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Orthodox Saints for December 28
The day’s saints, briefly — the principal commemoration the Church keeps on this date.
The 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia. A whole congregation burned in their church at Nativity, who would not leave the Liturgy to live.
On both calendars
New Calendar & Old Calendar
New Calendar parishes commemorate this on December 28 (civil).
Old Calendar parishes keep the same commemoration 13 days later, on January 10 (civil).
Guidelines, not law — your priest’s word comes first. Commemorations vary slightly by jurisdiction and local calendar; fasting practice varies by jurisdiction, parish, and person. These pages show the common traditional guideline (the monastic standard most calendars print); where jurisdictions differ, that is a question for your priest, not for an app.
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