December 4 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 6

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 18 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For December 5th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 22.

Saints

• Martyr Anastasios, the Fuller of Salona in Dalmatia (4th century)^{[1][2][3][note 2]} (see also: October 25 )
• Venerable Gratus, monk.^{[4][note 3]}
• Venerable Nonnus, monk.^[5]
• Martyr Diogenes, by stoning.^[6]
• Martyr Abercius, by the sword.^[7]
• Venerable Karion (Cyrion) and his son St. Zachariah of Egypt (4th century)^[8][9][10] (see also: November 24 )
• Saint Sabbas the Sanctified (532)^{[8][11][12][note 4]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Bassus of Nice, Bishop of Nice, martyred under Decius, his body transfixed with two huge nails (c. 250)^{[13][note 5]}
• Martyrs Julius, Potamia, Crispin, Felix, Gratus and Companions - 12 martyrs who suffered in Thagura in Numidia in North Africa under Diocletian (302)^{[13][note 6]}
• Saint Crispina, a wealthy matron in Thebeste in Numidia in North Africa, who was horribly tortured and ultimately beheaded (304)^{[13][14][note 7]}
• Saint Dalmatius of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia, martyred under Maximianus Herculius (304)^[3][13]
• Martyr Pelinus, Bishop of Brindisi, martyred in Confinium in the south of Italy, under Julian the Apostate (361)^{[13][note 8]}
• Monk-martyr Justinian of Ramsey Island (Iestin), South Wales (560)^{[8][13][note 9]}
• Saint Nicetius (Nizerius), Bishop of Trier, Gaul (566)^{[3][8][13][16][note 10]}
• Saint Friminus, the seventh Bishop of Verdun in France (6th century)^[13]
• Saint Cawrdaf, a noble in Wales, ended his life as a monk with St Illtyd (6th century)^[13]
• Saint Sigiranus (Cyran, Siran, Sigram), abbot and confessor (c. 655)^{[13][note 11]}
• Saint Gerbold, monk at Ebriciacum in France, later founded the monastery of Livray, became Bishop of Bayeux (690)^[13]
• Saint Basilissa, Abbess of Oehren near Trier in Germany (c. 780)^[13]
• Saint John Gradenigo, a monk in Cuxa Abbey in the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain, reposed as a hermit near Montecassino (1025)^[13]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable martyrs of Karyes Skete on Mount Athos: Cosmas of Vatopedi the Protos and Companions, killed by the Latins (1280)^{[17][18][19][note 12]}
• Saint Philotheos the Righteous, of Karyes Skete on Mount Athos, Elder of St. Nectarius the Athonite (late 15th century)^[8][20][21]
• Saint Nectarios the Athonite (Nectarios the Bulgarian of Bitol) (1500)^{[8][22][23][note 13]}
• Saint Gurias, Archbishop of Kazan (1563)^[8][25][26]

New martyrs and confessors

• Hieromartyr Elias Chetverukhin, Priest, of Moscow (1932)^[8][27][28]
• Hieromartyr Gennadius Letyuk, Priest-monk of Yaroslavl-Rostov (1941)^[27][28][29]
• Saint Sergius Pravdolyubov, Confessor, Priest (1950)^[27][28]

Icon gallery

• 
  St. Sabbas the Sanctified.
• 
  St. Nicetius, Bishop of Trier (Egbert-Psalter, 10th century).
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  St. Gereboldus of Bayeux.