6 The Holy Soukiasian Martyrs
7 Fast Day
8 The Holy Voskian Priests
9 Fast Day
10 Catholicos St. Sahak Parthev
Isaac of Armenia
Isaac or Sahak of Armenia was Catholicos of Armenia. He is sometimes known as "Isaac the Great," and as "Սահակ Պարթև / Sahak Parthev" in Armenian, owing to his Parthian origin....
11 Fifth Sunday after Nativity
12 Saints Mark the Bishop, Plonius the Priest, Cyril and Benjamin the Deacons, and Martyrs Abdelmseh, Ormistan and Sayen
13 St. Leontius the Priest and his Companions
14 Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Temple
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, which falls on 2 February, celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus. In the Eastern Orthodox Church and some Eastern Catholic Churches, it is one of the twelve Great Feasts, and is sometimes called Hypapante...
15 St. Vartan the Warrior and his Companions
16 Fast Day
17 150 Fathers of the Holy Council of Constantinople
First Council of Constantinople
The First Council of Constantinople is recognized as the Second Ecumenical Council by the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox, the Eastern Orthodox, the Roman Catholics, the Old Catholics, and a number of other Western Christian groups. It was the first Ecumenical Council held in...

(AD 381)
18 Great Barekendan
19 First Day of Great Lent
Great Lent
Great Lent, or the Great Fast, is the most important fasting season in the church year in Eastern Christianity, which prepares Christians for the greatest feast of the church year, Pascha . In many ways Great Lent is similar to Lent in Western Christianity...
20 Second Day of Great Lent
21 Third Day of Great Lent
22 Fourth Day of Great Lent
23 Fifth Day of Great Lent
24 Sixth Day of Great Lent,St. Theodore the Warrior
25 Second Sunday of Great Lent, Sunday of the Expulsion
26 Eighth Day of Great Lent
27 Ninth Day of Great Lent
28 Tenth Day of Great Lent

March

1 Eleventh Day of Great Lent
2 Twelfth Day of Great Lent
3 Thirteenth Day of Great Lent, Saints Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem was a distinguished theologian of the early Church . He is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. In 1883, Cyril was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII...

, Cyril the Bishop and Anna
4 Third Sunday of Great Lent, Sunday of the Prodigal Son
5 Fifteenth Day of Great Lent
6 Sixteenth Day of Great Lent
7 Seventeenth Day of Great Lent
8 Eighteenth Day of Great Lent
9 Nineteenth Day of Great Lent
10 Twentieth Day of Great Lent, Sts. John of Jerusalem, John of Otzoon, John of Oritri and Gregory of Datev
11 Fourth Sunday of Great Lent, Sunday of the Steward
12 Twenty Second Day of Great Lent
13 Twenty Third Day of Great Lent
14 Twenty Fourth Day of Great Lent, Median day of Lent
15 Twenty Fifth Day of Great Lent
16 Twenty Sixth Day of Great Lent
17 Twenty Seventh Day of Great Lent, Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebastia
18 Fifth Sunday of Great Lent, Sunday of the Judge
19 Twenty Ninth Day of Great Lent
20 Thirtieth Day of Great Lent
21 Thirty First Day of Great Lent
22 Thirty Second Day of Great Lent
23 Thirty Third Day of Great Lent
24 Thirty Fourth Day of Great Lent, St. Gregory the Illuminator
Gregory the Illuminator
Saint Gregory the Illuminator or Saint Gregory the Enlightener is the patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church...

- Commitment to the Pit
25 Sixth Sunday of Great Lent, Sunday of the Advent
26 Thirty Sixth Day of Great Lent
27 Thirty Seventh Day of Great Lent
28 Thirty Eighth Day of Great Lent
29 Thirty Ninth Day of Great Lent
30 Fortieth Day of Great Lent: Feast of the Annunciation
Annunciation
The Annunciation, also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary or Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the announcement by the angel Gabriel to Virgin Mary, that she would conceive and become the mother of Jesus the Son of God. Gabriel told Mary to name her...

of the Holy Virgin Mary
31 Forty First Day of Great Lent: Remembrance of the Raising of Lazarus
Lazarus Saturday
Lazarus Saturday, in the Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, is the day before Palm Sunday, and is liturgically linked to it...

, Fast

April

1 Holy Week
Holy Week
Holy Week in Christianity is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter...

, Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in all four Canonical Gospels. ....
2 Great Monday
3 Great Tuesday, Remembrance of the Ten Virgins
4 Great Wednesday
Holy Wednesday
In Christianity, Holy Wednesday is the Wednesday of the Holy Week, the week before Easter...
5 Holy Thursday
Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great & Holy Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries, is the Christian feast or holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter that commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles as described in the Canonical gospels...

, Remembrance of the Last Supper
Last Supper
The Last Supper is the final meal that, according to Christian belief, Jesus shared with his Twelve Apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion. The Last Supper provides the scriptural basis for the Eucharist, also known as "communion" or "the Lord's Supper".The First Epistle to the Corinthians is...
6 Holy Friday
Good Friday
Good Friday , is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and may coincide with the Jewish observance of...

, Commemoration of the Passion
Passion (Christianity)
The Passion is the Christian theological term used for the events and suffering – physical, spiritual, and mental – of Jesus in the hours before and including his trial and execution by crucifixion...

, Crucifixion
Crucifixion
Crucifixion is an ancient method of painful execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead...

, and Burial of our Lord Jesus Christ
Entombment of Christ
The Entombment redirects here. For other uses, The Entombment The Entombment of Christ, that is to say the burial of Jesus Christ, occurred after his death by crucifixion, when, according to the gospel accounts, he was placed in a new tomb belonging to Joseph of Arimathea.-Biblical account:All four...
7 Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday , sometimes known as Easter Eve or Black Saturday, is the day after Good Friday. It is the day before Easter and the last day of Holy Week in which Christians prepare for Easter...

: Eve of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ
8 Easter Sunday
Easter
Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...

, Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ
9 Second Day of Easter, Remembrance of the Dead (Easter)
10 Third Day of Easter
11 Fourth Day of Easter
12 Fifth Day of Easter
13 Sixth Day of Easter
14 Seventh Day of Easter
15 Octave of Easter
Octave of Easter
The term Octave of Easter may refer either to the eight day period from Easter Sunday until the Sunday following Easter, inclusive; or it may refer only to that Sunday after Easter, the Octave Day of Easter . That Sunday is also known historically as St...

(New Sunday)
16 Ninth Day of Easter Tide
17 Tenth Day of Easter Tide
18 Eleventh Day of Easter Tide
19 Twelfth Day of Easter Tide
20 Thirteenth Day of Easter Tide
21 Fourteenth Day of Easter Tide
22 Third Sunday, Sunday of the World Church (Green Sunday)
23 Sixteenth Day of Easter Tide
24 Seventeenth Day of Easter Tide
25 Eighteenth Day of Easter Tide
26 Nineteenth Day of Easter Tide
27 Twentieth Day of Easter Tide
28 Twenty First Day of Easter Tide
29 Fourth Sunday, Red Sunday
30 Twenty Third Day of Easter Tide

May

1 Twenty Fourth Day of Easter Tide
2 Twenty Fifth Day of Easter Tide
3 Twenty Sixth Day of Easter Tide
4 Twenty Seventh Day of Easter Tide
5 Twenty Eighth Day of Easter Tide
6 Fifth Sunday
7 Thirtieth Day of Easter Tide
8 Thirty First Day of Easter Tide
9 Thirty Second Day of Easter Tide
10 Thirty Third Day of Easter Tide
11 Thirty Fourth Day of Easter Tide
12 Thirty Fifth Day of Easter Tide
13 Sixth Sunday of Eastertide
14 Thirty Seventh Day of Eastertide
15 Thirty Eighth Day of Eastertide
16 Thirty Ninth Day of Eastertide
17 Fortieth Day of Eastertide, Feast of the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ
18 Forty First Day of Eastertide
19 Forty Second Day of Eastertide
20 Second Palm Sunday
21 St. Helen
Helena of Constantinople
Saint Helena also known as Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople was the consort of Emperor Constantius, and the mother of Emperor Constantine I...

and St. Constantine the Great
Constantine I
Constantine the Great , also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Well known for being the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, Constantine and co-Emperor Licinius issued the Edict of Milan in 313, which proclaimed religious tolerance of all...

- Equal to the Apostles
Equal-to-apostles
An equal-to-the-apostles is a special title given to some canonized saints in Eastern Orthodoxy. It is also used by Eastern Rite Catholic Churches that are in communion with Rome...
22 Forth Fifth Day of Eastertide
23 Forty Sixth Day of Eastertide
24 Forty Seventh Day of Eastertide
25 Forty Eighth Day of Eastertide
26 Forty Ninth Day of Eastertide
27 Pentecost
Pentecost
Pentecost is a prominent feast in the calendar of Ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sinai, and also later in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ after the Resurrection of Jesus...
28 Second Day of Pentecost: Fast
29 Third Day of Pentecost: Fast
30 Fourth Day of Pentecost: Fast
31 Fifth Day of Pentecost: Fast

June

1 Sixth Day of Pentecost: Fast
2 Seventh Day of Pentecost: Fast
3 Remembrance of the Prophet Elijah
4 St. Hripsime and her companions
5 St. Gayane
St. Gayane
The Church of Saint Gayane is a 7th century Armenian church in Vagharshapat , the religious center of Armenia. It is located within walking distance from the Etchmiadzin Cathedral of 301. St. Gayane was built by Catholicos Ezra I in the year 630...

and her companions
6 Fast Day
7 Commemoration Day of St. John the Forerunner (the Baptist)
John the Baptist
John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...

and Bishop Atanagine
8 Fast Day
9 Feast of St. Gregory the Enlightener (Deliverance from the Pit)
10 Second Sunday after Pentecost: Feast of the Consecration "Shoghakat" of Holy Etchmiadzin
11 Commemoration Day of the Children of Bethlehem, Acacius the Witness, Movkima the Priest and Kotriatos the Soldier
12 Holy Virgins Nuneh and Maneh
13 Fast Day
14 The Holy Princes, Isaac and Joseph and Martyrs Sarkis and Bacchus
Saints Sergius and Bacchus
Saints Sergius and Bacchus , were third century Roman soldiers who are commemorated as martyrs by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches...
15 Fast Day
16 Commemoration Day of St. Nersess the Great
Saint Narses
Saint Nerses I the Great was an Armenian Catholicos who lived in the fourth century. He was the father of another catholicos, Saint Sahak I. His father was At'anagenes and his mother was Bambish, the sister of King Tiran....

and Bishop Khad
17 Third Sunday after Pentecost: Barekendan of the Feast of St. Gregory the Enlightener
18 Fast: Saints Epiphanius Bishop of Cyprus
Epiphanius of Salamis
Epiphanius of Salamis was bishop of Salamis at the end of the 4th century. He is considered a saint and a Church Father by both the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He gained a reputation as a strong defender of orthodoxy...

, Babylas the Patriarch, and his three disciples
19 Fast: Sts. Constantine the Emperor
Constantine I
Constantine the Great , also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Well known for being the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, Constantine and co-Emperor Licinius issued the Edict of Milan in 313, which proclaimed religious tolerance of all...

and his mother Helen
Helena of Constantinople
Saint Helena also known as Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople was the consort of Emperor Constantius, and the mother of Emperor Constantine I...
20 Fast Day
21 Fast: Saints Theodotus of Galatia
Theodotus of Ancyra (martyr)
-Hagiography:On 18 May the Roman Martyrology says: "At Ancyra, in Galatia, the martyr Saint Theodotus and the saintly virgins Thecusa, his aunt, Alexandra, Claudia, Faina, Euphrasia, Matrona and Julitta", etc...

, and Thalelaus the Physician, and the Seven Martyred Virgins of Ancyra
22 Fast Day
23 Feast of St. Gregory the Enlightener (Discovery of His Relics)
24 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
25 Commemoration Day of martyrs St. Antoninus, St. Theophilus, St. Anicetus and St. Potinus
26 Feast Day of the Saints Prophet Daniel
Daniel
Daniel is the protagonist in the Book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible. In the narrative, when Daniel was a young man, he was taken into Babylonian captivity where he was educated in Chaldean thought. However, he never converted to Neo-Babylonian ways...

, and Companions Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
Fiery furnace
Fiery furnace may refer to:* The fiery furnace in which Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into in Daniel 3* Fiery Furnace , a region of Utah's Arches National Park* The Fiery Furnaces, a rock band...
27 Fast Day
28 Holy Translators Saints Sahak
Isaac of Armenia
Isaac or Sahak of Armenia was Catholicos of Armenia. He is sometimes known as "Isaac the Great," and as "Սահակ Պարթև / Sahak Parthev" in Armenian, owing to his Parthian origin....

and Mesrop
Saint Mesrob
Saint Mesrop Mashtots was an Armenian monk, theologian and linguist. He is best known for having invented the Armenian alphabet, which was a fundamental step in strengthening the Armenian Church, the government of the Armenian Kingdom, and ultimately the bond between the Armenian Kingdom and...
29 Fast Day
30 Saints King Drtad, Queen Ashkhen and Princess Khosrovidookhd

July

1 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Feast of the Discovery of St. Mary’s Box
2 Commemoration Day of St. Kalistratos and his 49 companions, and Lukianos the Priest
3 Feast Day of Saint Zechariah the Prophet
4 Fast Day
5 Feast Day of Saint Elisha
Elisha
Elisha is a prophet mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an. His name is commonly transliterated into English as Elisha via Hebrew, Eliseus via Greek and Latin, or Alyasa via Arabic.-Biblical biography:...

the Prophet
6 Fast Day
7 Feast Day of the Twelve Holy Apostles of Christ and St Paul, the Thirteenth Apostle
8 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Paregentan of the Fast of Transfiguration
Transfiguration of Jesus
The Transfiguration of Jesus is an event reported in the New Testament in which Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant upon a mountain. The Synoptic Gospels describe it, and 2 Peter 1:16-18 refers to it....
9 First Day of the Fast of the Transfiguration
10 Second Day of the Fast of the Transfiguration
11 Third Day of the Fast of the Transfiguration
12 Fourth Day of the Fast of the Transfiguration
13 Fifth Day of the Fast of the Transifiguration
14 Commemoration of the Old Ark and the Feast of the New Holy Church
15 Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord (Vartavar
Vartavar
Vartavar is a festival in Armenia where people of all ages drench each other with water. Its name is a derivative from “vard” in Armenian, which stands for “rose” in English.-Origin:...

)
16 Second Day of Transfiguration, Remembrance of the Dead (Transfiguration)
17 Third Day of Transfiguration
18 Fast Day
19 Feast Day of Saint Isaiah
Isaiah
Isaiah ; Greek: ', Ēsaïās ; "Yahu is salvation") was a prophet in the 8th-century BC Kingdom of Judah.Jews and Christians consider the Book of Isaiah a part of their Biblical canon; he is the first listed of the neviim akharonim, the later prophets. Many of the New Testament teachings of Jesus...

the Prophet
20 Fast Day
21 Saints Thaddeus Apostle of Armenia and Sandoukht the Virgin
22 Second Sunday after Transfiguration
23 Saints Cyprian
Cyprian
Cyprian was bishop of Carthage and an important Early Christian writer, many of whose Latin works are extant. He was born around the beginning of the 3rd century in North Africa, perhaps at Carthage, where he received a classical education...

, Bishop of Carthage, and the Forty-five Martyrs, and the Virgins Justinia, Euphemia, and Christina
24 Saints Athenogenes the Bishop and the Ten Disciples and Five Martyrs
25 Fast Day
26 Commemoration Day of the Holy Forefathers; Adam, Abel
Cain and Abel
In the Hebrew Bible, Cain and Abel are two sons of Adam and Eve. The Qur'an mentions the story, calling them the two sons of Adam only....

, Seth
Seth
Seth , in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, is the third listed son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel, who are the only other of their children mentioned by name...

, Enos, Enoch
Enoch (ancestor of Noah)
Enoch is a figure in the Generations of Adam. Enoch is described as Adam's greatx4 grandson , the son of Jared, the father of Methuselah, and the great-grandfather of Noah...

, Noah
Noah
Noah was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs. The biblical story of Noah is contained in chapters 6–9 of the book of Genesis, where he saves his family and representatives of all animals from the flood by constructing an ark...

, Melchizedech
Melchizedek
Melchizedek or Malki Tzedek translated as "my king righteous") is a king and priest mentioned during the Abram narrative in the 14th chapter of the Book of Genesis....

, Abraham
Abraham
Abraham , whose birth name was Abram, is the eponym of the Abrahamic religions, among which are Judaism, Christianity and Islam...

, Isaac
Isaac
Isaac as described in the Hebrew Bible, was the only son Abraham had with his wife Sarah, and was the father of Jacob and Esau. Isaac was one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites...

, Jacob
Jacob
Jacob "heel" or "leg-puller"), also later known as Israel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur'an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.In the...

, Joseph
Joseph (Hebrew Bible)
Joseph is an important character in the Hebrew bible, where he connects the story of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in Canaan to the subsequent story of the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt....

, Moses
Moses
Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed...

, Aaron
Aaron
In the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an, Aaron : Ααρών ), who is often called "'Aaron the Priest"' and once Aaron the Levite , was the older brother of Moses, and a prophet of God. He represented the priestly functions of his tribe, becoming the first High Priest of the Israelites...

, Eleazar
Eleazar
Eleazar , was a priest in the Hebrew Bible, the second Kohen Gadol - succeeding his father Aaron. He was a nephew of Moses.-Life:...

, Joshua
Joshua
Joshua , is a minor figure in the Torah, being one of the spies for Israel and in few passages as Moses's assistant. He turns to be the central character in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua...

, Samuel, Samson
Samson
Samson, Shimshon ; Shamshoun or Sampson is the third to last of the Judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Tanakh ....

, Jephtha
Jephtha
Jephthah is a character in the Old Testament's Book of Judges, serving as a judge over Israel for a period of six years . He lived in Gilead and was a member of the Tribe of Manasseh. His father's name was also Gilead...

h, Barak
Barak
Barak , Al-Burāq the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, was a military general in the Book of Judges in the Bible. He was the commander of the army of Deborah, the prophetess and heroine of the Hebrew Bible...

, Gideon, and other Holy Patriarchs
27 Fast Day
28 Sons and Grandsons of Saint Gregory the Enlightener
Gregory the Illuminator
Saint Gregory the Illuminator or Saint Gregory the Enlightener is the patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church...

: Saints Aristakes, Vertanes, Hoosik, Grogoris and Daniel
29 Third Sunday after Transfiguration
30 Commemoration Day of the Maccabees
Maccabees
The Maccabees were a Jewish rebel army who took control of Judea, which had been a client state of the Seleucid Empire. They founded the Hasmonean dynasty, which ruled from 164 BCE to 63 BCE, reasserting the Jewish religion, expanding the boundaries of the Land of Israel and reducing the influence...

, Eleazar the Priest
Eleazar (2 Maccabees)
Eleazar is a Jewish martyr portrayed in 2 Maccabees 6. Verse 18 describes him as "one of the leading teachers of the law," and "of distinguished bearing." We learn from verse 24 that he was ninety at the time of his death. Under a persecution instigated by Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Eleazar was forced...

, Shamuna
Woman with seven sons
The woman with seven sons was a Jewish martyr described in 2 Maccabees 7 and other sources. Although unnamed in 2 Maccabees, she is known variously as Hannah, Miriam and Solomonia.-2 Maccabees:...

and Her Seven Sons
31 Commemoration Day of the 12 Minor Prophets
Minor prophet
Minor prophets is a book of the Hebrew Bible, so named because it contains twelve shorter prophetic works. In Christian Bibles the twelve are presented as individual books...

-Hosea
Hosea
Hosea was the son of Beeri and a prophet in Israel in the 8th century BC. He is one of the Twelve Prophets of the Jewish Hebrew Bible, also known as the Minor Prophets of the Christian Old Testament. Hosea is often seen as a "prophet of doom", but underneath his message of destruction is a promise...

, Joel
Joel (prophet)
Joel was a prophet of ancient Israel, the second of the twelve minor prophets and the author of the Book of Joel. He is mentioned by name only once in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, in the introduction to his own brief book, as the son of Pethuel...

, Amos
Amos (prophet)
Amos is a minor prophet in the Old Testament, and the author of the Book of Amos. Before becoming a prophet, Amos was a sheep herder and a sycamore fig farmer. Amos' prior professions and his claim "I am not a prophet nor a son of a prophet" indicate that Amos was not from the school of prophets,...

, Obadiah
Obadiah
Obadiah is a Biblical theophorical name, meaning "servant of Yahweh" or "worshipper of Yahweh." It is related to "Abdeel", "servant of God", which is also cognate to the Arabic name "Abdullah". Turkish name Abdil or Abdi. The form of Obadiah's name used in the Septuagint is Obdios; in Latin it is...

, Jonah
Jonah
Jonah is the name given in the Hebrew Bible to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC, the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah, famous for being swallowed by a fish or a whale, depending on translation...

, Micah
Micah (prophet)
Micah, meaning “who is like Yahweh," was a prophet who prophesied from approximately 737-690 BC in Judah and is the author of the Book of Micah. He was a contemporary of the prophets Isaiah, Amos and Hosea and is considered one of the twelve minor prophets of the Tanakh . Micah was from...

, Nahum
Nahum
Nahum was a minor prophet whose prophecy is recorded in the Hebrew Bible. His book comes in chronological order between Micah and Habakkuk in the Bible. He wrote about the end of the Assyrian Empire, and its capital city, Nineveh, in a vivid poetic style....

, Habakkuk
Habakkuk
Habakkuk , also spelled Habacuc, was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. The etymology of the name of Habakkuk is not clear. The name is possibly related to the Akkadian khabbaququ, the name of a fragrant plant, or the Hebrew root חבק, meaning "embrace"...

, Zephaniah
Zephaniah
Zephaniah or Tzfanya is the name of several people in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. He is also called Sophonias as in the New Catholic Encyclopaedia and in Easton's [Bible] Dictionary....

, Haggai
Haggai
Haggai was a Hebrew prophet during the building of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and one of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible and the author of the Book of Haggai. His name means "my holiday"...

, Zechariah and Malachi
Malachi
Malachi, Malachias or Mal'achi was a Jewish prophet in the Hebrew Bible. He had two brothers, Nathaniel and Josiah. Malachi was the writer of the Book of Malachi, the last book of the Neviim section in the Jewish Tanakh...

August

1 Fast Day
2 Saints Sophis, Pistis, Elpis and Agape
3 Fast Day
4 200 Fathers of the Holy Council of Ephesus (AD 431)
5 4th Sunday after Transfiguration
6 First Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God
7 Second Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God
8 Third Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God
9 Fourth Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God
10 Fifth Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God
11 Feast Day of the Apparition of Holy Etchmiadzin
12 Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God
13 Second Day of the Assumption, Remembrance of the Dead (Assumption)
14 Third Day of the Assumption
15 Fourth Day of the Assumption
16 Fifth Day of the Assumption
17 Sixth Day of the Assumption
18 Seventh Day of the Assumption
19 Second Sunday after the Assumption
20 Ninth Day of Assumption
21 Feast Day of Saints Joachim
Joachim
Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican traditions. The story of Joachim and Anne appears first in the apocryphal Gospel of James...

and Anna
Saint Anne
Saint Hanna of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. English Anne is derived from Greek rendering of her Hebrew name Hannah...

, parents of the Holy Mother of God and the Oil-bearing women
22 Fast Day
23 Saint Jeremiah
Jeremiah
Jeremiah Hebrew：יִרְמְיָה , Modern Hebrew:Yirməyāhū, IPA: jirməˈjaːhu, Tiberian:Yirmĭyahu, Greek:Ἰερεμίας), meaning "Yahweh exalts", or called the "Weeping prophet" was one of the main prophets of the Hebrew Bible...

the Prophet
24 Fast Day
25 Saints Thomas, James and Simon
26 Third Sunday after Assumption, Feast Day of the Discovery of the Belt of the Holy Mother of God
27 Saints Stephen of Oulnia and the Martyrs Goharinus, Zamidus, Techuicus and Ratigus
28 The Holy Prophets Ezekial
Ezekiel
Ezekiel , "God will strengthen" , is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Ezekiel is acknowledged as a Hebrew prophet...

, Ezra
Ezra
Ezra , also called Ezra the Scribe and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra. According to the Hebrew Bible he returned from the Babylonian exile and reintroduced the Torah in Jerusalem...

and Zachariah
29 Fast Day
30 Saints John the Forerunner
John the Baptist
John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...

and Job the Righteous

September

1 318 Fathers of the Holy Council of Nicaea
First Council of Nicaea
The First Council of Nicaea was a council of Christian bishops convened in Nicaea in Bithynia by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325...

(AD 325)
2 Fourth Sunday after Assumption
3 Saints Andrew the Soldier and his army; Saints Callinicus and Diometes
4 Saints Adrian and Natalia, and the martyrs Saints Theordorus and Eleutheriu
5 Fast
6 Saints Abraham and Khoren, Cosmo and Damian and Theodoron the Martyr
7 Fast Day
8 Feast of the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God
9 Fifth Sunday after the Assumption
10 First day of the Fast of the Holy Cross
11 Second day of the Fast of the Holy Cross
12 Third day of the Fast of the Holy Cross
13 Fourth day of the Fast of the Holy Cross
14 Fifth day of the Fast of the Holy Cross
15 Feast of the Holy Church in view of the Holy Cross
16 Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
17 Feast of the Holy Cross, Day of the Remembrance of the dead
18 Feast of the Holy Church
19 Fast: Feast of the Holy Church
20 Feast of the Holy Church
21 Feast of the Holy Cross
22 Feast of the Holy Cross
23 Second Sunday after the Holy Cross:Paregentan of the Holy Cross of Varak
24 Fast: Saints Mamas, Philomenos and Simeon the Stylite
25 Fast: Holy Virgins Febronia, Marina and Shooshan
26 Fast
27 Fast: Day of the Holy Father Barlaam, Anthimus and Irenaeus
28 Fast
29 Saints George the Warrior, Adauctus and Romanos the Melodist
30 Third Sunday after the Holy Cross: Feast of the Holy Cross of Varak
Feast of the Holy Cross of Varak
Unique to the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Feast of the Holy Cross of Varak is celebrated on the Sunday nearest to September 28, always two weeks after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross....

October

1 Saints David of Dvin and the Martyrs Lambeos and Lambeas
2 Saints Eustathius, Theophistias and their two sons, the Holy Virgins Iermonia and Catherine
3 Fast
4 The Saintly Princes Sahak and Hamazasb
5 Fast
6 Seventy Two Holy Disciples of Christ
Seventy Disciples
The seventy disciples or seventy-two disciples were early followers of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke . According to Luke, the only gospel in which they appear, Jesus appointed them and sent them out in pairs on a specific mission which is detailed in the text...
7 Fourth Sunday after the Holy Cross, Fast
8 Saints Phocas the Patriarch and Irenaeus of Lyons
Irenaeus
Saint Irenaeus , was Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, then a part of the Roman Empire . He was an early church father and apologist, and his writings were formative in the early development of Christian theology...

, follower of the Apostles
9 Virgin Saints Thecla
Thecla
Thecla was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul the Apostle. The only known record of her comes from the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla, probably composed in the 2nd century.-Biography:...

, Barbara
Saint Barbara
Saint Barbara, , Feast Day December 4, known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an early Christian saint and martyr....

and Pelagia
Saint Pelagia
Saint Pelagia is an Antiochene saint, a virgin of fifteen years, who chose death by a leap from the housetop rather than dishonour from soldiers during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is mentioned by Ambrose , and is the subject of two sermons by Chrysostom...
10 Fast
11 Saints Pantaleon the Physician, Hermolaus the Priest and Eupraxia the Virgin
12 Fast
13 Holy Translators
Holy Translators
The Holy Translators is a group of literary figures, and saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church, who founded the Armenian alphabet, translated the Bible, and started a movement of writing and translating important works into Armenian language....

Mesrob
Saint Mesrob
Saint Mesrop Mashtots was an Armenian monk, theologian and linguist. He is best known for having invented the Armenian alphabet, which was a fundamental step in strengthening the Armenian Church, the government of the Armenian Kingdom, and ultimately the bond between the Armenian Kingdom and...

, Yeghishe, Moses the Poet, David the Philosopher, Gregory of Narek
Gregory of Narek
Grigor Narekatsi is a canonized saint. He was an Armenian monk, poet, mystical philosopher and theologian, born into a family of writers. His father, Khosrov, was an archbishop...

and Nersess the Graceful
14 Fifth Sunday after the Holy Cross
15 Discovery of the Relic of Saint Gregory, Catholicos of the Alans, and the Holy Fathers Tatoul, Barrus, Thomas, Anthony, Chronides, and the Seven Vegetarian Hermits
16 The Holy Apostles Ananias
Ananias of Damascus
Ananias , was a disciple of Jesus at Damascus mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, which describes how he was sent by Jesus to restore the sight of "Saul, of Tarsus" and provide him with additional instruction in the way of the...

, Matthias
Saint Matthias
Matthias , according to the Acts of the Apostles, was the apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot following Judas' betrayal of Jesus and his suicide.-Biography:...

, Barnabas
Barnabas
Barnabas , born Joseph, was an Early Christian, one of the earliest Christian disciples in Jerusalem. In terms of culture and background, he was a Hellenised Jew, specifically a Levite. Named an apostle in , he and Saint Paul undertook missionary journeys together and defended Gentile converts...

, Philip
Philip the Apostle
Philip the Apostle was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle who preached in Greece, Syria, and Phrygia....

, John
John the Apostle
John the Apostle, John the Apostle, John the Apostle, (Aramaic Yoħanna, (c. 6 - c. 100) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of James, another of the Twelve Apostles...

, Silas
Silas
Saint Silas or Saint Silvanus was a leading member of the Early Christian community, who later accompanied Paul in some of his missionary journeys....

and Silvanus
17 Fast day
18 Saints Dionysius the Areopagite
Dionysius the Areopagite
Dionysius the Areopagite was a judge of the Areopagus who, as related in the Acts of the Apostles, , was converted to Christianity by the preaching of the Apostle Paul during the Areopagus sermon...

and the Apostes Timothy and Titus
Apostle Titus
Titus was a companion of Saint Paul, mentioned in several of the Pauline epistles. Titus was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch and accompanied them to the Council of Jerusalem, although his name occurs nowhere in the Acts of the Apostles....
19 Fast
20 Holy Evangelists Matthew
Matthew the Evangelist
Matthew the Evangelist was, according to the Bible, one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the four Evangelists.-Identity:...

, Mark
Mark the Evangelist
Mark the Evangelist is the traditional author of the Gospel of Mark. He is one of the Seventy Disciples of Christ, and the founder of the Church of Alexandria, one of the original four main sees of Christianity....

, Luke
Luke the Evangelist
Luke the Evangelist was an Early Christian writer whom Church Fathers such as Jerome and Eusebius said was the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles...

and John
John the Evangelist
Saint John the Evangelist is the conventional name for the author of the Gospel of John...
21 Sixth Sunday after the Holy Cross
22 Saints Longinus the Centurion
Longinus (hagiography)
Longinus is the name given in medieval and some modern Christian traditions to the Roman soldier who pierced Jesus in his side with a lance, the "Holy Lance" while he was on the Cross. The figure is unnamed in the gospels...

, Joseph the Father-of-God
Saint Joseph
Saint Joseph is a figure in the Gospels, the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father of Jesus Christ ....

, Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph of Arimathea was, according to the Gospels, the man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after Jesus' Crucifixion. He is mentioned in all four Gospels.-Gospel references:...

and Lazarus
Lazarus of Bethany
Lazarus of Bethany, also known as Saint Lazarus or Lazarus of the Four Days, is the subject of a prominent miracle attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus restores him to life four days after his death...

, Martha
Martha
Martha of Bethany is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem...

and Mary
Mary, sister of Lazarus
Mary of Bethany is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of John and Luke in the Christian New Testament...
23 Saints Theodoret the Priest of Antioch, Zenon the soldier, Marcarius, Eudoxius and Romulus
24 Fast
25 Saints Kharityants, the Martyrs Artemius and Christopher, and Niceta and Aquilina
26 Fast
27 The Twelve Holy Doctors; Hierotheus of Athens
Hierotheos the Thesmothete
Hierotheos the Thesmothete is the reputed first head and bishop of the Christian Athenians. The title thesmothete means ruler, or junior archon, of Athens .- Biography :...

, Dionysius the Areopagite
Dionysius the Areopagite
Dionysius the Areopagite was a judge of the Areopagus who, as related in the Acts of the Apostles, , was converted to Christianity by the preaching of the Apostle Paul during the Areopagus sermon...

, Silverst of Rome, Athanasius of Alexandria
Athanasius of Alexandria
Athanasius of Alexandria [b. ca. – d. 2 May 373] is also given the titles St. Athanasius the Great, St. Athanasius I of Alexandria, St Athanasius the Confessor and St Athanasius the Apostolic. He was the 20th bishop of Alexandria. His long episcopate lasted 45 years Athanasius of Alexandria [b....

, Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem was a distinguished theologian of the early Church . He is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. In 1883, Cyril was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII...

, Ephraem the Syrian
Ephrem the Syrian
Ephrem the Syrian was a Syriac and a prolific Syriac-language hymnographer and theologian of the 4th century. He is venerated by Christians throughout the world, and especially in the Syriac Orthodox Church, as a saint.Ephrem wrote a wide variety of hymns, poems, and sermons in verse, as well as...

, Vails of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory of Nyssa
St. Gregory of Nyssa was a Christian bishop and saint. He was a younger brother of Basil the Great and a good friend of Gregory of Nazianzus. His significance has long been recognized in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Catholic and Roman Catholic branches of Christianity...

, Gregory the Theologian
Gregory of Nazianzus
Gregory of Nazianzus was a 4th-century Archbishop of Constantinople. He is widely considered the most accomplished rhetorical stylist of the patristic age...

, Epiphanius of Cyprus
Epiphanius of Salamis
Epiphanius of Salamis was bishop of Salamis at the end of the 4th century. He is considered a saint and a Church Father by both the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He gained a reputation as a strong defender of orthodoxy...

, John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom , Archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, and his ascetic...

, and Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. He came to power when the city was at its height of influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the later 4th and 5th centuries...
28 Seventh Sunday after the Holy Cross. Discovery of the Holy Cross
29 Saints Anastasius the Priest, Varus, Theodota and her sons, and those who were martyred with her
30 Saints Huperichians of Samosata
31 Fast

November

1 St. John Chrysostom
2 Fast
3 Feast of All Saints
4 Eighth Sunday after the Holy Cross
5 Saints Stephen, Patriarch of Rome and the priests deacons and faithful
6 Saints Aquiphsimeus the Bishop, Joseph the Priest, Ayethalus the Deacon, and Plato the Martyr
7 Fast
8 Saints Metrophanes and Alexander
Alexander of Constantinople
Saint Alexander of Constantinople was bishop of Byzantium and the bishop of Constantinople . Information from the Synaxarion mention that Alexander was originally from Calabria in Italy and his parents were George and Vryaine...

, Patriarchs of Constantinople, and Paul the Confessor
Paul I of Constantinople
Paul I or Paulus I or Saint Paul the Confessor , sixth bishop of Constantinople, elected AD 336 or 340. His feast day is on June 7.-Biography:...

, and the Scribes Marcian and Martyrius
9 Fast
10 Holy Archangel
Archangel
An archangel is an angel of high rank. Archangels are found in a number of religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Michael and Gabriel are recognized as archangels in Judaism and by most Christians. Michael is the only archangel specifically named in the Protestant Bible...

s Gabriel
Gabriel
In Abrahamic religions, Gabriel is an Archangel who typically serves as a messenger to humans from God.He first appears in the Book of Daniel, delivering explanations of Daniel's visions. In the Gospel of Luke Gabriel foretells the births of both John the Baptist and of Jesus...

and Michael
Michael (archangel)
Michael , Micha'el or Mîkhā'ēl; , Mikhaḗl; or Míchaël; , Mīkhā'īl) is an archangel in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic teachings. Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and Lutherans refer to him as Saint Michael the Archangel and also simply as Saint Michael...

and all the heavenly hosts
11 Ninth Sunday after the Holy Cross
12 Saints Meletius
Meletius of Antioch
Saint Meletius of Antioch was a Christian bishop, or Patriarch of Antioch, from 360 until his death. There were contrasting view about his theological position: on the one hand, he was exiled three times under Arian emperors; on the other, he was strongly opposed by those faithful to the memory...

Bishop of Antioch, Menas the Egyptian, and the other Meletius, Bishop of Persia, Buras the Priest and Sennen the Deacon
13 Saints Demetrius the Martyr and Basil the Priest
14 Fast
15 Saints Gurias, Samonas, Abibas the Deacon, Romanus the Monk, Barula
Barulas
Saint Barulas was a third century boy who was martyred with along with Romanus of Caesarea by Emperor Galerius by being whipped and beheaded for their Christian beliefs. Their feast day is on November 18....

the Confessing Youth and Hesychius the Soldier
16 Fast
17 The Holy Apostles Andrew
Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" , like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him...

and Phillip
Philip the Apostle
Philip the Apostle was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle who preached in Greece, Syria, and Phrygia....
18 Tenth Sunday after the Holy Cross
19 First Day of the Fast of Advent
20 Second Day of the Fast of Advent: Presentation of the Holy Mother of God to the Temple
Presentation of Mary
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary , or The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple , is a liturgical feast celebrated by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, and Orthodox Churches....
21 Third Day of the Fast of Advent
22 Fourth Day of the Fast of Advent
23 Fifth Day of the Fast of Advent
24 Saints Gregory the Wonderworker
Gregory Thaumaturgus
Gregory Thaumaturgus, also known as Gregory of Neocaesarea or Gregory the Wonderworker, was a Christian bishop of the 3rd century.-Biography:Gregory was born at Neo-Caesarea around 213 A.D...

, Nicholas the Bishop and Myron the Bishop
25 First Sunday of Advent
26 The Holy Virgins Juliana and Basilla
27 Saints Lucian the Priest, Tarachus, robus, Andronicus, Onesimus, and other Disciples of Saint Paul
28 Fast
29 Saints Clement the Bishop and Bagarat the Bishop of Taormina
30 Fast

December

1 Holy Apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew, First Illuminators of Armenia
2 Second Sunday of Advent
3 Saints Gennaro
Januarius
Januarius, Bishop of Naples, is a martyr saint of the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, later sources and legends claim that he died during the Diocletianic Persecution, which ended with Diocletian's retirement in...

the Bishop and Mercurius the Warrios, Jacoc and Themistocles
4 Saint Abgar the Witness
5 Fast
6 The Holy Fathers of Egypt Paul, Paul the Simple, Marcarius of Alexandria, Evagrius, John, John the little, Nilus, Arsenius, Siseos, Daniel, Serapion, Marcarius the Elder, Poeman, and other Holy Fathers
7 Fast
8 Patriarch Saint Nicholas of Smyrna the Wonderworker
9 Third Sunday of Advent: Feast of the Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary
10 Fast: Saints Mennas, Hermongenes, Eugraphius and John and Alexis
11 Fast: Saints Cornelius the Centurion, Simeon the Relative of Christ, Polycarp
Polycarp
Saint Polycarp was a 2nd century Christian bishop of Smyrna. According to the Martyrdom of Polycarp, he died a martyr, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to touch him...

the Bishop of Smyrna and the Martyrs that perished in the East
12 Fast
13 Fast: Saints Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugenius, Orestes and Martyrius
14 Fast
15 Saints James of Nisibis
Jacob of Nisibis
Jacob of Nisibis , is a Syriac saint. He was the second bishop of Nisibis, spiritual father of the renowned Syriac writer Ephrem the Syrian, and celebrated ascetic....

, Marouke the Mermit and Melitus the Bishop
16 Fourth Sunday of Advent
17 The Holy Fathers Ignatius
Ignatius of Antioch
Ignatius of Antioch was among the Apostolic Fathers, was the third Bishop of Antioch, and was a student of John the Apostle. En route to his martyrdom in Rome, Ignatius wrote a series of letters which have been preserved as an example of very early Christian theology...

Bishop of Antioch, and Addais, Maruthas the Bishop
18 Saints Theopompas the Bishop, Theonas the Martyr and the Four Soldiers, Basus, Eusebe, Eutyche and Basilides
19 Fast Day
20 The Holy Virgins Indus and Domna, Clericus the Elder and the 20,000 Martyrs of the church of Nicomedia
21 Fast
22 Saints Basil the Patriarch, Gregory of Nyssa, Silvester the Patriarch of Rome, and Ephraim of Syria
23 Fifth Sunday of Advent
24 Saints David the Prophet-King and the Holy Apostle James
25 St. Stephen the Protodeacon and First Martyr
26 Fast
27 Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
28 Fast
29 Holy Apostles, James and John, "Sons of Thunder": Paregentan of the Fast of Nativity
30 Sixth Sunday of Advent
31 First Day of the Fast of Nativity

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