December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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.
December 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
December 26 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 28
Martyrdom of Archdeacon Stephen (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century)
Russian icon of Protomartyr Archdeacon Stephen (16th century)
Saint Sviatoslav II of Kiev (far right), with his family.
St. Therapont of White Lake.