December 17 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 19
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 31 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For December 18th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 5.
Living-Martyr Eubotius, at Cyzicus (320)
Martyrs Phocas and Hermylus (Hermilas), by the sword.
Hieromartyrs Zacchaeus the Deacon and Alphaeus the Reader, at Caesarea. (see also November 18)
Hieromartyr Modestus I, Archbishop of Jerusalem (389) (see also December 16 - Modestus II (†634))
Saint Florus, Bishop of Amisus (7th century)
Saint Michael the Synkellos and Confessor at Constantinople (846)
Saint Sophia the Wonderworker.
Martyrs Rufus and Zosimus, at Philippi in Macedonia (c. 107)
Martyr Moses (Moysetes), a martyr in North Africa who probably suffered under Decius (c. 250)
Martyrs Quintus, Simplicius and Companions, in North Africa under the Emperors Decius and Valerian (c. 255)
Martyrs Victurus, Victor, Victorinus, Adjutor, Quartus and 30 other companions, in North Africa.
Martyr Sebastian, at Rome, and his companions:
Martyrs Nicostratus, Zoe, Castorius, Tranquillinus, Marcellinus, Mark, Claudius, Symphorian, Victorinus, Tiburtius, and Castulus (287)
Saint Gatianus, first Bishop of Tours (3rd century)
Saint Bodagisil, founded and was the first Abbot of a monastery on the Meuse in Belgium (588)