December 31, 2017

Saints and Feasts of December 31


On the thirty-first Melania was taken away from life.

Leavetaking of the Feast of the Nativity of Christ

Orthodox Christmas Resource Page


Venerable Melania the Roman

Synaxarion of Saint Melania the Younger of Rome

Saint Melania the Younger of Rome (Palladius of Helenopolis)

Life of Saint Melania the Younger of Rome (St. Dimitri of Rostov)

The Cell and Tomb of Saint Melania the Younger in Jerusalem


Holy Martyr Zotikos the Feeder of Orphans

Synaxarion of the Holy Martyr Zotikos the Feeder of Orphans

Saint Zotikos the Feeder of Orphans as a Model for our Lives


Venerable Gelasios

Life and Sayings of the Holy Abba Gelasios


Venerable Gaius

Venerable Gaius


Holy Ten Virgins of Nicomedia

Holy Ten Virgins of Nicomedia


Holy Martyr Olympiodora

Holy Martyr Olympiodora


 Holy Martyr Nemi

Holy Martyr Nemi


Holy Martyr Busiris

Holy Martyr Busiris


Holy Martyr Gaudentius

Holy Martyr Gaudentius


Saint Theophylact, Archbishop of Ochrid and Bulgaria 
 
 
  
 
 
Saint George the Wonderworker, 
the so-called Macheromenos

Saint George the Wonderworker, the so-called Macheromenos


Venerable Kyriakos of Bisericani

Saint Kyriakos of Bisericani (+ 1660)