17 December
24 commemorations of 17 December in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 30 December of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Holy Prophet Daniel (600 BC) and the Three Holy Youths: Ananias, Azarias, and MisaelὉ Προφήτης Δανιὴλ καὶ τὰ τρία παιδιὰ Ἀνανίας, Ἀζαρίας καὶ Μισαὴλoca.org · synaxarion.gr
- Monk-martyrs Patermuthius and Coprius (Copres), and Martyr Alexander the Soldier, of Egypt (361-363)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πατερμούθιος, Κόπρις καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Bacchus (Iacchus, Iakchos), from Triglia, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Ἴακχος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · johnsanidopoulos.com
- Venerable Daniel (Stephen in schema) the Confessor of Spain and Egypt (10th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Στέφανος ὁ Ὁμολογητήςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Athanasius, Nicholas, and Anthony, disciples of Athanasius the Athonite and founders of Vatopedi monastery, Mount Athos (10th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Dionysios the New of Zakynthos, Archbishop of Aegina (1624)Ὁ Ἅγιος Διονύσιος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ ἐκ Ζακύνθου, Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Αἰγίνηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Misael, Hieromonk of Abalak (Abalatsk) Monastery, Irkutsk (1797 or 1852)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Elder Hadji-Georgis the Athonite (1886)ec-patr.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr Nicetas of Nyssa (c. 1300)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικήτας ὁ Νέοςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Sergius Florinsky, Priest of Rakvere, Estonia (1918)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Beltiukov, Protopresbyter of Perm (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Alexander Savelov, Priest of Perm (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr John Zemlyani, Priest of Alma-Ata (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Peter Pokrovsky, Priest (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 Maxentiolus (Mezenceul), a disciple of Saint Martin of Tours in France, he founded Our Lady of Cunault (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Tydecho of Wales, brother of Saint Cadfan (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Briarch, born in Ireland, became a monk in Wales with Saint Tudwal, whom he accompanied to Brittany, built a monastery in Guingamp and reposed in Bourbiac (c. 627)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Judicaël, son of Hoel and king of Domnonia and Brittany, much loved by his people, spent the last twenty years of his life in the monastery of Gäel... (658)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Begga of Landen, founder and Abbess of a convent in Andenne on the Meuse in Belgium (698)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Sturm (Sturmius), Abbot and Apostle of Saxony, founder of Fulda Monastery, Germany (779)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Eigil, the fourth abbot of Fulda (822)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)
- Repose of lay elder Panagis of Ilami, Cyprus (1989)pravoslavie.ru
The list is December 17 (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.