3 December
29 commemorations of 3 December in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 16 December of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Prophet Zephaniah (Sophonias) (635–605 BC)Ὁ Προφήτης Σοφονίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Agapius, Seleucus, and Mamas, Indus, Domna, Glycerius, and 40 Martyrs, in SofianáΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀγάπιος, Σελεῦκος, Μάμας, Ἰνδῆς, Δόμνα, Γλυκέριος καὶ 40 Μάρτυρες ἐν Σοφιαναῖςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Theodoulos (Theodoulus) the Stylite, Eparch of Constantinople (c. 440)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδουλος ὁ ἀπὸ Ἐπάρχωνoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Theodoulos of Cyprus, MonkὉ Ὅσιος Θεόδουλος ὁ Κύπριοςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint John the Silent (John Hesychastes), Bishop of Colonia (Taxara) in Armenia, and later a monk of Saint Sabbas (Sava's) Monastery (558)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἡσυχαστής, Ἐπίσκοπος Κολωνίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Theodore I, Patriarch of Alexandria (609–610)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Ἱερομόναχος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀλεξανδρείαςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Sabbas of Storozhev, Abbot of Storozhev in Zvenigorod, Disciple of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh (1406)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Hilarion Grigorovich, Bishop of Krutitsa (1759)pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable George (Gregory) of Cernica and Caldarushani, Archimandrite, Romania (1806)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Gabriel II, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, previously Bishop of Ganos, at Prusa (1659)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Monk-Martyr Cosmas of Saint Anne's Skete, Mount Athos (1760)pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Angelos (Angelus) of Chios, formerly a doctor of Argos (1813)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγγελὴς ὁ Νεομάρτυρας γιατρὸς ἀπὸ τὸ Ἄργοςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Andrew Kosovky, Protopresbyter of Simferopol-Crimea (1920)holytrinityorthodox.com · mospat.ru
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Yershov, Priest of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Confessor George (Gregory) Sedov (1960)holytrinityorthodox.com
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 Lucius, King of Britain who requested missionaries for his people in 187, founding the dioceses of London and Llandaff (2nd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyr Cassian of Tangier (298)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Mirocles, Archbishop of Milan and Confessor, helped develop the Ambrosian Liturgy and chanting (318)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Agricola, in PannoniaRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Claudius, Crispin, Magina, John, and Stephen, in AfricaRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Nicetius, Archbishop of Lugdunum (Lyon), Gaul (573)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester, "Apostle to the West Saxons" (649)Ὁ Ἅγιος Birinus (Ἄγγλος)synaxarion.gr · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Eloquius (Eloque), disciple and successor of Saint Fursey as Abbot of Lagny (660)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ethernan, born in Scotland, became a bishop in Ireland, returned to preach the Gospel in Scotland (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Attalia (Attala), a niece of Saint Ottilia, she became a nun and Abbess of St. Stephen's in Strasbourg (741)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Sola (Sol, Solus, Suolo), Anglo-Saxon missionary priest under Saint Boniface, Germany (794)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Abbo, Bishop of Auxerre (860)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.
- Repose of King Magnus II (IV) Eriksson of Sweden and Valaam, Gregory in schema (1371)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archimandrite Theophanes of Novoezersk Monastery in Novgorod (1832)pravoslavie.ru
The list is December 3 (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.