16 December
24 commemorations of 16 December in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 29 December of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Prophet Haggai (Aggaeus) (500 BC)Ὁ Προφήτης Ἀγγαῖοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org
- Martyr Marinus of Rome (283)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαρίνος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org
- Martyrs Promus (Probus) and Hilarion (Hilary), by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Πρόμος (ἢ Πρόβος) καὶ Ἰλάριος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Memnon, Archbishop of Ephesus (c. 440)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μέμνων Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἐφέσουsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Modestus II, Patriarch of Jerusalem (634)orthochristian.com · apostoliki-diakonia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Simeon (Symeon) I, Patriarch of Antioch (834-840)Ὁ Ἅγιος Συμεὼν Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀντιοχείαςsynaxarion.gr
- Blessed Empress Theophano Martinakia the Wonderworker (893), wife of Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the WiseἩ Ἁγία Θεοφανώsynaxarion.gr · oca.org
- Saint Nicholas II Chrysoberges (Chrysovergis), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (995)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Χρυσοβέργηςsynaxarion.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Sophia (Solomonia) Saburova of Suzdal, the Wonderworker, Nun, wife of Grand Duke Basil III of Moscow (1542)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint John Rastorguyev the Barefoot, Fool-for-Christ, of Kiev (1849)drevo-info.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Vladimir Alexeyev, Priest of Okhansk (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Arcadius Ostalsky, Bishop of Bezhetsk (1937)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Alexander Kolokolov, Protopresbyter of Tver (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Paul Favoritov, Priest of Tver (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Macarius Smirnov, Priest-monk of Tver (1937)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Peter Zinoviev, Priest of Tver (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Theodosius Boldiriev, Priest of Tver (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs Priests Elias Cheredeev, and Vladimir Damaskinus (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.
- Women Martyrs of North-West Africa, a great number of women martyred under Hunneric, Arian King of the Vandals (482)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Dabheog (Beoc, Beanus, Mobeoc), founder of a monastery on an island in Lough Derg in Donegal in Ireland (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ado of Vienne (875)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Adelaide of Italy, daughter of the King of Burgundy, she was married to Lothair II of Italy, became a nun (999)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)
The list is December 16 (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.