Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of December 16
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on December 16 — on the Old Calendar, civil December 29.
Commemorated on December 16
- Prophet Haggai
- Empress Theophano
When it falls
- New Calendar: December 16 every year
- Old Calendar: civil December 29
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.