24 December
25 commemorations of 24 December in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 6 January of the civil calendar.
Feasts
- The Eve of the Nativity of ChristΠαραμονὴ τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ Γεννήσεωςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
Saints
- Venerable Nun-Martyr Eugenia of Rome
- Martyrs Philip her father, Protus, Hyacinth (Jacinth), Basilla, and Claudia (262)
- Martyrs Sossios and Theokleios (c. 286–305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σόσσιος καὶ Θεόκλειος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Castulus (c. 307–323)Ὁ Ἅγιος Καστοῦλος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Achaicus (Achaikos), by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Ἀχαϊκὸς ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Betimius (Bitimionus, Vitimionus) of Scetis (Scete) (5th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βιτιμίωνsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Aphrodisius, Monk of Palestine (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀφροδίσιοςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Antiochus (Antiochus Strategos, Antiochos Sabbaitis), Monk of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified in Jerusalem, Palestine (635)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντίοχοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Nicholas the Monk of Bulgaria (Nicholas the former soldier) (c. 802–811)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικόλαος «ὁ ἀπὸ στρατιωτῶν»synaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Agapios the New of Dimitsana (1812)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀγάπιος ὁ νεώτεροςsynaxarion.gr
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr Achmed (Ahmet) the Calligrapher, at Constantinople (1682)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀχμὲδ ὁ Νεομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable New Hieromartyr Innocent Beda, Archimandrite of Voronezh (Innokenty Bida of Poltava) (1927–1928)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Theophan Beatovich, Hieromonk of Kosjerev Monastery, Montenegro (1941)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Sergius Mechev, Archpriest of Moscow (1941–1942)holytrinityorthodox.com · 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.
- Martyrs Lucian, Metrobius, Paul, Zenobius, Theotimus and Drusus, in Tripoli in North Africaorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyr Gregory of Spoleto, a priest martyred in Spoleto in Italy under Maximinian Herculeusorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Delphinus, Bishop of Bordeaux in France; he helped convert Saint Paulinus of Nola and was an untiring opponent of Priscillianism (404)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Venerandus, born of a senatorial family in Clermont in Auvergne in France, he became bishop there from 385–423orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Caranus (Carannus), a saint of the east of Scotlandorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Tarsila, an aunt of Saint Gregory the Great, sister of Saint Emiliana and niece of Pope Felix III; she led a life of seclusion and asceticism in her... (581)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Mochua, Abbot of Timahoe (637)
- Saint Irmina, sister of Saint Adela, daughter of Dagobert II (King of the Franks) (708)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Adela, daughter of Dagobert II (King of the Franks), first Abbess of Pfalzel near Trier in Germany (c. 730)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Alberic (Albert), Monk at Gladbach Abbey in Germany (10th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Bruno, a holy man at the monastery of Ottobeuren Abbey in Bavaria in Germany (1050)orthodoxengland.org.uk
The list is December 24 (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.