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December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar

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December 27 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 29

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 10 by Orthodox Churches on Old Calendar.

For December 28th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 15.

Afterfeast of the Nativity of Christ

Apostle Nicanor the Deacon, one of the Seven Deacons, and one of the Seventy (34)

Martyr Secundus, an Enlightener of Spain, sent by the Apostles to Spain to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ (1st century)

The 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia (302), including:

Deacons Theophilus and Migdonius

Martyrs Zeno, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Indes, Gorgonius, Peter, and Euthymius

Virgin Martyrs Agape, Domna (the former pagan priestess), Theophila, and others (see also: September 3 - St. Anthimus of Nicomedia)

Venerable Babylas of Tarsus in Cilicia.

Venerable Stephen the Wonderworker.

Martyrs Castor, Victor and Rogatian, in North Africa.

Saint Domnio (Domnion), a righteous priest in Rome.

Saints Romulus and Conindrus, two of the first people to preach Orthodoxy on the Isle of Man, they were contemporaries of Saint Patrick (c. 450)

Saint Maughold (Maccaldus), a former brigand in Ireland, was converted by Saint Patrick and sent to the Isle of Man, where his episcopate was very fruitful (c. 488)

Saint Antony of Lérins (Anthony the Hermit), renowned for miracles (c. 520)

Saint Simon the Myrrhgusher, founder of Simonopetra, Mount Athos (1287)

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