December 23 Eastern Orthodox Liturgics

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December 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Dec. 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 24

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 5 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For December 23rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 10.

Feasts

Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ.

Saints

Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete (250):

Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zoticus, Pompeius,Agathopus, Basilides, and Evaristus.

Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zoticus, Pompeius,Agathopus, Basilides, and Evaristus.

Martyr Schinon (Skinus), by the sword.

Saint Paul, Bishop of Neo-Caesarea, a father of the First Ecumenical Council (4th century)

Saint Niphon, Bishop of Constantia on Cyprus (4th century)

Saint Chrysogonos (Chrysogonus).

Venerable David of Echmiadzin in Armenia (693)

Saint Naum of Ochrid, Enlightener of Bulgaria (910)(see also May 11 - Greek; and July 27 - Slavonic)

Pre-Schism Western Saints

Virgin-Martyrs Victoria and Anatolia, two sisters martyred in Rome for refusing to marry pagans (250)

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December 23

December 23 is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are eight days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

484 – Huneric dies and is succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who becomes king of the Vandals. During his reign Christians are protected from persecution.

558 – Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.

562 – Hagia Sophia in Constantinople reopened with a rebuilt dome after a series of earthquakes caused the original to collapse.

583 – Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.

679 – King Dagobert II is murdered while hunting.

962 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo.

1572 – Theologian Johann Sylvan is executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs.

1688 – As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.

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