Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Feast Days and Saints Days

1 December - Holy Prophet Nahum foretold the destruction of the city of Niniveh (Ninive). Holy Prophet Nahum lived in the 7th century BC. This feast reminds us that Christ is the fulfillment of the Old Testament.

Holy Prophet Habbakuk

2 December - Holy Prophet Nahum foretold the destruction of the Temple, Jerusalem, and the city of Niniveh (Ninive). Holy Prophet Habbakuk lived in the 7th century BC. This feast reminds us that Christ is the fulfillment of the Old Testament.

Holy Prophet Sophonias (Zephaniah)

3 December - Holy Prophet Sophonias (Zephaniah) foretold the destruction of the Temple, Jerusalem, and the Kingdom of Israel; the conversion of the Gentiles, the rejection of sinners, the glorification of the saints, and the gneral judgement. Holy Prophet Sophonias lived in the 7th century BC. This feast reminds us that Christ is the fulfillment of the Old Testament.

Holy Great-Martyr Barbara

4 December - Holy Great-Martyr Barbara

Holy Father John the Damascene

4 December - St John of Damascus was a great defender of the Faith. Holy Father John the Damascene was declared a Doctor of the Universal Church by Pope Leo XIII. Holy Father John renounced his high estate to become a monk in the monastry of St. Sabas, near Jerusalem. He and his companion, St. Cosmas composed beautiful hymns and canons in honor of the Theokotos and of the saints. Holy Father John composed the "Cannon of the Resurrection", which is said during the Pascha Liturgy. Also, he championed the Faith against the Iconoclast Emperor Leo. According to legend, the Iconoclasts cut off one hand which was miraculously restored by The Theotokos.

Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lucia, the Wonderworker

6 December - Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lucia, the Wonderworker

Conception of Anne or the Maternity of Anne, the Mother of The Theotokos

9 December - Conception of Anne or the Maternity of Anne, the Mother of The Theotokos

Holy Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphos

10 December - Holy Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphos

Modern Pre-Nativity Fast

10 December - The Modern Pre-Nativity Fast begins today.

Second Sunday before the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ

11 - 17 December - Sunday before the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, Sunday of the Genealogy of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ

Preparation of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Holy Hieromartyr Ignatios, the God-Bearer

20 December - Preparation of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Holy Hieromartyr Ignatios the God-Bearer

Second Day Preparation of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Holy Martyr Juliana Nicomedia

21 December - Second Day Preparation of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Holy Martyr Juliana Nicomedia

Third Day Preparation of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Holy Great Martyr Anastasia

22 December - Third Day Preparation of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Holy Great Martyr Anastasia

Fourth Day Preparation of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Ten Holy Great Martyrs of Crete

23 December - Fourth Day Preparation of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Ten Holy Great Martyrs of Crete

Paramony of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Holy Woman Martyr Eugenia

24 December - Paramony of the Nativity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ

Great Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ (One of the Twelve Great Feasts, class 1)

25 December - Great Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ

Second Day of celebration of the Nativity of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ and Synaxis in honor of The Theotokos

26 December - Second Day of celebration of the Nativity of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ and Synaxis in honor of The Theotokos

Saturday after Nativity of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ

26-31 December - Saturday after Nativity of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ

Sunday after the Nativity of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ - Commemoration of the Holy and Just Man Joseph, spouse of The Theotokos; of James, brother of the Lord; and of David, the King and Prophet

26-31 December - Sunday after the Nativity of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ
Holy and Just Man Joseph who married The Theotokos after the Announication.
James, brother of the Lord, was probably a son of Joseph by a previous wife and was the first Bishop of Jerusalem.
David was the King and Prophet of the Jews, who conquered Jerusalem and wrote Palsms.

Third Day of celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Protomartyer and Archdeacon Stephen; Holy Father Theodore Confessor

27 December - Third Day celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ;
Protomartyer and Archdeacon Stephen was the first martyr and the first Deacon. Saul of Tarsus (later The Holy, Glorious and Illustrious Prince of the Apostles Paul) took an active part in the martyrdom of St. Stephen (Acts, 7:58-60; 22:20).
Holy Father Theodore Confessor

Fourth Day of celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Holy Martyrs of Nicomedia

28 December - Fourth Day celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Holy Martyrs of Nicomedia

Fifth Day of celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Holy Innocents;our Holy Father Marcellus, Abbot of Monastery of Acemetes

29 December - Fifth Day celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Holy Innocents; our Holy Father Marcellus, Abbot of Monastery of Acemetes

Saturday before Holy Theophany

30 Dec.-4 Jan. - Saturday before Holy Theophany

Sunday before Holy Theophany

30 Dec.-4 Jan. - Sunday before Holy Theophany

Sixth Day of celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Holy Martyr Anysia; the Holy Zoticus, the Feeder of Orphans

30 December - Sixth Day celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Holy Martyr Anysia; the Holy Zoticus, the Feeder of Orphans

Leave-taking of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Venerable Melany/Melania the Roman

31 December - Leave-taking of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; Venerable Melany/Melania the Roman

Saints by month

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December  --   January  --   February
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June  --   July  --   August

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