Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of December 24
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on December 24 — on the Old Calendar, civil January 6.
Commemorated on December 24
- Eve of the Nativity (Paramony)
- Virgin-martyr Eugenia of Rome
When it falls
- New Calendar: December 24 every year
- Old Calendar: civil January 6
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.