5 December
27 commemorations of 5 December in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 18 December of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Sabbas the Sanctified
Saints
- Martyr Anastasios the Fuller of Salona in Dalmatia (4th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · Roman Martyrology
- Venerable Gratus, monkὉ Ὅσιος Γράτοςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Nonnus, monkὉ Ὅσιος Νόννοςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Diogenes, by stoningὉ Ἅγιος Διογένης ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Abercius, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Ἀβέρκιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Karion (Cyrion) and his son Saint Zachariah of Egypt (4th century)orthochristian.com · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Sabbas the Sanctified (532)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ὁ Ἡγιασμένοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Philotheus (Philotheos) the Righteous, of Karyes, Mount Athos, Elder of St. Nectarius the Athonite (late 15th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Φιλόθεος ὁ Καρεώτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Nectarius (Nectarios, Nektarios) the Bulgarian of Bitol and Karyes, Mount Athos (1500)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεκτάριος ὁ Ἀθωνίτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Gurias, Archbishop of Kazan (1563)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- Venerable New Martyrs of Karyes Skete on Mount Athos: Kosmas (Cosmas) the Protos of Vatopedi and Companions, killed by the Latins (1280)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ὁσιομάρτυρες τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρουςsaint.gr · synaxarion.gr · oca.org
- New Hieromartyr Elias Chetverukhin, Priest of Moscow (1932)holytrinityorthodox.com · mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Gennadius Petlyuk (Letyuk), Priest-monk of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1941)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Confessor Sergius Pravdolyubov, Priest of Ryazan (1950)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 Bassus of Nice, Bishop of Nice, martyred under Decius, his body transfixed with two huge nails (c. 250)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Julius, Potamia, Crispin, Felix, Gratus and Companions - 12 martyrs who suffered in Thagura in Numidia in North Africa under Diocletian (302)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Crispina of Numidia, a wealthy woman in Thebeste in Numidia in North Africa, who was horribly tortured and ultimately beheaded (304)oca.org · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Dalmatius of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia, martyred under Maximianus Herculius (304)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Pelinus, Bishop of Brindisi, martyred in Confinium in the south of Italy, under Julian the Apostate (361)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Monk-martyr Justinian of Ramsey Island (Iestin), South Wales (560)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nicetius (Nizerius), Bishop of Trier, Gaul (566)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νιζέριος (Λουξεμβούργιος)synaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Friminus, the seventh Bishop of Verdun in France (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cawrdaf, a noble in Wales, ended his life as a monk with St Illtyd (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Sigiranus (Cyran, Siran, Sigram), abbot and confessor (c. 655)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gerbold, monk at Ebriciacum in France, later founded the monastery of Livray, became Bishop of Bayeux (690)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Basilissa, Abbess of Oehren near Trier in Germany (c. 780)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint John Gradenigo, a monk in Cuxa Abbey in the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain, reposed as a hermit near Montecassino (1025)orthodoxengland.org.uk
The list is December 5 (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.