December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
December 27 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 29
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 10 by Orthodox Churches on Old Calendar.
For December 28th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 15.
Feasts
- Afterfeast of the Nativity of Christ
Saints
- Apostle Nicanor the Deacon, one of the Seven Deacons, and one of the Seventy
- Martyr Secundus, an Enlightener of Spain, sent by the Apostles to Spain to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ The 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia, including:
- * Hieromartyr Glycerius, priest
- * Deacons Theophilus and Migdonius
- * Martyrs Zeno, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Indes, Gorgonius, Peter, and Euthymius
- * Virgin Martyrs Agape, Domna, Theophila, and others
- Martyr Ploutodoros
- Venerable Babylas of Tarsus in Cilicia
- Venerable Stephen the Wonderworker
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Martyrs Castor, Victor and Rogatian, in North Africa
- Saint Domnio, a righteous priest in Rome
- Saints Romulus and Conindrus, two of the first people to preach Orthodoxy on the Isle of Man, they were contemporaries of Saint Patrick
- Saint Maughold, a former brigand in Ireland, was converted by Saint Patrick and sent to the Isle of Man, where his episcopate was very fruitful
- Saint Antony of Lérins, renowned for miracles
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Simon the Myrrhgusher, founder of Simonopetra, Mount Athos
- Saint Ignatius, Monk, of Loma
- Saint Nephon the New Cenobiarch
- Saint Cornelius, monk of Krypetsk Monastery
- Saint Pakhomij, Hieromonk,
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Nikodim Kononov, Bishop of Belgorod, at Solovki
- New Hieromartyr Arcadius Reshetnikov, Deacon
- New Hieromartyr Alexander, Priest
- New Hieromartyrs Theoctistus, Leonid, and Nicholas, Priests
- New Hieromartyr Alexander Tsitseronov, known as Cicero, Priest
- New Hieromartyr Arethus, Priest
Other commemorations
- Repose of Joseph the Hesychast, Romania