Christmas is coming: what other holidays are celebrated in December according to the New Julian calendar

December opens the season of Christmas and New Year's holidays and gives an atmosphere of joy, hope and faith in miracles. After the transition to the New Julian calendar, the faithful of the OCU and UGCC celebrate Christmas on December 25. The dates of church holidays have also shifted by 13 days.

St. Nicholas Day, a favorite of children, now falls on December 6. And the Christmas fast lasts from November 15 to December 24. OBOZ.UA publishes the dates of December holidays according to the new calendar.

Calendar of the most important holidays in December

• St. Nicholas Day - December 6;
• Christmas Eve - December 24;
• Christmas Day - December 25;
• Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary - December 26;
• Generous Evening - December 31;
• New Year's Eve - December 31.

Full calendar for December 2024 in the new style

• December 1 - Prophet Nahum day;
• December 2 - Prophet Habakkuk day;
• December 3 - Prophet Sophonius, St. John the Silent day;
• December 4 - the Great Martyr Barbara, St. John of Damascus day;
• December 5 - St. Sava the Blessed day;
• December 6 - St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia day;

• December 7 - Day of Ambrose of Mediolanus day;
• December 8 - St. Patapius of Thebes day;
• December 9 - Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary by St. Anne day;
• December 10 - Martyrs Mina, Hermogenes and Eugraphus day;
• December 11 - St. Daniel the Pillar day;
• December 12 - St. Spyridon, Bishop of Trimitius day.
• December 13 - Martyrs Eustratius, Eugene, Auxentius and Orestes day;
• December 14 - the martyrs Tyrsus, Leucius, Philemon, Apolonius, and Kalinikus day;
• December 15 - St. Paul, St. Stephen and the Martyr Eleutherius day;
• December 16 - St. Augustine day;
• December 17 - the Prophet Daniel and Ananias, Azariah and Mysael day;
• December 18 - Martyr Sebastian and others day;
• December 19 - Martyr Boniface day;
• December 20 - the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ; the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-bearer;

• December 21 - Martyr Julia day;
• December 22 - the Great Martyr Anastasia day;
• December 23 - the Ten Martyrs of Crete day;
• December 24 - Christmas Eve; the Venerable Martyr Eugenia day;
• December 25 - the Nativity of Christ day;
• December 26 - Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos; Martyr Eutymius, Bishop of Sardis day;
• December 27 - Saint Apostle, First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen day;
• December 28 - the holy martyrs of 20 thousand, burned in Nicomedia day;
• December 29 - the holy infants killed for Christ in Bethlehem; St. Markell, abbot of the Monastery of the Sleepless;
• December 30 - Martyr Anisia day;
• On December 31 - the saints and righteous Joseph the Betrothed, David the King and James, the Lord's brother in the flesh; St. Melania of Rome.

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