December 3 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 5

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 17 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For December 4th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 21.

Saints

• Commemoration of the Twelve Prophets (Twelve Minor Prophets).^{[1][note 2]}
• Apostle Crispus of the Seventy Apostles, Bishop of Chalcedon (1st century)^[2]
• Great-martyr Barbara, at Heliopolis in Syria (306)^{[3][4][5][note 3][note 4]}
• Martyr Juliana, at Heliopolis in Syria (306)^[4][8][9]
• Martyrs Christodoulos and Christodoula, by the sword.^{[10][note 5]}
• Saint John the Wonderworker, Bishop of Polybotum, in Phrygia Salutaris (716)^{[4][11][note 6]}
• Saint John of Damascus (John Damascene), monk of St. Sabbas Monastery (749)^[4][13]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Felix of Bologna, a Deacon of the Church of Milan with St Ambrose, and later the fifth Bishop of Bologna (429)^{[14][note 7]}
• Saint Bertoara, Abbess of Notre-Dame-de-Sales in Bourges (614)^[14]
• Saint Ada, niece of Engebert, Bishop of Le Mans, she became a nun at Soissons, and Abbess in Le Mans (7th century)^[14]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Cassian the Martyr (Kassianos), one of the "300 Allemagne Saints" in Cyprus (late 12th century)^{[15][note 8]} (see also October 6)
• Saint Gennadius of Novgorod, Archbishop of Novgorod (1504)^[4][16]
• New Hieromartyr Seraphim of Phanarion, Archbishop of Phanarion and Neochorion (1601)^{[4][17][note 9]}

New martyrs and confessors

• Hieromartyr Nicholas (Tsedrik), Priest (1917)^[19][20]
• New Martyrs of Perm (1918):^[19][20][21]
  • Hieromartyrs Alexis Saburov, John Pyankov, Protopresbyters.
  • Alexander Posokhin and Nicholas Yakhontov, Priests.
  • Basil Kashin, Deacon, and with him 10 Martyrs.
• Hieromartyr Damascene (Tsedrik), Bishop of Glukhov, (son of priest Nicholas (Tsedrik)) (1935)^[19][20]
• Hieromartyr Demetrius Nevedomsky, Priest (1937)^[19][21]
• Virgin-martyrs Catherine Arskoy and Kyra Obolensky (1937)^[19][21]
• Hieromartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Hieromartyr of the Bolshevik yoke, Missionary of America (1937)^[20][22]

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Mother of God of Damascus (Panayia Tricherousa, "Three-handed Theotokos") (c. 717)^{[20][23][note 10]}

Icon gallery

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  Northern rose window of Chartres Cathedral. The rose depicts the Glorification of the Virgin Mary, the twelve kings of Juda, and the Twelve Prophets.
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  Great-martyr Barbara.
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  Saint John the Wonderworker, Bishop of Polybotum (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century).
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  St. John of Damascus.
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  St. Gennady of Novgorod.
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  St. Alexander Hotovitzky, Hieromartyr of the Bolshevik yoke, Missionary of America.
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  Icon of Panagia Tricherousa ("Three-handed Theotokos").