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 14 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – December 16
St. Eleutherius, Bishop of Illyria (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century)
Church of St. Mesmin, La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin, Loiret, France.
St. Tryphon of Pechenga, Enlightener of the Lapps.
New Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Verey.