December 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

December 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 20

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 1 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For December 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 6.

Saints

 * Martyr Boniface of Tarsus, at Tarsus in Cilicia (290) and Righteous Aglae (Aglais, Aglaida) of Rome. (c. 303)
 * Martyrs Meuris and Thea in Palestine (307).
 * Martyrs Elias, Probus, and Ares the Egyptians, in Cilicia (308)
 * Martyrs Polyeuctus at Caesarea in Cappadocia, and the Deacon Timothy at Mauretania, by fire (309)
 * Saint Darius, Zosimus, Paul, and Secundus, martyrs of Nicaea by Diocletian (4th century)
 * Martyrs Eutychios and Thessaloniki, and with them 200 men and 70 women, by the sword.
 * Martyr Tryphon, by hanging.
 * Hieromartyr Capito (Capiton), Bishop of Cherson (4th century)
 * Saint Gregentios of Himyaritia (Gregentius of Himyar, Gregentios of Taphar, Gregory of Omirits ), Missionary Archbishop of Zafar (capital of the Himyarite tribal confederacy) (552)
 * Saint Boniface the Merciful, Bishop of Ferentino (6th century)
 * Saints George the Scribe, and Sabbas, monks of Khakhuli Monastery (11th century)

Pre-Schism Western saints

 * Saint Fausta of Sirmium, the mother of St Anastasia of Sirmium (3rd century)
 * Saint Anastasius I, Pope of Rome (401)
 * Saint Avitus (or Adjutus), Abbot of Micy near Orleans in France, an abbot renowned for the spirit of prophecy (c. 527)
 * Saint Gregory of Auxerre, the twelfth bishop of Auxerre in France and Confessor (c. 540)
 * Saint Ribert (Ribarius), seventeenth Abbot of Saint-Oyend in France, he is venerated in Franche-Comté (c. 790)
 * Saint Manirus of Scotland, one of the Apostles of the north of Scotland (824).

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

 * Venerable Elias of Murom, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (1188)
 * Saint Seraphim (Romantsov), Schema-Archimandrite of Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Elder of Glinsk Monastery (1975)

Other commemorations

 * Repose of Blessed Hieromonk Hermogenes, founder of Kirensk and Albazin Monasteries in Siberia (1690)