15 December
26 commemorations of 15 December in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 28 December of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Eleutherius, Bishop of Illyricum (Illyria), and Martyrs Anthia (his mother), Coremonus (Corybus, Corivus) the Eparch, and two executioners who... (117–138)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐλευθέριοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org
- Martyr Eleutherius of Byzantium (beginning of the 4th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐλευθέριος ὁ Κουβικουλάριοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org
- Martyr Susanna the Deaconess, Joanna in monasticism, of Palestine (4th century)Ἡ Ἁγία Σωσάννηsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Pardus the Hermit of Palestine (6th century)orthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Stephen the Confessor, Archbishop of Surozh in the Crimea (c. 790)Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σουρόζας (Ρῶσος)synaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Monk-Martyr Bacchus the New of St. Sabbas Monastery, by beheading (787)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βάκχος ὁ Νέοςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Paul the New Ascetic of Mt. Latros (896 or 956)Ὁ Ὅσιος Παῦλος ὁ νέος ὁ ἀσκητήςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Nectarius of Bitel (Nektarios of Bitola, Nektarij Bitolski) (1500)oca.org
- Saint Tryphon of Pechenga, Kola Peninsula, "Enlightener of the Lapps" (1583)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr Jonah, disciple of Saint Tryphon of Pechenga (1589–1590)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Hilarion Troitsky, Archbishop of Vereya (Verey) (1929)oca.org · mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Alexander Rozhdestvensky and Basil Vinogradov, Priests of Tver (1937)
- New Hieromartyr Victorinus Dobronravov, Archpriest (1937)drevo-info.ru · 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 Valerian of Abbenza, Bishop of Abbenza in North Africa (457)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Martyrs Faustinus, Lucius, Candidus, Caelian, Mark, Januarius and Fortunatus, in North AfricaRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Mesmin (Maximin, Maximinus), first Abbot of Micy (Saint-Mesmin de Micy Abbey) near Orleans in France (520)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Aubertus, Bishop of Cambrai-Arras, Netherlands (668)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Florentius (Flann), Abbot of Bangor Abbey in Ireland (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Offa of Essex, King of Essex in England, he went to Rome and took up the monastic life (c. 709)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Urbicius (Urbitius, Úrbez) of Huesca (c. 805)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Adalbero (Adalbero II of Upper Lorraine), a monk at the monastery of Gorze in France, became Bishop of Verdun, but was transferred to Metz (1005)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.
- Sunday of the Holy Forefathers of Jesus Christ (December 11–17)
- Commemoration of the ordination of Saint John Chrysostom as the Patriarch of Constantinople (15 December 397)Μνήμη Χειροτονίας Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Χρυσοστόμουsynaxarion.gr
- Birthday (1872) of New Hieromartyr Joseph Petrovykh, Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg (1938)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Synaxis of the Saints of the Crimeaholytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Saints of Kola (Kolsk)
The list is December 15 (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.