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.
The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated wi
December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
…December 27 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 29 All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 10 by Orthodox Churches on Old Calendar…
Russian icon depicting the calendar of saints (18th–19th century).
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2744 x 2900 pixels 3.1 MB
Maximus Confessor