Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of December 20
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on December 20 — on the Old Calendar, civil January 2.
Commemorated on December 20
- Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer of Antioch
- St. John of Kronstadt
St. John of Kronstadt
Priest of St. Andrew's Cathedral in Kronstadt (†1908) who served Liturgy daily, kept a diary of grace ('My Life in Christ'), and fed thousands. All Russia was his parish.
When it falls
- New Calendar: December 20 every year
- Old Calendar: civil January 2
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.