26 December
40 commemorations of 26 December in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 8 January of the civil calendar.
In the map: Theotokos (Mother of God)
Feasts
- Second Day of the Feast of the Nativityorthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Most Holy TheotokosΣύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Commemoration of the flight into Egypt of the Most Blessed TheotokosἩ Φυγὴ Στὴν Αἴγυπτο τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκουsynaxarion.gr
- Commemoration of Saint Joseph, King David, and Saint James, brother of the Lorddrevo-info.ru
Saints
- Saint Archelaus, Bishop of Harran (Haran) in Northern Mesopotamia (c. 280)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Zeno (Zenon), Bishop of Maiuma (the port of Gaza) in Palestine (4th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Evarestus (Evaristus), Monk of the Studion Monastery (825)Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐάρεστοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Euthymius the Confessor, Bishop of Sardis (840)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Ὁμολογητήςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Constantine, Monk of Synnada, the former Jew (9th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ ἐξ Ἰουδαίωνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Nicodemus the Sanctified of Tismana, Romania (1406)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Constantius (Constantine) the Russian, Priest at the Great Lavra on Mount Athos and Constantinople, by beheading (1743)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κωνστάντιος ὁ Νέος Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Ρῶσοςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Alexander Volkov and Demetrius Chistoserdov, Priests (1919)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs Nicholas Tarbeev, Michael Cheltsov, and Nicholas Zalessky, Priests; and Michael Smirnov, Deacon (1931)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Andrew, Bishop of Ufa (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Martyr Valentina of Russia (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Leonid Antoshchenko, Bishop of Mariisk (1938)drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Basil Mazurenko, Hieromonk (1938)drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Alexander Krylov, Priest (1938)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Virgin Martyrs Anthisa (Sysoeva) and Makaria (Saprykina) (1938)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Venerable New Hieromartyr Isaac II Bobrikov, Archimandrite of Optina Monastery (1938)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Gregory Serbarinov, Priest (1938)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Virgin Martyrs Augusta Zaschuk and Mary Laktionova (1938)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Martyr Agrippina Lesina (1938)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Venerable Hieromartyr Gherasim (Iscu) of Tismana, Archimandrite, abbot of Tismana Monastery (1951)basilica.ro · orthochristian.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 Dionysius, Pope of Rome (268)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Marinus, the son of a senator in Rome, he was martyred by beheading under Numerian (283)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Zosimus, a Greek Pope of Rome (418)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Tathai (Tathan, Tathaeus, Athaeus), Abbot of Llantathan (early 6th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Jarlath, first Bishop of Tuam, founder of the monastery of Cluain Fois, near Tuam, Ireland (c. 540)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theodore the Sacrist, a holy man and contemporary of Saint Gregory the Great in Rome (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Amaethlu (Maethlu); a church founded by him in the village of Llanfaethlu in Anglesey, Wales, is named after him (6th century)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 Abbot Barlaam of Valaam and Optina Monasteries (1849)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archimandrite Irenarchus Rosetti of Mount Tabor (1859)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Elder Serapheim Savvaitis, Hegumen of the Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified (2003)
- Icon of the "Mother of God of "Vilna" ("Vilen-Ostrabramsk", "Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn")holytrinityorthodox.com · oca.org
- Icon of the Mother of God "the Three Joys"holytrinityorthodox.com · oca.org
- Icon of the Mother of God "Merciful" (Greek: Eleousa)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Icon of the Mother of God "the Blessed Womb" or "Barlovsk" (1392)oca.org
- "Bethlehem" Icon of the Mother of Godoca.org
- Icon of the Mother of God "Baibuzsk" (Baibuskaya) (1852)holytrinityorthodox.com
The list is December 26 (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.