19 December
22 commemorations of 19 December in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 1 January of the civil calendar.
In the map: Ss. Boniface and Aglae
Saints
- Martyr Boniface at Tarsus in Cilicia (290), and Righteous Aglae (Aglais, Aglaida) of Rome (c. 303)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βονιφάτιος καὶ Ἀγλαΐα ἡ Ρωμαίαoca.org · synaxarion.gr
- Martyrs Meuris and Thea in Palestine (307)
- Martyrs Elias, Probus, and Ares the Egyptians, in Cilicia (308)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἠλίας, Πρόβος καὶ Ἄρης οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyrs Polyeuctus at Caesarea in Cappadocia, and Timothy the Deacon at Mauretania, by fire (309)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος καὶ Πολύευκτος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Saints Darius, Zosimus, Paul, and Secundus, martyrs of Nicaea by Diocletian (4th century)azbyka.ru
- Martyrs Eutychios and Thessaloniki, and with them 200 men and 70 women, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Εὐτύχιος, Θεσσαλονίκη, 200 Ἄνδρες καὶ 70 Γυναῖκες οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Tryphon, by hangingὉ Ἅγιος Τρύφων ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Hieromartyr Capito (Capiton), Bishop of Kherson (Cherson) (4th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Gregory (Gregentios) of Himyaritia (Gregentius of Himyar, Gregentios of Taphar, Gregory of Omirits), Missionary Archbishop of Zafar (capital of the... (552)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγέντιος Ἐπίσκοπος Αἰθιοπίαςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · mpc.org.mk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Boniface the Merciful, Bishop of Ferentino (6th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable George the Scribe, and Venerable Sabbas (Sava, Savva), Monks of Khakhuli Monastery (11th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Elias of Murom, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (1188)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἡλιοῦ Μουρόμας ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ ἐν τῷ Σπηλαίῳ (Ρῶσος)oca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Nun-Martyr Evloghia Țârlea, of Samurcășești Monastery (1949)orthochristian.com
- Saint Seraphim Romantsov, Schema-Archimandrite of Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Elder of Glinsk Monastery (1976)azbyka.ru · pravoslavie.ru
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 Fausta of Sirmium, the mother of Saint Anastasia of Sirmium (3rd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Anastasius I, Pope of Rome (401)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Avitus (Adjutus), Abbot of Micy near Orleans in France, an abbot renowned for the spirit of prophecy (c. 527)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gregory of Auxerre, the twelfth bishop of Auxerre in France and Confessor (c. 540)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ribert (Ribarius), seventeenth Abbot of Saint-Oyend in France, he is venerated in Franche-Comté (c. 790)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Manirus of Scotland, one of the Apostles of the north of Scotland (824)celticsaints.org · katolsk.no · 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.
- Repose of Blessed Hieromonk Hermogenes, founder of Kirensk and Albazin Monasteries in Siberia (1690)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Saint Amphilochius the Wonderworker of Pochaev (1971)pravoslavie.ru
The list is December 19 (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.