Dec. 26 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Dec. 28
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 9 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For December 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 14.
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.
Virgin Eleousa of Kykkos
(Simon Ushakov, 1626–1686)
Greek Sources
Russian Sources