December 27 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 29
Apostle Nicanor the Deacon.
Miniature from the Menologion of Basil II honoring the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia.
Martyrs: Peter, Indes, Gorgonius by drowning; Zeno and Dorotheus by beheading; Mardonius and Hieromartyr Glycerius, by fire; Theophilus the Deacon by stoning; and Migdonius in a cesspool.
A primitive chapel dating from 6th to 11th centuries, at the cemetery of the church in the village named for Maughold.
January 9 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - January 11
Saint Gregory of Nyssa.
Saint Gregory of Nyssa (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century)
Venerable Ammon, monk, at Scetis, Egypt (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century)
Burial of Dometian, Bishop of Melitene (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century)