4 December
19 commemorations of 4 December in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 17 December of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. John of Damascus (c. 676-749)St. Barbara the Great Martyr
Saints
- Commemoration of the Twelve (Minor) ProphetsΜνήμη τῶν Δώδεκα Προφητῶνsynaxarion.gr
- Apostle Crispus of the Seventy Apostles, Bishop of Chalcedon (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κρύσπος ὁ Ἀπόστολος ἐκ τῶν 70synaxarion.gr
- Greatmartyr Barbara and Martyr Juliana, at Heliopolis in Syria (306)Ἡ Ἁγία Βαρβάρα ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Christodulus (Christodoulos) and Virgin Martyr Christodula (Christodoula, Christodouli), by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Χριστόδουλος καὶ Χριστοδούλη οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · johnsanidopoulos.com
- Saint John, Bishop and Wonderworker of Polybotum (Polybotus), Phrygia Salutaris (716)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Πολυβότουoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable John of Damascus (John Damascene), Monk of St. Sabbas Monastery (749)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνὸςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Gennadius (Gennady), Archbishop of Novgorod (1505)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- Venerable Cassian the Martyr (Kassianos), one of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (late 12th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Κασσιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- New Hieromartyr Seraphim, Archbishop of Phanarion and Neochorion (1601)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σεραφεὶμ ὁ Νέος Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Tsedrik, Priest (1917)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Martyrs of Perm (1918)
- Hieromartyrs Alexis Saburov, John Pyankov, Protopresbyters
- Alexander Posokhin and Nicholas Yakhontov, Priests
- Basil Kashin, Deacon, and with him 10 Martyrs
- New Hieromartyrs Damascene Tsedrik, Bishop of Glukhov, and his father, Nicholas Tsedrik, Priest (1935)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Demetrius Nevedomsky, Priest (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Virgin Martyrs Catherine Arskoy and Kyra Obolensky (1937)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 Felix, fifth Bishop of Bologna, previously a Deacon of the Church of Milan under Saint Ambrose of Milan (429)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Bertoara, Abbess of Notre-Dame-de-Sales in Bourges (614)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ada, niece of Engebert, Bishop of Le Mans, she became a nun at Soissons, and Abbess in Le Mans (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.
- Icon of the Mother of God of Damascus (Panayia Tricherousa, "Three-handed Theotokos") (c. 717)oca.org
- Glorification of the New Hieromartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Priest of New York and Protopresbyter of Moscow, Missionary of America, Hieromartyr of the... (1937)oca.org
The list is December 4 (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.