1 December
28 commemorations of 1 December in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 14 December of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Prophet Nahum (7th century BC)Ὁ Προφήτης Ναούμsynaxarion.gr · oca.org
- Saint Onesimus, Archbishop of Ephesus (c. 107–117)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ὀνήσιμος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἐφέσουsynaxarion.gr
- Saints Ananias and Solochonus, Archbishops of EphesusΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνανίας καὶ Σολόχων Ἀρχιεπίσκοποι Ἐφέσουsynaxarion.gr
- Hieromartyr Ananias of Persia (345)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνανίας ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Porphyrios, Patriarch of Antioch (404-413)
- Righteous Philaret (Philaretos) the Merciful of Amnia in Asia Minor (792)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλάρετος ὁ Ἐλεήμωνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org
- Saint Anthony the New, monk of Kios in Bithynia (865)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος ὁ Νέοςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Theokletos, Archbishop of Lacedaemon (Sparta) (870)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόκλητος ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Λακεδαιμόνιαςsynaxarion.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Anastasia Șaguna, mother of Holy Hierarch Andrei Șaguna (1836)orthochristian.com
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Innocent Letyaev, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyra (1937)orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Saint Castritian, predecessor of St Calimerius as Bishop of Milan, was bishop for forty-two years (137)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyrs Diodorus and Marianus, and Companions, martyrs in Rome under Numerian (c. 283)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Olympiades (Olympias), a noble from Rome (ex-consul) martyred in Amelia in Italy under Diocletian (c. 303)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ansanus, called The Baptizer or The Apostle of Siena (304)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Lucius, Rogatus, Cassian and Candida, in RomeRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ursicinus of Brescia, Bishop of Brescia in Italy, he took part in the Council of Sardica (347)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyr Evasius, first Bishop of Asti in Piedmont in Italy, martyred under Julian the Apostate (c. 362)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Leontius, Bishop of Fréjus in France from c. 419 to c. 432, a great friend of Saint John Cassian who dedicated his first ten Conferences to himorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Candres of Maastricht, bishop who enlightened the Maastricht area (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyr Proculus of Narni or Terni, martyred by Totila, King of the Goths (c. 542)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Tudwal, Bishop of Lan Pabuholytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Constantian, born in Auvergne, he became a monk at Micy (Orleans), and founded a monastery at Javron (c. 570)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Agericus (Aguy, Airy), Bishop, successor of St Desiderius in Verdun in France (591)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eligius (Eloi, Eloy), Bishop of Noyon (Neth.) (660)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Grwst the Confessor, in the Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Translation of the relics of Venerable Botolph (Botwulf) of Thorney, Abbot and Confessor, of Ikanhoe, England (680)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the relics (1631) of Saint John (Elias, Ilya), Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod (1186), by Metropolitan Cyprian of Novgoroddrevo-info.ru
- Repose of Righteous Virgin Barbara Shulaeva of Pilna (1980)pravoslavie.ru
The list is December 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.